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Street Corner Soul Episode 3

Ronnie Spector presents the story of doo-wop, looking at how the mainstream music industry moved in for a slice of the action as doo-wop took root in US cities.

Ronnie Spector take a look at the rise, fall and influence of doo-wop.

By the mid-1950s, hundreds of vocal group records were being released each week and acts like The Penguins, The Five Satins, The Cadillacs and The Moonglows became familiar names in the charts.

As doo-wop took root in cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and LA, the mainstream music industry moved in for a slice of the action.

Tracks featured in this episode include The Moonglows' Sincerely, The Cadillacs' Speedo, The Penguins' Earth Angel, The Five Satins' In The Still Of The Nite, and The Chords' Sh-Boom!

First broadcast in 2007.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 19 Jul 2023 02:00

Music Played

  • The Drifters

    MONEY HONEY

    • THE BEST OF 1953-1957.
    • ATLANTIC.
    • 2292-40864-2.
  • The Moonglows

    I Just Can't Tell No Lie

    • Single.
    • Champagne.
    • 7 500.
  • The Moonglows

    SINCERELY

    • THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ROCK N ROLL DOO WOP EDITION.
    • ACE.
    • CDCHD-100.
  • The Cadillacs

    GLORIA

    • The Best of The Cadillacs.
    • Sequel.
    • NEMCD-604.
  • The Cadillacs

    Speedo

    • Goodfellas (music from the motion picture).
    • Atlantic.
    • 7567-82152-2.
  • The Flamingos

    Golden Teardrops

    • Dream Of A Lifetime 1953 - 1959.
    • N/A.
    • n-a.
  • The Flamingos

    Lovers Never Say Goodbye

    • Single.
    • End.
    • E-1035.
  • The Flamingos

    I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU

    • THE GREATEST ROCK 'N' ROLL LOVE SONGS.
    • GLOBAL.
    • RADCD-115.
  • The Spaniels

    GOODNITE, SWEETHEART, GOODNITE

    • The Sound Of The City: Chicago.
    • EMI.
    • 7243-539459 2 3.
  • The Chords

    SH-BOOM

    • THE R&B BOX VOL. 2.
    • RHINO.
    • R2-71806.
  • The McGuire Sisters

    Sincerely

    • THE ANTHOLOGY.
    • NOT KNOWN.
    • NA-NA.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 25 Oct 2007 23:00
  • Tue 9 Sep 2008 20:30
  • Sun 19 Aug 2012 20:00
  • Thu 25 Oct 2012 00:00
  • Thu 18 Jul 2013 00:00
  • Thu 24 Apr 2014 02:00
  • Thu 4 Jun 2015 02:00
  • Thu 5 May 2016 02:00
  • Thu 11 May 2017 02:00
  • Thu 10 May 2018 02:00
  • Thu 7 Mar 2019 02:00
  • Thu 13 Feb 2020 02:00
  • Wed 19 Jul 2023 02:00