The Do-Wop Progression

The penguins were a vocal group that formed out of the maelstrom of vocal groups in LA in the 50s. Their first release was as The Flames, and came out in January 1950. And you caverle, why do fools fall in love is behind almost every do-wop song of the 50s and early 60s. It forms the basis of more hit records in that genre than I could name - even if I spent the whole of this podcast naming them. But today we're going to talk about a song that cemented that sequence as the do- wop standard: Blue.