re: Street Corner Symphonies - The Doo Wop Thread

No. They're not doo-wop.

In fact I would consider the Ink Spots and early Mills Brothers to be closer to doo-wop than the Four Seasons. Maybe they're playing them because of their doo-wop set up (high falsetto lead), but even the Beach Boys had more traditional doo-wop elements than FV&4S.

I don't know how often they play cuts from this album, the 1972 reunion of Dion & The Belmonts but it was about as good as it gets. Carlo and Dion were riffing all over the place. So great!

I also really enjoyed this reunion of The Skyliners. Jimmy Beaumont still had the voice of his youth but with the strength of an adult and absolutely killed it. lol. You got me going... I'm a huge doo-wop fan too. Anything at any time from Johnny Maestro is incredible. The man could sing all the way up til the end.

Here's a couple I doubt you've heard, but so-so good. These kids lived in the same neighborhood in the Bronx and ended up cutting records with each other. LINK LINK