Doo Wop 51 Live! [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B00005N83B
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,526 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

2. Tonight (Could Be the Night) - Virgil Johnson & the Velvets

3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

4. So Much in Love - The Tymes

5. Little Darlin' - The Diamonds with Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

6. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

7. One Fine Day - The Chiffons

8. At My Front Door - The El Dorados

9. Oh, What a Night - The Dells

10. Don't Ask Me (To Be Lonely) - The Dubs

11. What's Your Name - Don & Juan

12. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirley Alston Reeves

13. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter and Pure Gold

14. Crying in the Chapel - The Orioles

15. Drip Drop - Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters

16. White Christmas - Bill Pinkney's Original Drifters

17. Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers

18. Stranded in the Jungle - The Cadets

19. Let It Be Me - Betty Everett and Jerry Butler

20. Till Then - The Classics

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bring it on! (More of it, that is!), February 8, 2004

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John B Goode "Record Keeper" (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Doo Wop 51 Live! (Audio CD)

This disk (and others in the series) offers a selection of performances from the PBS fund-raising concerts of recent years (2000, 2001, etc).

They are live (recent) performances of classic songs by the original performers or groups (or what is left of them). For many of these artists, it's a chance to get a little bit of love and respect, long overdue. Many of the performances are very touching, and beautifully sung. The first disk has a heart stopping performance of EARTH ANGEL by the Penguins. The highlight for me of this disk is Jerry Butler and Betty Everett reuniting for their version of an old Everly Brothers' song LET IT BE ME, from 1960, which Jerry and Betty brought back to the top 10 in 1964.

To get even more of these songs, you should consider the longer DVD versions of the concerts.

That being said, the cds suffer from poor sound, partly due to live concert mixing, and overpowering modern instrumentation, but perhaps also due to modern engineering techniques (digital compression). Too often the peaks and lows of what were often very dramatic songs back in the 50's and 60's are lost in a buzz of noise that bleeds into other tones. The ultimate disappointment to this fan is that the next (third) cd in this series was encoded at a higher volume level than the first two, so if you put all three on your cd system for sequential play, the last one may drive you to turn the volume down! Since all three disks came from Rhino, which used to mean quality, it is very disappointing. For that reason, I give the disk only 3 ½ stars

Personally, I hope the series continues, as there are many more artists who could perform for their "last hurrah", and altho it would be nice if the sound could be better, I would still pick such disks up for the emotion and memories they stir .

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars dowop51live, January 14, 2002

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Christopher (Blackwood, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doo Wop 51 Live! (Audio CD)

The Cd was good, but not all the songs that were on TV were in the CD. That was a little disapointing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Gift To Myself, May 9, 2008

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Carol A. Costello "Carol" (Chicopee, MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Doo Wop 51 Live! (Audio CD)

I saw the PBS show a while back. I love this music now as much as I did way back when. I wish I had not waited so long to buy the CD. This music makes me very happy and glad to be alive. When this music is on I amaze myself with the things I get accomplished. My body reacts like it has been transported back in time and can move like it did back in my teens. I can sing along as I remember all the words. It just feels great.