The Mello Kings - Tonight Tonight

One of the greatest doo wop songs ever, not just in my opinion as it has been ranked the third greatest behind The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night and The Penguins - Earth Angel. I rememeber the first time I heard these guys I thought they were black, as their style is not like the Crew Cuts white bread doo wop. One of the stills in the video will show you their names - and it goes to show that whilst they were not an integrated group like the Del Vikings, they were a mix of Irish, German, Spanish and Italian, singing in a more recognisably black style. Anyway, whilst the song was not a commercial and national hit at the time, it has endured the passing of time and is definitive doo wop.

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