The Crew Cuts - Singles Collection 1954-60 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Boys - Circuits Overload [VINYL LP] date 11/04/2008

The Four Lads were one of several male vocal quartets who enjoyed their heyday in the early years of the 1950s which some nostalgia buffs regard as the golden age of popular music before rock 'n' roll changed the pop landscape for ever. The Canadian quartet began their careers singing at the same Toronto church as members of The Crew Cuts, and originally came to the fore providing vocal back-up for Johnnie ray on his landmark hit InchCryInch as well as several later hits. They forged a hit career for themselves in their own right, recording for Columbia, scoring their first hits in 1952, and going on to achieve more than twenty-five hits during the 1950s. This great-value 57-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of their singles during the era for the Okeh, Columbia, Kapp and Dot labels and features all their 'solo' chart entries from the era, including the Top 10 hits InchMoments To RememberInch, InchNot MuchInch, Standing On The CornerInch, InchSkokiaanInch, InchPut A Light In The WindowInch, and InchWho Needs YouInch. They were very much a group who epitomised the musical spirit of their times, and in capturing the pop mood of those years, this collection offers an entertaining cross-section of their work Album Tracks 1. I May Hate Myself in the Morning 2. The Mocking Bird 3. Thanks to You 4. Somebody Loves Me 5. Blackberry Boogie 6. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder 7. He Who Has Love 8. Take Me Back 9. Down By the Riverside 10. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 11. I Should Have Told You Long Ago 12. Harmony Brown 13. Gotta' Go to the the Fais Do Do 14. Long John 15. Oh That'll Be Joyful 16. Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By the Sea 17. I Hear It Everywhere 18. Why Should I Love You So 19. Skokiaan 20. Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree 21. Dance Calinda 22. I've Been Thinking 23. Pledging My Love

The Five Satins were one of the many doo-wop vocal groups to achieve popularity during the genre's boom years of the mid-50s, and their huge debut hit InchIn The Still Of The NightInch has become one of the most played oldies on US radio over the decades. They began their career as The Scarlets before becoming The Five Satins, recording for Bobby Robinson's Red Robin tag, and then the small Standord tag, for whom they recorded their debut hit before it was sold to Ember, the tag where they made most of their best-known titles, before releasing tracks on MGM/Cub, United Artists and Chancellor in the early '60s. This 56-track 2-CD collection comprises all the titles released on those labels, including their Ember album tracks, from their 1954 debut through to 1962, by which time their main heyday was over, although they have had a long and successful career on the revival circuit in the USA. It's a must for anyone interested in collecting the best of the material from the classic groups of the doowop era. Album Tracks 1. Dear One (The Scarlets) - the Scarlets 2. I've Lost (The Scarlets) - the Scarlets 3. Love Doll (The Scarlets) - the Scarlets 4. Darling I'm Yours (The Scarlets) - the Scarlets 5. Cry Baby (The Scarlets) - the Scarlets 6. True Love (The Scarlets) - the Scarlets 7. Indian Fever (The Scarlets) - the Scarlets 8. Kiss Me (The Scarlets) - the Scarlets 9. All Mine (The Five Satins) 10. Rose Mary (The Five Satins) 11. In the Still of the Night (The Five Satins) 12. The Jones Girl (The Five Satins) 13. Weeping Willow (The Five Satins) 14. Wonderful Girl (The Five Satins) 15. Our Love Is Forever (The Five Satins) 16. Oh Happy Day (The Five Satins) 17. To the Aisle (The Five Satins) 18. Wish I Had My Baby (The Five Satins) 19. Our Anniversary (The Five Satins) 20. Pretty Baby (The Five Satins) 21. A Million to One (The