THESE GUYS ARE SO AWESOME!! THE DEL-VIKINGS - COME AND GO WITH ME (REACTION)

[@rogerdodger6025]

The harmony in this song is absolutely golden.

[@ajruther67]

My dad was born in 1936 and grew up with this music and I started listening to all his records at 5 years old and I loved it. I'm glad you love it as well.

[@827dusty]

In those days in cities like Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey etc. 5 or6 friends would stand on a corner, no instruments, and sing the different melodies together for a beautiful blend of voices singing together in the night. This was common in the mid to late 1950s. Many record producers would walk the streets, trying to find the best of the best "Doo-Wop" singers in a particular neighborhood. Some folks from very poor places got discovered, and went to become stars, and go on tv shows. It sounds like something from a Hollywood movie, but it really happened.

[@kwanshiyin]

“Come Go With Me” was the first top 10 hit by a racially mixed rock and roll group. The members all belonged to the US Air Force and met at a base in Pittsburgh. The song was originally recorded a capella, the label added instrumentation.

[@intheparlance]

I never knew that!! Thanks for the history lesson. :)

[@stevenfeinberg3028]

ALL record labels added instrumentation, sometimes while the vocalists sang, sometimes later.

[@pattystordahl3754]

Why call out race. This is not true many groups sang together in blues, gospel and jazz natural transition to doo wop and early Rick. Under Democratic president Lyndon Johnson drove people apart divided by color. Never a division in true gospel or doo wop. My generation fought for unity.

[@kwanshiyin]

@@pattystordahl3754 ​ If you'll read my comment I said it was the first top 10 hit by a racially mixed group, not that nobody else was doing it. Jim Crow was the law of a significant part of the country at that time and that's why it was important. Lyndon Johnson was able to get landmark civil rights and voting rights acts passed, and if you grew up in that time you should know how terrible things were for people of color. It was all about race.

[@oldermusiclover]

wonder who played that wonderful sax

[@paulr.3220]

So many of these "Doo Wop" groups started as street corner a-capella groups. They still stir my soul.

[@velvetstar9300]

Same! Nothing captures me like Doo Wop does.

[@deelawson4551]

Always loved Doo Wop! So happy you are hitting on them! Here`s a few suggestions-- The Cadillacs-Speedo,The Crests-Sixteen Candles,The Clovers-Love Potion #9,The Moonglows-Sincerely,The Spaniels-Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight,Dion and the Belmonts-I Wonder Why,The Orioles-Crying In The Chapel,The Dells-Oh What A Night..just a few I love,lol...Keep On Rockin'

[@kartaan]

These are all great suggestions!

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

"Since I Don't Have You" by The Skyliners.

[@odirilemabovu]

There's a moon out tonight - The capris, zoom zoom zoom - The collegians, blue moon - the chords . There is just tooo many

[@odirilemabovu]

@@coinneachmaclellan3121 i love this songg

[@louistrudeau767]

THE DUKE OF EARL .... Gene Chandler

[@roymerritt348]

Can you imagine when ebony and ivory came together to make beautiful music? This was the 50s. Before the Civil Rights movement. These people were breaking down barriers.

[@sarablack2547]

Ebony and ivory a 1982 song by sir Paul McCartney and Stevie wonder.

[@sarablack2547]

@Donatella Loncar no it was definitely Stevie wonder. Your thinking say say say which was Paul McCartney and mj I know I was a teen when they came out and love both of them.fun fact the location the say say say video was filmed on mj later bought and his sister LaToya was in the video.

[@sarablack2547]

@Donatella Loncar correction I wasn't a teen yet but still remember them

[@DucksFan541]

@Donatella Loncar You might be thinking of the song "The Girl Is Mine" that Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney did a duet on

[@jeffstevens156]

And I’m so glad They did! Music could bring Us all together!

[@blaiseprisciotta553]

You guys are killing it! Love these Doo-Wop vibes!

