Show #666
Spinning this week: The Jaguars, The Chantels, The Dells, Tiny Tim & the Hits, The Crests, The Pentagons, Yesterdaze (w/ Mike D'Amore), The Earls, The Castelles, Dion & the Belmonts, The Royals, The Holidays, The Marathons, Little Isidore & the Inquisitors, The Echelons, The Harptones, Lee Andrews & the Hearts and more!
Show #665
Spinning this week: The Genies, The Flamingos, The Nutmegs, the Safaris, The Diamonds, The Jive Five, The Chimes, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, The Swallows, The Earls, The Velours, Kenny Vance, The Jaguars, The Jesters, The Marcels, The Avalons, The Del Vikings, and more!
Show #664
Spinning this week: The Dovells, The Shirelles, The Cleftones, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, The Mystics, Wade Flemmons & the Newcomers, The Students, Randy & the Rainbows, The Chaperones, The Cardinals, Shep & the Limelites, The Beach Boys, The Five Discs, The Del Vikings, The Paragons, Frankie Canta & the DreaMakers, and more!
Show #663
Spinning this week: The Marvelows, Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Crystals, The Shirelles, The Dubs, The Stereos, The Hollywood Flares, The Duprees, The Skyliners, The Jewels, The El Dorados, The Penguins, Little Joey & the Flips, Brenda & the Tabulations, The Willows, The Olympics, The Melo Gents, and more!
Show #662
Spinning this week: The Pastels, The Skyliners, Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Flamingos, The Duprees, The Heartbeats, Reparata & the Delrons, The Veronicas, The Nutmegs, The Original Casuals, The Tymes, The Cadillacs, The Jive Five, The Crests, Rosie & the Originals, The Halos, The Olympics, The Eternals, and more!
Show #661
Spinning this week: The Turbans, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, The Drifters, Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Flamingos, Norman Fox & the Rob Roys, The Chantels, The Ronettes, Ruby & The Romantics, The Fascinators, The Crests, The Sapphires, Dion & the Belmonts, The Del Vikings, The Moonglows, and more!
Show #660
Spinning this week: Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Duprees, The Drifters, The Cadets, The Jacks, The Heartbeats, Kathy Young & the Innocents, The Shields, The Paragons, The Capris, The Jesters, The Five Keys, The Videos, The Falcons, The Collegians, The Majors, The Flamingos, The Five Discs, and more!
Show #659
Spinning this week: The Casinos, The Drifters, Dion, The Regents, The Moonglows, The Kodaks, The Fidelities, The Ravens, The Duprees, The Solitaires, The Pentagons, The Desires, The Velvets, Norman Fox & the Rob Roys, The Diamonds, The Exciters, The Fantastics, Lee Andrews & the Hearts, The Crystals, The Nutmegs, and more!
Show #658
Spinning this week: The Devotions, The Chantels, The Drifters, Lewis Lymon & the Teenchords, The Danleers, The Paragons, The Crests, The Skyliners, The Moonglows, The Marcels, The Chiffons, Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Olympics, The Rainbows, The Five Keys, The Eternals, The Dimensions, The Chants, The Platters, and more!
Show #657
Spinning this week: The Fiestas, The Drifters, The Angels, Anthony & the Sophomores, The Revels, Dion & the Belmonts, The Passions, The Flairs, The Flamingos, The Five Discs, The El Dorados, Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Larks, The Elegants, The Miracles, Rochelle & the Candles, The Clovers, The Videls, The Monotones, and more!
Show #656
Spinning this week: The Harptones, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Sonny Til & the Orioles, The Duprees, The Flamingos, The Drifters, The Reflections, The Kensingtons, Vito & the Salutations, The Clovers, Patty & the Emblems, The Passions, The Cordials, The Capris, The Five Discs, The Carousels, The Channels, BQE, and more!
Show #655
Spinning this week: The Charts, The Duprees, The Drifters, The Heartbeats, The Ronettes, The Bell Notes, Reparata & the DelRons, The Skyliners, Johnny Maestro & the Crests, Curtis Lee & the Halos, The Moonglows, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Classic Sounds, The Jive Five, The Chimes, Frankie Canta & the DreaMakers, and more!
