Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases the 1960s Doo Wop/Soul music record "I Do" by The Marvelows.
Information about Doo Wop and Soul music are included in this post along with information about The Marvelows.
Selected comments from the discussion threads of several sound files of The Marvelow's "I Do" are also included in this post.
The Addendum to this post showcases the Samsung Active Wash commercial that features The Marvelow's "I Do" as background music.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to The Marvelows for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these featured sound files on YouTube.
Thanks also to all those who are associated with the Samsung Active Wash commercial that is also featured in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT DOO WOP
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop
"Doo-wop is a genre of music that was developed in African-American communities of New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles in the 1940s, achieving mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. Built upon vocal harmony, doo-wop was one of the most mainstream, pop-oriented R&B styles of the time. Singer Bill Kenny (1914–1978) is often called the "Godfather of Doo-wop" for his introducing the "top and bottom" format which featured a high tenor singing the lead and a bass singer reciting the lyrics in the middle of the song. Doo-wop features vocal group harmony, nonsense syllables, a simple beat, sometimes little or no instrumentation, and simple music and lyrics.
The first record to use the syllables "doo-wop" was the 1955 hit "When You Dance" by The Turbans.[2] The term "doo-wop" first appeared in print in 1961. During the late 1950s many Italian-American groups contributed a significant part in the doo-wop scene. The peak of doo-wop was in 1961. Doo-wop's influence continued in soul, pop, and rock groups of the 1960s. At various times in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the genre has seen revivals. Doo-wop was a precursor to many of the African-American musical styles seen today. An evolution of jazz and blues, doo-wop also influenced many of the major rock and roll groups that defined the later decades of the 20th century. Doo-wop is iconic for its swing-like beats and using the off-beat to keep time. Doo-wop laid the foundation for many musical innovations, for example, R&B."
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INFORMATION ABOUT SOUL MUSIC
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music
"Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz. Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States, where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa.[1]
According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying".[2] Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves, are an important feature of soul music. Other characteristics are a call and response between the lead vocalist and the chorus and an especially tense vocal sound. The style also occasionally uses improvisational additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds.[3] Soul music reflected the African-American identity and it stressed the importance of an African-American culture. The new-found African-American consciousness led to new styles of music, which boasted pride in being black.[4]
Soul music dominated the U.S. R&B chart in the 1960s, and many recordings crossed over into the pop charts in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere. By 1968, the soul music genre had begun to splinter. Some soul artists developed funk music, while other singers and groups developed slicker, more sophisticated, and in some cases more politically conscious varieties"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARVELOWS
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-marvelows-mn0000402637/biography Artist Biography by Ed Hogan
"The Marvelows were a Chicago soul group who scored just once, with the upbeat "I Do," a pop Top 40 hit in 1965. The group was formed in Chicago Heights, IL, when Melvin Mason met the recently relocated Paden brothers (Frank who sang bass, and Johnny who sang tenor) in the late '50s. Joined by tenor Willie (Sonny) Stephenson and Mason's wife's cousin Jesse Smith, the quintet became the Marvelows.
Smith's mother suggested that he look up a former schoolmate of hers, Johnny Pate. Pate, who had just been given the position of Midwest A&R for ABC/Paramount, secured a deal with the label and recorded four tunes for the group, the doo-wop ballad "A Friend," "My Heart," the solid mid-tempo "Hey Hey Baby," and "I Do." The latter song was only written as a warm-up song, something to sing to prepare their voices, but it hit number seven R&B and number 37 pop in the spring of 1965. Around 1966, Jesse Smith left and was replaced by Andrew Thomas. The Marvelows (now the Mighty Marvelows to avoid confusion with the West Coast group the Marvellos) had their second single (and the only other one to chart) with the ballad "In the Morning" in the spring of 1968. Other Marvelows (or the Mighty Marvelows) singles are "I'm Without a Girl," "Fade Away," "Your Little Sister" "You're Breaking My Heart," and "Wait Be Cool." ABC/Paramount issued The Mighty Marvelows LP in 1968, but the group broke up one year later. A brief reunion in 1974 was their only other time together."
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvelows
"The Marvelows were an American soul group from Chicago, formed in 1959. After contacting arranger / producer Johnny Pate, the group signed to the ABC-Paramount label, and recorded four sides: "A Friend", "My Heart", "Hey Hey Baby", and "I Do". Originally composed as a show warmup song, "I Do" was released as a single in the summer of 1965, and peaked at #7 on the R&B Singles chart and at #37 on Billboard's Hot 100.[1] It was later covered twice by The J. Geils Band, first in 1977, and again on a live album in 1982.
The group changed its name to The Mighty Marvelows in order to avoid being confused with The Marvellos
(Loma Records), after the Marvellos filed suit in 1964, and hit the charts only once more, with 1968's "In the Morning" (U.S. R&B #24).[1] A 1968 LP followed, entitled The Mighty Marvelows, but the group broke up in 1969, reuniting only once, briefly, in 1974.[2]"...
