There will never be music like that again Growing up in the 50 and 60s were the best years in my life. The music The girls The High school and fire house dances. A time gone by
Simple songs of love. No need for cursing, gangsta rap, hate, race baiting, or political BS. It was great while it lasted. Now its selfishness, and the entitlement generation. Everyone's into what have you got for me, the latest I phone, and greed is the norm. Our leaders sell out to the highest bidder, and they care little about the people who trusted them to do the right thing, and put them in power. Good manners, respect, and helping one another is gone as well.
Lots going on here. The United States has had cheap money for far too long and now an entire generation of folks who simply believe they're entitled to live in a nation where neither money nor education nor even themselves have value of any kind. We have a cure but implementing it will be *very* painful. A brutal recession is coming.
Yeah, there's a place near here that has them but I never drive out that way so never know when they are, Who knows, maybe the place went outta business
If in the next century someone were to ask you what is /was doo wop music, all you'd have to do is play "Tonight" with one of the greatest leads ever, Virgil Johnson. This is exquisite!!!
Hey, willbrassfield, I turned 65 in January, and I have never, ever tired of this music. I was in JHS and HS when so much of this stuff came out, and it's lived with me ever since. As much as I love the British Invasion-era music and much of the stuff from the 80's, doo-wop as a genre will always be my favorite.
I have been listening to this song LOTS, after discovering it on Rhapsody. I truly feel something deep, listening to it. Captures the excitement of being young and having a crush on somebody. Tipping the light fantastic! It is upbeat, with beautiful harmony. Very simple. Still I don't know why it haunts me. I can understand The Flamgo's being exotic & a portal to deep emotions, but this tune also does the same thing. Thanks for posting!
Tragically we had very little Doo Wop in the Uk during the 50's. Thank the Lord for UTube and all you guys that are uploading this stuff. I'm 70 now and catching up on all that missed talent.
+Bernie Andrews that's right! here in the states, we never heard of Susan maughn either & she was popular in the UK in the '60's... think the popularity of the Beatles had any thing to do with it? lol
This was a 45RPM I had in my collection/ then came along the British invasion Could we be distant cosuin by some remote chance??? I'm of the andrews CLAN OF queens n.y.
Bernie Andrews ......Im 70 now and grew up with this music and even mid 60s had a group from NYC on the ship I served on ....kept things good to say the least ...thanks for the post...jd ol man way down in tx
Music from an era that valued true vocal skills and blending of wonderful human voices...before auto tune. You had to have chops..and these boys certainly did. Great song!
This was a "one hit wonder" that hit the top 40 charts in June 61' for 4 weeks. It reach as high as #26. The Quartet' lead singer was Virgil Johnson from Odessa, TX.
Virgil Johnson and I were both Dj's on the original Buddy Holly radio station KDAV 1590 Oldies in Lubbock, TX after he retired from the school system. He was a great guy! Virgil started teaching in the school system in Odessa, texas where he started the Velvets.
Doo-wop was one of the best kinds of popular music. I remember this song from early high school in Lancaster, PA. I haven't heard it for decades, and it still brings back that period in a flash -- top-40 AM radio, record hops, and allthat went with it. You just can't beat it. It's the best by far.
I grew up in the 50's (I'm 63 now) and I just loved listening to these songs on the radio back then!! And of course I still listen them today. This really was music!! This music is timeless! (I also loved the 60's too I was a teenager then). Debbie.
My young friend, watch what you wish for, I was alive in the 40's and 50's, At a ripe old age of 21, April of 1966, I was combat wounded in the Vietnam war. On a lighter note, keep enjoying those doo wop oldies.
What a treat this song was when it showed up on an AFRTS disc in 1961. I was at a USAF installation in Wakkanai, Japan and pulling some volunteer shifts on our radio outlet (part of the Far East Network). This was an instant favorite. Glad to find it here and dig it again....yehhh-ahhh!!