Show #654
Spinning this week: The Rivieras, The Drifters, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, The Skyliners, The Pentagons, The Chantels, The Crows, The Five Satins, Shep & the Limelites, Jerry Butler and the Impressions, The Raindrops, The Quotations, The Dubs, The Boyfriends, Randy & the Rainbows, The Teen Queens, The Superiors, and more!
Show #653
Spinning this week: The Revalons, The Duprees, The Marcels, Dino & the Diplomats, The Heartbeats, Billy Abbot & the Jewels, The Clovers, Maurice Williams (R.I.P.), The Diamonds, The Danleers, The Five Royales, The Continentals, The Charts, The Dubs, The Angels, The Fantastics, The Veltones, Quiet Storm and more!
Show #652
Spinning this week: The Dreamlovers, The Volumes, Barbara Lewis, The Cadillacs, The Duprees, The Skyliners, Lewis Lymon & the Teenchords, The Imaginations, The Crows, The Angels, Martha & The Vandellas, The Paradons, The Del Vikings, Jay & the Americans, The Crystals, The Platters, The Drifters, The Essex, and more!
Show #651
Spinning this week: The Quintones, The Skyliners, The Drifters, The Five Satins, The Three Friends, The Ronettes, Candy & The Kisses, Nicky Addeo, The Clovers, The Ravens, Earl Lewis & The Channels, The Cascades, The Orioles, Rochelle & the Candles, Ron Holden, The Tonettes, The Cookies, The Kensingtons, and more!
Show #650
Spinning this week: The Clusters, The Impalas, The Cleftones, Frankie Canta & the DreaMakers, The Shells, The Ronettes, The Velours, The Bell Notes, The Charts, Dion, The Drifters, The Teen Queens, The Paragons, The Earls, The Platters, The Corvairs, The Dixie Cups, Jackie & the Starlites, Billy & The Essentials, and more!
Show #649
Spinning this week: The Classics, The Drifters, The Shirelles Vito & The Salutations, The Harptones, Clyde McPhatter, The Passions, The Coasters, Shep & the Limelites, The Corvairs, The Accents, The Earls, The Teddy Bears, The Majors, The Heartbeats, Nolan Strong & the Diablos, The Angels, The Coasters, The Accents, and more!
Show #648
Spinning this week: Darrell & the Oxfords, Johnny Maestro & the Crests, The Skyliners, The Shirelles, The Chiffons, Bob B Soxx & the Blue Jeans, The Five Notes, The Aquatones, The Tymes, Lee Andrews & the Hearts, The Three Chuckles, The Embers, The Dovells, The Robins, Jay & the Americans, The Impalas, The Mello Kings, and more!
Show #647
Spinning this week: The Cleftones, The Caddilacs, The Ronettes, The Fascinators, The Monotones, The Inspirations, The Flamingos, Curtis Lee, The Kodaks, The Edsels, Jay & the Americans, Michael D'AMore, Clyde McPhatter, The Kensingtons, The Duprees, The Blue Jays, Little Joe & the Thrillers, The Globetrotters, and more!
Show #646
Spinning this week: The Four J's, The Flamingos, The Crests, The El Dorados, The Clovers, The Four Evers, The Dubs, Lee Andrews & the Hearts, The Imaginations, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, The Chantels, The Moonglows, The Marcels, The Earls, The Bop Chords, Jay & the Americans, The Crystals, The Penguins, and more!
Show #645
Spinning this week: Jimmy & the Crestones, The Duprees, The Drifters, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, The Swallows, The Platters, The Cleftones, Dion & the Belmonts, The Galls Tones, Franke Canta & the DreaMakers, Barbarosa & the Historians, The Skyliners, Don & Juan, The Five Satins, The Excellents, The Passions, The Wrens, and more..
Show #644
Spinning this week: The Enchanters, The Concords, The Crests, Dion & the Belmonts, The Echelons, The Valentines, The Penguins, The Dominos, The Spaniels, The Channels, The Magnificents, Shep & the Limelites, The Students, The Emblems, The Mystics, The Clovers, Eddie & the Starlights, Robert & Johnny, The Tokens, and more!
