Tag Archives: Doo Wop

SONG OF THE DAY Clem Sacco – The African Cry

Posted on April 26, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Clem Sacco, aka Clement Sacco was an Italian singer born in Cairo, Egypt in 1933. His musical repertoire spanned over an impressive fifty years, but today’s song is the only one I know! This little nugget came to me by … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Cosmic Rays With Sun Ra And Arkestra – Dreaming

Posted on September 18, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

It’s only been just over a week since I posted a song, but it feels like a lot longer!! Man, I’ve missed sharing music on here!! What I have for you today is a sugarplum-sweet little doo wop number from … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Duff Thompson – The Long Haul

Posted on December 18, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

“Strings, clarinet, and steel guitar accompany a Slim Whitman-esque lullaby followed by muddy, howling, live-to-tape garage rock”….. Duff Thompson is a songwriter, producer, recording engineer and co-founder of the New Orleans-based label Mashed Potato Records.  A long time member of … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Dundees – Evil One

Posted on September 22, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

There is some good news and bad news to accompany today’s song, so I shall start with the bad!  This great doo wop classic was the only single to be released by LA group, Carlyle Dundee & The Dundees…which is … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Warmduscher – Nelson's Threads

Posted on March 20, 2020 by The Listening Post Blog

Two Warmduscher tracks which were originally only available as a special 7″are to be released digitally for the first time today! Accompanying their Dinked Edition of album, Tainted Lunch, these two tracks have not been available in this format anywhere until … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Edgar ‘Jones’ Jones – Do Doh Dontcha Doh

Posted on October 26, 2015 by The Listening Post Blog

If I had to date this song I know 2005 isn’t the first number that would spring to mind; take a good 40 odd years off that and I may just be convinced!  This is what I love about this track, … Continue reading →

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SONG(S) OF THE DAY Ezra Furman – Wobbly and at the Bottom of the Ocean

Posted on July 10, 2015 by The Listening Post Blog

Seeing Ezra Furman perform at the John Peel Centre (Stowmarket, Suffolk) last night was an extraordinary pleasure, one that I hadn’t anticipated would be so outstanding. The Chicago-born singer-songwriter has a stage presence that equates the power of his music … Continue reading →

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