Steve Lawrence- Footsteps (Doo wop)

[sauquoit13456]

On this date in 1960 {Mar. 7th} "Footsteps" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; eventually it would peaked at #7 and spent 13 weeks in the Top 100...

Ranked 69th on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1960 chart...

The 2nd in a string of 3 straight records by Steve Lawrence that made the Top 10; starting with "Pretty Blue Eye" {#9}, then this one, and finally "Portrait Of My Love" {#9}...

[azboomer1950]

the term doo wop wasn't even used in the 50s. back then street corner groups sang standards, blues and rhythm & blues (not like today's r & b). since those groups usually sang without instrument accompaniment, they would fill in with nonsense words like "doo wop",etc.

[frivolousfieds]

@azboomer1950 Yeah, your right they didn't call it doo wop back then. My Grandpa always tells me stories about his childhood in the late 50's and early 60's. He said his high school years were the best of his life and the "street corner groups" you mentioned were always about having fun and enjoying each others company. It's sad to see how much the times have changed so drastically....

[vinmanc1]

Great entertainer...thx for the post

[MagicGary1960]

A great early 1960 classic by Mr Steve Lawrence? I just llove the Steve and Eydie show! Being married to the hot Eydie Gorme just love that show and this song.

[TheTwins48]

love to sing his songs in my act.

[stanstedeye]

A super song for sure

[crazyromanian1]

Definitely NOT Doo-wop.

[hhhhh3A]

NICE

[fgonzalez6]

Thanks a lot for the memories a big hit in Cuba in the 50's

[sophie1065]

no truer word,s were spoken jeff62rey. How nich it would be to go ack to the 60,s and 70,s. Before we turnned into this polticly correct prissy sanistezed mess we live in now. Were everybody has to think and acct the same and thhis crap called ha ha ha music now.

[ThePeebsb]

top tune I agree not doowop just a great 45. Top banana!

[ringo244]

That song is not Doo Wop

[jeff62rey]

A time for heart-achingly sincere puppy love and unjaded sentiment. You can call it an ignorant and bigotted time, but it was REAL and I really want to go back and live there again.

[noosmum]

@jeff62rey can i come too plz????

[jeff62rey]

@noosmum The more the merrier and especially with musically like-minded souls.

[heine71]

Steve Lawrence tried out DOO WOP style?!

[boshardn]

Steve Lawrence was only big voice singer of the fifties and sixties that found a niche between crooner ballads and rock with great great songs like "Footsteps" and "Pretty Blue Eyes" among many other songs that I would categorize as Doo Wop light. His songs are just as fresh as the day they were recorded over fifty years ago.

[coffeeicecream1]

Love your voice Steve.

The song is also great!!!!!!

Many thanks.

[heine71]

Reminds me of Stubby Kaye singing the Shenangins game show theme in the 1960's.

[rosekraut]

I've loved this song since I was in grammar school! Thanks for posting.

[Adrian68ification]

defo the wads or this version listened to Barry manns version and is ok but i dunno got something missing these two versions haven't

[Munsterch]

The brillance of Mr. Teddy Randazzo!!!!

Doesn't get better than this!

[zappasaurus]

Dudes!!! No it ain't doo wop, but beautiful nonetheless. The discussion really stops then. I think it is so cool that music made before I was born rips. It ain't Mozart, but it is still timeless. The record, CD, MP3, incredible invention.

[FarfeNuegen]

Great voice & song!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for posting it!

[WOODBINEXX]

doo wop? not doo wop?

does it really matter?

[Bo618]

Fantstic song and voice thanks

[billace90]

I purchased this record back in 61 I think, a 45 single. This is definitely not doowop. No way. However it's a great oldie, which brings back the memories of better, simpler times. Oh yes, much better and HAPPIER times. And I am sure many baby boomers out there will agree with me. Thanks for posting.

[chicagohustler100]

@billace90 You bet your ass things were MUCH,MUCH better. Young people today have no clue what we had the luck to have.No idea what a John Wayne movie on Saturday afternoon,or TV shows that made common sense with great stories.What it was like to go out on a Saturday night and be able to go anywhere without fear of being shot or stabbed.And that was growing up in Chicago.Not to mention driving around all night because gas was a tidy sum of 29 cents a gallon.Take me back again...please.

