The Cardinals (began the career in 1946) were a successful American R&B group of the 1950s. Although overshadowed by the legendary Orioles, The Cardinals are still remembered as one of the best R&B ballad acts to come out of Baltimore. Among rhythm and blues record enthusiasts the group is as popular today as they were in the mid-1950s.

Larry Chance and the Earls were a popular recording group from the 1960s formed in The Bronx, New York. In 1962, their single "Remember Then" was a hit, and "Life Is But a Dream," "Never" and "I Believe" also charted. As the oldies revival scene started a strong run in the early 1970s and 1980s, the Earls became one of the most requested groups in the doo-wop genre. They are still actively performing and remain on the oldies circuit.

80 Golden Hits is the 5 CDs Box reissue compilation from a Holland label Masters Music, combined previously released "16 Golden Hits" volumes 1 - 5, packed into one package. See the tracklisting for details.

Brooklyn's Danleers had a single hit, the brilliantly moony "One Summer Night." The 25 performances here trace the group's attempts to recapture the spotlight on a variety of labels (Smash, Mercury, Epic, etc.) from 1958 to 1964. Lead singer Jimmy Weston's smooth, full-throated performances on pleading pop ballads make The Danleers perfect for slow dancin'. But "I Can't Sleep" is up 'n' at 'em, and 1960's "Little Lover," with its twangy guitar, sounds like the inspiration for Elvis's "Little Sister" a year later.

One of the leading cover groups of the mid-'50s, the Diamonds adapted current R&B hits into pop gold of their own. Hailing from Toronto, the Canadian quartet (consisting of Ted Kowalski, Phil Leavitt, Bill Reed, and Dave Somerville) signed with Mercury in 1955 and immediately zoomed up pop play lists with covers of the Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"; the Willows' "Church Bells May Ring"; and their biggest hit of all, a sanitized version of the Gladiolas hit "Little Darlin'.

David Cortez Clowney, known by the stage name Dave "Baby" Cortez is an American pop and R&B organist and pianist. Clowney became the first African-American artist to have an instrumental #1 hit. Before making his big break with an instrumental record, Clowney had sung with two doo-wop groups, the Pearls and the Valentines.

The Chordettes were one of the longest-lived vocal groups with roots in the mainstream pop and vocal harmonies of the 1940s and early '50s. Although the four women's arrangements owed more to the Andrews Sisters than doo wop, they did, unlike many of their peers, prove fairly adaptable to the Rock era. This disc gathers 18 tracks by the Chordettes including the hit versions of "Mr. Sandman," "Eddie My Love," "Lollipop," and "Born to Be with You." Casual listeners will be satisfied with the track selection, while longtime fans will undoubtedly already own this material.

The Five Satins are best known for the doo wop classic "In the Still of the Night," a song that was popular enough to make the group one of the most famous doo wop outfits, although they never had another hit of the same magnitude.

The Dominoes (also sometimes known as Billy Ward & the Dominoes) had one of the finest musical pedigrees of any R&B vocal group of the 1940s, at least based on its founder's training and experience. A lots of R&B acts came out of a gospel background, and Bo Diddley even studied violin as a boy, but rare is the R&B vocal group whose founder was trained at Juilliard. They were one of the best-selling American R&B groups of the 1950s. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006.

Great Doo Wop tells its own story. Here are 30 more vocal group hits, both big and small, national and regional, which appeared in Billboard's Pop charts during the Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll.

The Elegants is an American doo-wop vocal group, that was started in 1958 by Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa, Frank Tardogno, Carmen Romano and James Mochella in South Beach, Staten Island, New York. Before their nursery rhyme inspired song, "Little Star", became a number one hit, spent 19 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100, earning gold disc status.

Ace's two-fer Presenting Dion & the Belmonts / Runaround Sue features two of Dion & The Belmonts' albums from very early '60s. In addition to familiar hits, there are some great covers and album cuts that are worth investigation by hardcore fans...

The Crystals are an American vocal group based in New York, considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era of the first half of the 1960s. Their 1961–1964 chart hits, including "Uptown", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead singers, and were all produced by Phil Spector. The latter three songs are ranked #267, #114, and #493, respectively, on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

How she could sing! At 17 she was dating Elvis, and when he told her she should switch to rock 'n' roll, she did! Then the fireworks started. All the great rockin' sides are here: the early Deccas, and all the Capitol recordings up to 1962. Fujiyama Mama, Mean Mean Man, Party, I Gotta Know... etc. The country hits are here too, like Right Or Wrong and In The Middle Of A Heartache, as well as the original Silver Threads And Golden Needles, and the original version of the song she wrote for Buck Owens, Kickin' Our Hearts Around. Listen for the dynamite guitar of Roy Clark, plus Al Downing and the Poe Cats, and the Los Angeles session cats...

Here, complete for the first time, are all Brenda's early recordings from 1956 until 1963. These include Sweet Nothin's, I'm Sorry, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, I Want To Be Wanted, Emotions, Dum-Dum and Break It To Me Gently. The early albums are complete as well. Most of these titles have been unavailable for years!