Various - Early Girls 5 CD Box Set 1953-64
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Brought to you by the team behind the Golden Age Of American Rock'n'Roll , Early Girls is our exploration of female pop in the early rock era and encompasses solo artists, girl groups and male vocalists fronted by a female lead. The emphasis is very much on Hot 100 hits.
The subtitling - Early Girls Volume 1 1955-1964 - merely hints at the delights waiting to be heard on this CD. Among its 28 tracks are some of the best girl recordings of the 1950s and 1960s. Carole King sings her classic It Might As Well Rain Until September - a wonderful recording that predates her mega-selling 'Tapestry' album by 9 years. Shirley Ellis raps and rhymes the novelty hit The Name Game, Betty Everett asserts herself after the realisation of You're No Good while Reparata & The Delrons sing their eternal song of confused adolesence Whenever A Teenager Cries. The Shirelles define the girl group sound with Dedicated To The One I Love (and on the way offer an anthem for the harmony sound of the late 1960s - the song was covered by The Mamas & Papas). The Paris Sisters caress I Love How You Love Me, The Angels philsophise on 'Til and Rosie & The Originals sing Angel Baby (in an alternate take of Highland 1011).The Blossoms feature on Son-In-Law, their only hit under their own name. As session singers they appeared on a multitude of other people's recordings as well as ghosting the vocals for The Crystals on He's A Rebel. The group's Darlene Love and Fanita James also scored as two-thirds of Bob B Soxx & The Blue Jeans with Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah and Darlene went on to chart on Phil Spector's Philles label. Unlike other 'girl' compilations, this mixes groups with solo artists and is drawn from far wider period. From start to finish, this album is a joy (and there is more still to come).More trivia...
The Murmaids Popsicles & Icicles was a one-hit wonder, though it did smash in to the Hot 100 at No3. Who wrote it? None other than David Gates
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Early Girls Vol 2 continues our exploration of female pop in the early rock era and encompasses solo artists, girl groups and male vocalists fronted by a female lead. In common with the first volume, the emphasis is on Hot 100 hits, such as Ruby & the Romantics' stylish Our Day Will Come (a US no. 1), Lesley Gore's cry for independence You Don't Own Me, Peggy Lee's truly timeless Fever (heard here in phenomenal stereo), Dinah Washington's irresistible September In The Rain and The Exciters' torrid pop-soul innocence, Bobby's Girl, a Top 3 US hit in 1962. Incidentally, another goodie, April Stevens' kitsch Teach Me Tiger is being featured in a TV ad for a well- known cat food, and will probably receive a wider audience than when it first out (in the States only) in 1959 Ann-Margret's I just Don't Understand was a particular favourite of John Lennon's and a Beatles' version, recorded for the BBC 1963, was recently released on one of the "Anthology" volumes. Rockabilly singer Kent Westberry originally wrote I Just 1963, was recently released on one of the "Anthology" volumes. Rockabilly singer Kent Westberry originally wrote I Just Dont Understand as a harmonica instrumental for his friend Charlie McCoy but nothing came of it. Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin put words to the melody and Ann-Margret cut the song in Nashville, with McCoy on harmonica and Jerry Kennedy playing the first fuzz guitar licks-heard on a hit record. Damita Jo recorded the engaging answer record I'll Save The Last Dance For You, which reached the US Top 30 in the wake of the Drifters #1 Save The Last Dance For Me. Both records utilised the same arranger, Stan Applebaum, who astutely ensured that Jo's version was sufficiently different to merit airplay in its own right. In fact, there are those who prefer it to the Drifters' original. We leave you to decide. This sparkling set also contains several significant non-hits, most notably the little known original version of My Boy Lollipop by 16 year old Barbie Gaye, recorded some 7 years prior to Millie Small's million seller. We feel this alone is worth the price of the CD. Songwriter Ellie Greenwich (heard elsewhere on this CD as a member of the Raindrops), was so taken by the record that she named herself Ellie Gaye when she began making records in 1958. Also included is the rare Highland label version of Lonely Blue Nights, Rosie &The Originals' lost' follow-up to Angel Baby and Forgive Me by Babs Tino -surely a record that deserved a better fate than its minuscule chart placing. As always, we bring you premium audio quality and presentation to match. Please form an orderly queue!
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Patti Page was surely the Madonna of her day. One wonders if the hip clubbers who raved to Groove Armada's On The Beach last year realised they were chilling to the Singing Rage's 1957 classic Old Cape Cod in disguise. Here's the Ibiza crowd's chance to 'sample' the original. Patti's fans will no doubt also appreciate the inclusion of delicious tracks by multi-tracked former big band singer Margie Rayburn, Philly teenagers Jodie Sands, breathy-voiced 1960s TV starlet Shelley Fabares and mysterious Hollywood folkie Shelby Flint whose delicate offerings are scattered like cherries throughout this cake of a compilation.