@bcimb1 I was born in 1950 and had an older sister, so the radio was on from '58 on. This was a great time to be into music. Every week or day, there was a different sound or type of music. I don't think there will ever be a better time for music. Then the British music came. WOW, another type of music. Your right, it was wonderful
The Velvets were Odessa, Texas music students of Virgil Johnson when they cut this track with Virgil singing lead in 1961. Roy Orbison got them their record deal with the Monument label and the result was this July release which charted for nine weeks. Their other classic -- which incredibly never reached the national charts -- was "That Lucky Old Sun."
Thanks, m1garand427, for my money this is probably the best single example of doo=wop -- great upbeat message, wonderful singer, backing vocals, rhythm, and orchestration. Just the best.
Fantastic record. I "borrowed" the 45 I have from the local radio station some 30 plus years ago. I never returned it. As far as the "doo-wop" orgins are concerned, my vote goes to the Five Satins. They were at least two years before the Velvets. There are others, but they were never heard down here in North Central Fla. At least, not by me. Thanks for the forum.
And tunesmith09, record companies were run by "Record People" . . . those who cared about the music they put out & not just the "Bottom Line" . . . how many copies could an artist sell. This is why YOU TUBE is so vital to keeping this kind of music alive, introducing it to younger generations. I have just purchased a turntable that allows me to convert my vinyl to CD's & download to my computer. I plan on posting some of my "lost gems" from the '50's & '60's.
This record did find it's way into the AFRTS library, It was a thrill to play it on the Far East Network station in Wakkanai, Japan, where I first learned that I could be a DJ.
Sometimes America amazes me! Doo wop was the beginning of an incredible era in music. It was fresh and liberal in it's outlook. We wanted everyone to take part. Now we bicker and argue, instead of taking time out to help and be kind to others. What happened?
Tim Liddell Thanks for the thumbs up Tim. Yeah maybe greed, denial and other things play a part. As for "poor responsibility"...well that's hard to define. If you want someone to build something, you have to give them the tools. No one wants to reduce the police, or the fire department, or other services they consider neccessary for life. BUT, if they think not educating the young, is a marginal thing, they are WRONG! Funny, I never see politicians saying, "we have to cut back""so cut my salary"! It's always services like healthcare, senior care, education, medicare, social security. BUT no never ever look at my salary, whether it's a mayor, governor, congressman, or senator! Now that's greed!
Bob Murphy "Income inequality"...gee, the universe, of politicians now see this like a cancer spreading over the land! Both republicans and democrats see this as a driving issue! HUH???? This has been going on since Nixon!!!!!PLEASE STOP...the Potomac 2 step!!!! A matter of seeing what is "now" or happening....these freakin people created this...they passed laws to abet it....NOW they want to denounce it???? Let's stop the BS....send them home and elect someone who cares...frankly I don't care if they are democrat, republican, independent, or a purple people eater....just get someone who eschews money, from those who don't give a shit about you and me!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the very best of the doo-wop era. Thanks for posting, and I like your photo. Reminds me of the pompadour hair styles back in the day -- late 50s & early 60s.
Somehow, this song and "Lucky Old Sun" both showed up on AFRTS transcriptions and got a ton of airplay where I was stationed, and pulling a few volunteer shifts myself. Just good solid group music! Yeah!!!
I was lucky enough to have lived through the days of the doo-wop and you are right, it was so exciting to turn on the radio and listen to all those great songs. I remember when I was in high school and we all went to see "Black Board Jungle". When Bill Haley played "Rock Around The Clock", everyone started dancing in the aisles. This was truly the start of rock and roll. I was also there when the Shields were rehearsing "You Cheated" and then a week later they were playing it on the radio!!
Thank you M1Garand...long lost song for me. Remember grooving to this tune when all our cousins would get together and listen / dance to a reel to reel tape recorder....probably in summer of 1958. Only part of the song was recorded...now I have it all. Doo wop at its best. Thanks again!!
