Cat. No. BCD 17279: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ STREET CORNER SYMPHONIES - THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF DOO WOP. VOL. 1: 1939-1949. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17279. (IMPORT).

DOO WOP HAS BEEN WITH US FOR AROUND 100 YEARS AND PERHAPS EVEN LONGER. THE ROOTS FOR THE 1950s RHYTHM & BLUES VOCAL GROUP EXPLOSION WERE BURIED DEEP IN A PREVIOUS GENERATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HARMONIES THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR WHATS NOW TERMED DOO-WOP. THE INK SPOTS, MILLS BROTHERS AND GOLDEN GATE QUARTET WERE THREE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PRE-WAR BLACK GROUPS. BEAR FAMILY IN THIS SERIES HAS GATHERED TOGETHER A SUPERB PLETHORA OF THIS MUSIC. THIS IS VOLUME ONE COVERING THE PERIOD 1939-1949 AND CONTAINS TRACKS FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS ALONG WITH A HOST OF SUPERB SOUNDS FROM OTHER GROUPS FROM THE SAME ERA SUCH AS THE RED CAPS, THE DELTA RHYTHM BOYS, THE SCAMPS, THE DIXIEAIRES AND MANY MORE. ALL TRACKS HAVE BEEN REMASTERED AND OVERALL, THE SOUND IS SUPERB. BRILLIANT SERIES ******

TRACK LISTING: The Ink Spots – If I Didn’t Care / The Cats And The Fiddle – I Miss You So / The Mills Brothers – Till Then / The 5 Red Caps – I Learned A Lesson, I’ll Never Forget / Deek Watson And His Brown Dots – Sentimental Reasons / Dusty Brooks  And His Four Tones – Play Jackpot / The Golden Gate Quartet – Atom And Evil / The Delta Rhythm Boys – Just-A-Sittin’ And A-Rockin’ / The Jubilaires with Andy Kirk and His Orchestra – I Know / The Basin Street Boys – I Sold My Heart To The Junk Man / The Cats ‘n’ Jammer Three, (vocal by Bill Samuels)  - I Cover The Waterfront / The Melody Masters – My Baby / The Four Aces – I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder / The Four Vagabonds – P.S. I Love You / The Ravens – Ol’ Man River / Bill Johnson and His Musical Notes -  Don’t You Think I Oughta Know / The Five Bars – I’m All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart / The Scamps – Solitude / The Big Three Trio – After Awhile / The Orioles – It’s Too Soon To Know / The Deep River Boys – Recess In Heaven / The Rockets – Loch Lomond / The Dixieaires – Go Long / The Four Blues – It Takes A Long Tall Brown Skinned Gal / The Four Tunes -  You’re Heartless / The Charioteers – A Kiss And A Rose / The Four Knights – Wrapped Up In A Dream / The Syncopators – River Stay Away From My Door / The Robins – If It’s So Baby / The Shadows – I’ve Been A Fool.

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