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1.StopGet a Job – The Silhouettes 02:47
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2.StopChurch Bells May Ring – The Willows 02:24
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3.StopIn the Still of the Night – The Five Satins 03:04
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4.StopA Casual Look – Six Teens 02:25
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5.StopEarth Angel – The Penguins 02:55
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6.StopLover's Island – The Blue Jays 02:19
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7.StopTonight I Fell in Love – The Tokens 01:47
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8.StopDeserie – The Charts 02:43
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9.StopThere's a Moon out Tonight – The Capris 02:14
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10.StopOver the Mountain; Across the Sea – Johnnie & Joe 02:17
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11.StopTill Then – The Classics 02:18
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12.StopWhat's Your Name – Don & Juan 02:15
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13.StopTo Be Loved (Forever) – The Pentagons 02:27
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14.Stop16 Candles – The Crests 02:52
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15.StopBabalu's Wedding Day – The Eternals 02:11
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16.StopDiamonds and Pearls – The Paradons 02:18
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17.StopWho's That Knocking – The Genies 02:17
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18.StopWhat Time Is It? – The Jive Five 02:49
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19.StopWe Belong Together – Robert & Johnny 02:49
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20.StopNite Owl – Tony Allen, The Champs, Tony Allen & The Champs 20:45
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21.StopA Sunday Kind of Love – The Harptones 21:45
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22.StopThe Closer You Are – The Channels 22:45
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23.StopWalking Along – The Solitaires 23:45
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24.StopRemember Then – The Earls 24:45
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25.StopSince I Don't I Have You – The Skyliners 25:45
These are not the best 25 all-time doo wop hits -- whether because of licensing restrictions or not, there's no "The Great Pretender," "Tears on My Pillow," "Maybe," "Searchin'," "Gee," "Stay," "A Teenager in Love," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," "Book of Love," "Silhouettes," or numerous other smashes that might be reasonably championed as among the cream of the cream. As doo wop comps go, though, it's pretty good, and a good disc if you want a few anthologies in the genre without fussily building a systematic collection. To start with, it does have several core doo wop classics: the Silhouettes' "Get a Job," the Five Satins' "(I'll Remember) In the Still of the Nite," the Penguins' "Earth Angel," the Capris' "There's a Moon out Tonight," Don Juan's "What's Your Name," the Crests' "16 Candles," the Earls' "Remember Then," Johnnie Joe's "Over the Mountain; Across the Sea," and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You." There are also a number of low-charting singles that nonetheless got a lot of regional airplay and may be well-remembered even by non-doo wop specialists, like the Willows' "Church Bells May Ring," the Genies' "Who's That Knocking," the Jive Five's "What Time Is It?," and Robert Johnny's "We Belong Together." And, surprisingly, five of these didn't make the national charts at all, though the Eternals' witty "Babalu's Wedding Day," Tony Allen the Champs' sillier "Nite Owl," and the Harptones' "A Sunday Kind of Love" were heard by many in their day and remain on the play lists of doo wop-oriented radio shows. It's a good mix of the classic and the less familiar, though the classics are still better than the less familiar. This CD marks, incidentally, the first time the Casuals' "A Casual Look," a big hit in 1956, has been on CD in the U.S. Richie Unterberger, Rovi
- Genre: R&B, Rock
- Category Doo Wop, Soul, Blue-Eyed Soul
- Label: VARESE SARABANDE
- Release Date: May 7, 2002
- Artist: 25 All-Time Doo Wop Hits
- Additional Artist: Johnnie & Joe (Performer), Six Teens (Performer), The Paradons (Performer), Various artists collection, The Jive Five (Performer), The Penguins (Performer), The Pentagons (Performer), The Harptones (Performer), The Tokens (Performer), The Solitaires (Performer), The Silhouettes (Performer), The Crests (Performer), Don & Juan (Performer), The Five Satins (Performer), Robert & Johnny (Performer)