Doo Wop

Another one of the beautifully sung doo wop golden oldies is “Daddy’s Home.” It was co-written by lead singer James “Shep” Sheppard and William Miller and became a hit for Shep and The Limelites in 1961. The song went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the R&B Chart. Shep had earlier success with the doo wop R&B group The Hearbeats, especially with their song “A Thousand Miles Away” in 1956, but the group broke up. Roulette/Rama bought the rights from the Hull label and reissued “A Thousand Miles Away” in 1960. It charted, and Shep formed what became known as Shep and The Limelites with Clarence Basset (who had sung with The Five Sharps) and Charles Baskerville (who had sung with The Videos). “Daddy’s Home” was an answer to “A Thousand Miles Away.” It has been covered by numerous artists, including P.J. Proby, Jermaine Jackson, Toots and the Maytals, and Cliff Richard.

Here are the lyrics to “Daddy’s Home” by Shep and The Limelites:

“You’re my love, you’re my angel
You’re the girl of my dreams
I’d like to thank you for waiting patiently
Daddy’s home, daddy’s home to stay

How I’ve waited for this moment to be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had teardrops in your eyes
Daddy’s home, daddy’s home to stay

It wasn’t on a Sunday
(Monday and Tuesday went by)
It wasn’t on a Tuesday afternoon
(All I could do was cry)
But I made a promise that you treasured
I made it back home to you

How I’ve waited for this moment to be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had teardrops in your eyes
Daddy’s home, daddy’s home to stay

Daddy’s home to stay
I’m not a thousand miles away”

For another song by The Heartbeats: “A Thousand Miles Away.”

If you are interested in purchasing and listening to more music by Shep and The Limelites, please consider this: Very Best Of / Daddy’s Home

For More Golden Oldies Music

The Daily Doo Wop Rec Room has daily featured doo wop music, rock and roll hits, R&B, or rockabilly songs that were hits during the first era of rock and roll (that is, from about 1952 until the British invasion in 1964). After a song is featured, it then goes into the juke box. You are welcome to listen to any of the 40+ selections there. Every weekend, there is a Golden Oldies Juke Box Saturday Night, and the juke box is full of song requests from the 1950s and 1960s.

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