The Legendary Vocal Groups: 200 Original Hits & Rarities

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
orchestra:
Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (on 1954-09-08)
recording of:
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (on 1954-09-08)
writer:
Roy Bennett (US songwriter) and Sid Tepper
The Ames Brothers2:52
2Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
recording of:
Buzz Buzz Buzz
writer:
John Gray (US r&b/rockabilly musician, songwriter, label owner) and Robert James Byrd, Sr
publisher:
Stone Agate Music and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
The Hollywood Flames2:17
3Only YouThe Platters2:39
4Book of Love
The Monotones2:21
5Save the Last Dance for MeThe Drifters2:31
6I Want You
The Cadets2:50
7Yakety Yak
The Coasters1:49
8The Wheel of Fortune
The Cardinals2:52
9Love, Love, Love
The Clovers2:03
10I’ve Been Your Dog
The Moonglows2:40
11Itchy Twitchy Feeling
The Swallows2:21
12Let ’em Roll
The Midnighters2:40
13Sixty Minute Man
The Dominoes2:33
14Little Boy of Mine
The Delicates2:53
15Searchin’The Coasters2:41
16The Slummer the Slum
The Five Royales2:15
17Tonight’s the Night
The Chiffons1:43
18Honey Love
The Drifters2:23
19Gee
The Crows2:14
20Get a Job
The Silhouettes2:48
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mister Lee
The Bobbettes2:13
2Free and Easy
The Titans2:12
3Riot in Cell Block #9
The Robins (Coasters)3:00
4Lovey Dovey
The Clovers2:43
5That’s It Man
The Valentines2:48
6Ruby Baby
The Drifters2:21
7Come-A, Come-A
The Bobbettes2:29
8Sixteen Candles
The Crests2:56
9But Not for Me
The Clickettes2:23
10Twilight Time
The Platters2:48
11Dearest Darling
The Rosebuds2:37
12Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
The Impalas2:37
13Love Sweet Love
The Teen Queens2:19
14The Door Is Still Open
The Cardinals3:00
15Who’s Lovin’ You
cover recording of:
Who’s Lovin’ You
lyricist and composer:
Smokey Robinson
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
The Supremes2:50
16So Fine
The Fiestas2:19
17Idol With the Golden Head
The Coasters2:22
18Born Too Late
conductor:
O. B. Masingill
arranger:
O. B. Masingill
recording of:
Born Too Late (The Poni-Tails song)
lyricist:
Fred Tobias (Broadway lyricist)
composer:
Charles Strouse
The Poni-Tails2:19
19Way Over There
The Marvelettes2:24
20Jo Jo
The Dells3:00
CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Western Movies
recording of:
Western Movies
writer:
Cliff Goldsmith and Fred Smith (60s producer)
publisher:
Escort Music Company and Keymen Music (publisher)
The Olympics2:22
2Drip Drop
The Drifters2:28
3Tears of Sorrow
The Primettes2:24
4Hucklebuck With Jimmie
The Five Keys2:23
5Zippity Zum
The Chords2:29
6Smokey Joe’s Café
The Robins (Coasters)2:47
7Alley Oop
cover recording of:
Alley Oop
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician)
The Dyna-Sores2:29
8Where Is My Love Tonight
The Starlets1:53
9Got the Water Boiling
The Regals2:39
10Boot ’em Up
The Du-Droppers2:42
11Good Golly Miss Molly
The Playboys2:41
12Could It Be
The Sh-Booms (The Chords)2:45
13Come Go With Me
The Del‐Vikings2:40
14You Tickle Me Baby
The Royal Jokers2:44
15Nip Sip
The Clovers3:00
16Sh-Boom
cover recording of:
Sh‐Boom
writer:
William Edwards (The Chords), Carl Feaster, Claude Feaster, James Keyes and Floyd McRae
premiered by:
The Chords (50s US doo-wop group "Sh-Boom")
The Crew Cuts52:47
17Walt That Walk
The Sheiks2:31
18Money Honey
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
guitar:
Walter Adams (guitarist for The Drifters) (on 1953-08-09)
baritone vocals:
Gerhart Trasher (on 1953-08-09)
bass vocals:
Willie Ferbie (on 1953-08-09)
lead vocals:
Clyde McPhatter (on 1953-08-09)
tenor vocals:
Bill Pinkney (on 1953-08-09) and Andrew Trasher (on 1953-08-09)
recorded at:
Atlantic Recording Studio (234 West 56th St., New York, 1947-1956) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1953-08-09)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 252)
recording of:
Money Honey (on 1953-08-09)
lyricist and composer:
Jesse Stone
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, First Digital Music, Walden Music, Inc., Walden, Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and ZFC Music
The Drifters42:56
19Earth Angel
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 151)
recording of:
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) (in 1954)
writer:
Jesse Belvin, Gaynel Hodge, Curtis Williams (1950s doo-wop singer, member of The Penguins) and Dootsie Williams
publisher:
Dootsie Williams Music (publisher) (in 1986)
part of:
Back to the Future: the Musical
The Penguins52:56
20Down in Mexico
The Coasters3:17
CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Little Darlin’
The Diamonds2:09
2Charlie Brown
The Coasters2:19
3Moments to Remember You By
The Romeos2:21
4You, You, You
recording of:
You, You, You
lyricist:
Robert Mellin
composer:
Lotar Olias
version of:
You You You
The Ames Brothers2:54
5Young Blood
The Coasters2:20
6Blue Moon
The Sh-Booms2:34
7The Great Pretender
The Platters2:41
8Bells of Love
The Pearls2:12
9Such a Night
The Drifters2:28
10Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Gary Chester (studio drummer and educator) (in 1960)
kettle drum:
Carole King (in 1960)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (in 1960)
lead vocals:
Shirley Owens (in 1960)
vocals:
Doris Coley (in 1960), Addie Harris (in 1960) and Beverly Lee (in 1960)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HHO Licensing Ltd.
