The Velvets- Tonight (Doo wop)

[rlclist]

i'M ALSO 1946 AND THIS MUSIC HAS SO MUCH HEART AND NOW ALL WE GET IS PURE SHIT

[Martyofoxnard]

I was 8 or so when this song came out. I loved it and I believe it is a classic. However, my parents thought it was crap!!

[groovinmoose]

underated classic of the 50's...take it from groovinmoose..terrific,,,great harmony, style, strings. and beat...dynamite!

[patrickb5197]

@aldo9414

A question ive asked myself a 1,000,000 times, and if we're real lucky maybe it jus might. Until then, we've got the greatest sounding music ever put on wax.

1-17-12

[aldo9414]

why can't they just start making music like this again

[OldSkoolTeacher]

UNBELIEVEABLE GREAT, GREAT MUSIC THAT WILL NEVER BE EQUALED!!!

[johntorrington]

One man's "classic" is another's "crap"

[johntorrington]

Good music is good music. Doesn't matter when it was made.

[Nickie0016]

DOO WOP, DOO WOP!!!!!!

[johnu1100]

Doo-wop is a style of music that will never die and will inevitably return.

Some of the best music is often the simplest.

[Desoto875]

Boy I had to shake some sawdust in my noggin for this dusty disc, but it is as good now as it was then.

[russiantoughguy]

see that dislike bar? Neither do I

[crystal5608]

the music from now is nothing compared to the classics after motown music took a leap into the toilet and has stayed there and to the guy that said soul music would be boring if thats all we had the music now has no soul the classics told a story of love hangin out with ur friends havin fun times do change but they havent chacged for the better to hell with the crap from to day rap started to suck as soon as the 90s rolled in

[aidenryu]

@nappyfreak92 esperanza spalding is amazing! I absolutely love her. I guess I meant to say that most music today, mainly mainstream, is garbage, but definitely not all. 

[MARBELLA422]

FOR SURE, M1GARAND427....I AGREE WITH YOU....THAT WAS TRULY MUSIC...I MISS EM TOO. :-( AT THAT TIME, I WAS ONLY A KID.

[tunesmith09]

I just recently purchased a "device" that will allow me to play my "vinyl"...OMG!... back when bands, groups, singers and we dressed nicely...we held our partners when we danced...songs ended in about three minutes...OOOPS! ...I forget...we all have to be tolerant of today's "cr**"...in our day we had "singers and musicians"...now we have "yellers and noisicians"...Tunesmith

[VJG11]

@tunesmith09 That was when music WAS music. Not this RAP AND HIP HOP CRAP.

[blackandtanful]

60年代初期の黒人ﾄﾞゥﾜｯﾌﾟの要ｸﾞﾙｰﾌﾟ､ヴｪﾙヴｪ­ｯﾂ････嬉しくなるね!"TONIGHT"

[hanklukas]

There is nothing like doo wop. We had the best music.They had life.

[lightningbug2011]

This is music

From an era when America had class, and lots of it..

Indeed, America has lost it's very heart... today's culture is tragic.

[blue5398]

One o' the greatest!

Blue

[emb1st]

FREEDOM OF SPEACH; even when you're wrong. At least that is what my wife tells me when we discuss things. Keep it clean and enjoy the music. I don't mind being old having experienced such a generation.

[dogsaremykids]

It all started with doo-wop, the greatest music ever, then JFK was assinated in 1963 and ended the greatest period in american history then in then everyone started taking acid and fucked america up

[xxxlzak]

god i wish i lived in that era

[MrSigee]

these were the greatest of times and I know I was there

[B4BoomersBlockBoy7]

A song that actually says "Doo Wop"..LoL

[frankiehiyo]

One of my all time favourite vocal group songs. If ever a bass voice was meant for a song this was it., it's just so right. What a fantastic group.

[SPOOKYvOGSX3916]

THIS IS REAL MUSIC. IDK WAT HAPPEN 2 MOST MUSIC THESE DAYS. THIS STYLE NEEDS TOO COME BACK QUICK! OLDIES ARE FOREVER

[rokongto]

there was no better song to listen to, cruisin in the GTO next to my girl. Nowhere special to go, but it was all special when you had this to listen to.

