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Something Different

by John Cole|  October 8, 20186:18 pm| 12 Comments

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If you like doo-wop, bff Tams and her dad are doing a show tonight:

Live 7-9 here.

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  1. 1.

    Raven

    October 8, 2018 at 6:28 pm

    When I first saw this I thought it was

    The Tams – Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy

    See down here in the Southeast they have what they call “Beach Music”. It’s actually soul music that was popular for folks doing The Shag. Having grown up partly in LA Beach Music was Dick Dale and the Deltones, The Surfari’s. Jan and Dean and you know who.

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 8, 2018 at 6:33 pm

    I love doo-wop! Thanks for this, JGC. Looking forward to it!

    Shall you be there in person?

  3. 3.

    MomSense

    October 8, 2018 at 6:34 pm

    My kid and his guitar made it safely to LA. Phew.

  4. 4.

    Mike J

    October 8, 2018 at 6:34 pm

    Doo Italian American, plz.

  5. 5.

    raven

    October 8, 2018 at 6:41 pm

    A great version of Come and Go With me from American Hot Wax

  6. 6.

    raven

    October 8, 2018 at 6:46 pm

    I Wonder Why from American Hot Wax with Screamin Jay Hawkins exiting a limo in true wild man outfit.

  7. 7.

    dexwood

    October 8, 2018 at 6:58 pm

    Pretty cool father and daughter. Not a Doo Wop fan myself. I was a 50s child who spent a hell of a lot of time with older cousins given the nature of extended families then. They loved it, but inoculated me.

  8. 8.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 8, 2018 at 7:00 pm

    @raven:
    @raven:
    Links are fucked up and shit.

  9. 9.

    raven

    October 8, 2018 at 7:04 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Second one works, Planatones.

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    October 8, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    @MomSense: Big smiles at reading that here in IL.

  11. 11.

    NotMax

    October 8, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    Guess a Big Daddy link is in order.

    :)

  12. 12.

    Procopius

    October 9, 2018 at 8:37 am

    Last time I was stationed in the States (mid-’70s) there was one day some radio station in the DC area devoted a whole afternoon, maybe the whole day, to a capella doo-wop. I can’t imagine how I was listening to it, but I liked it. I was amazed there was so much a capella doo-wop. I didn’t even realize before I heard that that doo-wop was a genre. I still make sure to put both disks of American Grafitti in my library every time I have to restore my hard drive.

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