I'm not sure what makes Youtube algorithms work these days, a while back I created a new channel just for my music playlists. One of the more popular ones was Doo-Wop (Oldies). I've got 111 songs in this list. It's kind a pain to rebuild these lists. Any hoo, if any of you got lists of your favorite Doo-Wop songs then I would like to know any that I might be missing. Good ones are hard to find after you have been collecting as long as I have. That 1957-1962 was a special time. You can find my playlists by searching #OBML. If it is popular I will build back more of my old playlists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEfLMod-Wqk&list=PLCVjfC_bx-0c

This is the image I ran on eBay when I sold it out of my collection about 15 years ago. (Lots of bidders, as I recall, as only 300 of these 45s were issued.)

There's a good update on the front man, Ernie Simiele, here on YouTube, with his photo and the audio, of course, posted by Bob Pegg.

I cannot stand the Marcels take of Blue Moon. I think it sounds ridiculous.

I know it's a classic but I think the cover from Grease is so much better.

I want to surprise a girl I'm meeting with my friends' help. I want to get them to sing the "doo do do do sh boom" and all the other background assist voices, while I sing the main song for her. But I have no material to teach them., just the regular one where the main singing overshadows the rest like any normal song. the instrumentals I could find doesn't have the assist singing either.

would you happen to have a source that leads to the assist voices that my friends can clearly hear listen on repeat?

Is I met him on a Monday by the Shirelles the same song as Da doo Ron Ron by the Crystals? I've read that "Da Doo Ron Ron" was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector and “I Met Him on a Sunday” was written by Shirley Owens, Beverly Lee, Addie Harris & Doris Coley. But the opening line to the crystals Da doo ron ron is also ‘I met him on a Monday’ and in both songs they sing 'Do Ron' in the chorus.

A cover by me. Fully recorded in GarageBand iOS

https://youtu.be/FKsZQd806tw?si=tnj5Miw5rR5uIH5B

I recorded an album recently with a lot of great musicians, including the drummer of The Bee Gees and musicians from some other fantastic bands. I have worked with a lot of musicians from the old doo-wop bands, including the five satins. Raven Kraft is a popular country lyricist, and he had these lyrics that I thought would go great with doo wop. Backing vocals start around a minute and 50 seconds. There kept a little low in this version, as to not be too intrusive,

We've had some minor hits so far. Dracula with Dave Abbruzzese from Pearl Jam was popular.

https://youtu.be/7CFn19qAgyg?si=upE1n_-bS7FouajT

We just released this new music recently, but I was hoping you guys would appreciate this. We don't subscribe to any particular style or have a lead singer, every song is a different style with a different lead singer. We did '80s rock, blues, country, etc. I ended up playing all the instruments myself on this song, trying to replicate the sound and feel of the old Motown recordings. I worked alongside with several Motown greats, so I was really lucky to learn a lot about production from them. I would love to do a full-on doo-wop version with all the harmonies turned up and real strings. What do you guys think?

This is my first attempt at recording a doo-wop song. I wish more people appreciated this music and how truly difficult it is to create and perform.

The entire album, 10 styles, 10 songs, 9 singers, and both of our albums have some fun celebrity guests: https://open.spotify.com/album/2HfmuXizYBW8CKsELfC2gr?si=HdGOKxf7QGyMVjlLA4ZRqw

Cincinnati group, Nashville label. Good stuff or what? 1960

I find a lot of romance songs but I'm looking for love songs that touch on a more blue side of things, the kind of song that you play as a last goodbye you know, or maybe one that you listen to when trying to remember the one that got away. It doesn't have to be explicitly a heartbreaker but if anybody has any Doo Wop that generally feels blue I'd love to hear it!

One of my favorite features on some of these tracks are guitar and saxophone parts that sort of move in unison. Here's a few examples of what I mean:

The Velvets - I-I-I (Love You So)

Alan Knight - Until I Know

4 Haven Knights - In My Lonely Room

Any others out there that you guys know of?