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doo-woppers The Capris had a huge hit in 1961 with “There’s A Moon Out Tonight”,
so I could never figure out why their “Morse Code Of Love”, which is also
widely recognized as one of the classic doo-wop songs of all time and still
gets plenty of airplay on the few remaining radio stations to cover that era, never
charted back in the day. (The Manhattan Transfer did get to #83 with a cover
version in 1985.) It turns out that timing is everything; although “Morse Code
Of Love” sounds exactly like something from the late 50s or early 60s, it wasn’t
written or recorded (by a re-formed version of the group) until 20 years later.
1982 wound up being a great year hit-wise for the likes of Joan Jett (“I Love
Rock ‘N Roll”), The J. Geils Band (“Centerfold”), and Survivor (“Eye Of The
Tiger”). For aging doo-wop groups, not so much.
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