[sldfjkhals]

@chicagohustler100 Couldn't have said it better! I'm 65 years old so I was there. Oh yes, when you go back I'm going with you! Ronnie Salyer

[beverlyboo]

Hardly Doo-Wop!

[hxo20292]

Everything gets called Doowop or Rockabilly nowadays. This isn't even close to being DOOWOP .

[cf1934]

@hxo20292 But it is very good!

[StevieDee714]

Such a talent. Steve & Edie are awesome

[wolfeshadow1313]

Takes me back, thanks for posting.

[Jinnylee2000]

This is NOT Doo Wop...not even close

[virginia177612]

great song by a great singer --- one of the best singers of this generation

[Super3851]

Back when music was music

[dans49]

Doesn't get any better than this!

[hiwayhand]

The other versions are good, but this is the Gold Standard. Thanks for posting.

[MrRanwolfe]

GO STEVE LUV YA

[luviananna]

Steve Liebowitz, what a set of pipes

[retardswithrayguns]

horror doo wop RETARDS WITH RAYGUNS come listen and subscribe

[DouglasUrantia]

reminds me of my adolescent days..!!!

[brownindian17]

great song! Love pretty Blue Eyes too!

[terrisonb]

I had forgotten how god a singer that Steve Lawrence really was. Nice to hear this blast from the past.

[272LBCRT25]

YUK! ......and it's not Doo Wop! 

[pbesmer]

@themoshmenace It was not doo wop. It was pop, or top 40. Doo wop needa a group for starters, and some repetitive sound the back up singer do... like ooh wa ooh wa

[snowcool1]

Pure Steve Lawrence.Steve has talent .charming loveable .His Romantic song .are what romance is about .That is why Steve and Edie will be celebrating their 53rd Wedding anniversary . I try to see Ateve and edie as often as possible .

[briartlaw]

A great song and singer..

[Lightrider84]

This is NOT Doo Wop!!

[laggar28]

@Lightrider84 So what is it? An oldie?

I prefer to call it Doo-Wop... Same chords like Doo-Wops and with backround singers... But sure, it dosen't sound exactly like normal doo-wop, but not at all far away.

[42kingman]

i enjoy listening to this music  it makes me fill lke im back in time

[pbesmer]

One of my first radio songs when I was discovering pop music in 1960... I was 12. Loved it..listened for it for weeks

[coyotesong]

@pbesmer hey, me too but i was 13.

[pbesmer]

@coyotesong WE have alot in common. It fit in well to what was on the radio in 1960

[jerryfabulous]

why no one is doing some thing like this again.. this are song writers

[WendyKS93]

My absolute favorite by Steve lawrence. Steve at his very best.

[1arodela]

I love this song. It brings all kinds of good memories from my mid teen years.

[onemilehi]

Definitely NOT DooWop! So remember this song and still love it!

JS

[doowopcharlie1]

@onemilehi not doo wop but still a good dance tune & other side

pretty blue eyes great to cha cha to, alway liked steve lawrence

go away little girl slow dance with your girl 50's was the golden age

[jimlowell]

Doo Wop ?? Not even close! The song was written by Barry Mann and someone else (but not Cynthia Weil, his usual song-writing partner) from the famous Bril Building that produced the likes of Carol King, and Neil Sedaka, Ellie Greenwich, Burt Bachrach, Gerry Goffin Doc Pomus... Doo wop? No way!

[pbesmer]

@jimlowell call it pop 1960 music

[snowcool1]

happy6 75 th birthday Steve .I love your songs and 50 years later i am still singing Footsteps .

[kyannos]

this gets me dancing!!!

[desron547]

great artist, lyrics and a great time for teens.

[desron547]

great artist, lyrics great time to be a teen. they don't make them like this any more.

[MRJES1947]

Doo Wop - You have to be kidding!!!

[hxo20292]

Doowop???? I don't thnnk so.

[mjfrance54]

I love it such great music and I can hear every word.

[steggledrum]

love this song....thanks for posting.

