Cousin brucie ive you to tell you something cousins, im looking at these guys here and i am thinking palisades amusement park. I got a special pbs reunion now with the members of the original passions along with the original lead voice off their record jimmy gallagher, jimmy. Jimmy gallagher and the passions just to be with you. Just to be with you. There is nothing i wouldnt do. Just to be with you. Id climb a mountain or sail the sea. Id go a thousand miles upon my knees. Id find a rainbow and take it from the sky. Ill be a slave till the day i die. Just to be with you. Just to be with you. There is nothing i wouldnt do. Just to be with you. Ill build a castle like those of old. And i will fill it with wealth im told. Id find a lion, compose a symphony. Ill count the starts in the galaxy. Just to be with you. Just to be with you. There is nothing i wouldnt do. Just to be with you. Jimmy gallagher thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. What a great day guys. Brucie cousins alright my cousins, ladies and gentlemen, the original mystics are here right now to prune another Street Corner classic, the mystics. The mystics oooooooooooooooooooo. Ahahahah. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Ahahahah. Hushabye. Hushabye. Oh my darlin dont you cry. Guardian angels up above. Take care of the one i love. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Ahahahah. Hushhush. Hushabye. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Ahahahah. Hushhush. Hushabye. Hushabye. Oh my darlin dont you cry. Guardian angels up above. Take care of the one i love. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Hushhush. Hushabye. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Hushhush. Hushabye. Pillows lying on your bed. Oh my darling rest your head. Sandman will be coming soon. Singing you a slumber tune. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Hushhush. Hushabye. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Lullaby and goodnight. In your dreams ill hold you tight. Lullaby and goodnight until the dawns early light. Hushabye, hushabye. Oh my darlin dont cry. Guardian angels up above, take care of the one i love. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Hushhush. Hushabye. Oooooooooooooooooooo. Hushhush. Hushabye. [applause]. Jerry butler and now another pbs reunion. When bill pinkleys rifters were ready to move on, these next guys continued the hits for many years. Its Charlie Thomas and the drifters and special quest, ben e. King. Ben e. King this is a special time for me, you all ready know that the song came on in 1959, you know that. Know that. This is a special type of jam right here. Just like that, just like that. Ben e. King when the night has come. And the land is dark. And the moon is the only light well see. And no i wont be afraid, i wont be afraid. Just as long as you stand, stand by me. Stand by me and Charlie Thomas. Charlie Thomas Darling stand by me, oh, stand by me. Oh stand, honey why dont you stand by me. Whenever youre in trouble, why dont you stand by me. Whoa stand by me, whoa stand come on baby stand by me. Before me there was bobby hendricks, way before me. Bobby hendricks whoa, whoa, i know, i know, i know, i know. If the sky that we look upon. Should tumble and fall. And the mountains should crumble down to the sea. I wont cry, i wont cry. No i wont shed a tear. Just as long as you stand, stand by me. Listen, before there was a ben e. King, before there was a Charlie Thomas, before there was a bobby hendricks, there was an original bill pinkney. Bill pinkney la, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la. Stand by me, come on and sing it for me. When the night has come, d the land is dark and the moon is the only light well see. I wont cry, i wont cry. No i wont shed a tear. Just as long as you stand, stand by me. Whenever youre in trouble wont you stand by me. All oh stand by me, oh wont you stand now, stand by me. Bill pinkney i wont cry, i wont cry. No i wont shed a tear. Just as long as you stand, stand by me. All stand by me. Stand by me. I want you just to stand by me. Narrator dont miss your chance to stand by pbs for preserving the memories. Stand up and join or rejoin your pbs station right now. Bill pinkney 82 years old, and movin on. Tj lubinsky i still get so emotional when i see this particular piece, bill pinkney no longer with us in physical form but his music his spirit his energy lives on and stole the show with stand by me. What a moment seeing these guys backing each other up and just the emotions that come blasting out of your television, thats a Public Television moment and thats here because of your pledge and your dollars of support and we cant thank you enough for being part of this experience allowing us to preserve the greatest treasures of American Music and vocal Group Harmony and were asking you one last time please go to your phone. Were about to go into sort of a special bonus segment if youve watched part of the show before you have not seen whats to come. A first chance weve had to tribute the memory and legacy of the late great mr. Johnny maestro. So stay tuned for that, but right now short limited membership opportunity for you to go to the phone and make our pledge of support and these great songs will come your way. You can choose 7cds all original hits by the original artists or you can choose 3dvds, theyre both an incredible collection put them both together by the way for 250 and the sounds and the emotions and the memories and the experience will be yours. But right now we need you to stand by pbs. Your membership at the 150 level another membership at the 250 level whatever it is that you can afford to give whether its 60, 50 dollars you decide that amount but its all of these memberships together that allow all of us to all be a part of the experience to all stand by pbs and to preserve golden moments like this. So more about these thank yous, hurry go to the phone right now. The urgency is all we need to hear from you support pbs doo wop romance in the air tonight. Narrator its easy to make your pledge, pick up the phone and call right now. At the 150 level, you can choose a 3dvd set featuring the greatest doo wop love songs of all time. [music