[soulman1950]

Thats the way a song should be sung, hope you all agree.

[MrNoejr]

I was in love when that song came out with my girl and this song

[Pueni66]

fantastic! - just knew rocky nsharpe's version

[bananakungfu]

one of the most magnificient heart soaring songs of all time! take me back to these times one more time.

[foopedlo]

During the 1950s racial segregation was enforced by state-sanctioned terror. Non-whites were not permitted to vote or use mainstream accommodations. And they were frequently beaten or murdered if they tried. Gays were considered criminal in half of the states. The disabled suffered imposed social and economic restrictions. Loyalty oaths prevailed. The attorney general regulated political organizations; Congress summoned citizens to account for political beliefs and recant on their friends.

[foopedlo]

america is the 'baby' brashly telling other cultures what is right or wrong. based on what? the u.s. has always been an imperialist power and those who died in interminable brush fire wars were simply sucked into its warmongering imperialistic wake. isolation, and almost unlimited natural resources have helped spread the destructive predatory capitalism which is the true amerika (fascist spelling intentional) just look at the simplistic yahoo mien this culture has produced: violent and insane.

[MrRJDB1969]

I have this cut on the Monument Records label, which is the same label that Roy Orbison was on. I've read that it was Orbison, himself, who actually got The Velvets their recording contract with Monument and that is his own studio / session musicians who backed up The Velvets on this record.

[chicagohustler100]

Ease up boys.I was there in those great years and it's just a simple fact,things were so much better.Nothing to do with 'politics',that you can just imagine along with a young,raw Elvis,a talent like Ricky and the wonder of a Fabian.Just the way it was,and I wish I could get reborn also,and start all over again in 1946.Just better by  a million miles.

[coffeeicecream1]

I adore this song.

Please keep this music alive.

Many thanks.

LJD

[vlessinger]

great underated group. Love their Lucky Old Sun. I assume this Velvet group is not the same that sang "I" which was labeled by the Velvets also

[bcimb1]

The Only Oldies Station Ive Found Is 92.1FM WLNG Out Of Montauk Long Island. Every Saturday Night From 8-12 They Have "Sock-Hop Saturday Night" Im and Avid Listener!

[tinkmarz1]

@bcimb1 Have you googled kzqz 1430? They have live streaming...they play top 40 (R&B, R&R, country crossovers) from mid 50's to early 70's, all the stuff you would have heard on the radio back in those day, even old commercials 7/24. Their jingles even sound like the 50's/early 60's. (Sad thing is they're not set up for Windows 7 yet, which I now have).

[bcimb1]

@tinkmarz1 Thanks Ill Have To Check Them Out

[tomk1tl]

I remember Cousin Brucie on WINS 1010 NY with Murray the K back in the 50's/60's...definitely showing my age here...dem's were da good ole dayz of rock 'n roll !

[tumsabai1]

@ergotominet

Sounds like my hometown today!!!

[tumsabai1]

Tonight, YEA, could be the night.

Bal- bal- bal-bal-bal

doo-wop, doo-wop-di-wop

doo-wop, doo-wop-di-wop

[vlessinger]

Great group. Love "That Lucky Old Sun"

[TheCahoonzie]

Believe it or not, the first two sax notes set the stage for this excellent song. Vinny Smith - The Past - Tells.

[RonaldVaughan]

Is there a technical problem with sharing this item? Had to copy and paste the link

to send to myself.

[RonaldVaughan]

Just re-heard this classic song on a KCSN-FM (Los Angeles) radio show.

The DJ said they're from my native Houston,Texas! True?

[Doogle927]

@RonaldVaughan ...Odessa, TX

[JimmyRockster]

This is the epitomy of Doo Wop

[CodyRecord]

It only got to #26 on billboard. Can't imagine 25 songs better than this at the time of release. What a great sound.

[retardswithrayguns]

come take a look at horror doo wop RETARDS WITH RAYGUNS subscribe

[MACJO63]

Yes! Virgil Johnson and the boys...what memories. A great tune, thanks so much for posting this song!

