Doo Wop 50 - Part 1

My very first national tv show celebrating fifty years of vocal group harmony. In Part 1, memories from Herb Reed's Platters, Normal Wright & Dave Lerchey in The Del Vikings, Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners, Gene Chandler, The Penguins, Johnny Maestro & Brooklyn Bridge. If you'd like to see me more of my doo wop specials, please take a second to hit the subscribe button on my you tube page. Like, comment and share your favorite memory and song from my very first national doo wop tv special Doo Wop 50 is copyright 1999, 2000, 2023 TJL Media Archives. All Rights Reserved.

[@ParkerPlaza]

May 19, 2024 is special.....so many Doo-Wop fans are listening to the oldies..Who is here is 2024? Oldies keep rockin' on and on..😁

[@donnamaccrossan1358]

I have been listening to TJ Doo Wop 50 show and many more. I even supported PBS and got the 2 Tapes. I recently bought the Doo Wop 50 in DVD from Amazon cuz my VCR eats my tapes.

[@jimmymiller77]

Listen up folks.. This is when music was music. Not the crap they give us nowadays. I would give anything to go back...

[@brendalittlejohn5070]

Ain't lying weather listen to this music ❤😂

[@shirleybrown5886]

Me and you both😊miss those days

[@joycegriffis6313]

SoTrue this is the Good old days.😊

[@RosaAvella-uk3vl]

This is my end only my favorite music ❤️👏

[@cindyj.8560]

You will go back , me too in HEAVEN !! A fifties girl....

[@revgeorgemurray]

When it comes to music, our generation was the best. This is memory lane.

[@mitchsarmento7132]

This is when people had class and real talent 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Thomas-uw1gq]

They wore clothes and lyrics we could understand , not filthy vaulgar language that most of the world accepts , sad ! The best era gone !

[@libertyone5853]

The BEST damn music ever! That's WHY people are still listening to it for more than 50 year plus. The singers will pass away BUT not their music.!

[@viviandyer2691]

M Lmk L mmm

[@Pookie1228]

And may we never forget the way they made us feel. Nobody can take that away. ❤️

[@alicespadaccini2150]

Remenber yesteryears

[@armandotrujillo1139]

Lñ

[@user-ky5dp5wf5p]

As I watch this, I am no longer 76 years old, my wife and I are dancing at the prom in high school. What great memories. Tim M. 5-19-2024

[@mitchsarmento7132]

These are the days we didn’t care what color we were we loved each other 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@elvispresley2119]

....loved each other' & The days, when >TRUE Singers didn't NEED the WHOLE 'gimnastics /aerobic teams' behind Them to >Sound GREAT. JUST Their Amazing Voices... Greetings from Poland.

[@thegoodkingjustice]

Negative 😂this was music released during the prime of segregation. Stop trying to remix history

[@MonGoalian]

But it had white and black kids starting to hang out an find common ground in music, cars, clothes. We idolized black cats. The Commies inspired riots and The Civil Rights act of 64 put a damper on the progress made in 50s and 60s

[@ylekiote99999]

Oh man you opened up a can of worms! Great time to be a white man, but is really sucked to be a woman or a black person.

[@Shefightsproductionz]

@@thegoodkingjustice Great music YET segregation & other social ills were ripe.

[@gorthamora]

God bless all these souls who entertained us for many years. Angels in disguise

[@jimmyolsen5897]

This is the only music worthy of listening to the harmony and memories keep me going

[@lenmarcyanis1949]

I am a 76 year old Vietnam Marine veteran who listens to this beautiful music all of the time. Sets my soul at peace.

[@donnamaccrossan1358]

73 and it is the only music that more or less lifts my spirit from the world we live in today.

[@Ron-he8ir]

I am 78 years old and I grew up with this music. We had a lot of Pittsburgh groups back then. I hope that future generations keep this music 🎶 going on and on.

[@MonGoalian]

I'm 80 from the Burgh and I remember Porky Chedwick leading the music revolution on WAMO.

[@Ron-he8ir]

Don't know what part of the Burg you are from, l grew up in the North Hills area and remember seeing a lot of acts at West View Park.

[@johngruen5274]

@@MonGoalian Rock on man of steel!

[@dagmarwirz9424]

I’m 85 years old & I love love this kind of music!

[@Jameswillmadeit50]

25 and i’ve been listening to this since i was 19, so grateful for youtube and this channel for being able to share memories like this, you’re incredibly lucky to have lived through these times! I often wish i could have lived through those times

[@ezerlenewatkins9644]

We would have to stay up pretty late without mother knowing to hear the black artists. But i like them all. It is music of my youth.

