"Book of Love" (also titled "(Who Wrote) The Book of Love") is a #rockAndRoll / #doowop song, originally by #TheMonotones. It was written by three members of the group, Warren Davis, George Malone and Charles Patrick. Lead singer Charles Patrick heard a #Pepsodent toothpaste commercial with the line "you'll wonder where the yellow went"/ "when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent", which inspired him to come up with, "I wonder, wonder, wonder who.
https://youtu.be/-xDwq8NM9G4

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THE MONOTONES:
🎵 The Book of Love

#THEMONOTONES

https://open.spotify.com/track/4rc5ZzvU4Ke8Yy2A2wRaIl

https://fidelitymasters.bandcamp.com/track/book-of-love

And that meant they didn't leave much of a catalog for exploring, never mind transformation or growth. Still, for the curious, here's a full collection of #TheMonotones' #music (3/3)

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Bpr0LzFjdDjBHKsT9JxOV?si=13KRNZqbR5OZV6gVnhxSVg

#TheMonotones one and only hit makes regular appearances in collections of 50s #music, but the group itself barely mattered. They didn't put out anything else nearly as compelling. But here's that hit. (2/3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmvxCbehzFE

One Hit No More Chapter 5: #TheMonotones Squeezed All They Could Out of "The Book of Love"

LINK: https://bit.ly/2TLn31B

A short and inexplicably hostile history (what was up with me that day?) of another doo-wop group. Real "one hit wonders" this time. #music (1/3)