For those of you who long to hear this music, google KZQZ am 1430. Although it's a local am station (St. Louis) that plays top 40 from the early 50's to early 70's, they have live streaming. I hear tunes there I haven't heard in decades, plus Frank, Dino, Rosemary, and the like. Plus Country crossovers, R&B and R&R from that era. Can't beat it!
Ease up boys.I was there in those great years and it's just a simple fact,things were so much better.Nothing to do with 'politics',that you can just imagine along with a young,raw Elvis,a talent like Ricky and the wonder of a Fabian.Just the way it was,and I wish I could get reborn also,and start all over again in 1946.Just better by a million miles.
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I'll never get tired of this song. It uplifts my heart
There will never be music like that again Growing up in the 50 and 60s were the best years in my life. The music The girls The High school and fire house dances. A time gone by
Wish I was there, great times. great music. Love it *****
The first time I'm hearing about firehouse dances.
TIME MACHINE PLEASE
2020 and still listening to these fabulous oldies, !!
Wow, what ever happened to music like this? This is truly Rock N' Roll
WONDERFUL MUSIC.
BRINGS BACK SUCH GREAT MEMORIES.
I'M A 69 YO AUSTRALIAN & I REMEMBER LISTENING TO THIS GREAT MUSIC ON THE OLD RADIO
WELL DONE
This is the kind of music that brought us together as a nation LONG LIVE DOO WOP !
+Robert Cummings Great comment, Bob
Yeah, we could use that now!
Great song!
This era was so uncomplicated....
and wonderful.
The greatest era of music. What a blend of harmony. Just love to here this song
Turn this one up LOUD in a public place, and watch the smiles.
Great song, and the great voices of The Velvets were just perfect. Not like the senseless music we listen to now-a-days.
Thanks for your reply, Roberto. I am with you all the way .
Tim Liddell. and happy, I could listen to this song all day.
Simple songs of love. No need for cursing, gangsta rap, hate, race baiting, or political BS. It was great while it lasted. Now its selfishness, and the entitlement generation. Everyone's into what have you got for me, the latest I phone, and greed is the norm. Our leaders sell out to the highest bidder, and they care little about the people who trusted them to do the right thing, and put them in power. Good manners, respect, and helping one another is gone as well.
Lots going on here. The United States has had cheap money for far too long and now an entire generation of folks who simply believe they're entitled to live in a nation where neither money nor education nor even themselves have value of any kind. We have a cure but implementing it will be *very* painful. A brutal recession is coming.
wish there were places we could still dance ...to our music ...as singles and couple...as we did as teens...some older singles need this...
I think there are, just gotta search. With ya on that!
I have searched..there are a couple ...very irratic dates and times...hard when you're older at times...:)
Yeah, there's a place near here that has them but I never drive out that way so never know when they are, Who knows, maybe the place went outta business
Now THAT, my friends, is music!
Robert Garrett Absolutely!
The term, "rap music is an oxymoron" with emphasis on the "moron" !!
I find it interesting that we are still listening to this music today ,,,and some how ,I don't think they will be listening to beyonce in 60 yrs
That’s for sure! And goes for a host of other wannabes and has-beens … lacking that certain all-important ingredient
If in the next century someone were to ask you what is /was doo wop music, all you'd have to do is play "Tonight" with one of the greatest leads ever, Virgil Johnson. This is exquisite!!!
The best - bring back doo wop!
Could be done, given the technology that's out there. It might even be better than before.
Feb. The gibbon
AWESOME----A classic frozen in time
one of the best things about music back then; You could hear every word they sang!
The memories of this song brought tears to my grandfather's eyes, memories of when he used to sing in the US
Makes you wanna get up and dance the night away......
you nailed it !!
Yes, let's dance everyone now!!!!!!!
Dance all day and night
@@jacquelinepotter400 love it baby let's rock*****
Hey, willbrassfield, I turned 65 in January, and I have never, ever tired of this music. I was in JHS and HS when so much of this stuff came out, and it's lived with me ever since. As much as I love the British Invasion-era music and much of the stuff from the 80's, doo-wop as a genre will always be my favorite.
