A collection of notes and music acquired over the years when I listened to Ken Held at the turn of the century listening to him out of Miami, Florida and finding DooWopRadio4U on the internet with Ed the Oldies Knight, Mare, Doreen, Don, Jim, Flattop and Lolli, Rockin Bob, etc.
O’Jays – Back Stabbers, Christmas Ain’t Christmas, Crack Up Laughing, Forever Mine, I’ll Be Seeing You, I’ll Be Sweeter Tomorrow, Lipstick Traces, Love Is Wonderful, One Night Affair (69),
O’Kaysions – Girl Watcher,
Oasis – My Imagination, Never, There Goes My Love (79), When I Woke Up This Morning,
Objectives – Love Went Away (55), Oh My Love (Come Back To Me),
Obsessions – Love Always (64),
Ocappellos (Note: Group is from East Orange, N.J. and I also have it as Philly?) – The Stars (66),
Ocasionally Five – Fools Fall In Love,
Octaines – Joannie, Please Be My Girl,
Octals – Come Go With Me,
Octaves – I Just Lost My Sweetheart, Mambo Caroline, You’re Too Young,
Octobers – Stop It Little Girl (63),
Odessa – I Won’t Beg You To Stay,
Off Keys – Oh Little Girl, Our Wedding Day, Out Of My Mind, Singing Bells,
Offbeats (aka Off-Beats), Harold and the – Barbara Ann and Jimmy Dee, Connie, Henrietta, I Feel Like Rockin’, Landslide, You Say You Beat Me To The Punch,
Ohio Express – Chewy Chewy, Yummy Yummy Yummy,
Ohio Untouchables (aka Falcons) – Forgive Me My Darling, I’m Tired (62), Love Is Amazing, She’s My Heart Desire, What To Do, You Were On My Mind,
Old Friends – Oh My Angel,
Olympics – A New Dancing Partner, (Baby) Hully Gully, Baby Do The Philly Dog, Baby I’m Yours, Baby It’s Hot, Big Boy Pete, Big Chief Little Puss, Bounce Again, Cool Short, Dance By The Light Of The Moon, Dancin’ Holiday (63), Do The Slauson Shuffle, Dodge City, El Pizza, Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha, Everybody Needs Love (58), Fireworks, Girl You’re My Kind Of People, Good Lovin’, Good Things, Hully Gully, I Wanna Dance With The Teacher, I’ll Do A Little Bit More, I’ll Never Fall In Love, Landslide (Instr), Mash Them Taters, Mine Exclusively, No More Will I Cry, Peanut Butter, Raining In My Heart, Return of The Watusi, Save The Last Dance For Me, Secret Agents, Shake Your Tall Feathers, Shimmy Like Kate, So Goodbye, Stay Away From Joe, Stay Where You Are (61), The Boogler – Part 1, The Boogler – Part 2, The Broken Hip, The Chicken, The Duck, The Return Of Big Boy Pete, The Scotch, The Stomp, The Twist, U S Mail Info Unknown, We Go Together Pretty Baby, Well, Western Movies, Western Movies (Demo), What’d I’d Say, Your Love,
Omegas – Froze, No One Will Ever Know, Razzamatazz, Study Hall, When You Touch Me,
Onbeats – Catastrophe,
Oncomers – Every Day Now,
One, Bobby (and Group) – Undecided,
Ontarios – I Really Had A Ball, I’ll Drink A Toast, I’m Gonna Move, It’s Wrong, Love Me Baby, Lover’s Mambo,
Opals (aka Crystals) – Heaven On Earth, Hop Skip And Jump, Just Like A Little Bitty baby, Love, My Hearts Desire, No No Never Again, Oh But She Did, Restless Days, Tender Lover,
Orbinson, Roy – In Dreams, Uptown,
Orbits, Bobby and his – Bandstand Dancing, Felicia, Dance Dance Dance, I Need You, I Really Don’t, I’ll Follow You, I’m Home, Jingle Rock, Knock Her Down, Lorrainne, Message Of Love, Mr. Hard Luck, My Love, My Rosa Lee, On The Beach, Orbit Rock, Queen Bee, Sugar Momma, Tell Me Baby, Two Crazy Scientisits, What Do I Say (When I’m Close To You), Who Are You, Yours Alone,
