Various Artists "Doo Wop Box (4 CDs)" [R2 71463]
DISC I: The Birth Of Doo Wop (1948-1955)
1. It's Too Soon To Know - The Orioles ['48, R&B: 1, Pop: 13]
2. Count Every Star - The Ravens ['50]
3. The Glory Of Love - The Five Keys ['51, R&B: 1]
4. Gee - The Crows ['53, R&B: 2, Pop: 14]
5. Crying In The Chapel - The Orioles ['59, R&B: 1, Pop: 1]
6. Money Honey - Cyde McPhatter & The Drifters ['53, R&B: 1]
7. Golden Teardrops - The Flamingos ['53]
8. A Sunday Kind Of Love - The Harp-Tones ['53]
9. I - The Velvets ['53]
10. Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite - The Spaniels ['54, R&B: 5, Pop: 24]
11. Sh-Boom - The Chords ['54, R&B: 2, Pop: 5]
12. Gloria - The Cadillacs ['54]
13. Hearts Of Stone - The Jewels ['54]
14. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins ['54, R&B: 1, Pop: 8]
15. Sincerely - The Moonglows ['54, R&B: 1, Pop: 20]
16. Mary Lee - The Rainbows ['54]
17. Close Your Eyes - The Five Keys ['54, R&B: 5]
18. (Will You) Come Back My Love - The Wrens ['55]
'. Story Untold - The Nutmegs ['55, R&B: 2]
20. Only You (And You Alone) - The Platters ['55, R&B: 1, Pop: 5]
21. Why Don't You Write Me? - The Jacks ['55, R&B: 3, Pop: 82]
22. When You Dance - The Turbans ['55, R&B: 3, Pop: 33]
23. At My Front Door - The El Dorados ['55, R&B: 1, Pop: 17]
24. The Great Pretender - The Platters ['55, R&B: 1, Pop: 1]
25. Lily Maebelle - The Valentines ['55]
DISC II: The Rock'N'Roll Explosion (1955-1957)
1. Speedoo - The Cadillacs ['55, R&B: 3, Pop: 17]
2. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - The Frankie Lymon & Teenagers ['55, R&B: 1, Pop: 6]
3. I'll Be Home - The Flamingos ['55, R&B: 5]
4. Devil Or Angel - The Clovers ['55, R&B: 3]
5. Church Bells May Ring - The Willows ['56, R&B: 11, Pop: 62]
6. Little Girl Of Mine - The Cleftones ['56, R&B: 8, Pop: 57]
7. I Want You To Be My Girl - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers ['56, R&B: 3, Pop: 13]
8. In the Still Of The Night - The Five Satins ['56, R&B: 3, Pop: 24]
9. The Closer You Are - The Channels ['56]
10. Oh What a Night - The Dells ['56, R&B: 4]
11. A Thousand Miles Away - The Heartbeats ['56, R&B: 5, Pop: 53]
12. Please Say You Want Me - The Schoolboys ['56, R&B: 13]
13. Come Go With Me - The Dell Vikings ['56, R&B: 2, Pop: 4]
14. I'm So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La) - Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords ['56]
15. Walking Along - The Solitaires ['56]
16. Little Darlin' - The Gladiolas ['56, R&B: 11, Pop: 41]
17. Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely - The Dubs ['57]
18. Florence - The Paragons ['57]
19. Deserie - The Charts ['57, Pop: 88]
20. Whispering Bells - The Dell-Vikings ['57, R&B: 5, Pop: 9]
21. Tonite, Tonite - The Mello-Kings ['57, R&B: 77]
22. Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrew & The Hearts ['57, R&B: 11, Pop: 45]
23. Baby Oh Baby - The Shells ['57, Pop: 21]
24. Tell Me Why - Norman Fox & The Rob-Roys ['57]
25. Buzz-Buzz-Buzz - The Hollywood Flames ['57, R&B: 5, Pop: 11]
26. Tear Drops - The Lee Andrew & Hearts ['57, R&B: 4, Pop: 20]
DISC III: Doo Wop's Golden Age (1957-1959)
1. Been So Long - The Pastels ['57, R&B: 4, Pop: 24]
2. Get A Job - The Silhouettes ['57, R&B: 1, Pop: 1]
3. Book Of Love - The Monotones ['57, R&B: 3, Pop: 5]
4. Maybe - The Chantels ['57, R&B: 2, Pop: 15]
5. I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts ['58, Pop: 22]
6. One Summer Night - The Danleers ['58, R&B: 4, Pop: 7]
7. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & The Impressions ['58, R&B: 3, Pop: 11]
8. You Cheated - The Shields ['58, R&B: 11, Pop: 12]
9. I'm So Young - The Students ['58, R&B: 26]
10. Everyday Of The Week - The Students ['58]
11. Little Star - The Elegants ['58, R&B: 1, Pop: 1]
