VA: - The Dawn Of Doo-Wop 4CD

DISC ONE - VOL.1 DIGGING THE ROOTS

1. THE INK SPOTS When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano (Rene) p 1940
2. THE LEWIS BRONZEVILLE FIVE Natchez Mississippi Blues (Lewis) p 1940
3. THE MILLS BROTHERS Paper Doll (J.Black) p 1942
4. THE FOUR VAGABONDS Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer (Adamson - McHugh) p 1943
5. THE RED CAPS Just For You (unk) p 1943
6. THE MILLS BROTHERS You Always Hurt The One You Love (Allen Roberts - Dorie Fisher) p 1944
7. THE TOPPERS I'm Living For You (Steve Gibson) p 1944
8. THE TOPPERS In A Palace Of Stone (J.Springs) p 1944
9. THE INK SPOTS To Each His Own (Livingston - Evans) p 1946 10. THE BASIN STREET BOYS I Sold My Heart To The Junk Man (Leon Rene - Otis Rene) p 1946 11. THE DEEP RIVER BOYS That Chick's Too Young To Fry (Edwards - Hillard) p 1946 12. THE RAVENS Bye Bye Baby Blues (Biggs) p 1946
13. THE FOUR VAGABONDS P.S. I Love You (Mercer - Jenkins) p 1947 14. THE RAVENS Ol’ Man River (Hammerstein - Kern) p 1947
15. THE BASIN STREET BOYS Near To You (Leon Rene) p 1947
16. THE RAVENS Together (De Sylva - Brown - Henderson) p 1947
17. BILL JOHNSON & HIS MUSICAL NOTES Shorty's Got To Go (Johnson) p 1947
18. THE MILLS BROTHERS Across The Alley From The Alamo (Greene - Parker) p 1947
19. THE INK SPOTS You're Breaking My Heart (Genaro - Skyla) p 1949
20. THE SYNCOPATERS River Stay Away From My Door (Woods - Dixon) p 1949
21. THE SYNCOPATERS These Are The Things I Want To Share With You (Goodwin - Lisbona) p 1949
22. THE FOUR ROCKETS Loch Lomond (trad) p 1948
23. THE RAVENS White Christmas (Berlin) p 1948
24. THE TRUMPETEERS Milky White Way (Trad - Arr by E.Gray) p 1948
25. STEVE GIBSON & THE RED CAPS Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night (Higgenbotham) p 1951

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DISC TWO - VOL.2 BIRDLAND

1. THE ORIOLES It’s Too Soon To Know (Deborah Chessler) p 1948
2. THE RAVENS Be I Bumble Bee Or Not (Whitman - Miller) p 1947
3. THE SWALLOWS Will You Be Mine (Denby - Conrad) p 1951
4. THE LARKS When I Leave These Prison Walls (Eugene Mumford) p 1951
5. THE ROBINS I’m Through (unk) p 1950
6. THE RAVENS Careless Love (trad: arr Ricks) p 1949
7. THE ORIOLES I’m Just A Fool In Love (D.Chessler) p 1951
8. THE LARKS Eyesight To The Blind (Williamson) p 1951
9. THE SWALLOWS Dearest (Denby - Conrad) p 1951
10. THE RAVENS Someday (Hodges) p 1949
11. THE ORIOLES Hold Me Squeeze Me (R.Toombs) p 1951 12. THE ROBINS School Girl Blues (unk) p 1951 13. THE SWALLOWS Wishing For You (Denby - Conrad) p 1951
14. THE LARKS Darlin’ (unk) p 1951
15. THE RAVENS I’m Gonna Take To The Road (unk) p 1950
16. THE ROBINS If I Didn’t Love You So (unk) p 1950
17. THE ORIOLES What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve (Loesser) p 1949
18. THE SWALLOWS Since You’ve Been Away (Glover) p 1951
19. THE LARKS My Reverie (Debussy: arr Clinton) p 1951
20. THE ROBINS Our Romance Is Over (unk) p 1950
21. THE RAVENS If You Didn’t Mean It (Sanford) p 1949
22. THE ORIOLES I Miss You So (Scott - Henderson - Robin) p 1951
23. THE SWALLOWS Eternally (Weisgal - Solbins - Soutard) p 1951 24. THE ROBINS There’s Rain In My Eyes (unk) p 1950
25. THE LARKS Coffee Cigarettes And Tears (Nelson - Rollins) p 1951