Oooh! Love it when people discover this great sound! Love this song!
I have been listening to this song LOTS, after discovering it on Rhapsody. I truly feel something deep, listening to it. Captures the excitement of being young and having a crush on somebody. Tipping the light fantastic! It is upbeat, with beautiful harmony. Very simple. Still I don't know why it haunts me. I can understand The Flamgo's being exotic & a portal to deep emotions, but this tune also does the same thing. Thanks for posting!
One of my all time favorites. The good old days, I miss them
Tragically we had very little Doo Wop in the Uk during the 50's. Thank the Lord for UTube and all you guys that are uploading this stuff. I'm 70 now and catching up on all that missed talent.
+Bernie Andrews that's right! here in the states, we never heard of Susan maughn either & she was popular in the UK in the '60's... think the popularity of the Beatles had any thing to do with it? lol
Sorry to hear that, I'm 15 and have been listening to this music ever since I could say doo and wop
This was a 45RPM I had in my collection/ then came along the British invasion
Could we be distant cosuin by some remote chance??? I'm of the andrews CLAN OF queens n.y.
Doo Wop, the 50's car culture and all the rest. Great times then. The trash that passes as music today is not music.
Bernie Andrews ......Im 70 now and grew up with this music and even mid 60s had a group from NYC on the ship I served on ....kept things good to say the least ...thanks for the post...jd ol man way down in tx
one of the most magnificient heart soaring songs of all time! take me back to these times one more time.
Now, this is awesome Doo-Wop music at its very best. One of my all time favorite songs for sure.
Music from an era that valued true vocal skills and blending of wonderful human voices...before auto tune. You had to have chops..and these boys certainly did. Great song!
This was a "one hit wonder" that hit the top 40 charts in June 61' for 4 weeks. It reach as high as #26. The Quartet' lead singer was Virgil Johnson from Odessa, TX.
Virgil Johnson and I were both Dj's on the original Buddy Holly radio station KDAV 1590 Oldies in Lubbock, TX after he retired from the school system. He was a great guy!
Virgil started teaching in the school system in Odessa, texas where he started the Velvets.
underated classic of the 50's...take it from groovinmoose..terrific,,,great harmony, style, strings. and beat...dynamite!
I'm 76 but every time I hear this song, I'm 17 again.
Virginia Jordan me too
THE PERFECT DOOWOP SONG ☆☆☆☆☆
Or could be Runaround Sue by Dion & Belmonts, or Way up in the sky by the Starlites. Just wondering.
Doo-wop was one of the best kinds of popular music. I remember this song from early high school in Lancaster, PA. I haven't heard it for decades, and it still brings back that period in a flash -- top-40 AM radio, record hops, and allthat went with it. You just can't beat it. It's the best by far.
Doo-wop is a style of music that will never die and will inevitably return.
Some of the best music is often the simplest.
I grew up in the 50's (I'm 63 now) and I just loved listening to these songs on the radio back then!!
And of course I still listen them today. This really was music!! This music is timeless! (I also loved the 60's too I was a teenager then). Debbie.
One of the most perfect records.
The most requested song on a radio show I had the pleasure of hosting for 13 years on Dublin City FM (Doo-Wop Street)
Michael Dunne No wonder why !!
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IMHO--it should have reached the top 5!!!! Great song!!!
Bruce Farris Totally!!! One of the all-time great hits in my songbook!!
My young friend, watch what you wish for, I was alive in the 40's and 50's,
At a ripe old age of 21, April of 1966, I was combat wounded in the Vietnam war.
On a lighter note, keep enjoying those doo wop oldies.
Yes your right! Music like this,good music will live forever!
THE best 50s record
GREAT song from an under appreciated group.
Gotta listen to their version of That Lucky Old Sun.
thanks fro the post
One of the all time greats.
