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"Rubber Biscuit" is a novelty doo-wop song performed by the vocals-only team the Chips, who recorded it in 1956. It was covered by the Blues Brothers on their 1978 debut album, Briefcase Full of Blues, among many other artists, [1] as well as being featured in the 1973 film Mean Streets.
"Stay" is a doo-wop song written by Maurice Williams and first recorded in 1960 by Williams with his group the Zodiacs. [1] Commercially successful versions were later also issued by the Hollies , the Four Seasons and Jackson Browne .
"Runaround Sue" was covered by then 15-year-old Leif Garrett in 1977. The song was the second of four releases from his debut album, all of which became U.S. chart hits.All four songs were covers of major hits from 1959 to 1963, including Dion's two biggest hits.
The Mello-Kings were an American doo-wop group, who became popular in the late 1950s with their song, "Tonite, Tonite" (1957). [1]The group consisted of brothers Jerry and Bob Scholl, Eddie Quinn, Neil Arena and Larry Esposito.
"Bristol Stomp" is a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with Cameo-Parkway Records, for The Dovells, a doo-wop singing group from Philadelphia who recorded it for Cameo-Parkway later that year. Appell produced and arranged the track and his Cameo-Parkway's house band served as the studio musicians.
The Monotones were a six-member American doo-wop vocal group in the 1950s. They are considered a one-hit wonder , as their only hit single was " The Book of Love ", which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1958.
"Gee" is a song by American R&B and doo-wop group the Crows, released in June 1953. The song has been credited as the first rock and roll hit by a rock and roll group. [1] It is a doo-wop song, written by William Davis and Viola Watkins, and recorded by the Crows on the independent label, Rama Records, at Beltone Studios in New York City in February 1953.