Great Doo Wop - In My Diary - Live

Moonglows - In My Diary - a cappella live

[@dianamcfarland1997]

JUST BEAUTIFUL!! THOSE DOO WOPS LIVE ON FOREVER! GOD BLESS!!

[@thebigfist]

This is stupendous!This -all-time top 5 group, showing off its brilliant harmonies.

[@indrajitadvani3742]

This is just phenomenal singing. Could listen to hours and hours and hours of this. Gee you were so lucky to see the Moonglows live. Jealous!

[@stevesewall]

this is a treasure - yeah bobby was the master

[@gregoryrufolo4742]

Met Bobby Lester and Pete Graves at a show in 1970...Couldn't believe I was sitting right next to my idol...Top voice of the 50's...Never be another Bobby Lester Dallas!!!!

[@MzEula]

That is sooo cool! Did you get to talk with Bobby Lester? I absolutely love him, he's my favorite male singer of all time. I would have loved to have met him and talked with him.

[@bobpugh6364]

Nobody else ever came close ... pure brilliance

[@thebigfist]

Wow, what a sublime performance by this legendary group!

[@JazzzzlvrFU]

Best version ever! Miss Bobby Lester lead and Prentiss Barnes bass. Man, those were the days.

[@Kungamuck]

Absolutely Unforgettable !! What America needs - once again 1

[@loismuhammadmajeed4707]

Brings tears and chills!

[@dianamcfarland1997]

OH YES!!

[@julianmccroy6221]

About time that everyone knows and understands that Bobby Lester was the voice of the Moonglows on every hit the group had with the exception of See-Saw and Ten Commandments of Love. The Great Bobby Lester was one of a kind!

[@bobp7258]

Smoooooth... This was when music was music. No need to curse to get attention like today`s music. Just pure talent. Bobby Lester was one of the best. Man I miss these days.

[@doowopdan1879]

I have the vinyl LP of this somewhere. This was from a club show in 1980, the year Bobby died. It's 40 minutes of all their hits, and it's great. Singing with Bobby are bass Gary Rodgers and first tenor Billy McPhatter (Clyde's son!). I can't remember who the fourth member was.

[@boomerang905]

How do you classify a voices like this. The Blow Harmony of the group itself? They were the very first DooWop Group I ever heard and they set the standards for my superior taste in this music genre til this day. This brings so many memories of the days before I started grade school. My older sisters and their friends would have a good time listening to this kind of music. I'm so glad my big sister took me to the Regal and I saw Bobby Lester all big and fine, singing with his guys! :D

[@vodkamarie]

Your words reflect my feelings exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@boomerang905]

@@vodkamarie 👍 Thanks 😊

[@stevesewall]

Wonderful!! Greatest song he ever sang, I think.

[@512glebe]

you can not beat talent..

[@petercanu6656]

Dear Lord have you ever heard anything as good. Good God Almithgty

[@josephworth2622]

IVE NEVER HEARD BETTER!!

[@shellyreiter5423]

The best..................

[@jmattei45]

Nothing better from our genre

[@marquewallace]

This may be the best Harmony EVER!

[@fncz]

Man!! Bobby Lester could sing! Pete lost his power on the high note but still sang beautifully!!!!

[@nicky0016dd]

This is AWESOME!!!!

[@bobcavicchio3279]

Moonglows were top echalon of doo wop

[@thebigfist]

They were an all-time top 5 group, along with the Flamingos, 5 Keys, Nutmegs, and Heartbeats.

[@richmasiello882]

this a cappella version just proves how great the Moonglows really were. Harvey who?

[@cynthiam.russell5314]

That is Harvey Fuqua and Bobby Lester. Harvey starts off first. Then Bobby comes in with that beautiful,beautiful voice

[@christinevitale1243]

Ha ha ha...."Harvey who?" Funny.

[@radiotubes]

Right on brother.Glad i stumbled on this.Relic is the tops mann.

[@jb42able]

The CD I have is called The Moonglows on stage featuring Bobby Lester and it is Relic 7042 It came out in 1992. Hope this helps. I think Relic is still in business.

[@njacapelladoowopenthusiast8449]

joe b yes sir Hackensack nj

[@richardsarlo2596]

Great

[@jb42able]

This was issued on a cd and was from a live performance. I think the cd is not very available, I have never seen another copy. By the way the rest of the tunes on it are terrific. Good luck finding it.

[@roge69charger]

Beautiful. When and where this was performed. And, Who were the members. Such Articulation in their voices.

[@TheZeevik]

heartbreaker

[@13loomisst]

@Astoria11103 I have this on a really fine Relic CD called The Moonglows, On Stage. It is Bobby Lester, with three other fellows (one a nephew, I think). The few notes say that it probably contains his last recordings before a live audience. He died in '80, so probably from the late '80s.

[@harptone55]

GREAT!!!

[@kuda1552]

7 Thumbs down ??? & Dummies. this is out of bounds !

[@fncz]

agree 100% this is amazing!

[@mattdillon3272]

Would love to know where this was recorded. This is fabulous !!

[@thebigfist]

This was recorded at a nightclub in NYC,in 1972.

[@whettonwylde1422]

The CD mentioned by joe b may be "30 DOO-WOP FAVORITES! ACAPPELLA!!" There are some GREAT tunes on this, including A Thousand Miles Away, Most of All, In My Diary, and a fantastic version of Sunday Kind of Love. Listen to Willie without the crummy instrumentation that backs him up on the record, and you may be moved to tears, BUT...BUT...BUT...BUT...BUT zero liner notes! Zero! The label says "Doo-Wop Records DWR 0006" I may have found it on Amazon, or maybe somewhere else. Can't help you there.

[@MROSEN62]

Great! I'd like to know more about how/where this was recorded. Obviously, because Bobby Lester sings lead, it could not have been after 1980 (since he died that year).

[@jerryferko8309]

the spinners did a very nice job on this song ........but ...............bobby lester .........the moonglows ........icing on the cake ......

[@xwsftassell]

Oh very nice.*****.

[@vodkamarie]

About as good as acapella gets...ANYWHERE OR ANYTIME.......

[@eddysvault7603]

thanks for this!

[@luiscollazo2399]

My grandpas listens to it lol

[@bruceDMrB]

I apologize,,, the Correct singers are Robert Ford,, Archie Bailey,,Gary Rodgers,, and the Legendary Robert (Bobby) Lester Dallas! William (Billy) Bradley Mcphatter isn't in this group at this time!

[@imd945]

Butter!

[@imd945]

Does anybody know the year on this? It's fantastic.

[@geezergonewile]

Gawd, what a song! When and where was this recorded? Doo Wop, Alan Freed, The Moonglows, coming of age in the1950s. Man, those were dream days!

[@doowopdan1879]

Per the LP liner notes, this was from a club show in 1980, the year Bobby died, I think in New England (Little Walter, the Boston DJ, engineered it). It's 40 minutes of all their hits, and it's great. Singing with Bobby are bass Gary Rodgers and first tenor Billy McPhatter (Clyde's son). I can't remember who the fourth member was.

[@fncz]

was it Pete Graves???

[@harptenor88]

WAY past awsome

[@laurenreynolds1390]

Is Lester leading and Fuqua bass?

[@bigbill1]

I never heard this done a cappella. Any idea where/when it was done?

[@thebigfist]

In 1972, at a small NYC nightclub.

[@angelikakrause7810]

❤❤😂😂😂

[@jamesbrown823]

This is the shit!