What a treat this song was when it showed up on an AFRTS disc in 1961. I was at a USAF installation in Wakkanai, Japan and pulling some volunteer shifts on our radio outlet (part of the Far East Network). This was an instant favorite. Glad to find it here and dig it again....yehhh-ahhh!!
This is doo wop at its best
Wonderful doo-wop !
These boys were way ahead of the game back then...Good stuff!
MASTERPIECE.
There is nothing like doo wop. We had the best music.They had life.
One of our favorite doowhop songs of all time.Great sound.Backgrounds perfect.Love it.Thanks for posting.
same here, music just come and go these days, but this its timeless, it still sounds good no matter how old they get :)
one of my all time favorites
pure music. what a great Doo wop cut.one of my favs.
I remember when I first heard
this gem. On the beach at
Coney at scovills bay ?
in the late 1950s or
early 60s.
As soon as I heard it I
said Hit!
One of my favorites. Thank you!
Agree that this song is great.
Remember it so well. And my youth and the good times.My Dad turned me on to music at a young age,and he loved this song.
One of the greatest songs ever made!!
Without a doubt !!
that's 763 thousand, that's close to a million views --
a pleasant surprise
Often imitated, never duplicated. Still the best.
@bcimb1 I was born in 1950 and had an older sister, so the radio was on from '58 on. This was a great time to be into music. Every week or day, there was a different sound or type of music. I don't think there will ever be a better time for music. Then the British music came. WOW, another type of music. Your right, it was wonderful
Oh Yes Indeed....
What A great doo-wop..
Fantastic memories indeed
The Velvets were Odessa, Texas music students of Virgil Johnson when they cut this track with Virgil singing lead in 1961. Roy Orbison got them their record deal with the Monument label and the result was this July release which charted for nine weeks. Their other classic -- which incredibly never reached the national charts -- was "That Lucky Old Sun."
A super song that never got its deserved recognition--love it!!
A classic by a great singer from Odessa and Lubbock Texas. My home town. A+from The College Professor SAN BERDOO.
Love to sing along to this great little tune! Lively beat, great sound, what's not to like?????
I'm 21 years old, come from Germany and I love this song :)
I adore this song.
Please keep this music alive.
Many thanks.
LJD
This song has kick started my day since I discovered it about a week ago
Thanks, m1garand427, for my money this is probably the best single example of doo=wop -- great upbeat message, wonderful singer, backing vocals, rhythm, and orchestration. Just the best.
Fantastic record. I "borrowed" the 45 I have from the local radio station some 30 plus years ago. I never returned it. As far as the "doo-wop" orgins are concerned, my vote goes to the Five Satins. They were at least two years before the Velvets. There are others, but they were never heard down here in North Central Fla. At least, not by me. Thanks for the forum.
One cool song--love that guy with the deep voice!
And tunesmith09, record companies were run by "Record People" . . . those who cared about the music they put out & not just the "Bottom Line" . . . how many copies could an artist sell. This is why YOU TUBE is so vital to keeping this kind of music alive, introducing it to younger generations.
I have just purchased a turntable that allows me to convert my vinyl to CD's & download to my computer. I plan on posting some of my "lost gems" from the '50's & '60's.
This record did find it's way into the AFRTS library, It was a thrill to play it on the Far East Network station in Wakkanai, Japan, where I first learned that I could be a DJ.
I wish people still made Doo Wop songs. :c
One of my favorite songs of all time.
Sometimes America amazes me! Doo wop was the beginning of an incredible era in music. It was fresh and liberal in it's outlook. We wanted everyone to take part. Now we bicker and argue, instead of taking time out to help and be kind to others. What happened?
Great comment, Bob. Part of "what happened" is many people became greedy and adopted denial and poor responsibility as a life style.
Tim Liddell Thanks for the thumbs up Tim. Yeah maybe greed, denial and other things play a part. As for "poor responsibility"...well that's hard to define. If you want someone to build something, you have to give them the tools. No one wants to reduce the police, or the fire department, or other services they consider neccessary for life. BUT, if they think not educating the young, is a marginal thing, they are WRONG!
