The unwritten rules for doo-wop groups were deceptively simple: name your group after a bird (the Wrens, the Flamingos) or a car (the Cadillacs, the El Dorados), practice your two-, three-, or four-part harmonies on a neighborhood street corner or in the back of a candy store, and sing songs about how much you love your baby. It might have seemed like an obvious formula, but getting it just right was never easy. When it worked, that formula created some of the most joyful and unforgettable music of the 20th century. From the Orioles ("It's Too Soon to Know") to Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers ("I Want You to Be My Girl"), this four-CD collection is without a doubt the definitive introduction to the rock & roll vocal music of the 1950s and early '60s. Disc: 1 1. It's Too Soon To Know - Orioles 2. Count Every Star - Ravens 3. The Glory Of Love - Five Keys 4. Gee - Crows 5. Crying In The Chapel - Orioles 6. Money Honey - Cyde McPhatter & Drifters 7. Golden Teardrops - Flamingos 8. A Sunday Kind Of Love - Harp-Tones 9. I - Velvets Listen Listen Listen 10. Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite - Spaniels 11. Sh-Boom - Chords 12. Gloria - CADILLACS 13. Hearts Of Stone - Jewels 14. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - Penguin 15. Sincerely - Moonglows 16. Mary Lee - Rainbows 17. Close Your Eyes - Five Keys 18. (Will You) Come Back My Love - Wrens 19. Story Untold - Nutmegs 20. Only You (And You Alone) - PLATTERS 21. Why Don't You Write Me? - Jacks 22. When You Dance - Turbans 23. At My Front Door - El Dorados 24. The Great Pretender - PLATTERS 25. Lily Maebelle - Valentines Disc: 2 1. Speedoo - CADILLACS 2. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 3. I'll Be Home - Flamingos 4. Devil Or Angel - Clovers 5. Church Bells May Ring - Willows 6. Little Girl Of Mine - Cleftones/Jimmy Wright & His Orchestra 7. I Want You To Be My Girl - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 8. In the Still Of The Night - Five Satins 9. The Closer You Are - Channels 10. Oh What a Night - Dells 11. A Thousand Miles Away - HEARTBEATS 12. Please Say You Want Me - Schoolboys/Leroy Kirkland Orchestra 13. Come Go With Me - Dell Vikings 14. I'm So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La) - Lewis Lymon & Teenchords 15. Walking Along - Solitaires 16. Little Darlin' - Gladiolas 17. Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely - Dubs 18. Florence - Paragons 19. Deserie - Charts 20. Whispering Bells - Dell-Vikings 21. Tonite, Tonite - Mello-Kings 22. Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrew & Hearts 23. Baby Oh Baby - Shells 24. Tell Me Why - Norman Fox & Rob-Roys 25. Buzz-Buzz-Buzz - Hollywood Flames 26. Tear Drops - Lee Andrew & Hearts Disc: 3 1. Been So Long - Pastels 2. Get A Job - Silhouettes 3. Book Of Love - Monotones 4. Maybe - Chantels 5. I Wonder Why - Dion & Belmonts 6. One Summer Night - Danleers 7. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & Impressions 8. You Cheated - Shields 9. I'm So Young - Students 10. Everyday Of The Week - Students 11. Little Star - Elegants 12. Tear On My Pillow - Imperials 13. Trickle, Trickle - Videos 14. Ten Commandments Of Love - Harvey & Moonglows 15. Candles - Crests 16. So Fine - Fiestas 17. Lovers Never Say Goodbye - Flamingos 18. Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners/Lenny Martin & Orchestra 19. Pizza Pie - Norman Fox & Rob Roys/Sid Bass & His Orchestra 20. Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - Impals/Leroy Holmes Orchestra 21. A Teenager In Love - Belmonts 22. Who's That Knocking - Genies 23. I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos 24. Hushabye - Mystics 25. Rockin' In The Jungle - Externals Disc: 4 1. Mope-Itty Mope - Boss-Tones 2. Oh Rose Marie - Fascinators/Jesse Stone Orchestra 3. Just To Be With You - Passions 4. Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & Imperials 5. The Wind - Jesters 6. Stay - Maurice Williams & Zodiacs 7. There's A Moon Out Tonight - Capris 8. Blue Moon - Marcels 9. Tonight I Fell In Love - Tokens/Fields-Madera Orchestra 10. Daddy's Home - Shep & Limelights 11. Barbara-Ann - Regents 12. Rama Lama Ding Dong - Edsels 13. Tonight (Could Be The Night) - Velvets 14. My True Story - Jive Five/Joe Rene & Orchestra 15. Nag - Halos 16. Lookin' For My Baby - Earls 17. Imagination - Quotations 18. Coney Island Baby - Excellents 19. Remember Then - Earls 20. Never Let You Go - Five Discs 21. Denise - Randy & Rainbows 22. Unchained Melody - Vito & Salutations 23. I Do - Marvelows 24. Morse Code Of Love - Capris 25. My Juanita (Live) - Johnny Meastro & Brooklyn Bridge