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in your ear and speak to you of the pompatus of love. Although Miller claims he invented the words "epismetology" (a metathesis of the word epistemology) and "pompatus", both are variants of words which Miller most likely heard in a song by Vernon Green called "The Letter," which was recorded by the Los Angeles doo-wop group The Medallions in 1954.
"Gangster of Love" is a blues song recorded by Johnny "Guitar" Watson in 1957. When he re-recorded the song in 1978, it became a hit. When he re-recorded the song in 1978, it became a hit. It is perhaps Watson's best known song and several artists have recorded interpretations.
Popular Favorites 1976–1992: Sand in the Vaseline is a two-disc compilation album released by Talking Heads in 1992. It contains two previously unreleased demo recordings ("Sugar on My Tongue," "I Want to Live"), a non-album A-side ("Love → Building on Fire") and B-side ("I Wish You Wouldn't Say That") and three newly finished songs ("Gangster of Love," "Lifetime Piling Up" and "Popsicle").
Serbian doo wop band Vampiri covered the song in 1991. Barry Mann co-wrote a song called "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" in 1961, in which he sings about his girl falling in love with him after listening to some doo-wop style songs with their recognizable nonsense lyrics. In the song he asks the question, who put the ram in the ...
Townsend performed on the PBS television special "Rock, Rhythm, and Doo Wop" filmed at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 16 and 17, 2000. DVDs of the event were sold as fundraisers for PBS stations nationwide. He died of a heart attack on August 13, 2003.
Rocky Rivera: the main character and narrator for most of the novel, is a quiet woman forever caught in the "in-betweens". From the very beginning, she is caught between her mother's whimsical move to the Philippines and the father she doesn't really know but still cares for; between Elvis and Keiko, Elvis and the band, the band and the events of daily life; eventually between Jake and Elvis ...
[1] [3] Hendrson arranged a record deal with Philadelphia's Casino Records, and their first release "Trickle Trickle" is considered a doo-wop classic. [1] [2] The record did not chart on Billboard, but did hit #90 on Cashbox. [3] Before the next single could be recorded, Ronald Cussey had been diagnosed with leukemia and Ronnie Woodhall had died.
Rock and roll revival group Sha Na Na performed "The Book of Love" at Woodstock in 1969. The song is referenced in Don McLean's " American Pie " and in the lyrics of Led Zeppelin's " Rock and Roll ". It was featured as a theme to the game show The Newlywed Game hosted by Paul Rodriguez after he replaced Bob Eubanks (1988–1989).