Those with a taste for nuttier R&B might prefer the selections by Della Reese (dig that diction!), Stax legend Carla Thomas, Esther Phillips (reborn as a country singer), Etta James (ditto as an interpreter of standards), cool jazz icon Etta Jones, white soul goddess Timi Yuro and Faye 'Atomic' Adams whose rousing original of the perennial Shake A Hand must surely be the definitive version. Talking of rousing, blonde bombshell Lillian Briggs out-swings Louis Jordan on her attack on his I Want You To Be My Baby. This is the version Alan Freed fan Ellie Greenwich thrilled to back in 1955 and helped inspire her to write her own songs. Thanks, Lillian.
Among the poppier lovelies representing early 1960s solo girls are Joanie Sommers (the voice of a zillion Pepsi Cola jingles), beach bunny Diane Ray, Suzie Clark (whose P J Proby-composed Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya is the only non-chart track on this CD) plus Connie wannabes like Ginnie Arnell, Bernadette Carroll and Little Peggy March, the youngest female ever to top the Hot 100.
But speaking on behalf, if I may, of all femme pop devotees out there in punterland, the icing on this irresistible confection has to be the inclusion of a handful of desirable girl group-style gems. Where else can you find the Percells' What Are Boys Made Of, the Starlets' Better Tell Him No and He's Mine by the incredibly monikered Alice Wonder Land (a singing maid, no less - eat your heart out, Little Eva). Nowhere that's where. What a coup!
Spanning the years 1953 to 1964, this varied compilation sounds as lovely as the deluxe packaging looks. The booklet is simply to die for. It is, as they say, exactly what it states on the tin - 28 female classics from the Golden Age of American Pop. Buy with confidence.
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The “Early Girls” series usually explores the girl/girl group genre through selections taken from Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the years between 1954-1963, perceived to be the Golden Age of American Popular Music. On this volume, we have added an extra dimension by including a number of entries from Billboard’s Bubbling Under chart woven in with hit records from the Hot 100 proper, to create a very interesting snapshot of the times.
Launched in June 1959, the Bubbling Under chart comprised records nestling just outside the Top 100, tunes that were poised either to make further upward progress or fade quietly away having failed to do the business. In any event, they were usually regional hits, having made it thus far by virtue of strong airplay and sales in particular cities or states.
Trevor Churchill and I have gone to some lengths to bring you those missing links from the chart pantheon of yesteryear and 13 of the titles on Volume 5 are new to CD with three (by the Chantels, Janie Black and Patty Lace) being released in stereo for the first time. Among the many items of interest are Richie by Gloria Dennis, a regional chartmaker from ’62 written and produced by Ted Daryll and Greg Richards who penned Jay & the Americans’ first hit, She Cried, that same year, (Dear Mr DJ) Play It Again by Tina Robin, an early King-Goffin production that tickled the charts in 1961 when pop music was just beginning to look back on itself, Janie Black’s rather precocious Lonely Sixteen, and a cover version of the Shirelles’ first Scepter hit, Tonight’s The Night by the Chiffons, a record that throws up more questions than answers. These were not the He’s So Fine group, but three LA schoolkids hired to warble over an alternative take of the Shirelles backing track for a one-shot label operating from an accommodation address in a Californian suburb. The facsimile proved quite successful, making #76 on the Big Deal label. Some surmise that Scepter, a New York label, covered their own hit as a feint to discourage cover versions on the West Coast!
“Early Girls Volume 5” features fewer pre-rock mamas than on the previous two volumes and more of the glittering teen goddesses of the Brill Building era. There’s some eye grabbing cover art, fully comprehensive notes and treasure trove of rare pics, all of which make it a fitting bookend to Volume 1 in this engaging series.
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Track List Vol 01
1. Do-wah-diddy - The Exciters
2. You're No Good - Betty Everett
3. The Name Game - Shirley Ellis
4. Chains - The Cookies
5. It Might As Well Rain Until September - Caroline King
6. I'm Into Something Good - Earl Jean
7. I Can't Stay Mad at You - Skeeter Davis
8. I Wish I Were A Princess - Little Peggy March
9. I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott
10. Triangle - Janie Grant
11. West Of The Wall - Toni Fisher
12. Pink Shoe Laces - Dodie Stevens
13. Music, Music, Music - The Sensations
14. Dear Abby - The Hearts
15. Whenever A Teenager Cries - Reparta & The Delrons
16. Popsicles And Icicles - The Murmaids
17. Wonderful Summer - Robin Ward
18. I Love How You Love Me - Paris Sisters
19. Dark Moon - Bonnie Guitar
20. You - The Aquatones
21. 'Til - The Angels
22. The Great Pretender - Kathy Young
