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The variety of performers who have recorded "Blue Moon", it reads like the history of music: Django Reinhardt, Mel Torme Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Julie London, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, The Supremes, and even Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket.
But the most famous, recorded by Pittsburgh-based doo-wop group the Marcels, was a shock in 1961 when the track was known as a slow, lilting ballad. The composer Richard Rogers hated While the presentation of full-page ads urging people not to buy it.
Despite the negative reaction of the musical elite, was a great success. The version of the Marcels', who immortalized the phrase "bomp-baba-bomp-ba-bomp-ba-bomp-bomp-became a # 1 hit internationally, and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.
The controversy surrounding "The Marcels" Blue Moon "only serves to add another element and unusual history, which began in 1935 with composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart.
Rodgers and Hart also wrote songs like "My Romance, My Funny Valentine "," the lady is a "vagabond" Bewitched, bothered and bewildered "and many more.
The music of "Blue Moon" was originally written for the actress Jean Harlow to sing in the 1934 MGM movie Hollywood Party, as "Prayer (Oh Lord, make me a movie star). "Never used.
Hart would go on to review the melody with different lyrics ("The Bad For each "man," It is precisely this type of game), but neither became a success.
head editing MGM, Jack Robbins, Hart said he needed a title claw and romantic lyrics. Hart was reluctant to do so, but in the end, a classic was born.
On the basis of the expression "once in a blue moon," referring to something that rarely happens, the result was "Blue Moon, I was alone, without a dream in my heart without a love of mine. "The rest was history.
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Oldies songs .........?
I was wondering if anyone could name some of the most popular songs OLDIES and the artist? Oldies as in 50. Doowop stuff. Good ones and to date. Looking for a song Myspace. I have a myspace, because it is a good way to stay in contact with my friends and family across the states. But actually prefer oldies. I like many songs and oldies but I do not know the names of songs or bands.
The list is endless. Only Doo Wop some good end of the night: Some people think Gems: The Capris I wonder why: Dion & The Belmonts the hitherto: and my favorite classic doo wop All in Your Mind: Harptones ANY song Eddie Cochran: Summertime Blues, Teresa Jerry Lee: Breathless; Lovin a Storm The Girl Groups Shirelles: Will You Love Me Tomorrow: Foolish Little Girl Chordettes: Born to Be with You, Goodnight adolescents These are just some of thousands of shiny discs the best time music. Keep Rockin
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 James Brown Essential Early Recordings 40 Songs 2 CD  US $8.99
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 Lot of 3 Doo Wop VHS US $4.99
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 And the Music Speaks by All 4 One CD Jun 1995 Blitzz US $1.75
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 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION NEW CD US $6.99
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 FERGUS GERONIMO unlearn 2007 CD US $2.00
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 Soul RB DooWop Philly Soul 8 track LOT Stylistics Tymes Barbara Acklin MORE US $16.07
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 Funky Divas by En Vogue CD Mar 1992 EastWest US $3.95
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 Doo Wop 45 Rpm The Baltineers MOMENTS LIKE THIS NEW LOVE On Teenage 1000 US $100.00
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 Millennium by Backstreet Boys CD May 1999 Jive USA US $1.75
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 Lauryn Hill Miseducation of Lauryn Hill CD Fugees US $1.56
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 LOVE ROCK ROLL 1950s OLDIES ORIGINAL RECORDINGS US $4.77
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 DOO WOP 950 MP3 RARE VOCAL GROUP SONGS VOLUME 7 DVD US $22.99
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 Andrew Bird Ryko CD The Swimming Hour 45 Star US $5.99
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 Mariah Carey Mariah Carey CD US $.60
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 WHITE STRIPES DEAD WEATHER US PROMO CD Sea Of Cowards 5 TRACKS JACK WHITE US $24.99
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 EN VOGUE FUNKY DIVAS US $.99
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 Lot Of 5 PUNK GRUNGE METAL HARDCORE INDIE 7 Flagman Bleed Restrain US $9.99
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 EDDIE HADDAD KANYON Girl I1972 JAZZ ROCK FUNK PROMO 45 NR US $4.00
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 River of Dreams by Billy Joel CD Dec 2004 Sony Music Distribution USA US $1.00
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 Rock n Soul Pt 1 Greatest Hits by Hall Oates US $.89
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 THE VOGUES 18 Track Greatest Hits CD Five OClock World US $1.99
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 KARAOKE CDG 9 DISCS POP 152 SONGS NEW US $18.94
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 45 rpm Records Mixed Lot of 50 Rock Pop Doo wop Etc50s 60s 70s US $39.99
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Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need $13.45 This CD lives up to its name, offering 37 of doo-wop's greatest hits and most memorable artists. Everyone from The Dell Vikings to The Platters and The Crests to The Mystics are included. This 2-CD set strikes the perfect balance for fans of oldies and doo-wop!... |
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Dion & Belmonts - Greatest Hits $8.03 20 of the teen idol's biggest chart hits for the Laurie & Columbia labels from 1958-68, both with & without his group The Belmonts. All tracks are digitally remastered & include 'The Wanderer', 'I Wonder Why', 'Runaround Sue', 'Donna The Primadonna', 'A Teenager In Love' & 'Abraham Martin And John'. 1999 release. ... |
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Doo Wop Box $49.98 The unwritten rules for doo-wop groups were deceptively simple: name your group after a bird (the Wrens, the Flamingos) or a car (the Cadillacs, the El Dorados), practice your two-, three-, or four-part harmonies on a neighborhood street corner or in the back of a candy store, and sing songs about how much you love your baby. It might have seemed like an obvious formula, but getting it just right ... |
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PBS Rock Rhythm & Doo Wop: The greatest songs from early rock 'n' roll [VHS] $10.20 PBS videotape... |
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Live At The Rock 'N' Roll Palace Volume 3 $9.99 ... |
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Live At The Rock 'N' Roll Palace Volume 3 $2.99 ... |
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American Folksay 1-4 (Doo-Wop Diner) $13.98 ... |
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Blue Christmas SHEET MUSIC SATB $3.99 ... |
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The Dawn of Doo-Wop ... |