Various Artists - Street Corner Symphonies 1950 2 / Various - R&B / Soul - CD

2012 release, the second installment in this incredible series that focuses on the glory days of Doo Wop. Like Rap, Doo Wop music was an urban American art-form. It was sung on street-corners, in stairwells of tenement apartments, in high school toilets... and it was preserved for posterity in recording studios. Most of the performers were African American, and many of the songs were romantic in sharp contrast to the bleak reality of urban African American life at the time. Suffice to say that these were the records that provided the soundtrack to the Rock 'n' Roll revolution... and the records that changed American and global popular music forever. - This series has been compiled and annotated by R&B music's foremost scholar, Chicago's Bill Dahl, and every song comes with detailed notes and illustrations. There have been plenty of Doo-Wop compilations, even a few Doo-Wop boxed sets, but this series is the last word on the genre. 30 tracks. Bear Family.

2012 release, the second installment in this incredible series that focuses on the glory days of Doo Wop. Like Rap, Doo Wop music was an urban American art-form. It was sung on street-corners, in stairwells of tenement apartments, in high school toilets... and it was preserved for posterity in recording studios. Most of the performers were African American, and many of the songs were romantic in sharp contrast to the bleak reality of urban African American life at the time. Suffice to say that these were the records that provided the soundtrack to the Rock 'n' Roll revolution... and the records that changed American and global popular music forever. - This series has been compiled and annotated by R&B music's foremost scholar, Chicago's Bill Dahl, and every song comes with detailed notes and illustrations. There have been plenty of Doo-Wop compilations, even a few Doo-Wop boxed sets, but this series is the last word on the genre. 30 tracks. Bear Family.

Performer	Various Artists
Music genre	R&B / Soul
Music subgenre	CD - SOUL/R & B
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2012
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Number of tracks	30
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Street Corner Symphonies - Vol. 2-Street Corner Symphonies 1950 [CD]
Track listing	Count Every Star, Turkey Hop, Pt. 1, I'd Rather Be Wrong Than Blue, Do Something for Me, When You Come Back to Me, Chief, Turn the Hose on Me, If You See the Tears in My Eyes, At Night, Jumping Jack, I'll Never Love Anyone Else, I've Got No Time, I Will Wait, Old Fashioned Love, Cool Saturday Night, Do You Love Me, I Don't Mind Being All Alone, Gone (My Baby's Gone), I'll Never, Never Let You Go, She's Gone, As Long As I Live, I Don't Have to Ride No More, Mr. Blues, Please Believe in Me, Nevertheless, My Heart Cries for You, Young Girl, Who Is There to Blame, Lover Come Back to Me, Rival Blues, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Record label	Bear Family Germany
Number in series	2
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N