[@Rebel9668]

These guys also had a hit called "Get A Job" that was appropriated by the television group "Sha-Na-Na" in the mid to late 70's as their theme song. They had another hit with "Whispering Bells".

[@gargadow]

Get a Job was actually by the Silhouettes from Philadelphia, which was their only number 1 hit.

[@MrRabbit43]

@@gargadow GOT A JOB by The Miracles was outrageous!

[@thunderbirdsharrypotterfan]

Get A Job is from The Silhouettes

[@gaqr7232]

Are you sure that you're not referring to the Silhouettes with Get A Job, 1958 ?

[@ELIZABETHANNEBuonagura]

Thanks for plucking some gems from the archives !

[@fldude46]

i met the lead singer of the dell vikings about 20 years ago at old town in orlando. he was a nice and humble man.he took a pic with my studebaker. he was my dads age

[@TheDelVikings1960]

Nearly every Del Vikings member was singing lead.

[@raymoles]

Doo-Wop started [they say] on the street corners of America. They sang acapella, because they had no instruments.

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

Doo Wop is a art form I never even grew to love until 50 years after it passed from the scene... the penultimate doo wop group, the Beach Boys

[@janedc5ch319]

Another great memorie . I haven't heard this for years and years. Yes I'm old .I love the music back then. I can sing along with all of them. Cant remember what happened yesterday.

[@mikeyates7931]

First of all , I love you both ❤️ You're such a sweet and loving couple - secondly , I'm so glad to see you guys are discovering Doo - Wop 😃 Mel , you hit the nail on the head : Doo - Wop started with poor guys singing on street corners for tips - and because they were poor , they didn't have any instruments ; They were their own instruments 😍 You guys should check out "For The Longest Time" by Billy Joel ; it's a throwback to Doo - Wop - The music video is awesome , but unlike the way it looks , Billy Joel actually does ALL of the singing on it ; he recorded 7 different tracks , doing the highest parts , the deepest parts and everything in between 😎

[@davidwalker683]

You guys are awesome… doo wop era is amazing… try gene chandler- duke of earl

[@tennesseegirl7589]

YES!!

[@caravan5557]

They've done it

[@davidwalker683]

I sent this before they did it. Thanks

[@janetf23]

This really takes me back! I was six in 1957, when this was released, and my big sister had just started teaching me to dance because my mom had made us some circle skirts and it was time for twirling!! 💃💝 Growing up in the 50s and 60s was really fun. From Hula Hoops and skate keys to Brownie cameras and transistor radios everything was such a blast!✨

[@christinalikoski4937]

Janet you took me also to memory lane 🤭 with your comment I actually was born 1960 and remember listening to all the old songs on mine transistor radio Australia 💕 Christina

[@Peggi109]

Awesome song!! I remember this from when I was little. My older sisters had loads of records and they had friends over to dance, all the time. Love this music!!!

[@byronmitchell3784]

DEL-VIKINGS,"COME GO WITH ME ".. YES YOUR RIGHT THIS THOSE MAGICAL YEARS OF DOO- WOP. I ALWAYS SAID BEFORE WE HAD THIS MUSIC, WE HAD THAT MUSIC. YES WITHOUT QUESTION IT WAS ALL TOO BEAUTIFUL...

[@827dusty]

Yes! More Doo-Wop music. Such beautiful Harmonies in this type of music.

[@sandydavidson4637]

I really enjoy your reactions to some of the music that has kept me rocking for seventy seven years , keep on playing.

[@matthewgibbs1366]

I almost asked you to listen to this earlier but I've been asking so many songs I said I better calm down. Lol I'm glad you got to hear the baddest saxophone solo in the world!!! Love this song man.

[@jenrenwick7769]

Oh my didn't we have some amazing music! Great choice guys.

