Genre: Pop
BOY GROUPS have been around much longer than today's hype about the (often casted, mostly good-looking), singing and dancing teenage groups. "Black" R&B groups dominated the pop market in the 1950s and early 1960s, with a few "white" quartets or quintets thrown in for good measure. Their names still resound half a century later: The Drifters, The Coasters, The Platters (the exception to the rule, as they also feature a female singer), The Clovers, The Olympics, The Ames Brothers, The Four Preps, The Gaylords, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, The Four Lads, The Four Seasons, and The Dell-Vikings. Of course they are all featured here with their greatest hits. In case their biggest chart successes were not to be found on the LPs, they have been added among the many bonus tracks. Be sure to revisit these “Oldies but Goldies” and many more like them: "Save the Last Dance for Me", "Charlie Brown", "Only You", "Fool, Fool, Fool, Fool", "Western Movies", "Rag Mop", "26 Miles", "The Little Shoemaker", "Moments to Remember", "Come Go With Me", "Big Girls Don’t Cry”. Pure nostalgia.
Tracklist:
CD 1
The Drifters
- Rockin´and Driftin´ (1958)
- ATLANTIC RECORDS 8022
1. Moonlight Bay (Wenrich / Madden) 2.07
2. Ruby Baby (Leiber / Stoller) 1956 # 10 2.23
3. Drip Drop (Leiber / Stoller) 2.31
4. I Gotta Get Myself a Woman 2.14
(Stone) 1956 # 11
5. Fools Fall in Love (Leiber / Stoller) 1957 # 10 2.31
6. Hypnotized (Noland / Petty) 2.00
7. Yodee Yakee (Smith / Nugetre) 2.25
8. I Know (Brooks / Jennings) 2.11
9. Soldier of Fortune (Millet) 1956 # 11 2.35
10. Drifting Away from You (Oliver) 2.05
11. Your Promise to Be Mine (Oliver) 2.34
12. It Was a Tear (Oliver) 2.34
13. Adorable (Ram) 1955 # 1 2.39
14. Steamboat (Lucas) 1955 # 5 2.24
The Drifters
- Save the Last Dance for Me
(1962)
- ATLANTIC RECORDS 8059
15. Save the Last Dance for Me 2.32
(Pomus / Shuman) 1960 # 1
16. I Count the Tears (Pomus / Shuman) 1961 # 6 2.06
17. Somebody New Dancing with You 2.18
(Pomus / Shuman)
18. Jackpot (Schroeder/Kaye) 2.44
19. No Sweet Lovin´ 2.43
(Oliver / Pinckney / Baughan)
20. Sweets for My Sweet 2.34
(Pomus / Shuman) 1961 # 10
21. Mexican Divorce (Bacharach / Hilliard) 2.33
22. When My Little Girl Is Smiling (Goffin / King) 2.26
23. Some Kind of Wonderful 2.34
(Goffin / King) 1961 # 6
24. Please Stay (Bacharach / Hilliard) 1961 # 13 2.14
25. Nobody but Me (Pomus / Shuman) 2.33
26. Room Full of Tears (Pomus / Shuman) 2.50
Bonus Tracks
27. Money Honey (Stone) 1953 # 1 2.57
28. Such a Night (Chase) 1954 # 2 2.29
29. Honey Love (McPhatter / Wexler) 1954 # 1 2.23
30. Dance with Me 2.22
(Lebish / Leiber / Stoller / Nahan / Treadwell) 1959 # 2
31. Up on the Roof (Goffin / King) 1962 # 4 2.34
32. There Goes My Baby 2.08
(Nelson / Patterson / Treadwell) 1959 # 1
Total Time 79.17
CD 2
The Coasters - The Coasters
(1957) - ATLANTIC RECORDS 8022
