Sunday, March 8, 2020

The Jesters - The Wind (1960)



This is the version that I'm most familiar with. It's on a "Doo Wop Classics" CD that I play frequently. I love the sincerity of it, and the vocal performances are great. It's a good song, and it's not surprising that there are multiple versions around. 

Dropping that "spoken word" section in the middle was a common motif in the black American music of the period. Some observers think of it as proto-rap. 

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