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05/07/2002 | Proper Box Uk
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All Music Guide Review
England's Proper label issued this 100-track attempt to sum up the state of black harmony groups between 1940 and 1952. Though there's a lot of incredible music from the era, this four-disc set overly concentrates on slow ballads instead of up-tempo numbers. The first disc, "Digging the Roots," begins right where it should, with tracks by the forefathers of doo wop: the Mills Brothers and the Ink Spots. Unfortunately, instead of a swinging track like "Tiger Rag" or even "The Glow Worm," The Dawn of Doo-Wop programs the Mills Brothers' "Paper Doll" and "You Always Hurt the One You Love" and the Ink Spots' "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano." Following hot on their heels are a variety of groups influenced by either (or both) of the above, including the Four Vagabonds, the Toppers, the Syncopaters, the Deep River Boys, and, best of all, the Ravens. Most of these are ballads too, with only a pair of good-time, up-tempo songs: "Shorty's Got to Go" by Bill Johnson & His Musical Notes and "Boogie Woogie on a Saturday Night" by Steve Gibson & the Red Caps. The second disc, "Birdland," has 25 tracks, all by "bird" groups (the Orioles, the Larks, the Swallows, the Ravens, the Robins, etc.), while the third, "Doo-Wop Dreamin'," slows the tempo even more. Finally, the set gets moving a bit on the final disc ("Doo-Wop Dancin'"), with swinging novelties from the Swallows ("It Ain't the Meat"), the Royales ("Too Much of a Little Bit"), the Dominoes ("Sixty Minute Man"), the Treniers ("Go Go Go"), and the Clovers ("Fool Fool Fool"). Fans of doo wop will undoubtedly discover many new groups on this set, but wading through all the down-tempo material is quite a chore. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
The Dawn of Doo-Wop Track Listing
Credits of The Dawn of Doo-Wop
- Johnny Miller
- Sax (Baritone)
- Donald Mills
- Vocals
- Harry Mills
- Vocals
- Herbert Mills
- Vocals
- Jimmy Moore
- Vocals
- Gene Mumford
- Vocals
- The Orioles
- Performer
- The Rhythm Kings
- Performer
- Ty Terrell
- Tenor (Vocal)
- The Treniers
- Performer
- Egbert Victor
- Piano, Vocals
- Ernest Warren
- Vocals
- James Waters, Jr.
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Devonia Williams
- Piano
- Gene Wright
- Vocals
- Charlie Drayton
- Sax (Baritone)
- Eddie Rich
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Peter Rynston
- Digital Remastering
- Bill Sanford
- Piano
- Benny Cotton
- Bass (Vocal)
- Doles Dickens
- Sax (Baritone)
- Eugene Teague
- Guitar, Tenor (Vocal)
- Rudy West
- Vocals, Tenor (Vocal)
- Cornell Wiley
- Sax (Baritone), Tenor (Vocal)
- Sonny Til
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Joseph Armstrong
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Matthew McQuater
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Pico Payne
- Vocals
- Charlie White
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Otto "Jeff" Jeffries
- Vocals
- David McNeil
- Bass (Vocal)
- Lowman Pauling
- Guitar, Bass (Vocal), Vocals
- Norval Taborn
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Cedric Wallace
- Sax (Baritone)
- Raymond Barnes
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Romaine Brown
- Piano, Vocals
- Alden Bunn
- Guitar, Vocals
- The Cardinals
- Performer
- Obediah Carter
- Vocals
- Herman "Junior" Denby
- Baritone (Vocal), String Bass, Tenor (Vocal)
- Charlie Fuqua
- Vocals
- Tommy Gaither
- Guitar
- Ripley Ingram
- Vocals
- Ollie Jones
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Orville "Hoppy" Jones
- Vocals
- Bill Kenny
- Vocals
- Herb Kenny
- Vocals
- Maithe Marshall
- Vocals, Tenor (Vocal)
- Danny Owens
- Vocals
- Dave Patillo
- Vocals
- Maryland Pierce
- Vocals, Baritone (Vocal)
- Leonard Puzey
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Hadie Rowe, Jr.
