The Ultimate Doo Wop Collection [Collectables] (2000)

About this title: If the contents of this two-CD set looks familiar, it's because it was originally issued in Collectables' History of Rock series as The Doo Wop Era, Part 1 and Part 2. Oddly, it's the second volume in the set that contains the majority of garden variety hits like "In the Still of the Night," "Book of Love," "Long Lonely Nights," "Get a Job," and "Denise" with rarities like "I'm So Young" by the Students and "Ankle Bracelet" by the Pyramids largely dotting the landscape of Disc One. With the availability of Rhino's excellent Doo-Wop Box series, there's no reason to look at this set as the ... read more

Tracks:

1. There's a Moon Out Tonight [Cassessa/Luccisano/]
2. Let's Start All Over Again [Byrd/Paragons]
3. I'm So Happy [Robinson]
4. Just to Be With You [Kalfin]
5. Zoom Zoom Zoom [Hayes/Jackson/Winle]
6. Oh Gee, Oh Gosh [Lewis/Robinson]
7. I Wonder Why [Anderson/Weeks]
8. Tonight, Tonight [Myles]
9. Mary Lee [Robinson/Robinson]
10. I'm So Young [Tyus]
11. Cora Lee
12. The Closer You Are
13. I Remember [Abarno]
14. Baby Oh Baby [Bouknight/Coleman]
15. Story Untold [Griffin]
16. Once in a While [Edwards/Green]
17. Trickle Trickle
18. Coney Island Baby [Alonzo/Catalno]
19. Rama Lama Ding Dong [Jones]
20. Castles in the Sky [Dailey]
21. Hushabye [Shuman/Pomus]
22. Deserie [Cooper/Johnson]
23. Ankle Bracelet
24. Till Then [Marcus/Seiler/Wood]
25. Come Go with Me [Quick]
26. In the Still of the Night [Parris]
27. Book of Love [Davis/Malone/Patric]
28. Gloria [Navarro]
29. Honey Honey [Robinson/Barrett]
30. A Sunday Kind of Love [Belle/Leonard/Prima]
31. Whispering Bells [Quick]
32. Every Day of the Week [Tyrus]
33. My Heart's Desire
34. Tell Me Why [Carter/Helfand]
35. The Gleam in Your Eyes
36. Island of Love [Ezell/Sheppard]
37. The Wind [Edwards/Eubanks/Hun]
38. That's My Desire [Loveday]
39. Never Let You Go [Albano/Barsalona/Ba]
40. You Were Mine [Giacalone]
41. Dance Girls
42. Long Lonely Nights [Andrews/Henderson]
43. When We Get Married [Hogan]
44. Get a Job [Silhouettes]
45. One Summer Night [Webb]
46. Denise
47. Over the Rainbow [Arlen/Harburg]
48. When You Dance [Jones/Kirkland]
49. Play Those Oldies Mr. DJ
50. To the Aisle [Smith/Wiener]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.