[@antoniotaylor391]

Your reaction to hearing these songs is exactly why you’re so liked. Give I Only Have Eyes For You by the Flamingos. One of the great Doo Wop / R&B groups. And Brenda and the Tabulations - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue. She and her group were so smooth.

[@douglasswicegood4420]

Before the mid sixties we called it all 'Rock n Roll' or Jump music as is on Frankie Lymon's label featuring 'Why do Fools Fall in Love' 1956 Frankie was 13 years old!

[@CamoJan]

That's my all time favorite doo-wop song! Thanks to who ever requested them to react to this one!

[@jad4680]

"the flamingos i only have eyes for you" the greatest doo wop song ever recorded pure magic and an absolute beauty for reaction ; )

[@stephenchapel2058]

You got that right, 3 minutes and 15 seconds of panty dropping heat. I actually wore out the 45.

[@kdm71291]

I was born in 1963 so I didn't exactly grow up with all this 1950s doo-wop etc. that you're covering over the past few months....but I wasn't far removed...and then I grew up with Happy Days...a TV show that brought back all that great music.....and I'm also very familiar with swing music/jazz from the 1930s and 40s, because my parents grew up during The Great Depression (I also played trumpet in jr high and high school). I feel fortunate to have experienced a LOT of different genres of music over several decades....and it's fun seeing you respond to REAL music the way you do! If you ever see the early film by George Lucas titled "American Graffiti", it's packed full of music like this!

[@lisatonzi9728]

Here I am again!!! The most romantic song of all time, The Flamingos, "I Only Have Eyes For You.' You will never be the same...... PLEASE!!

[@jackie_jrml]

Yessssss!!!!!!

[@jonathanrose6252]

Born in 92 but this song takes me to the 1950s

[@kellyreiterman]

I still have my parents' 45 single of this song and I can remember them putting it on and dancing around the living room. Lovely memory.

[@renee176]

I'm at 70/80s kid and I know a whole lot of music from this era because of my mom. I know this song, but never knew the name of group who sang it, so thank you for the education!😊

[@looneytoon76]

Same. Also with shows like Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and movies American Graffiti and Back to the Future

[@rocketone]

I'm glad to see young people reacting to such great oldies. Finally 👍💯

[@carollittle1059]

DOO WOP got it's start with friends started singing on street xorners and got discovered.

[@jeannehurdel7290]

My 25 year old son went from liking heavy metal to do wap .It was a shocker for me.

[@9284vr]

Great to see another mixed race doo wop group. I also love their other hit "Whispering Bells".

[@9284vr]

​@Lawrence Carver What on earth are you yapping about!? I was playing no race game...I was congratulating this group for recognizing that we ARE all one human race by going against the heavy racism in the 50's music industry which dictated that groups should be one race only (white or black or Latino or Asian etc. but NOT be mixed). I lived in the 50's and saw that first hand-perhaps you did not. The Del-Vikings were one of the few groups way back then to break the race barriers and have both black and white in their group. Judging by all my thumbs up and no thumbs down on my first comment, my meaning was clear but apparently not to you. When we get to a place where we are ALL race/color blind, that will be great but it still has not happened but the point you missed was that racism was much much worse in the 50's. This group was a nice exception to that racism.

[@autumnamber6849]

Oh yes. I feel like I am at am oldies party lately with you guys. Thanks so much.

[@l7funk]

Thanks Shawn and Mel im Tony Wright,and my brother Skip and sister Nicole are children of Norman Wright lead singer of The Del Vikings and on behalf of our uncle's in The Del Vikings and families would like to thank for your support and positive feedback and reactions for Come go with Me continue Blessings to you both.