Show #643
Spinning this week: The Schoolboys, The Ronettes, The Moonglows, Yorke & the Actuals, The Flamingos, The Kensingtons, Darlene Love, The Beach Boys, The Cadillacs, The Del Vikings, The Paragons, The Drifters, Eugene Church & The Fellows, Michael D'Amore, The Zircons, BQE, The Angels, and more!
Show #642
Spinning this week: Earl Lewis & the Channels, Dion, Michael D'Amore, The Heartbeats, Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, Ed Townshend, The Shirelles, The Mystics, The Drifters, The Duprees, The Knockouts, The Metallics, The Platters, The Paradons, The Penguins, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Frankie Lymon and More.
Show #641
Spinning this week: The Five Satins, Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, Lewis Lymon & the Teenchords, The Fiestas, The Angels, The Drifters, The Duprees, The Monarchs, The Desires, Don & Juan, The Skyliners, The Zircons, The Heartbeats, The Lovetones, BQE, The Chiffons, The Cadillacs, The Imaginations, The Charts and More!
Show #640
Spinning this week: The Superiors, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, The Mystics, The Drifters, The Duprees, The Contenders, The Jive Bombers, The Chantels, The Clovers, The Dovells, The Fidelitys, The Fireflies, The Velvelettes, The Tren Dells, Don Julian & the Meadowlarks, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Thurston Harris, and more!
Show #639
Spinning this week: Brenda & the Tabulations, The Flamingos, The Earls, The Cleftones, The Crests, The Beach Boys, Little Joey & the Flips, Lee Andrews & the Hearts, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Lewis Lymon & the Teenchords, The Delmonicos, The Duprees, The Echos, The Echelons, The Five Keys, Tommy Edwards, and more!
Show #638
This week we welcome Producer Pete to the studio, where we'll feature "Hit songs by other artists". We'll play a clip of the earlier version, and then feature the full later version by another group.
Show #637
Peggy Santiglia Ricker of The Angels (also The Delicates, Dusk, Jessica James & the Outlaws) joins us for a journey through the many exciting phases of her career, highlighting some special music and memories along the way. You'll hear rare cover versions of some classic hits, as well as songs where Peggy was featured as a vocalist and/or writer. We couldn't be more excited to have her on our show once again!
Spinning this week: New Years Eve Special - Featuring Sentimental New Years songs and DooWop slow dance jams
Show #620
Spinning this week: DooWop Christmas vol two
Show #619
Spinning this week: DooWop Christmas vol one - The Ronettes, The Penguins, Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge, The Crystals, The Tokens, The Drifters, Don Julian & the Meadowlarks, The Platters, The Shells, The Echelons, The Episodes, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, The Larks, Kathy Young & the Innocents, The Duprees, The Castelles, The Five Keys & More..
Show #604
Spinning this week: One + One (Double Shot) - Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Duprees, Johnny Maestro & the Crests, The Drifters, The Del Vikings, The Dubs, The Moonglows, The Ronettes, The Skyliners, The Flamingos, The Five Keys, The Cadillacs, The Chiffons, The Crystals, The Heartbeats
Show #603
Spinning this week: One Hit Wonders pt2 - The Halos, Johnnie & Joe, The Jarmels, The Pastels, The Velvets, The Rays, The Sihlouettes, Little Joey & the Flips, The Videos, The Original Casuals, The Teddy Bears, The Turbans, Rosie & the Originals, The Ly-Dels, The Jacks, The Paris Sisters, The Stereos, The Magnificents, The Six Teens, and more!
Show #602
Spinning this week: The Avalons, The Drifters, The Avons, Dion & the Belmonts, Earl Lewis & the Channels, The Chantels, The Duprees, Barbarosa & the Historians, The Earls, The Diamonds, The Dixie Cups, The DeMilles, The Dreamlovers, The Flamingos, The Serenaders, The Del Vikings, Lee Andrews & the Hearts, The Cadets, and more!
