THE MARCELS - Blue Moon | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

[@kathyrizzi8754]

This group was part of the Doo Wop era, which I loved as a kid. I think it all started in 1958, I was 9 yrs old. There were a lot Doo Wop groups back then, I still love this song! 👍👏👏👏💚

[@ptournas]

I think it became popular just a little earlier. One of the first records my aunt gave me for little record player was Earth Angel in 1955. It was the first record I got that wasn't a kid's Little Golden Record. I'm just a year older than you, so you probably know what I'm talking about. Lots of people will wonder what the heck is a "Little Golden Record". 😄

[@Tonidolls]

@@ptournasI know what the Little Golden Record was also..I always loved Doo Wop and the jigga bug..i had 3 older bros..and always had a dancing partner...LOL..

[@kathyrizzi8754]

@@ptournasIn 1955 I was only 6 yrs old, I didn’t listen to music back then. My brother bought the single 45 record, he was 12 & I’m 3 yrs younger, which made me 9 yrs old, the year I started to love music.👍🥰

[@johnniekight1879]

There's 3 different versions used in "An America Werewolf In London". This is the fastest version.

[@KJ-4321]

I love that you did this song! Happy jump! I knew you would be impressed! I’ve seen them do this live many times and I met them. I love the lyric when he says that the blue moon had turned to gold when he was no longer alone! Thanks once again Shawn!!!!!! 😀⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@827dusty]

Gotta Love the "Doo-wop" sound. Guys in the 1950s would stand on the corner and start harmonizing and singing this stuff. Many groups were discovered by talent scouts for record companies searching the streets of America for the top Doo-wop singers. There were many good ones to choose from.

[@827dusty]

The Woodstock Rock Festival in 1969, even had a Doo-wop group sing. They were called "Sha-Na-Na." They were dressed up in 1950s clothes with greased, slicked Back hair, and all of the rest. They were great. I had a couple of their albums back in the 70s. Great stuff, listening to the roots of Rock and Roll.

[@chitownlee]

This came out in 1961, most pop music was still in 50's mode.

[@ptournas]

This brings some memories back for me. This came out when I was 13 years old. My father worked at a major record distributor in Boston. He would take me to work with him on Saturdays. We would work until noon, have lunch, and at one o'clock the owner and employees would have a card game. The owner would thank me for helping and tell me I could walk around and take any records I wanted while they played cards. He didn't give me a limit, but I would never take more than about 10. I always mixed in a few that were brand new releases that I hadn't heard on the radio yet. When I got home my best friend and I would listen and guess which would be hits or flops. We had a pretty good record of picking them, but we failed big time on this one, expecting it to be a flop, even though we did really like it. Then we started hearing it on the radio and it shot right up the charts to number one!

[@QuirkydudeKevin]

Had my dad's 45 of this growing up. One of the first records I ever knew.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Welcome to Doo-Wop! One of the greatest genres in the early days of rock and roll. Other doo-wop groups to check out include the Diamonds, Danny and the Juniors, the Belmonts, the Platters. Many more to be found if you google doo-wop groups of the 50s and 60s. This song is from the 30s but this recording is from the 50s and is VERY different from the original version.

[@shirleybhs9zd6li5i]

Wow...... nothing like early 60's du wop to get the blood pumping. Everyone knew that bass line. A blast from the past. You never cease to amaze me, Shawn. Way to go

[@thebiscuitscraps]

Fun throwback. We used to sing along. Thanks for the memory.😊

[@dennisflury6942]

i MISS THOSE! A blue moon is when you have a second full moon in the same Calander month

[@davidmckenzie420]

I was 8...and this was part of my childhood (I had older siblings). Still a part of me I guess.

