Radio … and Me -15

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) ...
-- The Edsels released, 'Rama Lama Ding Dong' in 1958,which began,
Rama-lama-lama, lama-lama-ding-dong.
(Naturally!)
-- One of the first big hits, 'Tutti Fruiti,' by Little Richard, the legendary loud, hard-driving, shouting vocalist, featured the phrase,
A-Wop-bop-a-loo-lop a-lop-bam-boo
Tutti Frutti, oh rootie,.....

The 'Doo-Wop' style was not confined to new rock ‘n’ roll songs.
-- In 1961, one record producer, near the end of a recording session, had the brilliant (!) idea of cutting a well-known hit, composed during the Great Depression era by songsmiths Rodgers and Hart.
The song, ‘Blue Moon,’ by the Marcels was launched on an unsuspecting rock music world.
It used the old song lyrics, but began (with an excellent solo by the Bass Man),
Bom-ma-bom, a-bom-bom-a-bom, ba-ba-bom-bom-a-bomp,
b-dang-a-dang-dang, b-ding-a-dong-ding. =
Blue moon, blue moon, blue moon,
Dip-de-dip-de-dip…
It was an instant million seller, made stack of money for all concerned – especially the composers, who were probably rolling over in their graves!
-- The opening phrase was used in the tribute song. ‘Mr. Bass Man‘ by Johnny Cymbal.
-- Another tribute song tried to enclose ALL the ‘Doo-Wop’ phrases: 'Who Put the Bomp,' by Barry Mann.
Here is the entire first verse:
Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?
Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand
He made my baby
Fall in love with me.
-- The ‘Doo-Wop’ style persisted into the 1970s, with
‘Hooked on a Feeling,’ which had been a big hit by B.J. Thomas, now sung by Blue Swede.
It began, as you can hear, here,
Ouga Chaka, ouga ouga ouga Chaka
ouga ouga ouga Chaka
ouga ouga ouga Chaka
ouga ouga ouga Chaka ….

The curious twist? ? ?
All of these ‘Doo-Wop‘ groups / singers (except Little Richard) … were One-Hit Wonders!
Fame is so fleeting.