[rjsmth]

Doo wop or not, it is a catchy tune. Great job by Steve Lawrence.

[ringo244]

Sorry but this is not Doo Wop

[Jay1898]

beautiful track. i love doo wop music.

[Bo618]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oldtopgun]

Great song and voice, so was the flip side.

[trackieben]

Hardly doo wop but still a great track - THE version!

[WackyJambo]

Cheers for the upload, AGES, HISTORY, DAMN..Cheers

[fdimasalang]

Thanks for the post!!

[briartlaw]

@themoshmenace Just great to hear again..5*********..

[DOOWOPDAVE55]

great post...great song oh those were

the days

[coyotesong]

You're just a bit older than me....I agree..we didn't make these distinctions then. If you could dance to it, that pretty much made it rock and roll in our adoelscent minds.

[Frieda1958]

Beautiful and I love Pretty Blue Eyes also! Thanks and God Bless you for posting all these great great songs that will live forever!

[swtypieln]

A very good record, of which was played on top 40 radio stations in the prime of rock and roll music.

Back in the late fifties and sixties, variety was the name of the game on the stations and sometimes every record played was called rock and roll  even though they weren't.

Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the Wax Museum on the big 1520 KOMA

[coyotesong]

I commented a year ago on how this wasn't doo wop but pop. I don't know that it was ever called rock and roll. Steve (and/or his producers) pumped it up a bit so it would get air play but it's still a pop song done by a crooner. And itt's a very good pop song.

[fntime]

You totally correct. Too many instruments.

[laurenjaynecoffeeice]

Love this, many thanks.

[xxxmroldiesxxx]

A classic song by a classic singer A Great Guy.!! Thanks for posting.

[999widgey]

this is one of those holding hands and swinging them to and fro while you skip with her in her circle skirt. teddy boys don't skip

[toppcat64]

Thank´s again. Grand posting i pay a lot for that 45-Kaliber singel. i The swed-cover is nice. take care PS: i don´t like this youtube Nowdays

[jerrywnc]

Realy enjoy alll your posting ..... Jerry, Charlotte, NC

[DooWopDoc]

This was really underrated. He had a string of hits and this one is among his best.

[JohnDeAlessio]

I love this song, Steve was born July 8, 1935.

[wendydale1]

Loved so many of Steve Lawrences songs---Pretty Blue Eyes, Footsteps, Come Back Silly Girl, Go Away Little Girl were my very favorites. I was 10-11 when these songs played regularly on the radio and they all just grabbed me. Thank you Steve Lawrence for adding quality to my life!

[soisitok]

I'm sorry, I pushed the wrong butten, but I agree with you guys. He is the best.

[40thegardener]

Great song thanks for sharing Bill

[Grifiki]

So I say my evening Prayers, as you are falling down the STAIRS Your such a wasted memory, as you tumble away from me..

[coyotesong]

Good one! LOL.

[briartlaw]

Great singer and a great song..

[njva17420]

That doesn't answer my question, and if he is 100 years old, I am at least between 80 and 90, which I am not. Try giving an informed answer.

[njva17420]

Whatever happened to Steve Lawrence? He turned out hit after hit back then. I hope that he and Eydie are stillwith us and are as happened as they seemed back then.

[bill012150]

What happened to him? He's about 100 years old is what happened to him and his wife Edie Gorme

[rononthecoast]

Steve is actually 74 or 75 now, and apparently still plays supper clubs and the like, but Eydie doesn't tour any more. They have a website, I can't think of the exact name, you may find it if you google.

[franklindavid]

This song was #7 on the music charts in 1960, still popular with music lovers.

[tony1uk2000]

classic,nice post and thx to dave for the post :)

[cablonde320]

Finally!! The best version of this song!!

Have heard all the others but none compare to Steve Lawrence..

Thanks so much for posting this.

xxxx

Barbara

[annie482000]

Thanks for sharing, Dave. I've always liked this one. Even Showaddywaddy did a very good cover version back in the 80s.

Annie :)

[Back2BackClassics]

Awesome spin, thanks for uploading 5*****

Peace

Dave

[Bo618]

Simply terrific

[celtacentauro]

gracias, por los buenos tiempos y los buenos recuerdos, vale la pena escucharlos

[chrysler30062]

Very nice version.