[@jimamccracken5783]

I am 76but I was just teleported back to the 1950s and 1960s. I think I just will stay around. Thanks so much for the fantastic music.

[@chickcastiello1362]

I am a 82yo gramma. I was 13 when I found JOCKO, a disk jockey from philly(?). Heard BO DIDDLEY . I NEVER LOOKED BACK. I went thru all other bands and singers, British Invasion, fell in love with the guitar solo, hated rap, cause you can’t dance to it! I still LOVE do wop because I become a Bobby soxer again when I hear it. LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL! God bless all the artists.

[@steverussell3396]

The greatest music ever made

[@eugeneplaud2131]

TJ Lubinski is a true historian of our lives and times. Thank You for keeping us all young at heart!!!

[@aliciaturnour5491]

The best of the best talented singers really this miss this type of talent and songs🥰

[@user-tl1nj7be3h]

THIS IS WHEN AMERICA WAS GREAT!

[@jbrown-caminita2926]

NO! This is when MUSIC was great!

[@Shefightsproductionz]

@@jbrown-caminita2926 Exactly. NOT America.

[@juliebergacker5680]

I’m 84 and so happy to hear these songs again! Great music 👏👏👍💕

[@deborahpatterson7692]

Best music ever EVERYBODY had harmony, class and style. REAL MUSIC, REAL VOICES. Thanks TJ for not letting the music die👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@kuriouslee]

sadly most of these artists have passed, Im so glad I got to see most of my favorite groups from that era at Westbury music Fair over the years

[@wesleycook7687]

So many have died since this was aired. Maybe all. Loved them all.

[@bbrd876]

Best music ever!!❤

[@michaelwalsh98]

Love that music forever, I am 76 and love every song ! Takes me back to the late 50's and early 60's.

[@johngruen5274]

I'm with you, buddy

[@alyceclover]

I did not know that The Brooklyn Bridge recorded 16 Candles, so did a google search, actually it was first recorded when Johnny Maestro was with The Crests. I was more a 50's child, with 5 older siblings, the first 3 of those 50's so I grew up listening to their music.

[@DuaLeaD]

This should have tens of millions of views and committed to the National Archives / Library of Congress.... We are losing our culture if we do not fight for it. Back in the 90s, there used to be plenty of golden oldies (pre-1964 British Invasion) radio stations. Now they are extinct.

[@user-dp5wd6dx8k]

Time to build an oldies broadcast station. Yes it can be done, just takes money and land.

[@wymple09]

My favorite number was the Del Vikings Come Go with Me. 9:16 And it always amazes me how many beautiful women can be found on violins.

[@dedebrown1028]

Ahhh for the old days. This never gets old and makes me so happy.❤

[@ParkerPlaza]

Bring back the oldies.

[@billmitchell3329]

When you think about it all started with kids on the street singing rock and roll in the 1950’s. So many of them had such good singing voices. That, in itself is amazing! It’s true American culture. No where else in the world was this happening. It’s home grown American exceptionalism! This is the music that spawned the Beatles and everything else that followed....

[@richardcline1337]

billmitchell3329, PLEASE! The drugged out Beatles couldn't handle this kind of music. I seriously doubt any from the British invasion would have a clue what this real music was all about. Clean, great harmonies, no foul language, just straight music at it's finest!

[@fireman4516]

Omg The Skyliners, brought tears to my old eyes. I grew up on this music. 81 now and getting tired but, this music makes me want to live 81 more.

[@Care960]

I hear ya

[@albertsuchoski4427]

Iam 76 l grue up in the hart of rock and role that was music to day we turn the radio on and hear all crap

[@jimwoodhouse589]

Amen

[@bernardschmidt5192]

Just the best music ever! A shame those days are gone, but we can still remember always! GOD bless them all.

[@laurylshearnin4546]

For sure

[@roseposcablo1328]

Miss those days at 67 years old still listen to them all FOR EVER

[@shirleybrown5886]

Thank goodness for PBS😊😊

[@47AndyT]

We remember because we lived it in REAL TIME!

[@shirleybrown5886]

I will always remember those days

[@user-bv4hl4iy1m]

Great memories of a time when music was the best.

[@williamoxendine6121]

I remember these great moments in time when there was not all this hate great music 🎶

[@eyvonnepadgett4652]

Love the 50's and 60's music. That was real music!!!

[@colinjewell5838]

Absolutely love this channel and the best music in the world…God bless you all.

[@user-ry1zm6nm5c]

Still listen to this music to this day.Im 78 and from Detroit.The late 50s and 60s had great music.

[@patriciarobison974]

The real talents of music. No auto tune. Just great voic

[@user-gw9xl4lk6r]

I am so glad we can still listen to this music.This is real music.thank you all

[@Nemo1944]

Now 79 been listening to these songs since I was 11 years old!