[tinkmarz1]

For those of you who long to hear this music, google KZQZ am 1430. Although it's a local am station (St. Louis) that plays top 40 from the early 50's to early 70's, they have live streaming. I hear tunes there I haven't heard in decades, plus Frank, Dino, Rosemary, and the like. Plus Country crossovers, R&B and R&R from that era. Can't beat it!

[closedcircle1]

This song spent years floating around the top 100 in USA.

[MiGrandeCazzo]

MAY DOOWOP NEVER DIE!!!!! im 23 and have doowop in my blood!!! THANKS FOR POSTING MATE!!!

[goldspout]

Thanks bcimb1 for giving us hope for tomorrow. Maybe you are from the wrong generation but as long as you are able to articulate a credible voice from your generation, then music may some day come back.

[bcimb1]

This IS When America Was Great. We Were A Super Power; The Fashion, Music, Cars Were All Great. What Ever Happend To It? Im 20 Years Old And This, Along With Sinatra, Darin, Martin, Prima, And Vale, Is What I Listen To. I Cant Stand The, For Lack Of A Better Word, Meaningless Shit They Play On The Radio Nowadays. I Swear Im From The Wrong Generation. This IS When Music Was Music And Talent Was Actual Talent, I Miss It, And I Wasnt Even There :P

[m1garand427]

@bcimb1 You and I are in the same boat.

[easypickns]

@m1garand427 I'm impressed! Well written, welcome to the club.

[smokingolejerry]

@bcimb1 Me too This is when we were America at it's best.

[mk84ldb]

@bcimb1 I hear that!! Raised in the 50's, know exactly what you are talkin about. ^5!

[catlarry]

@bcimb1 Well, I'll make you a deal. You can have my 66 if I can have your 20. You can live in the '50's and I'll just hang around for the next 50 years havin' fun. :-)

[MrNoejr]

@bcimb1  you hit the nail on the head

[MrGreenass1]

@bcimb1 I sooo agree, you know i'm 15 and i seriously don't listen as much to mainstream music as my friends do,they think what i listen to is crap because they don't listen with their hearts,i feel more mature because people nowadays don't appreciate this kind of music anymore. My opinion is that there's not enough people who know about the old days, which they should, if somebody told'em about the music back then they might appreciate it more and therefor mature.

[RIFLEMEN1234]

@bcimb1 im am the same way i wish everything was how it was back then it would be GREAT

[smokingolejerry]

@bcimb1 This is my generation and it was as wonderful as people say. I started listening to rock an roll when I was 12 back in 1956. What times we had and I do miss it so very much.

[MyREDTAIL]

@bcimb1 IT ALL ENDED WHEN WCBS 101.1 WITH COUSIN BRUCIE IN NYC SHOW WAS CANCELLED BACK IN 2004 & BEFORE THAT THE BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT & THE BROOKLYN FOX SHOWS STOPPED THE ROCKN ROLL SHOWS, AN ERA PAST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.?

[Zeppelinfaktor]

@bcimb1 well be a leader and do something about it, make a change, start a trend, after all this is America you can do whatever you damn well please...

[bcimb1]

@Zeppelinfaktor Im Only One Person But I Try, And Have Successfully Rubbed Off On Some Of My Friends. They Emjoy This Music Just As Much As I Do And I Listen To It All The Time. It Never Gets Old

[ralphsteadey]

@bcimb1Sweetly put! a load of nonsense is all you hear on the radio labeled music!!

[blod1981]

@bcimb1 this is when everyone listened to the same kind of music. evolutionary hillbilly period in music. im not saying radio music is good because mostly suckers listen to radio, but there are tons of good music to find out there that eat tha crap out of anything that could come from some sleazy tonedeaf sinatra.

[Astrosisphere]

@bcimb1 22 and couldn't agree more! I love the 60s, 80s and 90s but something that seems to have been building for quite sometime made it all go wrong around the turn of the century. Independence and creativity are at all time lows and being stifled by an overgrown oppressive government and a general attitude of laziness (you can even hear that in music: "Today I don't feel like doing anything" - ugh!). Without the Internet I would have never known how much things have changed...

