The Du-Ettes with The Vanguards 45 Private Doo Wop R&B rare

Essential Media Group

Collectables Records ( March 14, 2006 ), Genre: Oldies

Madacy Records

Time/Life Music

Liner Note Author: Billy Vera.Don't let the title fool you; after listening to The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need, you'll definitely want more. This is a good starting point for the curious, since all the basics are here in the original hit versions: "The Great Pretender, " "Earth Angel, " "I Only Have Eyes for You, " "Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight, " and, thrown in for good measure, a few tracks that even vocal group scholars wouldn't mind hearing again by the Marvelows, the Duprees, the Jive Five, and the Earls. While this is an excellent primer, the best representation of vocal group harmonies of the era remains the lavish (and pricey) 101-track Doo Wop Box on Rhino. ~ Al Campbell

Disc 1 1. Big Girls Don't Cry 2. Come Softly To Me 3. A Lover's Question 4. I Only Have Eyes For You 5. Where Did Our Love Go 6. This Magic Moment 7. For Your Precious Love 8. Pretty Little Angel Eyes 9. Oh, What A Night 10. Dedicated To The One I Love 11. Crying In The Chapel 12. Speedoo 13. Don't Ask Me (To Be Lonely) 14. At My Front Door 15. That's My Desire 16. Maybe 17. Every Beat Of My Heart Disc 2 1. Stand By Me 2. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 3. Rag Doll 4. Barbara-Ann 5. A Thousand Miles Away 6. Lonely Teardrops 7. I Count The Tears 8. Over The Mountain: Across The Sea 9. Desirie 10. A Million To One 11. Gee 12. I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent 13. Could This Be Magic 14. When We Get Married 15. Soldier Boy 16. Bad Girl 17. The Closer You Are

Sony Music Distribution (USA)

J/G (Jamie/Guyden Dist. Co.) ( March 03, 1998 ), Genre: Oldies

Ace Records (UK)

THE DOO WOP BOX contains 101 tracks featuring acts from the 1940s to the 1980s and includes liner notes by Bob Hyde, Donn Fileti, and Billy Vera. This definitive collection glorifies this classic art form and re-connects it to its roots in Gospel and its antecedents, soul, funk and jazz. As demonstrated on these brilliantly sequenced volumes, the evolution of doo wop is synonymous with the birth of R&B and parallels the rise of rock and roll.