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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.
A cover version by Bad Manners, re-titled "My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop)", was a UK top 10 hit in July 1982. [51] UK singer Lulu released a version of the song on the Jive label in 1986 which reached No. 86 on the UK Singles Chart. [52] Australian singer Serena released a version in 1990. The song peaked at number 83 on the ARIA Charts. [53]
Johnny "Guitar" Watson first recorded a demo version of "Gangster of Love" while he was with RPM Records in the mid-1950s. [1] In 1957, he recorded a version of the song, a mid-tempo blues shuffle featuring a stop-time arrangement, which was released by Keen Records. [1] The single did not appear in the record charts.
Santiago was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in Manhattan, New York.In the early 1950s Santiago and friends, 2nd tenor Jimmy Merchant, fellow Puerto Rican Joe Negroni a baritone, and bassman Sherman Garnes, would meet in front of Santiago's apartment stoop (building stairs) and sing songs to the beat of the Doo-Wop genre. [2]
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").
James "Jay" Johnson established himself as one of the top bass-baritone singers in the Detroit doo-wop and soul music scene during the pre-Motown years. He was a member of the Detroit group Nolan Strong & The Diablos and can be heard on the group's Fortune Records recordings from late 1956 on.
"Down the Aisle of Love" was the next single, a marriage song which opened with the melody of "Here Comes the Bride". It was initially released on Red Top Records but, once it started to sell, was redistributed by Hunt Records. [1] The song became a nationwide hit, reaching No. 5 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and No. 18 on the Billboard Hot ...
Charles Williams Wright (born April 6, 1940) is an American singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. He has been a member of various doo wop groups in the late 1950s and early 1960s as well as a solo artist in his own right.