Show #601
Spinning this week: The Lavenders, The Flamingos, The Jive Bombers, Dion & the Belmonts, The Cleftones, The Dubs, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Johnny Maestro & the Crests, The Paragons, The Clovers, The Paradons, The Mystics, The Drifters, Pearlean Gray, The Danleers, The Zircons, The Passions, The Shirelles, The Jewels, The Fiestas, and more!
Show #600
We celebrate our 600th show with another "Theater of the Mind" experience. Live from the Doo Wop Theater for the Arts, join us as we take a journey back to our first ever show on the radio, back in October 2010 (originally on 1160 WOBM-AM). We'll share some stories, and celebrate 600 shows with our closest friends and family, PLUS some special appearances from artists who have been guests on the show over the past 13 years.
Spinning this week: The Heartbeats, The Passions, The Fidelities, The Fantastics, The Duprees, The Five Discs, The Five Keys, Don & Juan, Robert and Johnny, Randy & the Rainbows, The Jive Five, The Marcels, The Eternals, The Blue Jays, The Crests, The Harptones, The Pentagons, The El Dorados, The Drifters, and much more!
Show #500
Our 500th Show celebration is something we're very excited to present! We all, being old school radio fanatics, were raised to listen to the radio and let our imagination run free as we listened to our favorite DJ's or artists serenade us. So for this special show, we return to the "Theater of your Mind", and present a show unlike any other. 10 LIVE performances by some of the best Soul, Rhythm and Blues, and DooWop artists of all time.. some still with us, some gone away. The beautiful part is, in using our imaginations, they are ALL still with us and performing the songs we all love so much... one more time.
Featuring performances by: The Penguins, The Chantels, The Cleftones, The Drifters, The Shirelles, The Four Seasons, Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge, The Platters, The Flamingos, and Dion DiMucci
Show #487
Spinning this week: Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge, The Crests, The Skyliners, The Dubs, The Mystics, The Sapphires, The Swallows, The Chantels, The Belmonts, The Shells, The Heartbeats, Shirley Gunter & The Queens, The Ly-Dells, The Fascinators, The Drifters, The Teddy Bears, and much more!
Show #486
Spinning this week: Shep & The Limelites, The Drifters, Danny & The Juniors, The Impalas, The Chords, The Ronettes, The Cadillacs, The Flamingos, The Earls, The Monarchs, Paul Simon, The Essex, The Fiestas, The Spaniels, Dion & The Belmonts, and much more!
Show #400
To celebrate our 400th show, we decided to hand the reigns over to some of our favorite, most treasured guests/friends we've had over 8+ years of doing this show. Not only are we so fortunate to have lasted long enough to produce 400 shows.. but we're also fortunate to have made so many friends along the way. Hard to imagine my father and I would become friends with and get to know so many of the artists that shaped our lives.
Tonight, for the first time, we're glad to fade (mostly) into the background, as we let these brilliant artists share their favorite songs and some of the stories behind them. Each of them took the time to do this specifically for us. We are so honored, so proud, and we truly hope you enjoy this radio experience.
Starring: Charlie Thomas (The Drifters), Larry Chance (The Earls), Harry Maitland (The Tributes), Peggy/Jiggs/Bibbs (The Angels), John Clemente (The Echelons), George & Phil (The Mystics), Michael D'Amore (The Capris), Producer Pete Moscatello (The Kensingtons), Robin Robbert (The Dimensions), DJ Nick at Nite
Show #300 (Anniversary Show)
Our 300th show is a tribute to the Golden Age of Rock & Roll Radio. Producer Pete, my father Frank, and myself will take you on a journey to a time when radio wasn't just something you used to pass time in your car. The relationship radio played in most (if not all of our lives), was as instrumental as the music itself. Alan Freed, Cousin Brucie Morrow, Jocko Henderson, Herb Oscar Anderson, Dan Ingram, Harry Harrison, Jerry Blavin, B Morris Reed, Ron Lundy, and so many others, preached the gospel of R&R music. They were the prophets, although they were everyday people like you and I. They played the records (sometimes flipped them over, too), and gave us "Theater of the Mind". They took us away from our daily grind to give us the sound of a generation, and of built the foundation for every generation SINCE. This story hadn't been told prior, so there was no road map to follow.
