Here are more “Doo-Wop” songs, presented on music radio, then and now. These contain a curious twist.
(Remember, dear reader, these are actual, copyrighted, lyrics.) (No kidding. You're allowed, AND EVEN ENCOURAGED, to sing along, if the spirit moves you.)
-- In the mid-1950s, the million-seller, 'Shh Boom (Life Could be a Dream),' launched the career of a quartet called the Crew Cuts, who hailed from Toronto.
It started like this,
Hey nonny ding dong, alang alang alang
Boom ba-doh, ba-doo ba-doodle-ay
Oh, life could be a dream (sh-boom) ...
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Radio ... and Me - 14
One of the earlier styles of rock ‘n’ roll music on the radio was known as ‘Doo-Wop.’
I see you have your hand up (old teacher phrase! ) , so I’ll define the term as, insert nonsense words here.
It was usually heard in groups’ songs, with the major words doing the background support for the lead singer, most often by the ‘Bass Man.’ Due homage was later paid in 1963, in the song, ‘Mr. Bass Man,’ by Johnny Cymbal.
‘Doo-Wop’ was not new. Oh, no.
The style comes from a great tradition of silly songs, and we can have fun with a few offering, from the pre-1940s:
I see you have your hand up (old teacher phrase! ) , so I’ll define the term as, insert nonsense words here.
It was usually heard in groups’ songs, with the major words doing the background support for the lead singer, most often by the ‘Bass Man.’ Due homage was later paid in 1963, in the song, ‘Mr. Bass Man,’ by Johnny Cymbal.
‘Doo-Wop’ was not new. Oh, no.
The style comes from a great tradition of silly songs, and we can have fun with a few offering, from the pre-1940s:
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