Orchids – All Night Baby, Beginning To Miss You, Christsmas Is The Time To Be With Your Baby, Fine Sweet Woman, Glory Of My Love, Good Gully, Harlem Tango, I Can’t Refuse (55), Is It True, I’ve been A Fool From The Start, Met A Girl On The Corner, Newly Weds (55), Oh Why, Someone To Care, That Boy Is Messing Up My Mind, The Hard Way, Yiou have Two And I Have None (55),You Have Two I Have None (55) (Note: lead was Gilbert Warren), You Said You Loved Me (55), You’re Everything To Me,
Ordells – Sippin’ A Cup Of Coffee,
Orientals – A Letter To Melvin, Come With Me To The Casbah, I Cried, Lend Me Your Ear, Please Come Back Home, Soul Ain’t You Thrilled, Wouldn’t You Cha Cha With Me,
Orients – Queen of The Angels, Shouldn’t I,
Original Cadillacs, Earl Carroll and the – Buzz Buzz Buzz, Yea Yea Baby,
Original Camerons – Baby Don’t You Know, She’s Got it,
Original Cast – One, Standing On The Corner,
Original Casuals – Ju-Judy, So Tough,
Original Four Aces – I Can See An Angel Walking,
Original Jubalaires – Dreaming Of The Ladies In The Moon, Waiting All My Life For You,
Original Manificenes – Upon The Mountain,
Original Red Caps – Would I Mind,
Original Rockets, Jerry Bell and the – One And Only Love,
Originals, Rosie and the (Note: Rosie Hamlin. Discovered by Jackie Wilson) – A Dream Can Come True, A Kiss From Your Lips, A Thousand Stars, Angel Baby (60), Angel Baby (U.K. Version), Angel Baby (U.S. Version), Angel From Above, Anna, At Times Like This, Baby I’m For Real, Bandstand Sound, Blue Kat, Brand New Man, Careless With Love, C’est La Vie, Confidential, Dedicated To The One I Love, Dressin’ Up, For Your Love, Gee Whiz, Give Me A Little Kiss, Give Me Love, God Belss Whoever Sent You, Guess Who, Happy happy Birthday baby, I Found A Dream, I Still Love You (w/ Tony Allen), I Was Such A Fool, I’ll Always Remember, I’m So Young, It’s Time To Go Home, Just Because, Lend me Your Ear, Let Me Hear You Say Yeah (w/ Tony Allen), Little Lonely Girl, Lonely Blue Nights (Mono Version), Lonely Blue Nights (Stereo Version), Margarite, My Darling Forever, No Other Love Will Ever Do, Sleepless Nights, Summer School, The Bells, The Masquerade Is Over, The One Who Really Love You, The Time Is Near, The Whip, There Is No Other (Like My Baby), Wishing Star (w/ Tony Allen), You And I, You’ll Never Walk Alone, You’re No Good,
Orioles, Sonny Til and the (Note: R&B. Baltimore was the first city of Doo Wop. Guitar was Tommy) – A Kiss And A Rose, (It’s Such) A Scandal, Angel, At Night (50), Baby Please Don’t Go, Baby Please Don’t Go (Alt), Baby I Love You So, Back To The Chapel, Bad Little Girl, Barbara Lee, barfly, Blame It On Yourself, Bring That Money Home, Can’t Seem To Laugh Anynmore, Chapel Bells, Chapel In The Moonlight, Cigareetos, Come On Home, Count Your Blessing Instead Of Sheep, Crying In The Chapel (53), Crying In The Chapel (Live), Crying In The Chapel (Newer Version), Danger, Danny Boy, Dare To Dream, Deacon Jones, Dem Days Are Gone Forever, Didn’t Say, Donkey Serenade, Don’t Cry Baby, Don’t Go To Strangers, Don’t Make It A Sad Holiday, Don’t Mess Around (With My Love), Don’t Stop, Don’t Tell Her What Happened To Me (51), Don’t You Cry, Don’t You Think I Ought To Know, Drowning Every Hope I Ever Had, Every Dog-Gone Time, Every Thing They Said Came True, Fair Exchange, Feeling Low, Fool’s World, For All We Know (56), Forgive And Forget, Getting Tired Tired Tired, Good, Good Looking Baby, Goodnight Irene, Happy Go Lucky Local Blues, Happy Til Your Letter (56), Have You Heard, hey Little Woman, Hold Me Squeeze Me (Hold Me Tight), Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, I Chalenge Your Kiss, I Cover The Waterfront, I Cross My Fingers, I Don’t Want To Take A Chance, I Had To Leave Town, I Just Got Lucky, I Like It Like That, I Love You Mostly, I May Be Wrong, I Miss You So, I Need You Baby, I need You So, I Never Knew, I Only have Eyes For You, I Promise You, I Wonder When, I’d rather Have You Under The Moon, If It’s To Be, If You Believe, I’m Beginning To Think You Care For Me, I’m Just A Fool In Love, In The Chapel In The Moonlight, In The Mission Of St. Augustine, Is my heart Wasting Time, It Ain’t Gonna Be Like That, It Seems So Long Ago, It’s A Cold Summer, It’s Over Because We’re Through, It’s Too Soon To Know (48), (It’s Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas, Live It Up, Lonely Wine, Longing, Love Birds, Maybe You’ll Be There, Moody Over You, Moonlight, My Baby’s Gonna Get It, My Heart Is Wasting, My Loved One, My Prayer, Never Leave Me Baby, Night And Day, No Other Love, O Holy Night (50), Once In A While, Once Upon A Time, One More Time, Our Father, Out Of The Picture, Pal Of Mine, Panama Joe, Piccadilly, Please Give My Heart A Break, Please Sing My Blues Tonight, Petty Pretty Rain, Proud of You, Robe Of Calvary, Runaround, Secret Love (54), Secret Love (Alt), See See Rider, Shimmy Time, Shrimp Boats, Sincerely, Sitting Here, So Long, So Much, Some Of This Some Of That, Sugar Girl, Sure Fire, Teardrops On My Pillow, Tell Me Once More I Love You, Tell Me So (49), Tell Me So (Alt Version), Thank The Lord Thank The Lord, That’s When The Good Lord Will Smile, The First Of Summer, The Invitation, The Lord’s Prayer, The Night Has Come, The Wobble, There’s No One But You, This I’ll Do Darling, Thrill Me Kiss Me (53), Till Then (52), Till Then (Alt Take), To Be To You, Trust In Me, Waiting, Walking By The River, Wanted, We’re Supposed To Be Through, What Are You Doing New Year’s, What Are You Doing New Year’s (64 Version), When You’re A long Way From Home, When You’re Not Around, Why Did You Go, Would I Love You Love You Love You, Would You Still Be The One In My Heart, Write And Tell Me Why, Yes Indeed, You Are My First Love, You Belong To Me, You Never Cared For Me, You’re Gone,
Orlandos – Cloudburst, Old Mac Donald,
Orlons – A Casual look, Anyone Who Has A Heart, Bad Boy, Between 18th And 19th On Chestmut Street, Big Daddy, Bon Doo Wah, Come Go With Me, Come On Down Baby Baby, Crossfire, Desiree (63), Diamonds And Pearls, Don’t Hang Up, Dedicated To The One I Love, Don’t Throw My Love Away, Don’t You Want My Lovin’, Envy, Everything, Everything Nice, For Your Love, Gee Whiz, Goin’ Places, Gravy, Guitar Man, Happy Birthday Mr. 21, Heart Darling Angel, Heartbreal Hotel (64), He’s A Rebel (63), He’s Braggin’, He’s Gone, He’s Sure The Boy I Love, Holiday Hill, I Ain’t Coming Back, I Can’t Take It, I Met Him On A Sunday, I’ll Be True, I’ll Bring It On Home To You, In The Still Of The Night, It’s No Big Thing, Keep Your Hands Off My Baby, Kissin’ Time, Knock Knock (64), Let Me In, Let The Good Times Roll, Little Star, Lovers Never Say Goodbye, Mama Didn’t Lie, Mashed Potatoes, Muskrat Ramble, My Best Friend, No Love But Your Love, Not Me, Once Upon A Time, Over The Mountain Across The Sea, Please Let It Be Me, Ride, Rules Of Love, Sea Cruise (63), Shimmy Shimmy, South Street, Spinning Top, Stubborn Kind Of Fellow, Stranded In The Jungle, Surfin, The Cha Cha Cha (w/ Bobby Rydell), The Conservative, The Plea, The Wah Wahtusi, Them Terrible Truths, Tonight, Tonight Tonight, Too Strong To Be Strung Along, You Cheated,