1. Searchin´ (Leiber / Stoller) 1957 # 1 2.38
2. One Kiss Led to Another 2.50
(Leiber / Stoller) 1956 # 11
3. Brazil (Barroso / Russell) 2.20
4. Turtle Dovin´ (Leiber / Stoller) 1956 # 8 3.06
5. Smokey Joe´s Café 2.44
(Leiber / Stoller) 1955 # 10 as “The Robins”
6. Wrap it Up (Leiber / Stoller) 2.45
7. Riot in Cell Block # 9 (Leiber / Stoller) 3.00
8. Young Blood 2.18
(Leiber / Stoller / Pomus 1957 # 1)
9. Loop De Loop Mambo (Leiber / Stoller) 2.12
10. One Kiss (Leiber / Stoller) 2.47
11. I Must Be Dreaming (Leiber / Stoller) 2.16
12. Lola (Leiber / Stoller) 2.43
13. Framed (Leiber / Stoller) 2.43
14. Down in Mexico (Leiber / Stoller) 1956 # 8 3.13
The Coasters - Coast Along
with the Coasters (1957)
- ATCO RECORDS 33-135
15. (Ain´t That) Just Like Me (Carroll / Guy) 1.50
16. Keep on Rollin´ (Leiber / Stoller) 2.20
17. Wait a Minute (Darin / Kirshner) 2.39
18. Stewball (Leiber / Stoller) 2.20
19. The Snake and the Bookworm 2.14
(Pomus / Shuman)
20. What About Us (Leiber / Stoller) 2.43
21. Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) 2.50
(Leiber / Stoller) 1961 # 16
22. Wake Me, Shake Me (Guy) 1960 # 14 2.27
23. Run Red, Run (Leiber / Stoller) 1959 # 29 3.00
24. My Babe (Dixon) 2.04
25. Bad Blood (Leiber / Stoller) 2.18
26. Girls, Girls, Girls (Leiber / Stoller) 2.09
Bonus Tracks
27. Yakety Yak (Leiber / Stoller) 1958 # 1 1.49
28. Charlie Brown (Leiber / Stoller) 1959 # 2 2.19
29. I´m a Hog for You 1.56
(Leiber / Stoller) 1959 # 38
30. That Is Rock and Roll (Leiber / Stoller) 1959 2.23
31. Poison Ivy (Leiber / Stoller) 1959 # 1 2.42
Total Time 78.17
CD 3
The Platters
- The Platters(1956)
- MERCURY RECORDS MG 20146
1. My Prayer (Boulanger / Kennedy) 1956 # 1 2.45
2. Why Should I (Ram / Taylor) 3.03
3. Remember When (Ram / Addy) 2.29
4. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 2.52
(Rodgers / Hart)
5. I Wanna (Ram / Taylor) 2.51
6. I´m Sorry (Ram / Tinturin / White) 1957 # 15 2.52
7. Have Mercy (Ram / Webb) 2.49
8. Someone to Watch over Me 2.42
(Gershwin / Gershwin)
9. At Your Beck and Call (DeLange / Ram) 2.49
10. On My Word of Honor 2.43
(Venis / Nesbitt / Nesbitt) 1956 # 7
11. Heaven on Earth 2.34
(Gershwin / Gershwin / Dietz) 1956 # 13
12. Glory of Love (Hill) 2.45
The Platters
- The Platters Vol. 2 (1956)
- MERCURY RECORDS MG 20216
13. Heart of Stone (Sievier / Hamilton) 2.20
Lead Vocal: TONY WILLIAMS
14. I´d Climb the Highest Mountain 2.12
(Brown / Clare) Lead Vocal: TONY WILLIAMS
15. September in the Rain (Dubin / Warren) 2.51
Lead Vocal: TONY WILLIAMS
16. You´ve Changed (Fisher / Carey) 2.26
Lead Vocal: PAUL ROBI
17. I´ll Get By (Turk / Ahlert) 1.58
Lead Vocal: TONY WILLIAMS
18. I Give You My Word (Kavelin / Lyn) 2.13
Lead Vocal: TONY WILLIAMS
19. In the Still of the Night (Porter) 2.26
Lead Vocal: TONY WILLIAMS
20. Wagon Wheels (Hill / DeRose) 3.11
Lead Vocal: TONY WILLIAMS
21. Take Me in Your Arms 2.18