These DJ's made us feel as if we were right there in the studio with them. This week we pay tribute to THEM, by bringing those personalities into the studio with US.
We've also invited some of our dearest DooWop friends & family to share THEIR memories: Charlie Thomas (The Drifters), Peggy/Bibbs/Jiggs (The Angels), George & Phil (The Mystics), Harry Maitland (The Tributes), and more!
We hope you enjoy this journey into your mind. Here's to 300 more!
- Gregg, Frank, & Producer Pete
Frankie's Playlist (the Fifties):
"Rock Around The Clock" Bill Haley & Comets
"Queen of the Hop" Bobby Darin
"Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley
"Higher & Higher" Jackie Wilson
"Memphis" Lonnie Mack
"Goody Goody" Frankie Lymon
"Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
"Little Darlin'" The Diamonds
"Walk Don't Run" The Ventures
"Barbara Ann" The Regents
"Happy Birthday Sweet 16" Neil Sedaka
"Believe What You Say" Ricky Nelson
"Wake Up Little Suzie" Everly Brothers
"Guitar Boogie Shuffle" The Virtues
"Tutti Fruiti" Little Richard
"Whispering Bells" Dell Vikings
"The Clock" Lee Andrews & The Hearts
"Fools Fall in Love" The Drifters
"Traveling Stranger" Little Anthony & Imperials
"Every Day of the Week" The Students
"Come Go With Me" Dell Vikings
"When You Dance" The Turbans
"At the Hop" Danny & The Juniors
"Tell Me Why" Norman Foxx & The Rob Roys
"Don't Let Go" Roy Hamilton
Gregg's Playlist (the Sixties)
"Go Now" The Moody Blues
"96 Tears" ? & The Mysterians
"Two Lovers" Mary Wells
"Two Faces Have I" Lou Christie
"Tighten Up" Archie Bell & The Drells
"Solitary Man" Neil Diamond
"In My Lonely Room" Martha & The Vandellas
"You're So Good To Me" Beach Boys
"It's A Shame" The Spinners
"Love Me Two Times" The Doors
"Summertime" Billy Stewart
"C'mon Marianne" The 4 Seasons
"When The Lovelight Starts Shining" The Supremes
"No Reply" The Beatles
"Stay Awhile" Dusty Springfield
"And When I Die" Blood Sweat & Tears
"Born To Be Together" The Ronettes
"Somewhere They Can't Find Me" Simon & Garfunkel
"My Cherie Amour' Stevie Wonder
"Red Rubber Ball" The Cyrkle
"California Soul" Marlena Shaw
"Undun" Guess Who
Pete's Playlist (the Seventies)
"Funkytown" Lipps Inc
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" Meatloaf
"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson
"Love Train" O'Jays
"Lady Marmalade "LaBelle
"Black Magic Woman" Santana
"Oye Como Va" Santana
"Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry
"Takin Care of Business" Bachman Turner Overdrive
"No Woman No Cry" Bob Marley
"25 or 6 to 4" Chicago
"Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett
"Sweet Home Alabama" Lynyrd Skynyrd
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As some of you may've heard, Sunday March 30th was our last show on 1160 WOBM-AM. We're so grateful for the opportunity to deliver our favorite DooWop songs & artists for the past 3 years, especially to our friends in the New Jersey shore area. However, with change comes new opportunities, and we're excited to say that DooWop Drive is using this opportunity to expand.
Even though we won't have the luxury of the terrestrial radio in NJ any longer, we're going to continue to keep this great music alive here on our brand new website. We'll have a new show available on Sundays, starting with our first show on Sunday April 6th, 2014.
With our new platform, you'll be able to stream us RIGHT here and listen at your own convenience. Tune in at the same time as you always have (Sundays @ 7p EST), or at another time entirely. And when you DO listen, you can pause, rewind, fast forward, or simply stop us until a later time.
Also, we're really ecstatic to tell you that our shows will be expanding to 90 minutes. Our new format will allow for more music, more information about your favorite artists, more special guests... and the best part is, it's all COMMERCIAL FREE!
Thank you to everyone for your continued support of DooWop Drive. We cherish the opportunity share this great music with you, our extended DooWop Family.