VARIOUS ARTISTS Street Corner Icons: The Story Of Doo-Wop Vinyl LP Spearmint Colour NAD 2026 Due Out 17/10/28
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Street Corner Icons: The Story Of Doo-Wop
Spearmint Colour
National Album Day 2026
Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 17th October 2026
Tracklist:
1. ONE MINT JULEP - The Clovers
2. I GET SO LONELY (WHEN I DREAM ABOUT YOU)- The Four Knights
3. EARTH ANGEL (WILL YOU BE MINE) - The Penguins
4. SINCERELY - The Moonglows
5. BOOT 'EM UP – The Du Droppers
6. I'LL REMEMBER (IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT)- The Five Satins
7. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
8. MAYBE - The Chantels
9. AT THE HOP - Danny & The Juniors
10. LITTLE DARLIN' - The Diamonds
11. 16 CANDLES - The Crests
12. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - The Flamingos
13. A TEENAGER IN LOVE - Dion & The Belmonts
14. COME SOFTLY TO ME - The Fleetwoods
15. ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE) - The Platters
16. STAY - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Celebrating National Album Day 2026, Street Corner
Icons: The Story Of Doo Wop provides an essential
survey of the sublime vocal movement that swept
American popular music in the 1950s. Across sixteen
definitive tracks, this collection documents an era
when working-class teenagers transformed raw vocal
passion into an enduring cultural legacy.
Lacking instruments, young singers relied on the
human voice, fusing Black gospel quartet traditions
with smooth pop arrangements and rhythmic vocal
percussion. This distinct sound - defined by soaring
tenor leads, deep bass anchors, and romantic call-and-
response harmonies - shattered racial radio barriers
and laid the crucial harmonic blueprint for Motown,
1960s girl groups, soul, and modern pop.
The lineup captures R&B trailblazers like The Clovers
alongside street-corner balladry monuments like The
Penguins' "Earth Angel" and The Five Satins' "In the
Still of the Nite". Featuring pioneering youth, female,
integrated, and crossover acts like Frankie Lymon, The
Chantels, The Crests, and The Platters, this album is an
authoritative primer on vocal history.