[@theresagallagher9161]

Yeaaahhh ....what a group they were! Loved the 50's Doo wop. Come Go With Me is a defining song of that era. Takes me right back. God bless you & yours!!!! 👍💥💫

[@jerrycaropolo8002]

To Jeanne Hurdel, I loved reading about your son going from heavy metal to doo wop. Recently my 50 year old son said to me that he feels sorry that his children won't appreciate this music that we love. I said "Why?" It's because he didn't expose them to it like I did with my children. Always played it on the record player and in the car. When he goes somewhere in the car the kids either put on what they want to hear or they have ear buds on listening to whatever. Just like the hosts of this channel when you really listen to these songs you will hear and feel the music. My kids love it. Some of them also like heavy metal too. Lol

[@rsuriyop]

This song is the definition of CLASSY. When I think of the 1950's this song is one of the very first things that instantly pops up in my head.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

This music takes me back to my childhood in Brooklyn. I can envision the older guys singing in a hallway or under the street lights.. a time when the emphasis was put on the vocals. I love your genuine interest and enthusiasm.. your joy and open-minded reactions to this old music 🎵. Keep it up now! 👍🏾

[@rosemaryoutler2423]

When I was in high school, in the 60s, we would have sock hops during lunch hour. We would dance to doo-wop music. It was soooo much fun!! It got all of us into a feel-good moods for the rest of the school day!!!! Thank you for happy memories!!!!

[@kathyrizzi8754]

The Doo Wop music started in the late 50’s. I was 9 in 1958 and these song’s have stayed with me, always! Thank you for playing song’s from my childhood and up, lovin the memories!👍♥️🥰🌺🌹🌹

[@ptournas]

Love this. You've been doing all the songs of my youth lately 😀

[@christinalikoski4937]

Pure talent SPOT ON The sound is like heavenly I wonder if we will ever see this sound again Personally I believe it came from this band combined with the group of love within themselves for one another Australia 💕 Christina

[@michaelhansen8598]

I am so glad you enjoy the oldies

[@mikefetterman6782]

This was the song John Lennon was trying to sing when Paul McCartney first saw him singing that July 6 in 1957. Lennon had trouble remembering the correct lyrics but would make up his own on the spot. Very influential to all of rock music.

[@scottbrower9052]

Absolutely.

[@micheleromano2966]

It’s doo-wop! I’m 65 and this was from my mom’s day but we all loved it. I’m so lucky to have grown up in the 60’s. Everyone had their radios on day and night! My moms favorite groups were the Platters and fats domino

[@carolreynolds3650]

This is one of the songs I'd listen to putting spoolies in my hair for school the next day. What a good time I'm having hearing these fun songs from my younger days, you two are awesome!

[@theresagallagher9161]

Spoolies.... did you bring back memories. Dipity Doo and Clearasil (spelled them wrong I believe). Those were the days. Lol❣

[@ABfromWindsor]

I enjoy the sounds of the 50's and 60's and this song represents what I am talking about. 😊❤👍

[@stanleymoss7392]

Hello blessed family. I'm 59 yrs. old & never heard this entire song. Only in jingles. Thank you for going there. I have to add this to my love songs playlist 👍 I gotta search for a live performance

[@melindalehan2060]

Have yall did "Sea of LOve or Smoke Gets in your Eyes yet, asked others before those songs always get me ?

[@matthewgibbs1366]

It's acapella singing. The genre is doo wop.

[@mccproc]

A great group from Pittsburgh. For a real treat play the flip side, "Whispering bells" I am just an old white guy that loves Shawn and Mel. Your facial expressions are priceless. Keep on playing the OLDIES. This definitely DO WOP

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

If you want to understand doo-wop you have to think of it as a barbershop quartet for rock ‘n’ roll. Four guys, four different vocal ranges from soprano to base so when they sing together its perfect harmony.

[@recordhutch]

I love Doowop music. Have a huge collection of it I have collected over many yrs.