[Astrosisphere]

@bcimb1 22 and couldn't agree more! I love the 60s, 80s and 90s but something that seems to have been building for quite sometime made it all go wrong around the turn of the century. Independence and creativity are at all time lows and being stifled by an overgrown oppressive government and a general attitude of laziness (you can even hear that in music: "Today I don't feel like doing anything" - ugh!). Without the Internet I would have never known how much things have changed...

[bcimb1]

@Astrosisphere It Is. Its Truly Ridiculous. Everyones Lazy And The Morals Have Literally Gone Downhill. Its Sad And Im Worried To See Where The Country Will Be In 20 Years...

[wkunzelman1]

@bcimb1 Please Stop Capitalizing Every Letter Of Every Word. It Makes It Hard To Read Your Writing.

[michaelzstuff]

@bcimb1 You're right! I was there and lived through the sensational 60's. I had several hits with my bands. We toured for six years with singers like Janie Grant, Little Eva and Linda Scott and it was truly an amazing time! I was there when the Shields were rehearsing "You Cheated" in a grungy little apartment and yet it was a thrilling moment. As great as my life is today, I look back and if I had a time machine, I would go back there in a heartbeat.

[MrGraphis]

@bcimb1 You probably lost it around the same time you lost the ability to use capitals properly LOL

[bcimb1]

@MrGraphis Haha yeah wouldnt you like to know asshole lol

[aidenryu]

@bcimb1 would you consider other music genres that came forth after the 50's and 60's garbage as well? Just would like to hear your thoughts. I love oldies to death but I'm of huge fan of the blues, jazz, 90's alternative/rock, thrash metal, rock from the 60's, classic rock, and even some 80's rock was okay. I totally agree with you though, music today is garbage compared to this.

[joesmith337]

@bcimb1 I'm15, and me and my friends love this music more than anything.

[oldschool19461]

@bcimb1 You truly are an "old school baby-boomer" at heart. If you're out there listening and commenting, there's countless numbers of your generation also. There's still hope for our future! ;-)

[68enxy]

@bcimb1 I was born in 1950 and had an older sister, so the radio was on from '58 on. This was a great time to be into music. Every week or day, there was a different sound or type of music. I don't think there will ever be a better time for music. Then the British music came. WOW, another type of music. Your right, it was wonderful

[7777Antje]

it is great thank you very much.

[rontiss1]

Boy, does this bring back the glorious memories!

G from Mission Hills, California

[brucer12]

Your right---it was one of those great song that just-----well--slipped into our hit pyle.

[tigerssixty]

This along with Puddin' 'N Tain(Alley Cats) and Tell Me Why(Norman Fox & Rob oys) are on my all time favs list. There are more on the list but thought I'd mention those. Thanks for the post.

[m1garand427]

@tigerssixty No problem, Im glad you enjoy them.

[frosty7530]

I have been listening to this song LOTS, after discovering it on Rhapsody. I truly feel something deep, listening to it. Captures the excitement of being young and having a crush on somebody. Tipping the light fantastic! It is upbeat, with beautiful harmony. Very simple. Still I don't know why it haunts me. I can understand The Flamgo's being exotic & a portal to deep emotions, but this tune also does the same thing. Thanks for posting!

[m1garand427]

@frosty7530 Totally understand, I get that feeling with all of this music.

[DMeJan808]

(early sixties)I never remember this music being called doo-wop....

[tumsabai1]

@DMeJan808

The term doo-wop was invented about 1972

to describe the group harmony singing of the

late 50s and arly 60s.

[Persian1Cat]

@tumsabai1 Yea, I know. The better term should be "Classic Urban Harmony".

We're stuck with the name Doo Wop. Any comments?

[harptone55]

ROCKIN!

[mikemikeyf]

Doo Wop was a description of bands whose backup singers harmonies

were just as essential to the song as was the lead singer.

[LuccaBB1]

The great Virgil Johnson on lead here. Search and check out the interview with him, here on YT. Great stuff. Terrific guy.

[hellcat54]

a great song

[Tutorialesparami]

One of my life's BSO song.