[@KCLevins]

OMG... Where have the years ..and the voices gone? Still recall my very 1st slow dance in 1959 to Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners... HE was the voice of Doo Wop for me... RIP Jimmy... Hope UR still singing when I get there!!

[@ermajcronce9775]

Great Preformance

[@user-ld4pf4gg8o]

Takes me back when I was a Kid My mother taught me to dance. Love this music. I have some of them on CD. But I have nobody to dance with me AMEN

[@danallen3510]

Beautiful

[@pathill200]

As long as we keep playing it will never be gone.

[@susancanoro6316]

Nothing better then this...And l have all the 45's.....🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@OldiesMomma]

I love all these songs 🎉🎉🎉 remindes lomy young days 🎉🎉🎉

[@johnbarnett6924]

This was my Mother's Generation, Recording artist ❤ I loved It All , also ❤ thanks for these memories. JOHN Barnett Semper Fi Guys revisited October 2023

[@sandy6660]

We had the best music. Happy to have been part of this time of music. 🎶😊Doo Wop is the best.🩰🎶

[@tumamichan]

My name is Tsumami-chan. I'm a Japanese woman in my 30s who loves doowop and beer. Nice to meet you!❤

[@michaelwilliams6097]

If any of you are curious of how many have passed away, Google their names and the group and it will list the members with great detail. You may check IMDb under search from the group and scroll down to cast and find the person you're looking for and do the same. I went to a Doo woo show back in 2017 and the groups were totally awesome

[@donnamaccrossan1358]

Welcome to the club Doo-Wop lover.

[@pathill200]

I love all the old music. I grew Up with it. It’s the best.❤

[@tonisumblin2719]

Happy music. 😊❤

[@LouisLepore]

This brings back memories when us guys would stand on the street Conner and sing all of these songs .

[@TheChiefdoc70]

Earth Angel was my wife and my song. I had it played on the radio and my wife’s grandmother went crazy.

[@conniepaterson3758]

The best music and songs back in the day. ❤ Thanks for sharing this. great music. Never gets old and yes the memories.

[@anndesopo286]

That was when music was music. Good old 50's. So glad they put on performances. Brings back good memories.

[@jaymadry7218]

I love this music

[@leonisiagomes5688]

❤😊 lindolindo

[@eddieortiz27]

Born in 81, and had radio Stations 93.5 and 100.9 that would play late 50s thru late 60s as "my oldies". Blessed to know them all by heart. Jimmy Beaumont of The Skyliners has one of my favorite voices of all time.

[@user-sp7ti4jw9e]

Good old Days and wonderful Music👍

[@bettyharvey8445]

Best music and great music great memories ❤❤❤❤

[@ilonafrissina5617]

Such great memories. 💖🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😊😊

[@marydepasquale3874]

Just Amazing! This is Music! 🎶

[@michaellazzeri2069]

Ahhhhhh yes, real singing---------timeless talent---------the real deal ! RIP, Jimmy, Janet, & all Skyliners who have passed. AND OH YES, Donna Groom , you were gorgeous ! --------------MJL, 77 y/o

[@merrylmarsh9037]

Spectacular!!!! The music of our lives. We were soooo fortunate.😄

[@mikeroeder429]

Thank You So Much for sharing your amazing Talent.

[@beckybrann7553]

Love this music 🎶❤😊

[@dannydavenport1767]

This was collectively Americas greatest generation! music, sports, family, church!

[@loretta486]

Such a true beautiful song 🎵

[@Unentitled54]

The way they harmonize, their outfits, and their sound puts these groups in a class of their own. Unlike today, where most of the groups lóok and sound like they just crawled out from under a rock. These groups are pure perfection... Simply eye and ear candy!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@gwenhooper44]

I was born in1956 and love these songs .My aunt was 13 years older then me and when I visited my grandparent we would dance in her room to these songs. Good memories.

[@RandaPanda77-vk6hg]

I am 77 and will never forget the era.❤

[@RandaPanda77-vk6hg]

I am doing fine esp. when I listen to tunes of my past😂

[@gofgal]

I can appreciate the talent, I can appreciate the connecting music, I can appreciate the fantastic memories …. But do they have to be so damn good lookin!!

[@Mrjaytheman1234]

Awesome!

[@alisonlovessoul.8428]

I'm 63 best music ever

[@aliced7505]

THANK YOU! I have the doo wop videos on tape, then later got them on dvd. And now - on youtube! Makes it much easier to listen in my vehicle/home. Yippee! This real music will live forever.

