This was the first ever Doo Wop #1 in the USA, and it also made The Platters the first R&B group to have a #1 on the Pop charts. The music was not known as "Doo Wop" at the time - it was categorized as Rock or R&B. Around 1970, Gus Gossert, who was an oldies DJ on WCBS in New York City, started using the term "Doo Wopp" to describe this type of music. Gossert didn't come up with the term however - a record collector named Stan Krause did. Krause helped produce Gossert's shows and gave him song information to use on the air.
In 2004, the song was voted 360th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer. Buck Ram reports that he wrote the song in about 20 minutes in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in order to have a song to follow up the success of "Only You (And You Alone)". The female voice harmonizing on this song is Zola Taylor, who was brought in as the only female member of The Platters. She was Frankie Lymon's second wife
This was the first ever Doo Wop #1 in the USA, and it also made The Platters the first R&B group to have a #1 on the Pop charts. The music was not known as "Doo Wop" at the time - it was categorized as Rock or R&B. Around 1970, Gus Gossert, who was an oldies DJ on WCBS in New York City, started using the term "Doo Wopp" to describe this type of music. Gossert didn't come up with the term however - a record collector named Stan Krause did. Krause helped produce Gossert's shows and gave him song information to use on the air.
In 2004, the song was voted 360th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer. Buck Ram reports that he wrote the song in about 20 minutes in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in order to have a song to follow up the success of "[Only You (And You Alone](https://hooktube.com/watch?v=p4XPMLiSFzU))". The female voice harmonizing on this song is Zola Taylor, who was brought in as the only female member of The Platters. She was Frankie Lymon's second wife
This was the first ever Doo Wop #1 in the USA, and it also made The Platters the first R&B group to have a #1 on the Pop charts. The music was not known as "Doo Wop" at the time - it was categorized as Rock or R&B. Around 1970, Gus Gossert, who was an oldies DJ on WCBS in New York City, started using the term "Doo Wopp" to describe this type of music. Gossert didn't come up with the term however - a record collector named Stan Krause did. Krause helped produce Gossert's shows and gave him song information to use on the air.
In 2004, the song was voted 360th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer. Buck Ram reports that he wrote the song in about 20 minutes in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in order to have a song to follow up the success of "Only You (And You Alone)". The female voice harmonizing on this song is Zola Taylor, who was brought in as the only female member of The Platters. She was Frankie Lymon's second wife