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1960 (number: 4), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 125) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 151)
recording of:
Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Carole King song) (in 1960)
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
composer:
Carole King
publisher:
Lushmole Music, Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Shirelles3.752:39
11Hey Baby Baby
The Castelles2:57
12Brazil
The Coasters2:22
13My Pidgeon’s Gone
The Five Keys2:17
14Finders Keepers
The Crescendos2:34
15My Only Desire
The Flyers3:01
16Go! Go! Go!
The Treniers2:24
17It’s Good to Me
The Ospreys1:44
18Along Came Jones
recording of:
Along Came Jones
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
The Coasters2:57
19Shadows of Love
The Pearls2:48
20That’s What You’re Doin’ to Me
The Dominoes2:20
CD 5
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Smoke Get’s in Your Eyes
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1958-09-24)
producer:
Buck Ram
lead vocals:
Tony Williams (1928 - 1992, USA, lead singer of the Platters, Samuel E. Williams)
performer:
The Platters
cover recording of:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (on 1958-09-24)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Redwood Music, T.B. Harms Co. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
The Platters3.752:39
2Pledge of Love
The Penguins2:43
3The Girl I Love
The Glowtones2:21
4Are You Forgetting
The Royals2:29
5Dance With MeThe Drifters2:22
6Can’t You Understand
The King Bees2:43
7You Hear
The Lamplighters2:34
8Short Skirts
The Sh-Booms2:44
9That Is Rock & Roll
The Coasters2:25
10Don’t You Know I Love You
The Clovers3:14
11Jennie Lee
The Dominoes2:01
12Oh Julie
recording of:
Oh Julie
writer:
Noel Ball and Kenneth R. Moffitt
The Crescendos2:42
13Shouldn’t I Know
The Cardinals3:10
14Love Potion #9
The Clovers1:55
15In the Still of the Night
producer:
Marty Kugell
double bass:
Doug Murray (double bassist) (in 1956-02)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Bobby Mapp (in 1956-02)
piano:
Curlee Glover (in 1956-02)
solo saxophone:
Vinny Mazzetta (in 1956-02)
vocals:
Al Denby (in 1956-02), Jim Freeman (in 1956-02), Ed Martin (in 1956-02), Nat Mosley (in 1956-02) and Fred Parris (in 1956-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Standard Records (in 1956)
recorded at:
Saint Bernadette Catholic School (New Haven) in New Haven, Connecticut, United States (in 1956-02)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 90) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 170)
recording of:
In the Still of the Night (Five Satins doo-wop song) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Parris
publisher:
Llee Corp. and Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label)
The Five Satins52:58
16Rag Mop
vocals:
The Ames Brothers (on 1949-05-12)
orchestra:
Roy Ross & his Orchestra (on 1949-05-12)
conductor:
Roy Ross (on 1949-05-12)
recording of:
Rag Mop (on 1949-05-12)
writer:
Deacon Anderson (songwriter, vocalist, steel guitarist) and Johnnie Lee Wills
publisher:
Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated)
The Ames Brothers2:38
17Why Do Fools Fall in Love
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 8) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 307)
recording of:
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (in 1955-11)
additional writer:
George Goldner, Jimmy Merchant (US singer, member of The Teenagers) and Herman Santiago (singer for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
writer:
Morris Levy and Frankie Lymon
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Patricia Music, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers4.52:17
18Speedo
The Cadillacs2:15
19Big Man
The Four Preps2:19
20Down in the Alley
The Clovers2:22
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