Orphans – Devil In Her Heart,
Osborne, Bobby (and Group) – My Heart’s Been Broken Again,
Osborne Brothers – Love Hurts,
Ospreys – It’s Good For Me, Do You Wanna Jump Children (58),
Otis, Johnny – Hand Jive,
Our Gang, Spanky and – Like To Get To Know You,
Outcasts, Mac Boswell and the – I Thought You Knew,
Outlaws, Jessica James and the (Note: in Hoquiam, Washington in January 1966. Jessica James and The Outlaws were really Peggy Santiglia, on lead) – Come Closer, Give Her Up Baby (66),
Outsiders – Time Won’t Let Me,
Ovations, Louis Williams and the (Note: Louis Williams does sound like Sam Cooke) – Broken Bottles And Sticks, Bye Bye Baby, Could This Be Magic, Dance party, Day We Fell In Love, Denise, Don’t Break Your Promise, Don’t Cry, Doo Wop Dee Aye, Gee Whiz, Happiness, Having A Party, High School Reunion, High School Reunion Alt Version, I Believe I’ll Go Back Home, I Don’t Wanna Cry, I Know You Don’t Want Me, I Need Your Love, Ilene, I’m Living Good, It’s Wonderful To Be In Love, I Still Love You, Just Too Good To Be True, Laura, Let’s Make Love Tonight, Loneliness Never Entered, Lovely Way To Spend An Evening, Me And My Imagination, Mr. Lullabye, Oh What A Day We Fell In Love, Peace Of Mind, Pledging My Love, Pretty Little Angel, Rag Doll, Real True Love, Recipe For Love, Remembering, Ronnie I Jingle, Runaround, Save The Last Dance For Me, She’s My Angel, Submarine Race, Subway Harmony, Take It From Somebody That Knows, The Bells Of Rosa Rita, The Day We Fell In Love, Tonight Could Be The Night, Touching Me, Uptown Girl, Were You There, What Did I Do Wrong, Who Needs Love, Whole Wide World, Won’t You Call, Wonderful Dream, You Had Your Choice, You’ll Never Know, You Send Me,
Overons (aka Mystics) – Big Brown Eyes, Prayer To An Angel, The Bells Are Ringing, Why Do You Pretend (58),
Overtones, Penny and the (Note: I believe that there are two or three groups under this name) – Hawaiian Haze (featuring Vincent Gambella), Home Type Girl, I Thank You Baby, My Darling You, Smoke Rings, Sometimes When I’m All Alone, Tiny Cloud, Walking My Baby Back Home, What Made You Forget,
Overtones, Tony Rice and the – Bluebird Of Happiness, Can’t Take My Eyes off Of You, Christmas Baby Please Come Home, Hey Little Schoolgirl, Home Type Girl, I Say A Little Prayer, Say What I Feel, September, Teardrops,
Overtones – Gambling Man, Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight, Runaround Sue, Teenager In Love, The Longest Time, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,
Owls – If I Could Forget You, Josephine, Life In The Hair Salon, So Lost (58),
Oxfords, Darrell and the (aka Tokens) – But Your Mother She Said No, Can’t You See (60), Can’t You Tell Me, Picture in My Wallet (59), Reasons For Love, Roses Are Red,
Ozells – Please Don’t Go, The Gossips (63),
Marty’s Girl Names in Song Titles No. 4
Marty Dougherty of the greendougherty blogs.
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