Bop Doo-Wopp

Bop Doo-Wopp
Live album / studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1984
RecordedNovember 1983 (live)
December 1983 (studio)
October 1984 (studio)
VenueNakano Sunplaza Hall, Tokyo
Symphony Hall, Boston
StudioStudio 55, LA, CA
Paradise Studios, Sydney, Australia
GenreJazz
Length28:52
LabelAtlantic
ProducerTim Hauser, Richard Perry
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
Bodies and Souls
(1983)
Bop Doo-Wopp
(1984)
Vocalese
(1985)

Bop Doo-Wopp is an album by the Manhattan Transfer, released at the end of 1984 on the Atlantic Records label. Six of the ten tracks on Bop Doo-Wopp are live performances.[1]

The album contains the song "Route 66" which originally appeared on the soundtrack to the Burt Reynolds film Sharky's Machine.

The album is essentially a live album (6 tracks) with some additional studio cuts (4 tracks). Five tracks were recorded live at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Japan in November 1983. Songs from these concerts were also released in 1996 on their album Man-Tora! Live in Tokyo. The other live cut, "Duke of Dubuque", was recorded for the Evening at Pops series on PBS. The song "Safronia B" was recorded in Sydney, Australia in December 1983. The other three songs were recorded in New York City.

  1. ^ "Bob Doo-Wopp". the Manhattan Transfer. Retrieved August 7, 2024.