[@kathrynshelley3806]

Takes me back to my high school days 1952-1956! Got a class reunion coming up on Aug 27-wonder how many of us are still around and a so blessed to show up

[@timtrussell9195]

How was the Reunion? Great I hope

[@etta537]

I'm 76, and sure do remember this music. The kids today don't even know what real music is. Shame.

[@etta537]

Humph! This is real music.

[@etta537]

This is REAL music!

[@alyceclover]

Might have been when oldest sister started High School, she and an older brother bought the 78RPM's to replace records that came with jukebox, dad bought used. This was one of them. (The Platters was playing when I typed this) I liked it, but was more fond of the fast songs ~ Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Fats Domino.

[@rickmurray4854]

Thank you for this music. So soulful.

[@keithfaulk1354]

That was a little before my time but this is back in the good old days right up to the 70s and 80s !! After that music has dropped to the bottom and will never be the same again!! All we have now are memories but thank god for that!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@louistrudeau767]

Come Go With Me has everything I want in a song.

[@Thomas-uw1gq]

Fantastic!

[@rogerbaughn4664]

These people new how to really sing. Didnt need autotune!! Legends one and all!!!

[@robertmayer2748]

This is a great show. Music today doesn't compare to this.

[@davionthomas608]

I’m 25 and I can say nothing can beat these classics!!! These will never get old

[@user-xm4oj7os2z]

This is when life was good

[@stephenater9687]

Johnny Maestro, simply the best! R.I.P.

[@edwardvictorino7773]

The oldies but goodies music will never die when I was cruising down Hotel Street in Honolulu 1958 with my 55 Chevy listen to the oldies until today it still sound the same I have it all on a track and full track tapes believe it or not we used to hang out at the Ala Moana Drive-In down at Waikiki Beach area I will never forget these oldies but goodies kept me happy all through the years 6550 thank you so much for keeping it on LBJ Nowinski thank you so much

[@RobinFay-wp2bu]

Love this music, won't let my dogs listen to the crap they call music today. Thank you for not letting the good music die.

[@judyhunt5291]

Glad this popped up on my feed best music of all time will be subscribing

[@johngruen5274]

Wow!!! My rediscovery of 14 yr old me 1957 sitting on the kitchen counter listening to Alan Freed's show in NYC on our crummy AM radio. All these great groups, harmonies. Too grrrrrrreeeaaaaaaatttt!

[@albertstrobel3096]

I grew up with all of this music, and I can hardly stress to you how much I miss it all I love the fact that everybody dressed up and you could understand the words on most of the songs.

[@clivelange7879]

im only 56 but grew up to this music and love it....real music with meaning and feeling.....simply magical

[@sonnysoldies5288]

What a performance on "Since I Don't Have You"...got my doo wop blood really flowing.

[@EJKurt]

TJL, thank you for these amazing shows. Born in 1952 & growing up with older brothers (10 & 12 years older), I grew up with this music. I swear my brothers had every single one of these records. I watched your shows when they first aired on PBS and enjoyed them tremendously. Now watching on KZbin is a real blessing. Thank you again!

[@user-lz4rc4dt1q]

It bring me back to my younger days and reminds me of old friends. Thank you for the memories

[@garysaraceno30]

This is real music

[@maryyoung1602]

❤Love these old songs-they never loose their “Zing”! Will never be forgotten! ❤🎼🎹🎤🎺🎸🎷🥁🎧!

[@leonorabenzon9991]

Oooo i miss the penguins

[@NathanPinkerton-mm9fs]

What lead vocalosts for all the groups here...yet to never forget yheir DOOWOP subordinates

[@user-gw9xl4lk6r]

I'm 57 and I love this music

[@SlenderBaconsYT]

Performances by Jimmy Beaumont and Johnny masetro are really classic. Its a pity they are gone.

[@user-hy2xf8ke8w]

It’s good that this was captured back in ‘99 , like you said most there then are gone now 😢

[@charlesgalbosr6344]

Oh to go back to the 50s nothing but great music.🎼🎼👍👍👮‍♂️

[@sharonsmith5804]

Great talent. The old music was great to listen to and dance to.

[@cathyz.8953]

Best music ever! And danceable in a way no music today is. I appreciate how the the groups expressed their identity by their coordinating looks. They respected themselves and their talent. Thank you all.

[@kathleen2754]

I first heard all these songs when I started working in a bar in San Antonio, Texas called "The Fabulous Fifties". All these awesome and very memorable hits will be with me forever and a day 😊

[@juliebriz1703]

I love, love love this music....I have a massive wide taste in music of several eras but you just cannot beat this stuff! My teens was spent in the 80s and I loved that but I am envious of all you folk who spent their teenage years listening to this music! Soo talented and amazing harmonies! Just one big wow! ❤