Rhythm ’n’ Blues: Early Doo-Wop

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 29 August 2005

blues doo-wop jazz

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CD 1
1
Smack Dab in the Middle
Mills Brothers
2:52
2
Rockin’ in the Rocket Room
The Larks
2:50
3
Baby, It’s You
The Spaniels
2:34
4
Ooh Oh
The Four Buddies
2:33
5
Hucklebuck With Jimmy
The Five Keys
2:21
6
Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby
The Swallows
2:50
7
A Sunday Kind of Love
The Harptones
2:59
8
Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ but Trash
Big John & The Buzzards
2:21
9
Midnight Blues
The Ravens
2:44
10
The Deacon Moves In
Little Esther & The Dominoes
2:45
11
Your Love
The Crickets
2:29
12
Mardi Gras Mambo
The Hawketts
2:17
13
Saturday Night Fish Fry
The Do Ray Me Trio
3:06
14
It Rocks! It Rolls! It Swings!
The Treniers
3:04
15
Heaven and Paradise
Don Julian & The Meadowlarks
2:59
16
Why Don’t You
The Marigolds
2:50
17
Work With Me, Annie
The Midnighters
2:45
18
I Don’t Have to Hunt No More
The Five Crowns
2:40
19
Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
The Ebonaires
2:26
20
Ride, Jockey, Ride
The Lamplighters
2:36
21
Jump Children
The Flamingos
2:33
22
White Cliffs of Dover
The Checkers
2:20
23
Don’t Play Around With Love
The Blenders
2:50
24
Love Only You
The Feathers
2:42
25
Secret Love
The Moonglows
2:45
CD 2
1
Can’t Do Sixty No More
Billy Ward and His Dominoes
2:34
2
Please Please
The Eagles
2:14
3
A Bottle of Pop
The Lollypoppers
2:30
4
The Meaning of Love
The Goldentones
2:40
5
Shake, Rattle and Roll
The Deep River Boys
2:20
6
The Bells of St.Mary’s
Lee Andrews & the Hearts
2:06
7
Baby Take All of Me
The “5” Royales
2:37
8
Hey Senorita
The Penguins
2:14
9
Tiger Rag
The Mills Brothers
1:46
10
My Confession
The Rockers
2:34
11
Burn That Candle
The Cues
2:33
12
It Ain’t the Meat
The Swallows
2:35
13
Whaddaya Want
The Debs
2:32
14
How Long Must I Wait
The Larks
2:29
15
Run Pretty Baby
The Goldentones
2:33
16
Voo Vee Ah Bee
The Platters
2:13
17
Poon Tang
The Treniers
2:40
18
I’m Not the One You Love
The Crickets
2:27
19
Ain’t Gonna Do It
The Pelicans
2:29
20
Annie Had a Baby
The Midnighters
2:42
21
Where Did Caldonia Go
The Five Stars
2:51
22
You Don’t Have to Drop a Heart to Break It
The Ravens
2:30
23
Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight
The Spaniels
2:42
24
Every Beat of My Heart
The Royals
2:58
25
Baby Don’t Do It
The “5” Royales
2:44
CD 3
1
Hi-Yo-Silver
The Treniers
2:36
2
Cross Over the Bridge
The Chords
2:41
3
Don’t Do It
The Penguins
2:25
4
Hey!
The Sparrows
2:26
5
Gotta Find My Baby
The Ravens
2:18
6
Later Baby
Fat Man Matthews & The Four Kittens
2:39
7
Baby Let’s Play House
The Thunderbirds
2:00
8
Loving a Girl Like You
The Harptones
2:56
9
Go Back
The Du Droppers
2:41
10
Much Too Much
Lee Andrews & the Hearts
2:28
11
Boom Boom
The Barons
2:21
12
Lily Maybelle
The Valentines
2:05
13
Fine as Wine
The Crickets
2:35
14
Honey From the Bee
The Larks
2:48
15
Big Leg Mama
The Rockets
2:34
16
Salty Dog
The Lamplighters
2:36
17
Why Don’t You Write Me
The Feathers
2:49
18
Hey Now
The Platters
2:14
19
Angel Child
The Rockers
2:43
20
At My Front Door
The El Dorados
2:36
21
I
The Velvets
3:20
22
The Last of the Good Rocking Men
The Four Jacks
2:39
23
Red Hot
The Five Scamps
2:52
24
19.50$ Bus
The Five Crowns
2:26
25
I’d Climb the Highest Mountain
The Four Buddies feat. Dolly Cooper
3:06
CD 4
1
I Like That
The “5” Royales
2:52
2
Blue Flowers
The Strangers
2:43
3
Money Honey
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
2:56
4.0 ★
4
Golden Teardrops
The Flamingos
3:14
5
Shake’ Em Up
The Feathers
2:16
6
Somebody Changed the Lock
The Empires
2:41
7
Marie
The Four Tunes
2:18
8
Go, Go, Go
The Treniers
2:21
9
Tell Me, Baby
The Sparrows
2:23
10
You’re Everything to Me
The Orchids
3:11
11
Honey, I Don’t Want You
The Ravens
2:33
12
Pa-Pa-Ya Baby
The Jumping Jacks
2:26
13
The Letter
The Medallions
2:52
14
Certainly All
Eddie Jones & De Toppers
2:10
15
Is It a Dream
The Vocaleers
3:06
16
Ain’t Like That No More
The Swans
2:27
17
Goody Good Thing
The Lamplighters
2:40
18
Never Give Up Hope
The Crickets
2:04
19
Sh-Boom
The Chords
2:25
3.0 ★
20
Os-Ca-Lu-Ski-O
The Larks
2:34
21
Baby Please
The Moonglows
2:53
22
Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
The “5” Royales
2:41
23
Mary Lee
The Rainbows
2:29
24
Good Time Girls
The Swallows
2:39
25
Turkey Hop
Hamptones
2:37

Release credits

Ahmet Ertegun
producer [3, 19]
Alonzo Tucker
electric bass guitar [17]
Andrew Thrasher
tenor vocals [3]
Arthur Porter
guitar [17]
Bill Pinkney
tenor vocals [3]
Charles Sutton
background vocals [17]
Clyde McPhatter
lead vocals [3]
Gerhart Thrasher
baritone vocals [3]
Hank Ballard
lead vocals [17]
Henry Booth
background vocals [17]
Howard Biggs
arranger [19]
Jerry Wexler
producer [3, 19]
Robert Boswell
membranophone [17]
Robert Darby
tenor saxophone [17]
Sam “The Man” Taylor
tenor saxophone [19]
Sonny Thompson
piano [17]
Sonny Woods
bass vocals [17]
The Chords
vocal [19]
Walter Adams
guitar [3]
Willie Ferbie
bass vocals [3]

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Rhythm ’n’ Blues: Early Doo-Wop
4x CD
29 August 2005