(Parrish / Markush / Rotter)
Lead Vocal: PAUL ROBI
22. You Can Depend on Me 2.20
(Carpenter / Hines / Dunlap)
Lead Vocal: TONY WILLIAMS
23. Temptation (Freed / Brown) 1.54
Lead Vocal: PAUL ROBI
24. I Don´t Know Why (Ahlert / Turk) 2.13
Lead Vocal: ZOLA TAYLOR
Bonus Tracks
25. Only You (Ram / Rand) 1955 # 1 2.40
26. The Great Pretender (Ram) 1955 # 1 2.43
27. Twilight Time 2.47
(Dunn / Nevins / Ram) 1958 # 1
28. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 2.40
(Harbach / Kern) 1958 # 3
Total Time 72.53
CD 4
The Clovers
- The Clovers (1956)
- ATLANTIC RECORDS 1248
1. Love, Love Love 2.02
(David / McRae / Wyche) 1956 # 4
2. Lovey Dovey (Curtis / Nuggy) 1954 # 2 2.42
3. Yes It´s You (Nugetre) 2.42
4. Ting- a -Ling (Nugetre) 1952 # 1 3.04
5. I Played the Fool (Alexis) 1952 # 3 2.51
6. Hey Miss Fanny (Nugetre) 1952 # 2 2.24
7. Don´t You Know I Love You 3.05
(Nugetre) 1951 # 1
8. Middle of the Night (Nugetre) 1952 # 3 3.00
9. Blue Velvet (Wayne / Morris) 1955 # 14 2.35
10. Little Mama 2.54
(Taylor / Carroll / Jesmet) 1954 # 4
11. Crawlin´ (Toombs) 1953 # 3 2.33
12. Here Goes a Fool (de Jesus) 2.51
13. I Got My Eyes on You (Winley) 1954 # 7 2.27
14. Devil or Angel (Carter) 1956 # 3 2.24
The Clovers
- Love Potion Number 9 (1959)
- UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS UAL 3099
15. Love Potion Number 9 1.53
(Leiber / Stoller) 1959 # 23
16. You Said (Wright) 2.10
17. I´m Confessin´ That I Love You 1.56
(Neiburg / Reynold)
18. So Good, so Good (Stone) 2.17
19. Lovey (Leiber / Stoller) 2.26
20. Stay Awhile (Leiber / Stoller) 2.29
21. Easy Lovin´ (Stone) 2.01
22. The Sheik (Goffin / King / Weiss) 2.26
23. Too Young (Dee / Lippman) 2.35
24. One Mint Julep (Toombs) 1952 # 2 2.13
25. Noni Cosi (Gold / Vantellini) 1.46
26. That´s What´s Worrying Me 2.19
(Scott / Goodman)
Bonus Tracks
27. Fool, Fool, Fool (Ertegun) 1951 # 1 2.34
28. Your Cash Ain´t Nothing but Trash 2.58
(Calhoun) 1954 # 6
29. Good Lovin´ 2.59
(Kirkland / Taylor / Jesmet) 1953 # 2
30. Nip Sip (Toom) 1955 # 10 3.01
Total Time 76.35
CD 5
The Olympics
- Doin´ the Hully Gully (1961)
- ARVEE RECORDS A 423
1. Baby Hully Gully 3.36
(Smith / Goldsmith) 1960 # 72
2. Big Boy Pete (Harris / Terry) 1960 # 10 2.09
3. Stay Away from Joe (Ward) 2.28
4. The Slop (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.10
5. What´d I Say (Charles) 4.03
6. Boo-Dee Green (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.19
7. Private Eye (Smith / Goldsmith) 1959 # 95 2.25
8. Dodge City (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.51
The Olympics
- Party Time (1959) - ARVEE RECORDS A 429
9. Mash Em Taters (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.44
10. The Stomp (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.06
11. Hoochie Coochie Coo (Ballard / Myles) 2.21
12. Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha (Cooke) 2.34
