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@nyg1781 That's Mike Love doing the half-assed dancing. Brian's on bass.

@djbot The Buckinghams were a pretty popular group at the time with several hits. A group like that would have an easier time charting higher than a jazz group, even back in the day when you could hear every kind of music on the radio. Even then, not all that much jazz made it to the charts, ot...

Wonderful, wonderful!!!

@19461667

Joe Hunter, the older of the two keyboard players in the documentary, also died since the release of the movie, around '06 or '07.

Very nice job, Josh. I'm 61 yrs old, and not familiar with this song, but you sound great! My R & B tastes are mainly 60's & 70's, with a smattering of later stuff. As you & your voice mature, you'll be able to tackle a lot more soulful songs that you can't handle at this stage of the game. A...

@fdny442

You are right - Dion had split with the Belmonts about a year before this song came out.

@WendyKS93

Dion recorded tnis song in the 1990's. He split with the Bemonts in 1960. One of the background singers on Shu Bop was Jimmy Gallagher of The Passions.

Who is doing the background vocals? I've wanted to know since the song was out!

Great tune written by Smokey Robinsom - was that the Pre-David Ruffin Temptations in the background?

Always loved this song! The backing vocals were by the great group the Dells, who had many hits of their own ("Oh, What a Night," "Stay in My Corner," etc). They were on the R & B charts for FIVE decades, 50's through the 90's.

@primisole123

Not true. Maria was sung by Marni Nixon, Anita was sung by Betty Wand..

Musicians from back in the day are leaving us at an unfortunately accelerating rate. Since this film came out, three of the Funk Brothers in it have died. Both drummers, Pistol Allen & Uriel Jones, and the older piano player, Joe Hunter.

@jordanv78 It wasn't written for the show, as nic 0005 says above. It only made it to #79 on the charts when first released. After being featured on the TV show five years later, Rhino re-released it after obtaining the rights from the prior label (who had gone bankrupt) and it hit #1, and was ...