[@jessicaallen901]

The Del Vikings is one of my top favorite Doo wop groups. I love whispering bells by them also I'm spinning Is another one of theirs I could listen to all day

[@helgar791]

The music I grew up with. I was raised in Brooklyn, NY. When I was young singers would sing on street corners under the street lights which in those days shone straight down in a circle, creating a spotlight. They'd sing in hallways and subway stations for the echo. This type of style was invented because these young guys didn't have money for instruments, all they had were their voices, so the background singers had to imitate instruments. So the nonsense words they sung were called "Do-Wop". Sometimes they actually used the phrase do-wop. Again, this music is why we oldsters don't listen to today's music.

[@christinalikoski4937]

You are absolutely right!🧐 ⭐ MUSIC IS MAGIC ⭐ and we need more of it 💓 Australia 💕 Christina

[@michaellazzeri2069]

Folks ! THIS is Classic Doo Wop , from the spring of '57. I danced with a girl named Carol, to this song, in 5th grade ! --------------------MJL< 75 y/o

[@suzanneprock7286]

This was my first 45 record and my favorite song when I was a youngster.

[@hall230]

Their hit, Whispering Bells is my all-time favorite song EVER! & everyone I know consider me to be an American Popular Music human encyclopedia! Check it out!

[@TheDelVikings1960]

OK! Who sang lead on Jitterbug Mary?

[@rosyv9436]

Simply cool!!!! Music 🎶 and songs 🎵 LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@maxrnb01]

My favorite song from the doo wop era. Thanks for digging into all this great old stuff.

[@martinbench3657]

Del Vikings and The Flamingos , the best of the day

[@richiegangemi5258]

Keep them great Doo Wop coming ...it only gets better..Doo Wop lasted about 10 years from early 50s to early 60s...its all great from the bass singer to the falsetto singer and everything in between...enjoy 👍

[@rickdavis1030]

If you think this song is great---and you're right, it is--you should hear their next hit, "Whispering Bells". Terrific!

[@Iconhulk]

"If they can win a war together, they can surely sing together." THE DEL VIKINGS have entered the chatroom.

[@ginny5937]

I think you would also like the Dell Vikings hit, "Whispering Bells". Thanks, Love your channel! 😍

[@josephchapman9978]

I simply love your reactions to the old music. Nothing like it.

[@michaellazzeri2069]

That this group was a mixed group, & sang so sweet, opened the door for many other groups to be mixed, & why not ?? Most notably the next year, The Crests, with Johnny Maestro, singing " 16 Candles " . , & The Marcels, singing " Blue Moon " . ----------Ohhhh did I love this song , & dancing with Carol, who wore glasses, & was as cute as she could be ! We danced up a storm to this song !! ----------------MJL, 76 y/o Now

[@carollittle1059]

Please, Lionel Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens

[@gilesfarmer5953]

This is the song that John Lennon and the Quarrymen was singing on the back of a truck at the Woolton garden fete in 1957, where a young Paul McCartney was so impressed that he went along after the show and was introduced to the band. Well, you know that happened after that. Interestingly, Johnny always altered the lyrics to the song, for example, "Come go with me, down to the penitentiary" One of my favorite songs ever.

[@jeanettegaff4931]

Gotta check out "Heatwave " by Martha and the Vandellas.

[@bluebonnet955]

MOTOWN............................

[@jackpeters9048]

What a great old song....When America was strong, and we "ALL" saluted the flag....Ya...

[@velvetstar9300]

Slow down there, fella 🙄

[@kentclark6420]

This was one of the biggest doo wop songs of the era, and it really sizzles! Good dancing to, or roller skating, you name it! Check out the doo wop 50 series on KZbin, with several segments. The 50-year anniversary of doo wop, shown in 1999 or 2000 on public tv. This song is played by these guys.

[@62impalaconvert]

Another one of my favorite 50's doo wop songs, I remember it well.

[@kevingouldrup9265]

This is the great music I grew up with! 40-50-60-70's

[@dvdknight1]

This song is also featured in the film Joe vs the Volcano starring Tom Hanks! It’s a great scene! Love you guys!

[@ursulapaciullo7100]

Yesssss It was Magic!!