13. Pony Time (Berry / Covay) 2.23
14. Party Pooper (Goldsmith / Samuel / Smith) 1.57
15. The Scotch (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.13
16. Madison Time (Bryant / Morrison) 3.47
17. Save the Last Dance for Me 2.43
(Pomus / Shuman)
18. The Twist (Ballard) 2.13
The Olympics
- Dance By the Light of the Moon (1961)
- ARVEE RECORDS A 424
19. Dance by the Light of the Moon 2.12
(Smith / Goldsmith) 1960 # 47
20. Working Hard (Smith / Goldsmith) 1.59
21. Big Chief Little Puss (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.11
22. Stay Where You Are (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.14
23. Peanut Butter 2.02
(Barnum / Cooper / Smith / Goldsmith) 1961 # 20
24. Little Pedro (Smith / Goldsmith) 1961 # 76 2.24
25. I´ll Never Fall in Love (Smith / Goldsmith) 1.48
26. Dooley (Smith / Goldsmith) 1961 # 94 2.07
27. Just Like That (Smith / Goldsmith) 2.05
28. Shimmy Like Kate 2.21
(Smith / Goldsmith) 1960 # 42
Bonus Tracks
39. Western Movies 2.22
(Smith / Goldsmith) 1958 # 8
30. (I Wanna) Dance with the Teacher 1.51
(Smith / Goldsmith) 1958 # 71
Total Time 73.28
CD 6
The Ames Brothers
- Sing the Best in the Country (1959)
- ARVEE RECORDS A 423
1. On Top of Old Smoky (Traditional / Seeger) 2.53
2. That Lucky Old Sun 2.54
(Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
(Smith / Gillespie)
3. Dear Hearts and Gentle People 2.51
(Hilliard / Fain)
4. Tennessee Waltz (King / Stewart) 2.38
5. Someday (You´ll Want Me to Want You) 2.16
(Hodges)
6. Love Me Tender (Presley / Matson) 3.03
7. Riders in the Sky (Jones) 2.49
8. Mockingbird Hill 2.28
(Tra La LaTweedle Le Dee Dee) (Horton)
9. Jambalaya (Williams) 2.29
10. Half as Much (Williams) 2.31
11. San Antonio Rose (Wills) 2.30
12. Your Cheatin´ Heart (Williams) 2.34
The Ames Brothers
- Words and Music with
the Ames Brothers (1959)
- RCA VICTOR LPM 2009
13. I Love You Truly (Jacobs / Bond) 2.17
14. Yours (Roig / Gamse / Sherr) 2.53
15. Love´s Old Sweet Song (Traditional) 2.25
16. Loch Lomond (Traditional) 2.32
17. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes 2.32
(Traditional)
18. Sweet and Low (Traditional) 2.28
19. Home on the Range (Traditional) 2.49
20. Mexicali Rose (Stone / Tenney) 2.36
21. Moonlight and Roses 2.31
(Black / Moet / Lemare)
22. I´ve Been Working on the Railroad 2.23
(Traditional)
23. Red River Valley (Traditional) 2.57
24. Camptown Races (Foster) 2.12
Bonus Tracks
25. Rag Mop (Wills) 1950 # 1 2.45
26. Sentimental Me 3.15
(Morehead / Cassin) 1950 # 3
27. You, You, You (Mellin / Olias) 1953 # 2 2.53
28. The Man with the Banjo 2.52
(Reichel / Mellin) 1954 # 7
29. The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane 2.49
(Tepper / Bennett) 1954 # 3
30. Rockin´ Shoes (Stevenson / Hill) 1957 # 64 1.55
Total Time 79.58
CD 7
The Four Preps
- The Four Preps (1958)
- CAPITOL RECORDS T-994
1.26 Miles (Larson / Belland) 1958 # 4 2.24