playing]. Narrator three discs of classic doo wop love songs, your choice at the 150 level. [music playing]. Narrator or you can choose an all new 7cd set featuring the greatest original doo wop love songs. Your choice at the 150 level. [music playing]. Narrator by joining or rejoining the station at the 250 level, well send you 10 discs, 7cds and 3dvds the ultimate doo wop love song collection. Our way of saying thanks for supporting great doo wop music right here on pbs. [music playing]. Tj lubinsky and now to the pbs doo wop hostess with the mostest, Denise Richardson. Denise richardson you know something tj i think we should all consider what it means to be the last surviving member of a family. Now thats something we all have in common, oh maybe the last surviving member of a family or a group, it begins to mean more to you as you get older. The world around you, the music around you, the history, holding onto the nostalgia of time gone by, holding onto the family stories that you have but also holding onto your relationship with your public broadcasting station. So think about that as your thinking about picking up the phone, whatever ever you can give can make all the difference in the world to keep this programming coming. To keep the newshour on, to keep science and technology coming to you, youre at the gateway to the world with your pbs station so thank you for picking up that phone right now. Tell me about Public Television what does it mean to you . Woman there isnt a day that goes by that i dont watch it. I dont need cable, everything, it has everything, arts, music, everything. Denise rhardson now what about this music is particularly fun for you . Woman i grew up with this music and i love it and its, i love all kinds of music but this is number one for me. Woman 2 you should pick up the phone and support Public Television because they have great shows, and it brings back a lot of memories with the music they play, i just love it. Woman 3 its educational, i love it because of all the great educational shows, i raised my children on Public Television, i did they all learned their abcs and 123s and everything and we watched all of the great nature shows and everything and we still watch it. Man i like it because of the recognition of the artist, these memories that the songs bring back and its just an enjoyment and clean fun and i just love it. Narrator theres many ways to show your support for doo wop music on pbs. Choose and all new 7cd set, featuring the greatest original doo wop love songs, your choice at the 150 level. [music playing]. Narrator these are the original doo wop classics by the original artists, 150 when you pledge right now. [music playing]. Narrator our way of saying thanks for supporting great doo wop music right here on pbs. [music playing]. Narrator its easy to make your pledge, pick up the phone and call right now. At the 150 level, you can choose a 3dvd set featuring all the greatest doo wop love songs ever waxed. [music playing]. Charlie thomas hi, this is Charlie Thomas of the drifters and i would like to thank you for supporting pbs and god bless you in keeping that rocknroll going. [music playing]. Cousin brucie ben e. King my friends, the legendary ben e. King. Listen this is so great, i am so happy that you are on the show, of course i mean if you dont, you belong in this show you were right up there, you are a covenant encyclopedia of the great, great doo wop time period. Ben e. , this has been such a great career for you, what a career. Ben e. King yes, its been going very well. Im overjoyed. Cousin brucie stand by us. Ben e. King yes. Cousin brucie stand by us. Ben e. King when the night has come and the land is dark, and the moon is the only night well see. No i wont be afraid, oh i wont be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me, and pbs. Cousin brucie stand by us. Ben e. King stand by me and pbs dont forget most importantly. Cousin brucie thats right, so that kid to tell everybody the way you feel about this and know that you are so involved in our shows and you know the importance of preserving, preserving and archiving i like to say, such a highfalutin word, but taking care of this music instead of letting it disappear, tell these people please. Ben e. King i want you to support the music because this music that will keep you alive and enjoying what you are doing in your life. This music has traveled for years and years in the hearts and in the minds, all your grandparents, all your mothers and fathers and all your kids now. So just do me a favor, get to the phone, call in, you know as i know the best music out there. [music playing]. Denise richardson you are the important part of Public Television. It is so important to pick up that phone to say i want to keep this programming coming because i want my kids, my grandkids to know and their friends let me add i want them all to know how valuable all this music was to my life and how we understood the lyrics right . So pick up the phone vote now. Narrator every pledge counts here at pbs. Why not consider joining us at the 60 level and well send you doo wop love songs live. Classic live tracks made for romance, show your love for pbs and great doo wop music. Make your 60 contribution right now. Tj lubinsky alright very quickly we are getting ready to go into a tribute, a Long Time Coming this tribute to be able to just take a few minutes, take a pause and remember the music of the late great mr. Johnny maestro, of course the lead singer of the crests and the Brooklyn Bridge. Incredible touching moment weve all shared and thankfully for my music series we were able to get johnny to perform a lot of his hits that we never brought to you on television in their entirety so were going to show you some samples of those reflect and remember and be back with some more moments. Please, pick up your phone and help us remember the great ones. Keep the great ones alive. We will do that their legacy, their history, their memory with your pledge. [music playing]. The Brooklyn Bridge step, step. Step, step. Step, step. Step, step step by step i fell in love with you. And step by step it wasnt hard to do. Kiss by kiss and hand in hand. Thats the way it all began. Soon we found