#Interestingly The Shells, with their prime street-corner harmony, with tender leads & cushiony backing vocals, are a reminder that great songs don’t always expire... sometimes they just wait for the right moment, the right reissue, and the right radio push. #TheShells #OneHitWondered
Publicity photo of pioneering radio personality Alan Freed
#QuickSidenote Legend has it that pioneering DJ Alan Freed, broadcasting from KDAY in Los Angeles, helped ‘break’ the 1960 reissued “Baby Oh Baby” with heavy airplay… #AlanFreed #TheShells #OneHitWondered
Clipping from the Hot 100 chart from the January 16, 1961 issue of Billboard Magazine
#Interestingly With the lack of success of 1957’s “Baby Oh Baby,” The Shells called it quits… Following its rediscovery by collectors/producers Donn Fileti & Wayne Stierle, the single was reissued & peaked at #21 on the #Billboard #Top40 in early 1961. #TheShells #OneHitWondered
#OneHitHistory The week ending December 31, 1960, Brooklyn, NYC street-corner doo-wop group The Shells earned US #OneHitWonder honors when their 1957 single “Baby Oh Baby” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #27. The single spent 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #21. #TheShells #OneHitWondered