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DISC THREE - VOL.3 DOO-WOP DREAMIN’

1. THE DOZIER BOYS She’s Gone (A.Walton) p 1949
2. THE MELLO-MOODS Where Are You (unk) p 1951
3. THE FIVE KEYS With A Broken Heart (Maryland Pierce) p 1951
4. THE MELODY MASTERS Don’t You Ever Mind Them (unk) p 1947
5. THE RIVALS Don’t Say You’re Sorry Again (unk) p 1950
6. THE ROYALES Give Me One More Chance (Pauling) p 1951
7. THE CARDINALS Shouldn’t I Know (Meredith Brothers - Sam Azreal) p 1951
8. THE DOMINOES Do Something For Me (Ward – Marks) p 1950
9. THE FIVE KEYS Too Late Baby (unk) p 1951
10. JOHNNY MOORE & THREE BLAZERS What Does It Matter (Berlin) p 1949
11. THE ROYAL SONS QUINTET Journey’s End (Pauling) p 1951
12. THE ORIOLES I’d Rather Have You Under The Moon (unk) p 1950
13. THE DREAMERS Can’t Get You Off My Mind (unk) p 1951
14. THE DOMINOES Weeping Willow Blues (Ward - Marks) p 1951
15. THE SULTANS You Captured My Heart (Gorham - Malone) p 1951
16 THE FIVE KEYS The Glory Of Love (William J.Hill) p 1951
17. THE CARDINALS I’ll Always Love You (Sam Azreal - Meredith Bros) p 1951
18. THE STRIDERS Cool Saturday Night (unk) p 1950
19. THE BASIN STREET BOYS Summertime Gal (unk) p 1947
20. THE DOMINOES I Am With You (Ward - Marks) p 1951
21. THE LARKS I Don’t Believe In Tomorrow (Millinder) p 1951
22. THE FOUR BLUES Missing You (unk) p 1951 23. THE RHYTHM KINGS Christmas Is Coming At Last (unk) p 1950
24. THE DREAMERS These Things I Miss (unk) p 1951
25. THE FOUR BLUES As Long As I Live (Leon Rene) p 1951

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DISC FOUR - VOL.4 DOO-WOP DANCIN’

1. THE ROYALES Too Much Of A Little Bit (Pauling) p 1951
2. THE ROBINS Rockin’ (unk) p 1951
3. THE SWALLOWS Roll Roll Pretty Baby (Denby - Sourhart) p 1951
4. THE CLOVERS Fool Fool Fool (Ertegun) p 1951
5. THE LARKS I Ain’t Fattening Frogs For Snakes (unk) p 1951
6. THE ROBINS If It’s So (unk) p 1950
7. THE CARDINALS Please Don’t Leave Me (Jesse Stone) p 1951
8. THE RIVALS Rival Blues (unk) p 1950
9. THE LARKS How Long Must I Wait For You (Toombs) p 1951
10. THE TRENIERS Buzz Buzz Buzz (Will You Be My Honey) (Simms - Lunceford) p 1947
11. THE CLOVERS Don’t You Know I Love You (Ertegun) p 1951
12. THE LARKS Hey Little Girl (unk) p 1951
13. THE FIVE KEYS Old MacDonald (trad) p 1951
14. THE DOMINOES Sixty Minute Man (Ward - Marks) p 1950
15. THE ROBINS Turkey Hop (unk) p 1950
16. THE DOMINOES That’s What You’re Doing To Me (Ward - Marks) p 1951
17. THE SWALLOWS It Ain’t The Meat (Glover - Mann) p 1951
18. THE CARDINALS Pretty Baby Blues (Hudson Whittaker) p 1951
19. THE LARKS Ooh…It Feels So Good (Twomey - Wiseman - Wise) p 1950
20. THE ROBINS I’m Living O.K. (unk) p 1950
21. THE DOMINOES Chicken Blues (Ward - Marks) p 1950
22. THE FIVE KEYS Hucklebuck With Jimmy (unk) p 1951
23. THE RED CAPS Tuscaloosa (unk) p 1951
24. THE SULTANS Lemon Squeezing Daddy (Jimmy Gorham) p 1951
25. THE TRENIERS Go Go Go (D.Hill - G.Gibeaux - C.Trenier) p 1951