[@vidge123]

one of the first 45's i bought as a preteen! others were 100 pounds of clay (gene mcdaniels), the regents "barbara ann", the tokens "the lion sleeps tonight",

[@johnthegreek5836]

Great song and you’ll hear it in many movies

[@sammybeck7794]

If there was no music track to this song it would be perfect acapella

[@deegomez2089]

Sha-na-na does a great cover of this. Their lead singer Johnny Contardo can sing his face off also 💚🎶🎵

[@subwaygoddess1]

Great song! The 1st time I heard it was on an oldies radio station.

[@lindaleebahr6651]

This is not the original version on the Colpix label. This is a remake. Also look for original version of "Heartaches" by them.

[@Cookies_crumbs]

Welcome to the world of doo-wop! Another great example is “Get a Job” by the Silhouettes.

[@kentclark6420]

Videos on KZbin- They had a 50- year anniversary of doo wop music, broken down into several parts, on public tv back in '99, and 2000. Many of the old doo wop groups from the 50s came to perform. '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'.

[@karenh.]

Love this one !! 💙💙

[@flash1660]

I remember seeing this all my older sisters when I was probably six or seven years old love this music still do

[@revaflowers3115]

The Sha Na Na did a cover of this at Woodstock back in the day that is very good too.The earlier versions of the song were sung as slow ballads,then the Marcels made it into a rock hit with the Du Wap style. BTW.The man Mel Torme is pronounced Tore May.

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

Elvis did a cover of this, but I like the way the Cowboy Junkies do it, it's quite different.

[@kowindsurf1590]

yay

[@stannelson8306]

Always think of An American Werewolf in London when I hear this!

[@LouieLouie3]

Got to hit Dion and The Belmonts “I Wonder Why”

[@plantfeeder6677]

This is what music was like till the Beatles got here.

[@cjdesign5700]

Doo Wop is a huge rabbit hole ...all part of the foundation of music through the ages and today......Hit Dion and the Belmonts

[@librarylady13]

💙💙💙💙💙 A favorite oldie song! This is the fun version. The nice slow version is done by Bobby Vinton, love that one too. And then we have the Sam Cooke version, also good.

[@davemunson6068]

Intro to doo wap. Try Just like Romeo and Juliet

[@debjorgo]

Elvis' version, oddly enough, was not a rocked-up version, like this one. It was a slow ballad like previous versions.

[@dagmar.6954]

The Marcels were an American doo-wop group known for turning popular music songs into rock & roll. They were one of only a few multi-racial groups at the time. The group was named after a popular hair style of the day, the marcel wave. "Blue Moon" was their biggest hit in 1961 but they some other songs such as "Heartaches" & "My Melancholy Baby".

[@gpxo11]

This is a re-recording-not the original-may not even be the original members.

[@connieharris2755]

Doo Wop was going strong back then. That song was more up-beat and I remember when I first heard that record on American Bandstand when Dick Clark asked the kids to grade new songs, and this one got a high mark. Doo Wop was popular and guys that couldn't afford instruments used their voices. The more instruments got included Doo-Wop faded out and I hate that because I LOVED Doo-Wop!

[@deepfriedscotsman2860]

Try The Impalas and the song ( Sorry)( I Ran All The Way Home) 1959

[@KimSimful]

A great movie to react to would be American Graffiti. It’s full of this kind of music! And George Lucas directed. Before Star Wars. Lots of future stars too!

[@deepfriedscotsman2860]

You should try Johnnie Cymbal and his song ( Mr Bass Man ) 1963

[@reichensperger1847]

You are correct -- Doo Wop is poor man's music -- street corner harmony is forced to use the voices to stand in for horns, piano, guitars and percussion.

[@SpuzzyLargo]

In the Cream song "Sunshine of Your Love," Clapton used the melody from "Blue Moon" at the start of his guitar solo ... and got sued for it (copyright infringement).

[@sharonsnail2954]

Connie Boswell - Blue Moon(1935) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKTVpnSegdqpgpI Rogers and Hart en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hart Manchester City fans do a great version too 😆

[@johnvillanova9984]

You picked a Re-recording...not the original 1961 recording...well you get the idea at least.

[@rs-ye7kw]

Pronounced Mel Tor-may