VA - Gus Gossert's 25 Favorite New York Doo-Wops (1994) @ 320

The Doo-wop renaissance continued into the 1970’s and was fueled largely by renowned DJ Gus Gossert taking a position at WCBS-FM in New York. Gossert was hired by New York's WCBS-FM in 1969 to host a Sunday night oldies show - long before that station switched to an all-oldies format in 1972. Gossert's WCBS-FM show, which focused on Doo-wop music of the 1950s, proved to be immensely popular. He had the knack for ferreting out those really good Doo Wops that maybe did not get national recognition at the time they were released

That popularity continued when his show switched to WPIX-FM in 1971 and 1972 (he also had a Saturday night show at WPIX-FM). At one time, Gossert's show was the highest-rated Sunday night program in New York radio. In 1971 Mr. Gossert released a compilation on Juke Box Records entitled “Gus Gossert Presents, The New York Doo-wopp "

Gus Gossert's 25 Favorite New York Doo-Wops (1994)

 01. The Velours - Can I Come Over Tonight 

 02. The Harptones - My Memories Of You 

 03. The Timetones - In My Heart 

 04. The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night 

 05. The Nutmegs - Shifting Sands 

 06. The Jive Five - My True Story 

 07. The G-Clefs - Ka-Ding-Dong 

 08. The Velvets  - I 

 09. The Camelots - Chain of Broken Hearts 

 10. The Channels - The Closer You Are 

 11. The Five Discs - My Chinese Girl 

 12. The Charts - Deserie 

 13. The Nutmegs - Let Me Tell You (Acappella) 

 14. Carnations - Long Tall Girl 

 15. The Harptones - Sunday Kind Of Love 

 16. Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords - I'm so Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La) 

 17. The Three Friends - Blanche 

 18. The Quotations - Imagination (Acappella) 

 19. The Nutmegs - Story Untold 

 20. The Kodaks - Oh Gee, Oh Gosh 

 21. The Flamingos - Dream Of A Lifetime 

 22. The Nobles (2) - Poor Rock N' Roll 

 23. Jackie And The Starlites - Valerie 

 24. The Rainbows (3) - Mary Lee 

 25. The Harptones - I'll Never Tell 

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WPIX FM -Gus Gossert Show (7-25-71)

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