The Only Doo‐Wop Collection You’ll Ever Need

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Tracklist

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1A Teenager in Love
performer:
Dion & The Belmonts
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1959 (number: 7)
recording of:
A Teenager in Love (in 1959)
lyricist:
Doc Pomus
composer:
Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
cover recording of:
A Teenager in Love
lyricist:
Doc Pomus
composer:
Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
Dion & The Belmonts4.52:34
2There’s a Moon Out TonightThe Capris2:13
3Remember Then
recording of:
Remember Then
lyricist and composer:
Tony Powers
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation and Unichappell Music, Inc.
The Earls2:08
4Daddy’s Home
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 23)
recording of:
Daddy’s Home
writer:
Charles Baskerville, Clarence Bassett, James Sheppard (American Doo-Wop/R&B singer) and William Henry Miller (US songwriter, A&R executive, label owner)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Longitude Music, Sixty Four East Music Co., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
A Thousand Miles Away
Shep & the Limelites22:53
5I Only Have Eyes for You
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1959 (number: 21), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 98), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 157) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 175)
cover recording of:
I Only Have Eyes for You
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), B. Feldman Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros. Inc. (not for release label use!), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
part of:
Dames (film)
part of:
Twins (1988)
recording of:
I Only Have Eyes for You
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), B. Feldman Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros. Inc. (not for release label use!), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
part of:
Dames (film)
part of:
Twins (1988)
The Flamingos4.253:20
6At My Front Door
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1955 (number: 9)
recording of:
At My Front Door (on 1955-04-24)
writer:
Ewart G. Abner, Jr. and John C. Moore (songwriter; manager of The El Dorados)
publisher:
Tollie Music
The El Dorados2:36
7My True StoryThe Jive Five2:31
8Hushabye
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1959 (number: 13)
recording of:
Hushabye
writer:
Doc Pomus (in 1959) and Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter) (in 1959)
is based on:
All the Pretty Little Horses
The Mystics2:30
9Little Darlin’
cover recording of:
Little Darlin’
lyricist and composer:
Maurice Williams (US singer/songwriter, played with The Zodiacs)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Excellorec Music
The Diamonds2:22
10Rama Lama Ding Dong
recording of:
Rama Lama Ding Dong
lyricist and composer:
George Jones Jr.
The Edsels2:27
11You Belong to MeThe Duprees2:48
12Unchained Melody
cover recording of:
Unchained Melody
publisher:
Hy Zaret
lyricist:
Hy Zaret
composer:
Alex North (US composer)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. (ended), HZUM Publishing, MPL Communication Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL Communications Australia, MPL Musik Verlags GmbH, North Melody Publishing and Unchained Melody Publishing, LLC
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Vito & the Salutations2:00
13I Do
recording of:
I Do (Marvelows song)
writer:
Melvin Mason (Marvelows member), Frank Paden (Marvelows member), Johnny Paden (Marvelows member), Jesse Smith (Marvelows member) and Willie Stephenson (Marvelows member)
The Marvelows2:27
14Step by Step
The Crests2:28
15Blue Moon
producer:
Danny and Stu (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961, in 2004)
cover recording of:
Blue Moon
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son P/L, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV and Francis Day Editions (SABAM)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
The Marcels32:16
16Denise
recording of:
Denise
lyricist and composer:
Neil Levenson (pianist and songwriter)
publisher:
Bright Tunes Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Minder Music Ltd. and Taking Care of Business Music Inc. (BMI)
Randy & the Rainbows41:57
17Over the Mountain, ’Cross the Sea
Johnnie & Joe2:15
18Duke of Earl
recording of:
Duke of Earl
writer:
Eugene Dixon, Earl Edwards (soul singer-songwriter) and Bernice Williams (songwriter)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present))
Gene Chandler22:26
19Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You)
lead vocals [singing voice on 1st lead]:
Carl Burnett (the original Little Caesar from Little Caesar & The Romans)
spoken vocals [spoken voice on 2nd lead]:
David Johnson
recording of:
Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You)
writer:
Nick Curinga and Paul Politi
Little Caesar & The Romans23:27