23. Angel Baby - Rosie And The Originals
24. Eddie My Love - Teen Queens
25. He's Gone - The Chantels
26. Dedicated to the One I Love - The Shirelles
27. Son-in-law - The Blossoms
28. Easier Said Than Done - The Essex
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Track List Vol 02
1. My Boy Lollipop - Barbie Gaye
2. Tell Him - The Exciters
3. Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics
4. The Boy Next Door - The Secrets
5. Every Beat of My Heart - The Pips
6. You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
7. The Street - Terry & The Tunisians
8. Bobby's Girl - Marcie Blane
9. Sugartime - The McGuire Sisters
10. Cry Baby - The Bonnie Sisters
11. Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience and Prudence
12. The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget - The Raindrops
13. Fever - Peggy Lee
14. September in the Rain - Dinah Washington
15. I'll Save The Last Dance For You - Damita Jo
16. Teach Me Tiger - April Stevens
17. I Just Don't Understand - The Jordanaires
18. I Met Him On A Sunday (RONDE-RONDE) - The Shirelles
19. Lonely Blue Nights - Rosie And The Originals
20. Forgive Me (FOR GIVING YOU SUCH A BAD TIME) - Babs Tino
21. A Thousand Stars - Kathy Young
22. Let Me In - The Sensations
23. Well, I Told You - The Chantels
24. Lonely Nights - The Hearts
25. Duchess of Earl - The Pearlettes
26. Move On - The Blossoms
27. Letter Full of Tears - Gladys Knight
28. What's A Matter Baby (IS IT HURTING YOU) - Timi Yuro
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Track List Vol 03
1. My One And Only, Jimmy Boy - The Girlfriends
2. I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March
3. He's Mine - Alice Wonder Land
4. Johnny Angel - Shelly Fabares
5. Dumb Head - Ginny Arnell
6. Please Love Me Forever - Cathy Jean And The Roommates
7. At Last - Etta James
8. What Are My Boys Made Of - The Percells
9. Don't You Know? - Della Reese
10. I Want You to Be My Baby - Lillian Briggs
11. With All My Heart - Jodie Sands
12. I'm Available - Margie Rayburn
13. Old Cape Cod - Patti Page
14. Angel On My Shoulder - Shelby Flint
15. Hurt - Timi Yuro
16. Johnny Get Angry - Joanie Sommers
17. Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard - Diane Ray
18. Birthday Party - The Pixies Three
19. Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) - Carla Thomas
20. Shake a Hand - Faye Adams
21. Don't Go to Strangers - Etta Jones
22. Party Girl - Bernadette Carroll
23. Better Tell Him No - The Starlets
24. What Kind Of Girl (DO YOU THINK I AM?) - The Charmaines
25. Release Me - Esther Phillips
26. Hey Lover - Debbie Dovale
27. Look in My Eyes - The Chantels
28. Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya - Suzie Clark
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Track List Vol 04
1. Dum Dum - Brenda Lee
2. (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am - Nancy Wilson
3. I Cried A Tear - Lavern Baker
4. Tall Paul - Annette & The Afterbeats
5. Sincerely - The Mcguire Sisters
6. Secret Love - Doris Day
7. Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) - Sue Thompson
8. Oh Why - The Teddy Bears
9. Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
10. Tweedle Dee - Georgia Gibbs
11. It Hurts To Be In Love - Annie Laurie
12. The Love Of My Man - Theola Kilgore
13. Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) - The Cookies
14. The Man In The Raincoat - Priscilla Wright With Don Wright & The Septette
15. Little White Lies - Betty Johnson
16. Daddy-O - Bonnie Lou
17. A Walkin' Miracle - The Essex
18. My Little Marine - Jamie Horton
19. He'll Have To Stay - Jeanne Black
20. Ronnie - Marcy Joe
21. Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now - Patience & Prudence
22. Paper Roses - Anita Bryant
23. To A Soldier Boy - The Tassels
24. Teenage Cleopatra - Tracey Dey
25. Little Tin Soldier - The Toy Dolls
26. This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney
27. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - Little Eva
28. I Can't Take It - Mary Ann Fisher
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Track List Vol 05
1. It Hurts To Be Sixteen - ANDREA CARROLL
2. Baby, Baby (I Still Love You) - THE CINDERELLAS
3. Don't Just Stand There - PATTY DUKE
4. Blue Summer - THE ROYALETTES
5. Dusty - THE RAG DOLLS
6. Joey Baby - ANITA & TH' SO AND SO'S
7. Don't Mention My Name - THE SHEPHERD SISTERS
8. Donnie - THE BERMUDAS
9. Just One Look - DORIS TROY
10. Broken Hearted Melody - SARAH VAUGHAN
11. All I Want To Do Is Run - THE ELEKTRAS aka BABY JANE & THE ROCKABYES
12. Sneaky Sue - PATTY LACE & PETTICOATS
13. Richie - GLORIA DENNIS
14. Poor Little Puppet - CATHY CARROLL
15. Lonely Sixteen - JANIE BLACK
16. Jimmy Boy - CAROL SHAW
17. Be My Boy - THE PARIS SISTERS
18. Kookie Little Paradise - JO ANN CAMPBELL
19. Sparkle And Shine - THE FOUR COQUETTES
20. Paper Tiger - SUE THOMPSON
21. Eternally - THE CHANTELS
22. Navy Blue - DIANE RENAY
23. What Makes Little Girls Cry - THE VICTORIANS
24. PS I Love You - THE STARLETS
25. Without Your Love - WENDY HILL
26. Dancin' The Strand - MAUREEN GRAY
27. Tonight's The Night - THE CHIFFONS
28. (Dear My DJ) Play It Again - TINA ROBIN