[@joannevincent2035]

Like Columbus, you are discovering new worlds. Welcome!

[@carollittle1059]

Us Boomers had the best music!!

[@wombatwilly1002]

Hands down!

[@robdefibaugh1781]

I used to have this on 78 Vinyl. LOVE IT.

[@Shepthebassman91]

Clarence E. Quick who was the bass singer in this fantastic group…wrote their greatest hits which were this fine song and also a gem called “Whispering Bells”! He can be heard singing the lines of “…You never give me a chance…” These guys were awesome! One of the top groups to come out of the Doo Wop era! Timeless!

[@tonywoods5056]

What?! Have you never heard of Doo-Wop! It's the sweetest sound ever!

[@raymondhanks9826]

1954 sequoia jr. high school Fresno, ca., among the first rock-n-roll songs, period, I know I was there !!

[@richardmartin9565]

In the old days you could see several groups singing Doo Wop on street corners or storefronts...acappella of course. Boys to Men were along that idea.

[@woodysthoughts4032]

Doo Wop was really big in the late 1950s and into the sixties before the British Invasion. I remember good ole Gene Chandler with his cape and cane singing "Duke of Earl" and a ton of other artists.

[@seanthompson1197]

I have a playlist of like 13 bangers from the 50s and 60s that never fails to get me dancing and singing. Use it while I'm cleaning. This song, Little Bitty Pretty One (Thurston Harris), Just a Gigolo (Louis Prima) and Handyman (Jimmy Jones) just get me going.

[@charlesbatts3676]

SHAWN & MEL, THIS STYLE OF MUSIC IS CALLED DOO WOP. THESE GROUPS PRACTICED SINGING HARMONY ON THE STREET CORNERS.

[@randyohle]

As young as you are I love you for recognition older rock

[@medicinemanboxing3222]

I gotta say, that Sax solo, with the (tambourine?) and drum, is probably my favorite of all time. My Wife and I are in our early 30’s, but this era of Music, mixed with 60s/70s Reggae (Wailing Souls, etc) is probably our favorite. This whole song is pure Joy, but DAMN!!! That Sax mid-song just absolutely crushes it.

[@DarkNaomi]

I love that you both are discovering the wonderful world of Doo Wop music! Please react to a Doo Wop song called Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler. I have so many suggestions for Doo Wop songs, but I’ll be patient lol

[@bluebonnet955]

whispering bells..............love the guitar riff...................

[@seanmcintosh8201]

Hey guys! Loved the video. I first discovered this song when I was 13 years old. I heard in, of all things, a horror short. I remember the short film being called Wooden where the protagonist gets attacked by either a wooden doll or a killer with a wooden mask. Sadly, the film is lost since the channel, KillerHorrFilms, closed years ago. The song played during the opening credits by the way. As much as I miss the film and the channel, I still get a sweet sense of nostalgia when I hear this song.

[@matthewgibbs1366]

Saxophone is on point.

[@davisworth5114]

Doo-wop is played over a 1-6-2-5 chord progression, in C, it's C to Am to Dm to G. Those are called "rhythm changes" from the tune "I've Got Rhythm " by George Gershwin, some call them "ice cream chords", and every song has a bridge with different chords, and then back to the rhythm changes. This song was a big hit when I was in Jr. High.

[@chrisvanasse9693]

The "Philadelphia Sound" where upstart Groups of friends and neighbors would sing on street corners without instruments, using only vocals to carry the song. The 1950's TV show "American Bandstand" also originated in Philadelphia.

[@BobC-fo3si]

I love that you are doing reactions to these fantastic DooWop groups. Here is a girl group from the late 50's you should listen to. I saw them a few weeks ago with 3 of the original 5 members still performing and they were amazing. Give a listen to "Maybe" by The Chantels from 1958.

[@dannyj5688]

Talent!!!! Pure TALENT!!!