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Various Artists - The Doo Wop Box Volume III

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Have Mercy Baby - The Dominoes 2:22
  2. Shoulldn't I Know - The Cardinals 3:10
  3. Beside You - The Swallows 2:33
  4. Sexy Ways - The Midnighters 2:31
  5. Adorable - The Colts 2:45
  6. (You've Got) The Magic Touch - The Platters 2:30
  7. Stranded In The Jungle - The Cadets 3:05
  8. Wisdom Of A Fool - The Five Keys 2:30
  9. Fools Fall In Love - The Drifters 2:32
  10. Everyone's Laughing - The Spaniels 2:53
  11. Cool Shake - The Del Vikings 2:13
  12. So Tough - The Original Casuals 2:17
  13. Try The Impossible - Lee Andrews & The Hearts 3:07
  14. No, No, No - The Chanters 2:15
  15. Here I Stand - Wade Flemons & The Newcomers 2:23
  16. Wigggle, Wiggle - The Accents 2:02
  17. There Goes My Baby - The Drifters 2:11
  18. Pennies From Heaven - The Skyliners 2:09
  19. Image Of A Girl - The Safaris 2:39
  20. Trouble In Paradise - The Crests 2:25
  21. Mio Amore ('till The End Of Time) - The Flamingos 3:09
  22. Charlena - The Sevilles 2:48
  23. A Little Bit Of Soap - The Jarmels 2:11
  24. I Wish That We Were Married - Ronnie & The Hi-Lites 2:51
  25. Oh My Angel - Bertha Tillman 2:21
  26. If I Should Lose You - The Dreamlovers 2:29
  27. Bongo Stomp - Little Joey & The Flips 2:17
  28. Donna The Prima Donna - Dion Dimucci 2:55
  29. Have You Heard - The Duprees 2:28
Volume 2
  1. My Memories Of You - The Harptones 3:12
  2. My Friends - The Strangers 2:25
  3. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance - The Solitaires 3:06
  4. Nite Owl - Tony Allen & The Champs 2:46
  5. Ship Of Love - The Nutmegs 3:04
  6. Can't We Be Sweethearts - The Cleftones 2:59
  7. Your Way - The Heartbeats 2:38
  8. Bim Bam Boom - The El Dorados 2:53
  9. Blanche - The 3 Friends 2:57
  10. True Love Gone (Come On Home) - The Enchanters 2:49
  11. The Way You Look Tonight - The Jaguars 2:24
  12. Don't Say Goodnight - The Valentines 2:30
  13. Zoop - The Charts 2:27
  14. My Juanita - The Crests 2:46
  15. I'm Spinning - The Del Vikings 1:50
  16. Your Last Chance - Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords 2:22
  17. Dedicated To The One I Love - The 5 Royales 2:46
  18. Chapel Bells - Fascinators 2:25
  19. Traveling Stranger - Little Anthony & The Imperials 2:04
  20. Heart's Desire - The Avalons 2:28
  21. There Goes My Love - The Fantastics 2:04
  22. Life Is But A Dream - The Earls 1:49
  23. Here I Am Broken Hearted - The Four J's 2:18
Volume 3
  1. Our Love Will Never End - The Avons 2:32
  2. I Belong to You - The Fi-Tones Quintette 2:33
  3. Sheik of Araby - The Colts 2:31
  4. One Bad Stud - The Honey Bears 2:25
  5. Wiggie Waggie Woo - The Cadets 2:17
  6. Hey, Miss Fannie - The Clovers 2:25
  7. Most of All - The Moonglows 3:04
  8. The Vow - The Flamingos 2:56
  9. I Didn't Want to Do It - The Spiders 2:45
  10. To Make a Long Story Short - Eddie & the Starlights 2:24
  11. Ding Ding Dong - The Jive Tones 2:11
  12. Dreams Are for Fools - The Revalons 2:37
  13. Nadine - The Coronets 2:50
  14. Oh Where - The Vocaleers 2:53
  15. My Girl Awaits Me - The Castelles 3:04
  16. Rollin' Stone - The Marigolds 2:53
  17. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - The Coasters 2:48
  18. Stay Awhile - The Clovers 2:34
  19. Blue Velvet - The Clovers 2:38
  20. Newly Wed - The Orchids 2:59
  21. Wonderful Girl - The Five Satins 2:16
  22. Would I Be Crying - The Flamingos 3:01
  23. Indian Girl - The Capris 2:25
  24. Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters 2:58
  25. Maybe - The Chantels 2:55
  26. We Belong Together - Robert & Johnny 2:46
Volume 4
  1. Looking for an Echo - Kenny Vance 3:17
  2. Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys 2:07
  3. Whole Lotta Love - Godfrey Daniel 2:49
  4. Sometime Lately - Darts 2:41
  5. There's a Moon out Again - The Capris 2:13
  6. The Star Spangled Banner - Ruben Guevara 3:49
  7. Baby Come Back to Me (The Morse Code of Love) - The Manhattan Transfer 2:54
  8. I Won't Stand in Your Way - The Stray Cats 3:57
  9. Eye of the Tiger - Big Daddy 2:38
  10. When You're Young and in Love - The Flying Pickets 3:25
  11. Medley: This Is My Story-We Belong Together - Art & Aaron Neville 4:32
  12. Something on Your Mind - The New Creations 5:05
  13. You Really Got a Hold on Me - The Bobs 3:41
  14. Countdown to Love - B.Q.E. 2:32
  15. In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember) - Boyz II Men 2:51
  16. It's too Soon to Know - Linda Ronstadt 2:33
  17. Your Love - Pure Gold 3:11
  18. Charlene - Johnny Staton & the Feathers 3:17
  19. My Love for You - Little Isidore & the Inquisitors 2:16
  20. Have Love Will Travel - Big Sandy 2:51
  21. Forgive Me - Candye Kane 3:39
  22. Gloria - The Mighty Echoes 2:36
  23. Quality - Paul Simon 4:12
  24. Looking for an Echo - The Persuasions 4:06

Notes

The first two Rhino doo wop box sets were straightforward anthologies of the best music in the style, concentrating on big and small hits and the best overlooked rarities. The third installment is also a worthy chunk of the genre's better moments, yet it is definitely a notch or two below its predecessors. Part of the reason is that, as many doo wop records as there were, the lion's share of the great hits were already used up on the first two boxes. Thus, Rhino took a different strategy for this four-disc set, devoting the first CD to hits (many of which weren't that big, or have certainly escaped oldies rotation); disc two to "should-have-been hits"; disc three to "celebrity picks" of the favorite doo wop tunes by star musicians, comedians, and record executives; and disc four to modern doo wop postdating the early '60s. Overall, it's still a nice package, but it's probably an idea that has finally come to the end of its line.