2. It´s You (Willison) 2.08
3. Again ´N Again ´N Again 1.41
(Acquaviva / Varnick)
4. I Cried a Million Tears (Motola) 2.19
5. How About That (Stanley) 2.15
6. Moonstruck in Madrid (Pober) 2.32
7. Dreamy Eyes (Blake / Hoffman) 1956 # 56 2.15
8. Falling Star (Post / Post) 2.37
9. Humble Pie (Bacharach / David) 2.11
10. Promise Me Baby (Henley) 1.53
11. Fools Will Be Fools (Singleton / McCoy) 2.25
12. Too Young for Love (Spence / Gladstone) 2.03
The Four Preps
- Down By the Station (1960)
- CAPITOL RECORDS T 1291
13. Down by the Station 2.44
(Belland / Larson) 1959 # 13
14. Lazy Summer Night (Spina) 1958 # 21 2.10
15. I Ain´t Never (Tillis / Pierce) 1959 # 79 1.52
16. She Was Five and He Was Ten 2.17
(di Napoli / Burnett / Feller)
17. Summertime Lies (Loring / Hood) 2.04
18. Big Man (Belland / Larson) 1958 # 5 2.20
19. 26 Miles (Larson / Belland) 1958 # 4 2.26
20. Cinderella (Larson / Belland) 1958 # 69 1.44
21. Dreamy Eyes (Blake / Hoffman) 1956 # 56 2.17
22. Memories, Memories (Abrams / Levine) 2.17
23. Listen Honey (I´ll Be Home) 1.51
(Belland / Larson)
24. Big Surprise (Belland / Larson) 2.34
Bonus Tracks
25. Got a Girl (Larson / Belland)) 1960 # 24 2.27
26. Calcutta (Pockriss / Vance / Gaze) 1961 # 96 2.09
Total Time 58.45
CD 8
The Gaylords
- That´s Amore (1959)
- MERCURY RECORDS 20430
1. Arrivederci Roma 2.49
(Garinei / Giovannini / Rascel / Sigman)
2. Domani (Minucci / Velona) 3.08
3. For the First Time (Come Prima) 2.08
(Panzeri / Di Paola / Taccani)
4. Non Dimenticar (Dobbins / Galdieri) 3.05
5. Eh Cumpari (Bleyer / La Rosa) 2.22
6. Tell Me You´re Mine (Fredianelli) 2.51
7. Volare (Migliacci / Modugno) 3.00
8. Return to Me (DiMinno / Lombardo) 2.35
9. That´s Amore (Brooks / Warren) 2.56
10. Tell Me That You Love Me 2.47
(Bixio / Stillman) 1953 # 29
11. Oh Ma-Ma (Brown / Citorello / Vallee) 2.13
12. Dormi, Dormi (Bigazzi / Cavallaro) 3.03
Bonus Tracks
13. From the Vine Came the Grape 2.39
(Cunningham / Whitcup) 1954 # 8
14. The Little Shoemaker 2.15
(Revil / Parsons / Turner) 1954 # 2
15. Ma Ma Ma Marie (DiCapua) 1958 # 97 2.02
16. Sweeter Than You (Gaylord) 1959 1.51
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
- The Teenagers featuring
F rankie Lymon
(1956) - GEE RECORDS GLP-701
17. Why Do Fools Fall I Love 2.18
(Lymon / Goldner) 1956 # 1
18. Please Be Mine (Lymon / Goldner) 3.06
19. Who Can Explain (Silver / Alfred) 1956 # 7 2.10
20. Share (Reid / Abrams) 2.38
21. Love Is a Clown (Goldner) 2.51
22. I Promise to Remember 2.51
(Castor / Smith) 1956 # 10
23. I Want You to Be My Girl 2.55
(Barrett / Goldner) 1956 # 3
24. I´m Not a Know It All (Kaye / Speilman) 2.49
25. Baby, Baby (Moore / Subotsky) 2.05
26. The ABCs of Love (Levy) 1956 # 8 1.55
27. Am I Fooling Myself Again (Levy) 2.36
28. I´m Not a Juvenile Delinquent (Levy) 2.38
Bonus Tracks
29. Goody, Goody (Melneck / Mercer) 1957 # 22 2.10
30. Out in the Cold Again 2.17