Thank you very much for this video

[mrrocknrolluk]

Another outstanding posting, thank you

[999YORK]

Great song. I was a teenager in the 70's, but doo-wop stole my heart. Love this song.

[Basoflakes]

Love this song - heck, they even included Doo Wop in it in case I forget.

[sixtyminuteman58]

NYDutch;

Actually the first song to use the phrase "doo-wop" was recorded several years earlier by the Turbans ( 1955)  WHEN YOU DANCE

[bedfordcf]

loved the b side to this, spring fever

[qb62ndmaintbn1967]

Fantastic record. I "borrowed" the 45 I have from the local radio station some 30 plus years ago. I never returned it. As far as the "doo-wop" orgins are concerned, my vote goes to the Five Satins. They were at least two years before the Velvets. There are others, but they were never heard down here in North Central Fla. At least, not by me. Thanks for the forum.

[thebigfist]

Great song by the Velvets but their version of "That lucky old son" is my favorite.

[naltrexone23X]

okay people, listen to this, and then look up "hold me tight" by the treasures, a phil spector cover of the beatles from 65. he was deff a fan of this son as a kid.

[njva17420]

I have to disagree with "iustabfest" about the British Invasion, and I am not talking about the Beatles, but about so many of their cohorts of that era.

[bigbillee]

To me, one of my anthems of Doo Wop

[coyotesong]

@bigbillee Yep, a doo wop anthem for sure. For all of us. And it'll never die. The singers might take leave of us but not the music.

[bary43]

I'll never get tired of this song. It uplifts my heart

[fntime]

Great song!

This era was so uncomplicated....

and wonderful.

[eldorado303]

its never to late to live !!!

[willbrassfield]

I have always loved this kind of music. But, being only 45, I missed it by only a few years. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era.

[njva17420]

Hey, willbrassfield, I turned 65 in January, and I have never, ever tired of this music. I was in JHS and HS when so much of this stuff came out, and it's lived with me ever since. As much as I love the British Invasion-era music and much of the stuff from the 80's, doo-wop as a genre will always be my favorite.

[DOOWOPDAVE55]

njva17420...chit you are just a kid!! I have almost 7 years on you and like you it never

gets old...gb YOU TUBE and all those out

there who are keeping real music alive

Dave...Boston

[NYDutch1968]

I'm not certain this is accurate, but I've heard this was the first song to actually use the phrase "Doo Wop".

[m1garand427]

@NYDutch1968 Im pretty sure thats correct

[13loomisst]

@m1garand427 Actually, you might want to take a listen to "When You Dance," recorded by the Turbans in 1955. Thanks very much for the post.

[gwetto3332]

gentlemen...the song that used doo wop in the backround first was believe it or not somewhere over the rainbow...by a group called the CHECKERS in 1954...the beginning of doo wop

[mk84ldb]

@gwetto3332 Geez I was 6 yrs old then!! I remember my sister playin the old 45 records tho!!

[SteveH1947]

@NYDutch1968 I believe that it originated from "When You Dance" by the Turbans.

[NYDutch1968]

After giving a listen to the Turbans, you are right. The "Doo Wop" is a bit more subtle, but it's in there. And The Turbans song came out in 1955, so that pre-dates The Velvets.

[gimbadeebum]

@NYDutch1968 The Teenagers in ( Tell You Of The ABC'S ) First line( Do Wop Sha Do Boom Boom Boom Boom. Who Really Knows ?

[AyumiAoi]

@NYDutch1968 I thought that phrase was first used by the Turbans on their song 'When You Dance'. I don't know. I wasn't around those years XD

[tumsabai1]

@AyumiAoi

The term doo-wop was invented about 1972

to describe the group harmony singing of the

late 50s and arly 60s.

[possumnumi]

@NYDutch1968 A wonderful song, one of my favourite uptempo Doo Wops. Thanks for posting.

As others have pointed out The Turbans "When You Dance" (another fantastic song) from 1955 has plenty of occurances of singin of the words "Doo Wop" in the performance . But, the earliest example I know of in rock'n'roll (R&B) is The Drifters' 1953 recording "Let The Boogie Woogie Roll" featuring the group behind Clyde McPhatter chanting Doo Wop again and again through the course of the song.

