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The Dovells in 1962. The Dovells were an American doo-wop group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia in 1957, under the name 'The Brooktones'. [1] The original members were Arnie Silver, Len Borisoff, Jerry Gross (alias Summers), Mike Freda, and Jim Mealey (alias Danny Brooks). Their first single "No, No, No" was a local hit for The ...
The Dovells added dance themed lyrics and vocals to their cover of the song and it was released in 1963 on their album of the same name. Although unrelated to specifically describing the much later music genre of the same name the song has the first known instance of the phrase "hip hop" in a recording, the lyric "...you gotta slop, bop, flip flop, hip hop, never stop".
As a Dovell, he also toured with James Brown. Barry also made film appearances with the Dovells in films such as Don't Knock the Twist and toured the UK with the Motown Revue. Barry also had guest appearances on US television on Bandstand and later American Bandstand , Shindig , and Hullabaloo .
In 1962, the Dovells' fellow Cameo-Parkway artist Chubby Checker released his rendition of "Bristol Stomp" on the soundtrack album for the Columbia Pictures movie Don't Knock the Twist. Checker performs lead vocals with the Dovells providing backup. Though not as instrumentally polished as the Dovells' original, this take added more pep.
Their anticipated fourth album Kingdom of Rust was released in April 2009, peaking at number 2 on the albums chart. [1] The album yielded two singles: " Kingdom of Rust " and " Winter Hill ", the latter of which marked the first time a single by the band did not enter the top 100 of the Singles Chart.
Wyncote Records was a budget label started in 1964. It released compilation albums of material by Cameo and Parkway artists as well as new albums of soundtrack and easy listening music. These records were mainly distributed in drug, book and department stores, usually through rack jobbers.
Dean Martin released a version of the song on his 1959 album, A Winter Romance. Kay Starr released a version of the song as the B-side to her 1960 single "Just for a Thrill". [7] Sam Cooke released a version of the song on his 1961 album, My Kind of Blues. The Dovells released a version of the song as the B-side to their 1961 single "Bristol ...
In 1961, the Dovells reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a song called "The Bristol Stomp", which refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania, and includes the line "We ponied and twisted and we rocked with Daddy G". Since Gene Barge had earlier co-written "A Night With Daddy 'G' - Part 1" and "A Night With Daddy 'G' - Part 2" (Legrand LEG 1004), many ...