The Marcels were a doo-wop group known for turning beloved American classic… Read Full Bio ↴The Marcels were a doo-wop group known for turning beloved American classical pop songs into rock and roll. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss. In 1961 many were shocked to hear a new version of the ballad, "Blue Moon" that began with the bass singer say, "bomp-baba-bomp" and "dip-da-dip." Still, the record sold a million and is featured in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

The disc climbed all the way to number one in the UK singles chart. However all follow-ups sank without trace, and the group became known there as a one-hit wonder. Even in their U.S. homeland, later revivals in the same vein as "Blue Moon" - "Heartaches" and "Melancholy Baby" - were much less successful.

In August of 1961, Knauss and Bricker left and were replaced by Alan Johnson (brother of Fred) and Walt Maddox. Mundy left soon after, leaving the group a quartet.

In 1962, Harp and Alan Johnson left, and were replaced by Richard Harris and William Herndon. There was a brief reunion of the original members in 1973. The group made several recordings in 1975 with Harp back on lead.

By the early 1990s the group was Johnson, Maddox, Harris, Jules Hopson and Richard Merritt.

The group split around 1995. Fred Johnson formed his own group with new members, while the other four members recruited new bass Ted Smith. Maddox won a lawsuit against Sunny James Svetnic, the manager of Johnson's group, for trademark infringement in 1996. Svetnic died in 2002.

Johnson reunited with Harp, Mundy, and Knauss in 1999 for the PBS special Doo Wop 50 with a fifth member.

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The Marcels Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Marcels:

"Blue Moon" Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
A Sunday Kind of Love I WANT A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE A LOVE THAT WILL…
Bells July 11th 2016 I hit the road bumping The Slim Shady…
Blue Moon (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba…
Blue Moon (Remastered) Once upon a time Before I took up smiling I hated the…
Blue Moon ) (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba…
Blue Moon - Remastered Once upon a time Before I took up smiling I hated the…
Blue Moon 1961 Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Footprints in the Sand You walked with me Footprints in the sand And helped me unde…

Goodbye to Love Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye to love Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye …
Heart aches Heartaches My loving you meant only heartaches Your kiss w…
Heartaches Heartaches My loving you meant only heartaches Your kiss was…
Heartches Watch out! Here we go again Yuip yuip yuip worp worp... He…
Hold On Hold up wait, I'm not tryna date I'm just tryna get…
Honestly Sincere Speak to us, oh beautiful one, tell us how you…
I Wanna Be the Leader Daylight grows dim As we ride empty roads So close inside yo…
I'll Be Forever Loving You I'll be loving you forever, Deep inside my heart you'll leav…
My Melancholy Baby Nah, not that thing again... sing Melancholy baby All right.…
One Last Kiss Oh one last kiss, oh baby one last kiss It never…
Over the Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
Over the Rainbow - Remastered Somewhere, somewhere... Somewhere over the rainbow, way up …
Summertime Summertime, summertime, summertime, summertime Summertime, s…
Sunday Kind of Love I WANT A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE A LOVE THAT WILL…
That Lucky Old Sun Up in the mornin' out on the job, work like…
That Old Black Magic That old black magic has me in its spell, that…
The Marcels Blue Moon (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba-bom-a-bom-bom) (Ba…
The Wonder Of It All Yeah, yeah It's Zayy Let my words inspire and lift you up,…
Two People in the World (There's just two kinds of people in the world) (Why can't…

Wait For Me Wait Come into my arms I will wait for you I will wait…

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