I’d forgotten the word – and those of you saying “I’d forget it too, if I were you ..” have no memory of how good it was.
It was my favourite music in the late ’50s. Come to think of it, it was possibly the only music on the hit parades.
And the song that’d been niggling in the back of my mind for days, working its way up my consciousness until it was all there and I could sing it, was this one ..
Just a musical note .. [grin]
DOWNUNDER WITH BOODZ 
Silly me, thought it was a song by the Beach Boys. I just learned their version was a cover of the Del Vikings.
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Never heard the Beach Boys’ version ! – I didn’t even know they’d done one ! :D
This is the one I grew up with. LOVED it. And again, now that I’ve found it,
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Probably needed to put an apostrophe after that S in “Vikings”. tch tch
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Oh I am SO GLAD that punctuation is ever to the forefront of your mind ! :D
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I’ll be humming this all day!
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You are, of course, dear Maggie, FAR too young to remember it. But there’s the fun in Doo-wop – you can learn it in minutes. :D
And to think I never included it as part of my “Blue Moon” piano performances .. [grin]
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Here’s a thought… perhaps I heard it in utero? ;)
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Made me laugh aloud, you did ! :D
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I love that song! Loved oldies music in college; that’s what we called it.
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Sighh .. Just as well I like you, you horrible young woman ! [grin]
Oh, there was SO MUCH terrific stuff on the hit parades in the ’50s .. Of course, there was Elvis, as well; but even though I was a mad Elvis fan, I always listened to all the hits and found many, many I loved.
Another favourite group was Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (https://youtu.be/jMcWldfg28s), although they ‘matured’ a bit later than the Del-Vikings ..
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The music I first go to for my dose of nostalgia is more 60’s, but my husband’s era is the musical 50’s and we regularly listen to it all! I know this song well, and do agree with you that “doo-wop” is good for putting a smile on the face and putting dancing feet into motion! This was a very fun share, M-R!
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I’m so happy there are some out there who actually remember ‘my’ music, beautiful Debra ! I put a ’60s number in my reply to Michele – see if it’s familiar to you. :)
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Oh no, I haven’t forgotten it. Occasionally, in the USA, we’d come across a Doo Wop singing group and I’d have to stop and listen.
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You being a woman of taste, and Mr Gums celebrated on account of his taste in marrying you, are a pair unlikely to miss such opportunities ! :D
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And, thinking about it, reminded me that when our daughter was doing a year’s exchange in Virginia over 2007-8, we visited her, and she booked us into a Temptations concert – My Girl, The Way You Do the Things You Do. That was a great concert – and it was so special that she, looking for things we might like, suggested it. She loves good singing, so she enjoyed it too.
BTW the 1960s was more my era as I hit my teens then, but I loved a lot of 50s music too. They were the times, says she objectively!
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They certainly were; with a back-beat you couldn’t lose ..
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