6983. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl

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From: The Duke of Earl; Year: 1962; Genre: Doo-Wop/Rock 'n Roll
Had this one earworm me today like crazy; not a bad song by any measure, so I'm taking it as that I need to add it to my list.
Not that long ago Duke of Earl seem, at least to me, to get played in different places frequently, but in the last few decades its presence has seemingly ebbed. As with most great Doo-Wop tunes it is one that will get stuck in your mind quite easily due to the arrangements and the harmonies.
From wot I've read, like many other historic songs out there, this one came into being kind of by happenstance. When warming up for a show with the group The Dukays, one of the vocal exercises they would perform was "do, do, do... etc" in various keys and Gene Chandler started adding bandmate Earl Edwards' name to it and out of that they started doing the Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl and they quickly brainstormed and came up with it. And the rest, as they say, is music history.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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