HERE IS ANOTHER MEDLEY OF SONGS OF THE WONDERFUL DRIFTERS FEATURING CLYDE MCPHATTER. "WHAT'CHA GONNA DO" ..."THREE THIRTY THREE" AND "HONEY LOVE" . REALLY... MUSIC DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THE DRIFTERS.
THREE GREAT DOO WOP SONGS THAT DID NOT MAKE IT BIG. "CONGRATULATIONS" BY THE TURBANS. "LITTLE BOY AND GIRL" BY THE KODAKS. "MOONLIGHT" BY THE VANGUARDS.
"BOOGIE TWIST", "BOOGIE IN THE DARK" "JUKE" FOR YEARS AND YEARS I TRIED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE HARP. JUST COULD NOT GET IT. "JUKE" WAS THE THEME SONG FOR MY FAVORITE DJ "DADDY RABBIT" BACK IN THE 50'S AT WOBS IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.
A LEGEND HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, MAURICE WILLIAMS WROTE TWO OF THE ALLTIME CLASSICS "LITTLE DARLING" AND "STAY" AT THE AGE OF 13. HE WAS JUST 16 WHEN HE AND HIS GROUP THE GLADIOLAS RECORDED "LITTLE DARLING". STILL ACTIVE TODAY MAURICE WILLIAMS RECORDED THE "STAY" ALBUM IN 1961.HERE ARE "WE'RE LOVERS'...."RUNNING AROUND" AND "THE NEARNESS OF YOU".
MAYBE THE GREATEST LOVE SONG OF THE DOO WOP ERA (OR ANY ERA). THE LATE MR. TOWNSEND HAD A BEAUTIFUL VOICE AND WAS ONE OF THE GREAT SONG WRITERS. IN MY TOP TEN ALL TIME FAVORITES.