Rhythm 'n' Blues - Early Doo Wop

I was hoping to get recordings from the 30s and 40s in the vein of the Inkspots, who I love, which this cd does have a little of.Instead all but a few cuts are from the early 50s and most are from groups who only made a couple of sides in their whole career. But all are high-spirited from the post world war era.A few better known and longer lasting groups are included however.It's amusing how many there were - almost any bird had a group named after it.It was a fertile music scene throughout the country in those days. The influences are obvious - New Orleans Jazz, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Ellington and the whole jazz/R&B scene.You can hear all kinds licks in these songs that became better known with the popularity of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and many others to come.Many of the slang terms current today came from this music - groovy, chick and Rock and Roll, which is a refrain in the earliest recording here - from the Mills Bros. in 1943!And there are the usual double entendre songs here and there.Incredibly good sound quality.Only about 15% of these songs are doowop really. But few doowop groups sang doowop exclusively.

For all the doo wop lovers of the world this is a must have box set. The best doo wops are right here in this great collection.

If you're looking for a Doo-Wop set with all the classics this isn't for you. If you're looking for a Doo-Wop set with all the sounds of Doo-Wop this isn't for you. This is an EARLY Doo-Wop set. Most of the songs are missing a bassman, most of the songs aren't nearly as quick as Doo-Wop. What this set does have to offer is a look at other groups around at the same time as the Mills Brothers, almost pre-Doo-Wop songs.Very good if you want to hear the end of the beginning of Doo-Wop, not so good if you want to hear all the classics. For classics look to the Doo-Wop boxes 1&2.