the perfect plan for love. Side by side we took a lovers walk. And word by word we had a lovers talk. One word led to another and then. Then in no time were up to ten. My heart knew it was gonna end in love. First step, a sweet hello. Second step, my hearts aglow. Third step, we had a date. Fourth step, we stayed up late. Fifth step, i walk you home. Sixth step, were all alone. Seventh step, we took a chance. One kiss and true romance. Step by step we climbed to heavens door. And step by step, each thrill invited more. Then you promised faithfully. All your love belonged to me. Now i know well always be in love. Here we go. Step. Step, step. Step, step. Step, step. Step, step. Step, step. Step, step. Do you remember. Happy birthday. Happy birthday, baby. Oh, i love you so. Sixteen candles make lovely light. But not as bright, as your eyes tonight, as your eyes tonight. Blow out the candles; make your wish come true. For ill be wishing that you love me too. That you love me too. Youre only sixteen. Sixteen. But youre my teenage queen. Youre my queen. Oh, youre the prettiest and loveliest girl ive ever seen, ive ever seen. Sixteen candles in my heart will glow. Forever and ever for i love you so. For i love you so. Ohohohohohoh ohohohohoh. Oh, oh, gee, but id give the world. If youd say that youd be my girl. Id love you so and never let you go. Oh no, never let you go. Oh, gee, if you only knew. Just how much i depend on you. Im sure youd start. To give your heart to me. You are my desire. Just for you, i live. If i could make you mine. Theres nothing that i wouldnt give. Ohoh. Gee, wont you love me too. Love me too. Take these arms that i offer you. And i will be eternally yours. Ohohohoh. Ohohoh. Oh [applause]. Johnny maestro listen, thank you, thank you so much. You guys are great thank you, thank you, thank you. The angels listened in, listened in, when they heard me pray. The angels listened in. Tj lubinsky nothing like this man and his music johnny maestro, Brooklyn Bridge, memories of the crests right here on your Public Television station and you think of those songs six nights a week, my juanita, love that and all the big hits like angles listened in and theres trouble in paradise, sixteen candles, wow, what a talent and he survives his memory survives, his performance survives here in this amazing collection. Our last pledge break though, last opportunity, the old clock is here memories, seconds ticking down. Your dollars your support allowing us to continue this so if youve been moved by this of course we all are by what weve just seen in this incredible show, so many wonderful legends of vocal Group Harmony that weve preserved on Public Television. We ask you right now during this last pledge break, last opportunity pick up the phone, make your pledge join the station right now and when you do well say thank you in so many ways. 250 its a wonderful gift well send you both the 3dvd set and the 7cd set. Youve got the incredible performances youve just seen, part of this 3 cd set, two additional shows that you havent seen on television will come your way when you become a member right now during this last opportunity or 7cds of all the original hits by the original artists and wow talk about some great songs on here. Some things we put on here, part of this, this new collection that weve made this my music series, why you do me like you do thats a classic favorite. My absolute personal favorite of all the cleftone songs, thats on here. Things like the shrine of saint cecelia by Willie Winfield and the harptones another great song that will make you cry when you hear that. Early stuff but such beautiful voices with the sensations with please mr. Disc jockey, love that. Music music music is on here, yes sir thats my baby, what a terrific group and we never had the opportunity in our specials to preserve them, to record their legacy or history on television. We have their records and thats whats wonderful about this as well. All those great songs from all the great groups whether its the volumes singing i love you or the drifters singing dance with me, another one from ben e. King. Theyre all here but time is short its the last dance our time for romance with you and preserving this music and having this collection which is truly a collectors item, is on right now. Pick up your phone last break please call. Narrator take this last opportunity to dance to your phone and make your pledge for pbs. The my music romance dvd collection will come your way. [music playing]. Narrator plus the special dvd collection features our tribute to johnny maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge. [music playing]. Narrator or if you prefer the original recordings you can choose the 150 level and the 7cd set featuring all of johnnys early hits and more will come your way. [music playing]. Narrator consider joining us at the 60 level during this final membership break around the program and the my music soundtrack cd is yours. Our mission, great programming, archiving and preserving your memories we do that with your pledge so please dont wait, call right now. [music playing]. Tj lubinsky and it is our last pledge break, our last opportunity in this broadcast of the program, doo wop romance love songs, kissing in the back seat, falling in love, holding hands, wishing and hoping and loving and being. Looking back of all the memories, where were you the first time you heard these songs . Where were you . Who were you with . Are you still with that, well ok you answer that one for yourself. Was it the first girlfriend, the same girlfriend, new girlfriend, new husband, memories of time being with your husband. We look back and we think now five years ago, ten years ago, we had the legends with us as youve had members of your family with you and time moves on but time is not our friend with these shows it never has been, we are losing legends every minute and we hope that this brings back emotional moments with you with times in your own family and in memory of someone in your family. Your pledge support allows us to combat the evils of time to stop time and to rewind the clock as if we could go back. Last chance for you to get on the horn and say pbs please keep doing this and were goi