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Thermon Ruth
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Alexander Sharp
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Dickie Smith
- Vocals, Tenor (Vocal)
- Jimmy Springs
- Vocals
- Johnny Tanner
- Vocals
- Bernie West
- Bass (Vocal)
- Basin Street Boys
- Performer
- Howard H. Scott
- Vocals
- Louis Heyward
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Gene Gilbeaux
- Piano, ?
- Adam Komorowski
- Compilation
- Warren Suttles
- Bass (Vocal), Baritone (Vocal)
- Claude Trenier
- Vocals
- Cliff Trenier
- Vocals
- Herman Washington
- Sax (Baritone)
- Tom Leonard
- Vocals
- Arthur Butler
- Vocals
- Arthur Davey
- Vocals
- Royal Brent
- Vocals
- Dozier Boys
- Performer
- Bill Johnson
- Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Vocals
- Artie Waters
- Vocals
- Johnny Moore Band
- Guitar
- Billy Richards
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Bobby Baylor
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Harry Douglass
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Vernon Gardner
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Earl Hurley
- Tenor (Vocal)
- George Lawson
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Earl Plummer
- Vocals
- Edward Ware
- Bass (Vocal)
- Cameron Williams
- Piano
- Bobby Nunn
- Bass (Vocal)
- The Rivals
- Performer
- William Samuels
- Vocals
- Buddy Bailey
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Jack Aydelotte
- Piano, Tenor (Vocal)
- Leon Hardy
- Bass (Vocal)
- Ormand Wilson
- Vocals
- Raleigh Tunrage
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Joseph "Smokey" Johnson
- Vocals
- Bobby Rae Williams
- Vocals
- James Riley
- Vocals
- Meredith Brothers
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Eric Miller
- Guitar, Vocals (Background)
- Bill Minor
- Drums, Tenor (Vocal)
- Steve Gibson
- Guitar, Vocals
- Bill Brown
- Bass (Vocal)
- Richard Cannon
- Vocals
- Royal J. Abbit
- Piano
- Lee Barnes
- Piano, Vocals
- Edward Bibbs
- Guitar
- Billy "Butterball" Bowen
- Vocals
- Harrient Calander
- Soprano (Vocal)
- Gus Gordon
- Drums, Vocals
- Freddy Francis
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Cliff Givins
- Bass (Vocal)
- Ray Jr. Grant
- Guitar, Bass (Vocal)
- E. Gray
- Arranger
- Jimmy Robinson
- Bass, Vocals
- Roy Richards
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Joe Jones
- Piano, Drums, Sax (Bass)
- The Ink Spots
- Performer
- Joe Lamont
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Don Hill
- Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
- Deep River Boys
- Performer
- Jimmy Ricks
- Bass (Vocal)
- Striders
- Performer
- John Mills, Sr.
- Vocals
- Sonny Thompson
- Piano
- Skeeter Best
- Guitar, Vocals
- Four Vagabonds
- Performer
- Eddie Beal
- Piano, ?
- Leard Bell
- Drums
- James Albert Bethea
- Bass (Vocal)
- Howard Biggs
- Piano
- Frank Carroll
- Sax (Baritone)
- Jimmy Crawford
- Drums
- Mario Delagarde
- Sax (Baritone)
- Alfred Elkins
- Vocals
- Four Blues
- Performer
- Henry Green
- Drums
- Pete "Guitar" Lewis
- Guitar
- The Trumpeteers
- Performer
- The Mills Brothers
- Performer
- The Clovers
- Performer
- The Five Keys
- Performer
- Clyde McPhatter
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Lucky Thompson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Bill Harris
- Guitar
- Oscar Moore
- Guitar
- Johnny Otis
- Vibraphone
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