The Ventures/Days of Doo Wop

entropychaser · Jul 7, 2019

I went to the same elementary school as Bill Haley (but long afterward}. I got his autograph during a visit when I was fourth grade. It's long since been lost. My mother-in-law did a lot better. She and her sisters found Frank Sinatra smoking a cigarette leaning against a building in Midtown Manhattan in 1942. Darn if she doesn't still have his autograph!

memory master · Jul 8, 2019

JohnnyGage said:
Not so good on the Doo Wop testing, but put up some Cowsills, Partridge Family and Bobby Sherman...uggh, just kidding...but anyone into Bill Black Combo?...I have it as a favorite on my Sirius radio and have to crank it up when they come on, fun music...

Excellent choice Dan. Bill Black's combo put forth some good music. As you probably know, he was the bass player for Elvis at one time early on.

68jk09 · Jul 14, 2019

JERRY LAWSON 40 YR LEAD SINGER OF THE PERSUASIONS .....REST IN PEACE.... https://bestclassicbands.com/jerry-lawson-obituary-7-11-19/

memory master · Jul 14, 2019

68jk09 said:
JERRY LAWSON 40 YR LEAD SINGER OF THE PERSUASIONS .....REST IN PEACE.... https://bestclassicbands.com/jerry-lawson-obituary-7-11-19/

They performed an excellent version of "Looking For An Echo" prior to Kenny Vance & The Planetones release around 1975. Rest In Peace Jerry and thanks for the memories.

memory master · Jul 20, 2019

Here's a few updated tunes by favorite artists of our time;
Mrs. Brown you have a lovely walker Herman's Hermits
Fifty ways to lose your liver Paul Simon
You're so varicose vein Carly Simon
How can you mend a broken hip Bee Gees
The first time ever I forgot your face Roberta Flack
I can't see clearly now Johnny Nash
Papa's got a kidney stone Temptations
These boots give me arthritis Nancy Sinatra
Denture Queen Abba
You make me feel like napping Leo Sayer
Once, twice, three times to the bathroom Commodores
A whiter shade of hair Procol Harem
I get by with a little help from my Depends Beatles
Bad prune a-rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
I heard it through the Grape-Nuts Gladys Knight & The Pips
You're so frail The Fiestas
Since I don't have youth The Skyliners
Rescusitate Me Fontella Bass
Where or when????? Dion & The Belmonts

memory master · Jul 27, 2019

Hi Gents, I need some assistance in a matter not FD related. I'm trying to locate an LP possibly on Kama Sutra records from the mid 60's up to 1970 supposedly recorded by an obscure Long Island group under the names of "Gathering Storm" or "December's Children." I have searched on the internet but have found nothing consequential as of yet. Long story short, my nephew's (NYPD) friend who recently passed away was in that group and his son is trying to locate a copy of the LP. I have no album title or anything further to go on here. I'll be trying Discogs next. If anyone has heard of either of these groups or by some wild stroke of luck has the LP buried under ten tons of basement relics please let me know. Thanks in advance for any and all assistance. Be well, be safe and God Bless.

P.S. Supposedly they were "Vanilla Fudge" or "Rascals" sounding in their vocals.

fdce54 · Jul 27, 2019

MM, could this be it...... https://www.ebay.com/itm/DECEMBERS-CHILDREN-Decembers-Children-LP-Euro-re-Rock-Pop/301671939998

memory master · Jul 28, 2019

Thanks FDCE but I think that's a west coast group with the same name. Also, none of the group members names on the rear cover match the name I'm looking for. I have so little info on this and all I'm getting was a group called December's Children OR Gathering Storm used to sing at Long Island clubs such as Action House in Island Park, etc. It was here, in 1969, they were approached about cutting an LP for Kama Sutra Records. The son has no album title, no song titles so playing super sleuth was delegated to me, if indeed an LP was actually recorded. Thanks again my friend for your response.

fdce54 · Jul 28, 2019

Any time MM. Sorry it didn't help.

JohnnyGage · Aug 8, 2019

Hey Now...yesterday, after I dropped my wife off at the supermarket I was tuned-into my hi-fi radio in my ride, I was back in the 50's when this tune pops up, it's by Ernie K Doe and he is singin' about "A Certain Girl". When my chick came back to my ride I went from Bermuda Shorts and a Polo golf shirt to a white tee with a pack of Kool cigarettes rolled up, my hair greased back, a cig behind my ear and my garrison belt buckle on my rolled up blue jeans off to the side...then she switched back to soft rock channel and I was me again...Anyway, whats the girls name Ernie is singing about?...b'cause, I can't tell ya... 8)

memory master · Aug 8, 2019

It was probably his "Mother-In-Law."

68jk09 · Sep 2, 2019

THE SONG "MY GIRL"....

68jk09 · Sep 2, 2019

^^^^^ MY GIRL Ready for action... https://ibb.co/Gs3Qs1r

raybrag · Sep 2, 2019

Anybody remember this? Gene Bua was a Brooklyn boy who was in my class at St. Ann's/Archbishop Molloy HS along with Ray Kelly (yes, THAT Ray Kelly). We all thought he was nuts, but he had some success with this song, then went to Hollywood, where he had a relatively successful career in soaps, and ran the acting school that Brad Pitt went to . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07mTiZ1RDzA

memory master · Sep 2, 2019

mmm, I went to elementary school with John Bua who talked about his brother being a singer. However, this was St. Fidelis in College Point, Queens. The 1958 timeline fits in so I wonder if Gene lived in Brooklyn with relatives then or travelled to Molloy daily from CP?

raybrag · Sep 2, 2019

Might have, Memory. Gene was born in Brooklyn. We graduated in "59.

68jk09 · Sep 13, 2019

Not Doo Wop but Eddie Money died today..... for a short time he had been NYPD in the 103PCT.

nfd2004 · Jan 1, 2020

Doo Wop is coming to Staten Island

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7P0UVftteQ

nfd2004 · Jan 21, 2020

Back in 1956 a group called The Five Satins, with lead singer Freddie Paris (soon to be 84 years old) first sang this song at St Bernadette's Church in New Haven, Ct.

About 60 years later they got together at that church again to sing that song for an upcoming PBS Show.

Here is their famous hit called: "In the Still of the Night".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFzmP6Xnxs8

memory master · Jan 22, 2020

And in the church basement was where the song was recorded for the master tape. One of the "Satins" was unable to attend the session so the sax was played by a church member Vinnie Mazzetta. Ironically, "In The Still Of The Nite" was to be released as the "B" side with "The Jones Girl" as the plug "A" side.