THE COASTERS Zing went the strings of my heart REACTION - Doo Wop music is diamonds in the ears!

[@marybaillie8907]

This song was originally released in 1935, The Coasters released their beautiful Rock and Roll version in 1958 on the flip side of their Number 1 hit Yakety Yak. Originally outside of the mainstream doo-wop, their songs were frequently imitated. They became an important part of the doo-wop legacy through the 60's. The rich deep tones of the vocals, along with beautiful orchestra, the sax fluttering throughout, just an amazing time in music. Lovely memories. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Romello. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@sharronbrown9182]

Oh what great memories! Such fun times. That was back when we could have house parties and nobody got shot! Please Play "Charlie Brown". 😎😎😎🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶

[@iowafinn2602]

Anything by The Coasters is good listening.

[@michaellanning9396]

Hi Harri from Michigan, love this , doo wop love it 😀 ✌️😎

[@olivegreenpants7153]

Hi fom Michigan yourself

[@cathy8964]

I love Doo Wop too Harri! ❤

[@reallymysterious4520]

Can't do wrong with Doo Wop !!!

[@johngiovine8792]

Such a wonderful song indeed!

[@brookehornback1896]

The saxophone the harmonizing love it.

[@stuartmorrison690]

Love these guys. Listening since i was a kid. Thanks dad🙂

[@Cynthia...]

Fantastic song and I love the Coasters. Thanks Romello and Harri.

[@chuckragland9972]

Do wop had some of the GREATEST singing voices of all time! To bad people just think of it as old fashioned! It's anything but!!

[@blakecollins2443]

Brings me back in time love it

[@billpettigrew2893]

One of my favorite groups!

[@jimbrentar]

Sax played by the great King Curtis

[@janetschmitt6760]

That deep voice sure tickles a memory from young childhood and listening to the car radio going down the highway. I think I've always liked the deep voices, like Bowzer from the doo wop band Sha Na Na .

[@RedSinter]

I still Rock the Coaster...they were one of my dads favs. I'm partial to Poison Ivy, Down In Mexico, Along came Jones, Young Blood, Serchin.

[@RoryVanucchi]

The Capris Morse Code of love aka baby come back to me is another classic doo wop

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

My mum loved the doo wop so we did. The Ink Spots; The Platters; The Miller Bros. I think and of course The Coasters.

[@marxlover100]

Not Miller Brothers. It was the Mills Brothers.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

@@marxlover100 I stand corrected. Thank you.

[@juliewhite7469]

❤😊❤😊❤

[@Steve52344]

This was the original hit, but for CDs they left on the studio chatter at the end from the master tapes. Hey, speaking of bass leads, check out "Sixty Minute Man" by the Dominos from 1951, the very first black R&B vocal group song to crossover onto the white charts, about a guy boasting of his prowess with the ladies.

[@beefoneeto]

Great bass singer this used to be done by The Spaniels live and they had the greatest bass of all time Gerald Gregory

[@raf389]

thats Dub Jones doing the bass

[@moonrayz4]

classic.... actually many doo-wop songs have saxaphone solos, particularly uptempo doowop

[@RoryVanucchi]

👍 Just Garland and Sinatra also covered this song nicely

[@waltw4537]

Phew!

[@charles-k4e5m]

You've got to listen to the Coasters "3 cool cats"

[@marxlover100]

For a great deep-bass voice, you must react to "Framed" by the Coasters. It's been remade by other artists, including Ritchie Valens and Cheech & Chong.

[@dagmar.6954]

The Coasters are an American R&B/rock & roll/doo-wop vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s-60's. Most of their novelty songs are fun & happy & a bit kooky. "Down In Mexico", "One Kiss Led To Another", "Wake Me, Shake Me", "Young Blood", "Charlie Brown", "Along Came Jones", "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)", "Love Potion No. 9" (Clovers had the bigger hit).

[@chuckragland9972]

Most people just know the Coasters for 2 Songs. Charlie Brown and Yakety Yack.

[@sylvanaire]

Wow, I’ve only ever heard this song by Judy Garland & even knowing the song so well, I barely recognized it all dressed up in doo wop, lol. It was definitely a lot of fun this way, tho. Here is a jazzy/swing version by a very young Judy Garland if you are interested to hear the difference! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5zcd4FvjMmNhKcsi=w6ovGJUlAbjwrQo9

[@stevevilinsky7464]

Will DUB JONES IS THE LEAD SINGER ALONG WITH BILLY GUY. KING CURTIS DOES THE SAXOPHONE SOLO.

[@olinqua1]

Been enjoying this track 50+years, much older song than that tho, Judy garland and before, I prefer this version to the more played “Tramps” version, got a bit more Latin feel to it, absolute 🔥 tho ❤

[@richardfox1605]

This is an old Judy Garland song from the 30s

[@maggynewtown3500]

Judy Garland first. The Coasters. The Trammps in their doo-wop phase @1972.

[@pauloverfield9732]

I remember the trammps version in the 70s. This version you played is better

[@beefoneeto]

BTW Sax was king in the 50's.

[@atombomb31458]

should listen to the judy garland version...for fun

[@nedludd7622]

Since you like low voices, you should look up Paul Robeson. He was an international star from the 20's to the 50's. He was harassed by the government because he was Black and because of his politics.

[@paulsheldrake5236]

Harri your a composer and artist, when are you going to give us some new Doo Wop

[@sharonsnail2954]

Harri, you should try and play the mono release for this old stuff. Quite often the stereo version was a different take and could be somewhat different. That was especially true for Atlantic Records who recorded this track although this one seems identical. One thing's for sure, that my 78 of this record isn't in stereo. I still have the disc but nothing to play it on. My last record deck with the ability to play such antiquities topped out at about 63 rpm, slowed down slightly and then blew up 😱😥 Thankfully I have this and most of the other Coasters recordings on 45, 33, CD and mp3. 🤩. My mother never liked this version. I think she remembered it from before WWII and couldn't deal with this arrangement. Thankfully, she'd gotten used to my weird taste by 1961 and grudgingly did not object to The Marcels "Blue Moon" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWSodmuOrd1jo9E The bass voice taking the lead was quite well established by 1958. Here's the Dominoes from 1951 with "60 Minute Man" kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnvFdXutlNamfNU BTW. The studio chat at the end was not on the original release which simply faded. The Jerry referred to at the end of the chat is probably Jerry Leiber of Leiber and Stoller, the writing and production team (and Svengalis) behind the Coasters hits.

[@jimbrentar]

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[@librarylady13]