12. Tears On My Pillow - The Imperials ['58, R&B: 2, Pop: 4]
13. Trickle, Trickle - The Videos ['58]
14. Ten Commandments Of Love - Harvey & The Moonglows ['58, R&B: 9, Pop: 22]
15. 16 Candles - The Crests ['58, R&B: 4, Pop: 2]
16. So Fine - The Fiestas ['58, R&B: 3, Pop: 11]
17. Lovers Never Say Goodbye - The Flamingos ['58, R&B: 25, Pop: 52]
18. Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners ['58, R&B: 3, Pop: 12]
19. Pizza Pie - Norman Fox & The Rob Roys ['59]
20. Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - The Impals ['59, R&B: 14, Pop: 2]
21. A Teenager In Love - Dion & The Belmonts ['59, Pop: 5]
22. Who's That Knocking - The Genies ['58, Pop: 71]
23. I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos ['59, R&B: 3, Pop: 11]
24. Hushabye - The Mystics ['59, Pop: 20]
25. Rockin' In The Jungle - The Externals ['59, Pop: 78]
DISC IV: The Doo Wop Revival (1959-1987)
1. Mope-Itty Mope - The Boss-Tones ['59]
2. Oh Rose Marie - The Fascinators ['59]
3. Just To Be With You - The Passions ['59, Pop: 69]
4. Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & The Imperials ['59, R&B: 14, Pop: 24]
5. The Wind - The Jesters ['60, Pop: 110]
6. Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs ['60, R&B: 3, Pop: 1]
7. There's A Moon Out Tonight - The Capris ['60, R&B: 11, Pop: 3]
8. Blue Moon - The Marcels ['61, R&B: 1, Pop: 1]
9. Tonight I Fell In Love - The Tokens ['61, Pop: 15]
10. Daddy's Home - Shep & The Limelights ['61, R&B: 4, Pop: 2]
11. Barbara-Ann - The Regents ['61, R&B: 7, Pop: 13]
12. Rama Lama Ding Dong - The Edsels ['61, Pop: 21]
13. Tonight (Could Be The Night) - The Velvets ['61, Pop: 26]
14. My True Story - The Jive Five ['61, R&B: 1, Pop: 3]
15. Nag - The Halos ['61, Pop: 25]
16. Lookin' For My Baby - The Earls ['61]
17. Imagination - The Quotations ['61, Pop: 105]
18. Coney Island Baby - The Excellents ['62, Pop: 51]
19. Remember Then - The Earls ['62, R&B: 29, Pop: 24]
20. Never Let You Go - The Five Discs ['62]
21. Denise - The Randy & Rainbows ['63, R&B: 18, Pop: 10]
22. Unchained Melody - The Vito & Salutations ['63, Pop: 66]
23. I Do - The Marvelows ['65, R&B: 7, Pop: 37]
24. Morse Code Of Love - The Capris ['82]
25. My Juanita (Live) - Johnny Meastro & The Brooklyn ['87, Previously unissued]
収録曲中，Aaron Neville "My True Story" でカバーされているのは，'Money Honey'(I-6.), 'My True Story'(IV-14.), 'Tears On My Pillow'(III-12.) の３曲くらいだが，Doo Wop のコンピレーションとしては，最高の評価を受けているボックス・セット。４枚それぞれに，「ドゥー・ワップの誕生」，「ロックンロールの爆発」，「ドゥー・ワップの黄金時代」，「ドゥー・ワップ復活」というタイトルがついている。
Aaron Neville は，以前から Doo Wop のカバーをかなりしていて，例えば・・・
◎ "Orchid In the Storm" [Rhino R2 70956] -1985
2. For Your Precious Love (III-7.)
3. The Ten Commandments Of Love (III-14.)
5. Earth Angel (I-14.)
◎ "Warm Your Heart" [A&M POCM-1805] -1991
9. Close Your Eyes (I-17.)
↑ は Linda Ronstadt とのデュエット。
CLOSE YOUR EYES - AARON NEVILLE.wmv @Youtube
The Five Keys___Close Your Eyes @Youtube
同じ The Five Keys の 'The Glory Of Love' や，The Impressions 'For Your Precious Love' を Otis Redding がカバーしているように，Doo Wop もディープなソウルと無縁ではない。
Doo Wop のボーカル・グループからソロに転向して Deep Soul を歌ったシンガーもいたそうだ。
どの世界にも，どのジャンルにも「マニア」はいるもので，このボックス・セットのブックレット(Compiler's Notes by Bob Hyde) には，'One record - a 45 RPM single, mind you, not an LP - from 1953 recently sold for a reported $18,000!' とある。
最近の円安で最高値に比べると１ドルあたり￥１０以上の差が発生しているけれども，$18,000 ということは，レートが十円違うと・・・(?_?) とても，正気の沙汰とは思えない・・・(^_^;)
せいぜい数十ドルのブツに躊躇している自分が情けなくなってくる・・・(T_T)
続編の Vol.2 / 3 もリリースされているが，未入手。
この第１集だけでも，Doo Wop というジャンルの，底知れない奥深さを実感することができるが，そんな Doo Wop も，「アメリカンコーラスの歴史」という視点にたてば，一部分でしかない・・・のだった。
● V.A. "MCA gems: From Barbershop To Doo-Wop To Hip-Hop: American Heritage of Group Singing" [MCA UICY-4003]
↑ の邦題は，『アメリカンコーラスの歴史―バーバーショップからヒップホップまで』。
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