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Gee is a doo-wop song, written by William Davis and Viola Watkings, and recorded by the The Crows on the independent label, Rama Records, in New York City in February of 1953 and released in March. It charted in April of 1954, one year later. It took a year to to get recognized on Your Hit Parade. It landed No.2 on the rhythm and blues chart and No. 14 on the pop chart. It was the first 1950s doo-wop record to sell over one million records. Recorded on an independent label, it was one of the first such R&B records to crossover to the wider pop market.[1] Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. ...
The Crows were one of the first doo wop groups in American history, and their one major hit, Gee (1953) was an important early rock and roll hit. ...
Rama Records was acquired by Morris Levy and incorporated into Roulette Records. ...
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Your Hit Parade was a popular United States music radio and television program. ...
Rhythm and blues (aka R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences — first performed by African American artists. ...
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Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...
Song
The song starts with a few bars of nonsense:[1] -
- duh-duda-duh-duda-duh-duda-duh-duh-duba
followed by the lead vocal; -
- Oh-ho-ho-ho gee,my oh-oh gee-hee, well oh-ho gee, why I love that girl.
then the group: -
- Love that girl!
The vocals are infectiously upbeat with wonderful harmonies and use of nonsense syllables, sounding like enthusiastic street-corner singing. The modified jump blues instrumental backup, with its infectious melody and Tiny Grimes guitar solo, is the perfect accompaniment.[2] Tiny Grimes was a jazz guitar player most famous for backing up alto player Charlie Parker. ...
History The Crows formed in 1951 as a typical street corner doo-wop group and were discovered at Apollo Theater's Wednesday night talent show by talent agent Cliff Martinez, and brought to independent producer George Goldner who had just set up tiny new indepent Rama Records label.[3] Apollo Theater marquee, c. ...
Rama Records was acquired by Morris Levy and incorporated into Roulette Records. ...
The Crows were the first group signed and the first to record. The song "Gee" was the third song recorded during the first recording session. The song, "Gee", was put together in a few minutes by two of the group's members. It was written and recorded so crudely, that when released it sounded like it had been actually recorded on a street corner.[1] The Crows were one of the first doo wop groups in American history, and their one major hit, Gee (1953) was an important early rock and roll hit. ...
Although the song was a huge hit, the Crows were a one-hit wonder and broke up a few months after "Gee" dropped off the Hit Parade.[2] UK 45 rpm single for Mickey (1982) by one-hit wonder Toni Basil CD single of the Baha Mens Who Let the Dogs Out? In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist generally known for only one hit single. ...
The hit parade is the list of songs most popular at any given time. ...
Legacy The Crows were of the first doo wop groups and one of the first "bird" groups. "Gee" was one of the first rock and roll hit records.[2] It has also been called the first rock and roll record because it was an original composition and had a quick dance beat.[4] Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
Although the Orioles song "Crying in the Chapel is frequently call the first R&B record to crossover to a big white audience, it is actually a cover of a country song. "Gee" and its b-side "I Love You So" are considered seminal, as it is an original song by an all but amateur group. It encapulated all that has been written later about neighborhood kids singing on corners, and retains that wondefully amateurish feel.[5] Genera Oriolus Sphecotheres Orioles are colourful Old World passerine birds in the family Oriolidae. ...
Crying In The Chapel was a song written by Artie Glenn for his son Darrell to sing. ...
Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...
Notes - ^ a b c Jim Dawson, & Steve Propes (1992). What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record. Boston & London: Faber & Faber, p. 124-127. ISBN 0-571-12939-0.
- ^ a b c The Crows. history-of-rock. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.
- ^ Fox, Ted (1993). Showtime at the Apollo, 2nd Ed., New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, p. 116. ISBN 0-306-80503-0.
- ^ Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll, (2nd Ed.), New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, p. 76. ISBN 0-306-80683-5.
- ^ Holly George-Warren &, Anthony Decurtis (Eds.) (1976). The RollingStone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 3rd Edition, New York: Random House, p. 94. ISBN 0-679-73728-6.
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17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ...
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