Bop Doo-Wopp

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Bop Doo-Wopp is the seventh album released by The Manhattan Transfer in 1984 on the Atlantic Records label. Six of the ten tracks on Bob Doo-Wopp are live performances.

The album contained the song "Route 66" which originally appeared on the soundtrack to the Burt Reynolds' film Sharky's Machine.

The album is essentially a "live" album (6 tracks) with some additional studio cuts (4 tracks). Five tracks were recorded live at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Japan in November 1983. Songs from these concerts were also released in 1996 on their album Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo. The other live cut, "Duke of Dubuque", was recorded for the Evening at Pops series on PBS. The song "Safronia B" was recorded in Sydney, Australia in December 1983. The other three songs were recorded in New York.

Charts

This album spanned another Billboard Hot 100 single in Baby Come Back To Me (The Morse Code Of Love) which reached #83 on the chart in late 1984. The song was dedicated to The Capris (an Italian vocal group from Queens) who released the single There's A Moon Out Tonight in 1960.

Awards

Route 66 hit the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982, reaching #78, and earned the group another Grammy Award in the category of "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group."

Track listing

1. "Route 66" (Bobby Troup) (3:20)
2. "Jeannine" (Duke Pearson, Oscar Brown, Jr) (5:30)
3. "My Cat Fell in the Well (Well! Well! Well!)" (Billy Moll, Terry Shand, Dave Roberson) (2:45)
4. "The Duke of Dubuque" (James Marchant, Billy Faber, Lawrence Royal) (2:20)
5. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) (1:58)
6. "Baby Come Back to Me (The Morse Code of Love)" (Nick Santamaria) (2:52)
7. "Safronia B" (Calvin Boze) (2:08)
8. "Heart's Desire" (George Cox, James Dozier, Hugh X. Lewis, Bernard Purdie) (2:40)
9. "That's The Way It Goes" (Raoul Cita, George Goldner) (2:49)
10. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) (2:30)

References / Sources

• The Manhattan Transfer Official Website (requires Flash)