(Koehler / Bloom) 1957 # 10
Total Time 77.55
CD 9
The Four Lads
- High Spirits (1959)
- COLUMBIA RECORDS CL 1407
1. Rock My Soul (Traditional) 1.45
2. Hammerin´ (Traditional) 4.14
3. There Ain´t a Thing (Traditional) 2.35
4. Cool My Heart (Traditional) 2.11
5. Ring Them Chimin´ Bells (Traditional) 1.47
6. Soldier of the Lord (David) 2.33
7. Great Getting´ up Mornin´ (Traditional) 2.06
8. Bound for Glory (Traditional) 2.00
9. Glory, Glory (Traditional) 3.13
10. Oh, Yes (Traditional) 2.02
11. Way Down in Egypt´s Land (Traditional) 2.23
12. The Blind Man (David) 2.25
The Four Lads
- Swing Along (1959)
- COLUMBIA RECORDS CL 1299
13. The Old Oaken Bucket 2.27
(Woodworth / Kaillmark)
14. Alouette Means “Skylark” (McConologue) 2.31
15. Comin´ Trough the Rye (Traditional) 1.49
16. Grandfather´s Clock (Work) 3.06
17. Love´s Old Sweet Song (Bingham / Malloy) 2.34
18. Swanee River (Foster) 3.14
19. Mexicali Rose (Stone / Ternny) 2.55
20. Just How Much I Love You (Allen) 1.52
21. When I Grow Too Old to Dream 2.25
(Hammerstein II / Romberg)
22. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 2.38
(Whitson / Friedman)
23. Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland 3.12
(Whitson / Friedman)
24. Moonlight Bay (Madden / Wenrich) 2.22
25. Long, Long Ago (Bayly) 2.42
Bonus Tracks
26. Istanbul (Kenndy / Simon) 1953 # 10 2.20
27. Skokiaan (Glazer / Msarurgwa) 1954 # 7 2.15
28. Moments to Remember 3.19
(Stillman / Allen) 1955 # 3
29. No, Not Much (Stillman / Allen) 1956 # 3 3.12
30. Standing on the Corner (Loesser) 1956 # 3 2.53
Total Time 77.39
CD 10
The Four Seasons
- Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
- VEE-JAY RECORDS VJLP 1053
1. Big Girls Don´t Cry 2.23
(Crewe / Gaudio) 1962 # 1
2. Yes Sir, That´s My Baby (Kahn / Donaldson) 2.22
3. Peanuts (Cook) 2.19
4. La Dee Dah (Crewe / Slay) 2.35
5. Teardrops (Golder / Stanley) 2.18
6. Apple of My Eye (Blackwell) 2.14
as “The Four Lovers” 1956 # 62
7. Never On Sunday (Towne / Hadjidakis) 2.46
8. I Can´t Give You Anything but Love 2.15
(Fields / McHugh)
9. The Girl in My Dreams (Josia / Davis / Ling) 2.19
10. Oh, Carol (Sedaka / Greenfield) 2.22
11. Lost Lullaby (Crewe / Gaudio) 2.34
12. Sherry (Crewe / Gaudio) 1962 # 1 2.31
The Dell-Vikings
- The Swinging Singing Dell-Vikings
(1958) - MERCUTY RECORDS MG-20353
13. The Big Beat (Domino / Bartholomew) 1.56
14. Oh, Tonight (Quick) 2.39
15. That´s Why (I Love You So) 1.58
(Cordy / Carlo / King)
16. What You Have Done to Me (Sagle) 2.55
17. The Voodoo Man (Quick) 1.44
18. Oh, I Love You (Quick) 2.36
19. Oh Baby (Carter / Hudson) 1.52
20. Friendly Moon (Quick) 2.19
21. A Meeting of the Eyes (Wolfson / White) 2.04
22. There I Go (Falling in Love Again) (Quick) 2.30
23. Nobody´s Kisses but Yours 2.10
(Burton / Randolph / Pincus)
24. String along (Quick) 2.28
Bonus Tracks
25. Come Go with Me (Quick) 1957 # 5 2.37
Total Time 59.37