[hwgray]

@possumnumi On "The Bells," the flip of "Have Mercy, Baby." IIRC. The Dominoes back Clyde's song about a funeral procession - "There are four black horse with eyes of flaming red / And roses tied with ribbons around my baby's head / And the bells ring out ..." - with a slow, mournful, "Doo Wop. Doo Wop. Doooowaaah." Billy Ward & The Dominoes, featuring Clyde on lead, predate both Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters and The Turbans.

[lizichell]

it's a classic!

[iustabfast]

In my opinion, one of the greatest Doo wop songs of all times. I can't get enough of this song. Just listen to the strings, vocals, sax all coming together. They sure don't make em like this anymore. The British invasion ruined rock. There were so many groups that disappeared when the Beatles and their friends showed up. I was only 9 in '63 but I didn't like the British sound then and dislike it more now. I have a '70 Triumph so I don't hate the British, I'm just mad they ruined "our" music.

[AnitaLife27]

Oooh! Love it when people discover this great sound! Love this song!

[bary43]

This song has kick started my day since I discovered it about a week ago

[bary43]

Just a great song from the boys in TX.

[laurenjaynecoffeeice]

I have to comment again, I love it, and I have

to get up and dance liked I used to.

Thanks.

[littledebbie2195]

how about nights at the drive-in movies lots and lots of memories clean goood old times love it........ do you remember those days????????

[Bornatoy]

Reminds me of my sexual exploits in my car and in my house when my parents weren't home

[KingofSoulmusic]

@Bornatoy haha :D

[wapaho]

@snestorm05 ,I agree with you 110%

[brucer12]

You pushed my memory button--thx so much!!!

[toppcat64]

Thank´s ***** soo nice to see this 45-Kaliber doowop The Velvets made some greate doowop-tunes. take care Carl

[50steen]

This is my very favourite doowop song!!

[luvhurtsxoxo]

Great Song. Makes me feel excited. Miss the good old days....

[laurenjaynecoffeeice]

This sounds better than ever,

Love the group's voices.

Many thanks, and happy holidays.

[sleepytimegalz]

I love this. This is just one of the great ones. Thanks for posting.

[lakewoodil]

great rola!

[Vongoph]

I can't wait to tape this and hear it through the reverb in my 64 Bonneville...

Thanks!

[garybrown57]

one of my fav cut's includes the words doowop!!! cannot get better love this ditty magic man cheers gazza uk

[njva17420]

Thanks, m1garand427, for my money this is probably the best single example of doo=wop -- great upbeat message, wonderful singer, backing vocals, rhythm, and orchestration. Just the best.

[goyeabuddy]

love the doo wops,when i'm feeling

down,come here to tune em!!!!!

thanks

[njva17420]

Doo-wop was one of the best kinds of popular music. I remember this song from early high school in Lancaster, PA. I haven't heard it for decades, and it still brings back that period in a flash -- top-40 AM radio, record hops, and allthat went with it. You just can't beat it. It's the best by far.

[Catfish8765]

this music takes me away back

and its great

[tlbutler57]

Thanks for sharing!! I love doo wop but hadn't heard this one :) Great song!!!

[vlessinger]

GREAT song from an under appreciated group.

Gotta listen to their version of That Lucky Old Sun.

thanks fro the post

[WOODBINEXX]

timeless

[xxxmichiganderxxx]

Thanks for this one its great brings back wonderful memories

[col1rbtx]

A teacher in the Odessa-Midland Texas founded this group, If I am correct. His name is Virgil Johnson and he also had a radio show in Lubbock, in more recent times. This IS a good recording! check out my Lubbock music, too!

[Doogle927]

correct

[Meerperle51]

A wonderful song!!!

[brucer12]

What a cool oldie you dug-up--thx.

[vegantamales]

doo wop - doo wop - doo wop ...  :) great song. They named doo wop after this song.

[TL250Rider]

Just Plain WONDERFUL

This such a great song.

Thank you for the listing

[JOYOUSONEX]

A great tune!! Thanks for posting!!

[ElenaRay]

A happy song, from those FUN days of rock and roll !