Never get tired of stuff like that said Peel after playing this slice of 1957 vintage doo-wop. At the Altar was a new discovery for him thanks to a blandly named but recently released compilation album from Ace Records. I don’t think it’s as good as Sonny Til and the Orioles version of Crying in the Chapel, but the mid-section, where Staton makes clear his devotion and need to fulfil his promise to his fiancée, seems to foretell my beloved A Thousand Stars, a track which would have still held relevance to me in 1992. I also like the way that amid all the lush romanticism of this track, it still manages to slip in a surprisingly prosaic line about going somewhere exotic for their honeymoon.
Video courtesy of the doowopMan1961.
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