Sarah White - Bluebird - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Sarah White - All My Skies Are Blue [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/19/1999

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (enhanced) (eng) [COMPACT DISCS] Enhanced date 10/13/1998

The Crests were a ground-breaking multiracial pop/doowop group formed in the mid-1950s when singer Johnny Mastrangelo joined forces with a doowop quartet comprising three African-Americans and one Puerto Rican - as time went on Johnny Mastrangelo became Johnny Masters, Johnny Mastro and then Johnny Maestro as he turned to solo recording as well. Having had a minor hit on the Joyce tag, they signed to Coed Records, and in 1958 had a major success when InchSixteen CandlesInch was a US No. 2, kicking off a career which brought several more chart successes through into the '60s as Tony Middleton and James Ancrum took over lead vocal duties from Johnny Maestro. This great-value 51-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of their singles on the Coed, Trans Atlas, Selma and Times Square labels from these years as The Crests, Johnny Masters, Johnny Maestro and Johnny Maestro & The Original Crests, plus the tracks from their album InchThe Crests Sing All BiggiesInch not otherwise released on singles. It features all their ten pop and R&B chart entries from this era, including the pop No. 2 and R&B No. 4 InchSixteen CandlesInch. It's about as comprehensive a selection of their work from this era that could be assembled and captures a highly distinctive style of music that ranges through doowop, R&B, rock 'n' roll and pure teen pop.