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LYRICS - I DO
(Writer(s): Jesse Smith, John Paden, Melvin Mason, Frank Paden, Willie Stephenson)
Two, one, two, three, four
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Oh do I love you with all my heart
I do, I do now, yes I do
Do I want you to stay by my side
I do, I do now, yes I do
Do I want you to be all mine
I do, I do now, yes I do
And I love you my baby, yes I do
And I want you my baby
Yeah, yeah I do now
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Oh do I want you to stay by my side
I do, I do now, yes I do
Do I want you to be all mine
I do, I do now, yeah, yeah, I do now
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And I love you my baby, yes I do
And I need you my baby, yes I do
Yeah, yeah, yeah baby, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do,
Do, do, do, do, wah
Source: http://www.songlyrics.com/the-marvelows/i-do-lyrics/
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE - The Marvelows - I do
jimmytheferret, Uploaded on Aug 8, 2009
Another jump back into the soul box for this great beaty number from Chicago band The Marvelows. Issued in the UK on HMV in 1965.
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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT THE MARVELOW'S RECORD 'I DO"
Here are some selected comments from __ YouTube sound files of The Marvelow's "I Do"
With the exception of comments from the source sound file which is embedded above, the other sound files are given in no particular order.
Numbers for the comments are assigned for referencing purposes only.
Source Sound File #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiMtoIZOq0U
1.Shana Lewis, 2009
"one of the great doo wop songs of the sixties!"
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2. CheckMate657879, 2010
"@InuyashaPrincess14 I'm not trying to be funny, smart-a- or anything like that but this song was released in 1965 and Doo Wop had all but been killed by then. The harmony is great but it isn't "Doo Wop.""
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3. SEVFEST, 2010
"@CheckMate657879 ... you're absolutely wrong this IS Doo Wop and if you live in the eastern USA you would know that doo wop was NOT dead at the time Just ask Jerry Blavet if you know who he is...... The Geater With The Heater"
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4. David Dax, 2011
"Sorry, CheckMate, but this song is definitely Doo-Wop. And the J. Geils Band did it also in doo-wop style many years later. God bless doo-wop that lives on."
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5. bill chew, 2011
"@SEVFEST Doowop wasn't dead in Philly in 1965 and has never really died with people of a certain age from there- I'm one."
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6. Holly K, 2011
"Street corners in front of a candy store in Brooklyn New York where the guys smoked cigs, wore tight jeans, black boots and the girls wore black eye makeup, toast color lipstick and partied all night"
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2013
7. charrmmee
"1 of th best doo wops, ever"
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2015
8. Archiebell68, 2015
"Between Doo Wop and Soul! Perfect."
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9. Virgil Smith
"i am a master of old school if you play it i know it,west memphis ark"
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Sound File #2
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY9FyR-vUFI
1. gumpsmomma, 2015
"Huge Stomp record in Philly. You were spent after this one ended. But we stayed on the dance floor and danced for 4 hours solid every Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at venues like Chev Vous, Concord Ballroom, Wagners, Boulevard Pools, Riviera Ballroom in NJ, Edgely Fire Hall in Bristol, and in Wildwood; at the Starlight Ballroom during the summer time. Danced everyday or night for my entire middle school and high school years. Miss those days, but the memories remain, and I still spin the music everyday."
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"Philly" = Philadelphia
"Stomp records" means "records to dance to"
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2. timelessly1, 2015
"When I first heard this song, I knew I'd heard it before. It was covered by the J. Geils Band in the early '80s. Both versions were great, but I really like this one better."
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3. bunny fish, 2015
"Classic soul from 1965"
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4. luane acevedo, 2015
"Does anyone in my Jackson high school class remember a group of us marching in a conga line singing The Marvelows' I Do DO DO song down the Hall and into the principal's office. He stood up by his desk, his jaw dropped and we just kept the conga line leaving his office and back to class. "Funny like always, Acevedo," he said. I wonder if he was being sarcastic. I know Richie Zimmerman R.I.P. who was so shy was dragged into the caper and kept complaining to let him go because we were going to get him in trouble. he would tend to end his statements with "you guys..." I think Sam Berkowitz was one whose idea it was. The usual list of suspects. I'm not sure Ken Warner joined us. He would have been too cool for such a childish stunt."
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5. Milton Oliver, 2015
"+luane acevedo, was this Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, Queens, New York ? This was a very popular song back then in NYC."
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6. Lolita Johnson, 2015
The song to the samsung active wash commercial I finally found it
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7. buckladin/buckyboone, 2015
"Samsung brought me here lol I love this song had to find it"
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Sound File #3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbNK7FMl7rs
1. boomerang905, 2011
"This group got lost in a time warp. Music was changing when they came out, going in another Popish sound rather than DooWops which is what I grew up loving. But they were exceptional and I still listened to them because they really did sound great!"
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2. Fred Calvello, 2013
"We did the Bristol stomp to this in philly"
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3. JIM PORTER, 2013
"LOVE THIS TUNE REMEMBER DANCIN THE "TAP" AT THE LUBS IN BOSTON BACK IN THE DAY"
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"The Tap" = tap dancing
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Sound File #4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrAJ7UDEHtw
Bob Resner, 2010
"This song rocks it don't get any better than this"
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tippimail1, 2014
"Who is in this backup band?"
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BPJT666, 2017
"Johnny Pate was the arranger so it was a bunch of Chicago studio guys. Not sure who."
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gumpsmomma, 2015
"One of the best Stomp records that we danced yo in Philly. Huge hit in that region."
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In Philly (Philadelphia), particularly among African Americans and Italian Americans, the word "yo" was often used from at least the 1960s to date sometimes meaning "hey" and sometimes as a filler without any literal meaning. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071221185615AAzGTI4
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ADDENDUM - Activewash Samsung Commercial 2015 at Appliancesconnection.com
appliancesconnection, Published on Mar 30, 2016
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