Rendezvous of legends: Here you can hear the best of the best from the era of Doo Wop

What kind of polyphonic singing! Of this can present gecastete Boy- / girl groups only dream! Here they all are gathered together, the Godfathers of vocal groups of the 1950s. This compilation offers the best of the heyday of the Doo Wop - which influenced the Gospel Rhythm & Blues Schwaz vocal groups such as the Ames Brothers (You, You, You, 1953, No. 1.) Dominoes (Have Mercy, Baby, 1951, position1) Penguins ("Earth Angel, 1954, No. 1), Shirelles (" Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, 1960, No. 1), Clovers (Don`t You Know I Love You, 1951, No. 1), Silhouettes (Get A Job , 1958, No. 1) or The Five Royales ("Baby Don`t Do It, 1952, No. 1).

A chart pearl this decade ranks to the other. In the years 1955-1963 about 15 percent of number-one hits of the US Billboard charts can be the genre Doo Wop attributed (Anthony J. Gribin / Matthew M. ship: "The Complete Book Of Doo Wop", ISBN 0 -87341-829-8)

The 10CD box makes the heart of every fan of reissues from the 1950s racing. The individual titles are sound technically superbly restored, so it is a pleasure, the harmonious singing mostly four- to listen to the six-member vocal groups and to dream of the past.

200 unique black ballads let the gentle side of the rock'n'roll era resound. Among them are 68 Top Ten hits (only 23 of them were at number 1 on the charts). Lauter earwigs world famous vocal groups like The Coasters (Yakety Yak, 1958, No. 1), Drifters (Save The Last Dance For Me, 1960, position1), Clovers, Cardinals, Bobbettes, Del-Vikings, Penguins, Crew Cuts, Haptones, Chantels and many more from a time when music was still handmade stocking. So just the right mix of cuddly-bangers for the next (Doo WOP) Party!

Of course, in this magnificent collection is no lack the Doo Wop anthem par excellence: Only You by The Platters (1957, No. 1). The quintet from Los Angeles in 1990 was also the first Doo Wop group, which was included in the "Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame.

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