The Complete Book of Doo-Wop

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-03-01
Publisher(s): Krause Pubns Inc
List Price: $24.95

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Summary

An extensive history of doo-wop from 1950 through the early 1970s, along with the groups that performed it including Dion & the Belmonts, the Chiffons, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, the Shirelles, and many more. Includes 150 photos, 64 sheet-music covers, and prices for the 1,000 top doo-wop records ever.

Table of Contents

G.R.A.B.A. T.U.S.H.
7(13)
No Respect
13(4)
Websterizing Doo-wop
17(4)
Making Sense of Nonsense
21(5)
Testing Your Mettle
25(1)
For Experts Only!
25(1)
Getting to First Bass
26(5)
Shermania
30(1)
Running the Basses
30(1)
Getting the Lead Out
31(5)
One Thing Leads to Another
35(1)
Evolution
36(28)
The Primordial Musical Ooze
36(5)
The Birth of Doo-Wop
41(23)
Doo-Wopuzzles
64(2)
People of Pallor
66(31)
The First and Last White Group Records...Ed Engel & Bob Diskin
78(19)
Group Her-mony
97(14)
Some Idiosyncrasies of Doo-Wop
111(11)
Word Search: For the Birds
121(1)
Doo-Wogeography
122(26)
Baltimore/D.C.---Nay Nasser
132(1)
New York---Ron Italiano
133(3)
Chicago---Robert Pruter
136(2)
Los Angeles---Steve Propes
138(3)
Philadelphia---Robert Bosco
141(4)
Southern Sounds---Gordon Skadberg
145(2)
Stating The Facts
147(1)
Doo-Wopolitics
148(11)
The Teen Menace
159(5)
High School Confidential
164(6)
The Technology of the Doo-Wop Era
170(3)
The Personality Deejays
173(5)
Dee Jay Du Jour
177(1)
Indies Vs. the Establishment
178(7)
Label Babies
184(1)
The State of the Label
184(1)
The Street Corner Singers
185(13)
Pookie, Bunky & Baby
197(1)
``God Digs Doo-Wops, Man''
198(13)
Songstories
211(1)
The Gloria-fication of Doo-Wop 211(2)
Rhythm and Bruise 213

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