[hyoutantugino]

i like the best  of one number

[brucer12]

Your right he probably didnt get the fame he rightly deserved.Good teenage music (the intro is almost like a Crests song) that kids loved.

[jsaragona]

STEVE LAWRENCE I AGREE is one of the underrrated singer during the time of Frank Sinatra, but his vioce is such ... like most of his song..

[sunmanorussaragi]

hei steve, are u still alive?

[vinylsingleman]

He and Eydie are still alive, yes.

[Bo618]

beautiful

[windmill1947]

I wore my 45 out too...

[kjboogie]

Wow, I had forgotten this one.

Thanks

Ken

[motowngirl65]

I completely forgot how many memorable songs Steve Lawrence recorded.

[jhem50]

Looked up do-wop. it's made without music and sung to the beat of nonsensical "do-wops" from other members of the group. Not do-wop. Sorry about my earlier comment.

[coyotesong]

Glad we got that cleared up. I didn't know if i could stay friends with you. :)

[Bo618]

FANTASTIC SONG THANK YOU

[emb1st]

how many husband and wife teams do you know had top 10 hits on different records? or better yet:

related kin that shared the top 10....?  i can name 3................

[franklindavid]

Footsteps, takes you down memory lane.

[TL250Rider]

All of your listings are great.

Thank you

KRTH

KRLA

KWIZ

KWOW in Los Angeles California Played this song

Pre Art Laboe KRLA

Pre CBS KRTH

KRLA

KRTH RIP

[PutOnASweater]

This was big all over the country. got lots of air play and I bought it ..wore it out.. Written by Barry Mann.

I believe Steve's next big hit was Portrait of My Love...Fantastic voice!

[rdf1947]

This was very big in Philly. I played my 45 to death.

[rdf1947]

I loved this song in 1960, but who in the world would ever classify this as doo wop? No way.

[m1garand427]

Well, all songs form this time that have that certain sound I love I call Doo wop. Until there is some other Genre specification im sticking with that.

[rdf1947]

That was fast. If that makes you happy.....it's not a problem.

[whoders]

@rdf1947 What else would you call it?

[cockroachcrusher]

@rdf1947 Gee, we and all the DJ's called the songs played on the radio in the 50's and 60's Rock and Roll. All the songs being called "Doo Wop" are the Rock and Roll songs of the 50's and 60's or as we referred to them in the 50's if they were a few years old, Rock & Roll Oldies But Goodies. "Doo Wop" was never used for true Rock & Roll until now. So the correct "Genre specification is ROCK AND ROLL for all the great songs being labled "Doo Wop."

[fntime]

@rdf1947 You got that right!!!

[toppcat64]

warmdotomten -rate *****

[MacG01]

This is one of the most awesome songs of all time. Can you get it on a CD? That an Pretty Blue Eyes

[garybrown57]

not johnny maestro but great all the same

[ras650]

i have the original

[jhem50]

Traditionally...the "ba ba ba ba bop" in the background.....does....make this a "do-wop" song.

[coyotesong]

i don't think so. This is pop. Doo wop is more distinctive. He may have used a doo wop device but that's not the same. IMHO.

[mespinozamorales]

Una cancion cuando alguien te deja abandonado haciendo trizas tu corazon

[coyotesong]

This isn't doowop. But it's a great pop song.

[warmdotomten]

the internet is too smal sometimes-this song is on moore varsions

[gregoryagogo]

Anyone else do this song?

[m1garand427]

uh,....im not sure about that one.

[gregoryagogo]

Thanks!! Bum-Bum----- Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum!!

This is going to be in my head today!!!

[gregoryagogo]

This is the version I was thinking of, thanks!!

[91jchevy87ec1]

@m1garand427 Barry Mann

[hannah4heaven]

yes

recorded by the canadian singer Bobby Curtola in 1967

[WOODBINEXX]

Barry Mann,but not as good

[warmdotomten]

woooee my god this was a long time .i now thers a sweden version of this but cant remeber-? thanks uploading this lovely doowop