Funny, I never see politicians saying, "we have to cut back""so cut my salary"! It's always services like healthcare, senior care, education, medicare, social security. BUT no never ever look at my salary, whether it's a mayor, governor, congressman, or senator! Now that's greed!
Bob Murphy "Income inequality"...gee, the universe, of politicians now see this like a cancer spreading over the land! Both republicans and democrats see this as a driving issue! HUH???? This has been going on since Nixon!!!!!PLEASE STOP...the Potomac 2 step!!!! A matter of seeing what is "now" or happening....these freakin people created this...they passed laws to abet it....NOW they want to denounce it???? Let's stop the BS....send them home and elect someone who cares...frankly I don't care if they are democrat, republican, independent, or a purple people eater....just get someone who eschews money, from those who don't give a shit about you and me!!!!!!!!!!!
Liberals took over in the mid 60's and it's been ALL DOWNHILL SINCE..
The left won't stop until we are a COMMUNIST or ISLAMIC state!!
Bob Murphy Because the Beatles made people into racists.
Superb. Still sounds new
never forget the music you grew up with----- it will always be with you
One of my favorites
TONIGHT(THE VELVET)CANCION MARAVILLOSA DE LOS 50 y 60
Oldies rule forever 2023 and beyond ❤
One of the very best of the doo-wop era. Thanks for posting, and I like your photo. Reminds me of the pompadour hair styles back in the day -- late 50s & early 60s.
never heard this one, very good oldie
WOW AWESOME!! LOVE IT. 👍👏🕺💃👠👠❤❤
I'm truly sorry to hear that, but thank you for your service to this country.
One of the best songs ever those were the days
Kind of reminds me of Amityville, NY on October 6th, 2002....WELL, EXCUUUUUUUSE ME, PRINCESS!!!
Smooth vocals. Love this song.
One of the great Doo Wop songs from a generation that brought us so much great music.
Somehow, this song and "Lucky Old Sun" both showed up on AFRTS transcriptions and got a ton of airplay where I was stationed, and pulling a few volunteer shifts myself. Just good solid group music! Yeah!!!
THIS IS REAL MUSIC. IDK WAT HAPPEN 2 MOST MUSIC THESE DAYS. THIS STYLE NEEDS TOO COME BACK QUICK! OLDIES ARE FOREVER
one of my favorite doo wops!
The only problem with this gem, is it's too short. I could hear this play all night long!!!
I was lucky enough to have lived through the days of the doo-wop and you are right, it was so exciting to turn on the radio and listen to all those great songs. I remember when I was in high school and we all went to see "Black Board Jungle". When Bill Haley played "Rock Around The Clock", everyone started dancing in the aisles. This was truly the start of rock and roll. I was also there when the Shields were rehearsing "You Cheated" and then a week later they were playing it on the radio!!
Thank you M1Garand...long lost song for me. Remember grooving to this tune when all our cousins would get together and listen / dance to a reel to reel tape recorder....probably in summer of 1958. Only part of the song was recorded...now I have it all. Doo wop at its best. Thanks again!!
For those of you who long to hear this music, google KZQZ am 1430. Although it's a local am station (St. Louis) that plays top 40 from the early 50's to early 70's, they have live streaming. I hear tunes there I haven't heard in decades, plus Frank, Dino, Rosemary, and the like. Plus Country crossovers, R&B and R&R from that era. Can't beat it!
What a georgous song, wish I'd lived through the 50's to witness an incredible period of music.
Ease up boys.I was there in those great years and it's just a simple fact,things were so much better.Nothing to do with 'politics',that you can just imagine along with a young,raw Elvis,a talent like Ricky and the wonder of a Fabian.Just the way it was,and I wish I could get reborn also,and start all over again in 1946.Just better by a million miles.
One of the sexiest doo wop songs of all tine.
You nailed it, Stephen !!
A true classic....'61....Virgil Johnson (RIP '13) and crew.
Priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!