Can anyone please tell me if this song is performed by The Crystals or The Ronettes?

I get a little confused when I hear these two names, these two girl bands sound so similar to me that I'm starting to think that they just changed names at one point of their career....

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Okay, without Googling, I'm going to try to rekindle my brain waves back to 1963-64 or so when this song was out.  I'm thinking it was the Ronettes with Ronnie Spector who was then married to the now accused murderer Phil Spector. Back then he only held guns to women's heads without pulling the trigger.  Oh, and to some men's heads too like John Lennon. 

Be my baby noooooo oooww...

I'll make you happy, baby,

Just wait and see

For every kiss you give me

I'll give you three.

Oh won't you say you love me

I'll make you so proud of me

We'll make them turn their heads dear

Every place we go... 

But I could be wrong.  The 45 is in the basement of my parents' house somewhere in the suburbs of Detroit with the rest of my fabulous collection.

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Thank you, Susan! I think they're Ronettes too, even though The Crystals do sound very similar.

When I left my parents house to go live by myself together with my love I just took away everything that I owned, also huge stuff. Selfish, ain't I? I should have left some souvenirs for them to remember what a wonderful brat I've been...

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Mr. Silencio the original Shoop Shoop song ( it's in his kiss) was by Betty Everett in 1964. 

An IMdb search of the soundtrack of Mean Streets does not show that song- that doesn't mean the listing is complete. 

(Cher did a widely played cover of the song from the 1990 movie " Mermaids".) http://www.spectropop.com/femme/betty_everett.html

One of The Crystal's big ones was " Da Do Ron Ron 

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecrystals/albums/album/10908643/rock_masters_da_do_ron_ron

Oh ah, i know these gals from my parent's records...    ( Yeah sure. That would have been wax cylinders        )

I'm happy I started this.

Yes, "The shoop shoop song" sung in Mean streets could be a Supremes version, but it is in Mean Streets. Rent it and check it out!

I believe these artists have all sung the same songs sooner or later anyway...

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

My Italian friend, here are Pete the soldati, our venerable beloved capo George and our smooth councilieri Christopher j/k ( my crew )

Renting Mean Streets is not a bad idea Mr. Silencio. Marty knows that world very well, and any way you slice it that is a great soundtrack.

You can bet Mean Streets is Scorsese almost at his best. Harvey Keitel here is simply breathtaking with his pre-bad lieutenant performance and Deniro looks fabulously like a little lost boy. Good part also for Amy Robinson, who stars in this film only in her entire career before turning up as a producer (she produced After hours)

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Thanks for that tip on Ronnie's " Last of the rock Stars" OSF. I gotta ( er, have to : ) ) hear some contemporary Ronnie !

Mr. Silencio if you like those old girl groups you might also look up The Chantelles, The Shirelles, the Marvellettes for starters. Did your Dad like those groups ?  Or was your exposure from movies ? The innocent honest unpretentious lyrics and the music is " a beautiful thing" as DL might say.

Erwin : Nicknames have faded with time except mine for some reason. Yes, it is Numbers or Numerator. I'm off to the Valencia Tavern this afternoon-George and Pete will be there among others. Then we go to the "Club" A legally chartered "Businessmens' " social club. After dark and the old Sicilian guys finish their pinocle games we will have a nice late night poker game.  No betting of course, just for the fun of who gets the most chips.

If all goes according to prosecutorial plan, Ronnie may just be a witness against her ex- at his upcoming (supposedly in January) murder trial and testify about his abuse back in their days of marital non-bliss.  Yours truly will do her part and report from the courthouse as I did during the Robert Blake trial.  Should be quite a hoot.

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Here's the clip where they perform, I suppose, live, back from 1965.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7sGsJtJYsI&mode=related&search=

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Or, for a 1980s update:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVfJ_KMQV38