You Can't Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos

Compilation by Doc Pomus

Released 15 August 2025

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CD 1
1
It's Great to Be Young and in Love (demo)
1:56
2
A Teenager in Love (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus' House Lynbrook, Long Island)
1:32
3
Love Roller Coaster (demo)
1:29
4
See That Girl (demo)
2:37
5
I Ain't Sharin' Sharon (demo)
2:12
6
Kiss and Make Up (Mort Shuman demo)
1:19
7
Kiss and Make Up (Rnb Records single)
2:19
8
Hushabye (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus' House Lynbrook, Long Island)
2:25
9
Foxy Little Mama (demo)
2:15
10
A Young Boy's Heart (demo)
2:17
11
Whatcha Really Thinkin' (demo)
2:00
12
This Magic Moment (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus' House Lynbrook, Long Island)
1:17
13
Lovers Gotta Cry (Once in a While) (demo)
2:52
14
Miss In-Between (demo)
2:20
15
Forty-Seven Dollars (demo)
3:00
16
It Tears Me to Pieces (demo)
2:15
17
Deep Inside (demo)
2:33
18
Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight (demo)
1:47
19
Troubled Mind (demo)
2:17
20
Always Is a Long, Long Time (demo)
2:52
21
Suddenly We're Strangers (demo)
2:52
22
It's Been Nice (Goodnight) (demo)
1:23
23
Be Everything to Anyone You Love (demo)
2:29
24
Lonely Winds (demo)
3:49
25
Enough of This Stuff (demo)
2:18
26
What Am I to Do? (demo)
2:37
27
(We Got Love) Money Can't Buy (demo)
2:43
28
Be a Man (demo)
1:49
29
Dream Song (demo)
2:52
CD 2
1
Ginny in the Mirror
2:08
2
Shall I Tell Him You're Not Here (demo)
1:41
3
Showdown (demo)
2:24
4
Run Fool Run (demo)
2:14
5
Give Her Lots of Love (demo)
2:11
6
You Never Talked About Me (demo)
2:20
7
Save a Dream (demo)
2:31
8
Made for Each Other (demo)
1:44
9
Fever and Headaches (demo)
1:45
10
Don't School a Fool (demo)
2:08
11
The Sweet Pain of Love (demo)
2:42
12
My Baby Wants to Be a Singer (demo)
2:18
13
Come Down to Earth (demo)
2:30
14
Hello World (demo)
1:36
15
The Ups and Downs of Love (demo)
1:43
16
If Ellie Doesn't Change (demo)
1:59
17
Shack on the Beach (demo)
1:44
18
Why Does the Dance Have to End? (demo)
2:10
19
He's Got Something (demo)
2:22
20
Who Stole My Dream (demo)
3:52
21
That's Me (demo)
2:13
22
Book of Time (demo)
2:30
23
How Can I Make Him Love Me? (demo)
2:00
24
It Only Takes a Minute (demo)
1:44
25
Low Down Blues (demo)
2:15
26
Brother, You Deserve Each Other (demo)
2:03
27
Half a Love Is Better Than None at All (demo)
1:52
28
Baby How Long Will It Be? (demo)
2:10
29
Shindig (demo)
2:10
30
Lucy (When Ya Comin' Home?) aka Lucy! (You Sure Did It This Time) (demo)
2:37
CD 3
1
I'm Playing for Keeps (demo)
1:57
2
Have Yourself a Good Cry (demo)
2:22
3
Infatuation (demo)
1:48
4
It's a Man's World (demo)
3:03
5
Silly Boy (demo)
2:02
6
I've Been There Before (demo)
1:53
7
Bad Luck Blues (demo)
4:14
8
The Other Kind (demo)
1:54
9
Don't You Pass Me By (demo)
2:17
10
King Lonely the Blue (demo)
2:38
11
Love Is the Answer (demo)
2:31
12
I'm Gonna Cry Till My Tears Run Dry (demo)
2:45
13
Leave It to Me (demo)
3:17
14
I Lose Again (demo)
3:17
15
Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue) (demo)
2:36
16
(I've Been a) Bad Girl (demo)
2:28
17
The Many Faces of Love (demo)
2:15
18
Out on Your Own
3:19
19
You Own My Heart (demo)
1:55
20
I'm Not Good Enough for You (demo)
2:15
21
Monday Morning (demo)
2:07
22
No Escape (demo)
1:25
23
Love at First Sight (demo)
2:15
24
Here Comes the Night (demo)
1:35
25
Icy Teardrops (demo)
2:11
26
Diamonds and Gold
2:13
27
Jazz Joint (demo)
2:31
CD 4
1
Helplessly (demo)
2:10
2
I'm With You (demo)
1:30
3
Believe in Me (demo)
2:39
4
He's Got Everything (demo)
1:54
5
She's Got Soul (demo)
2:29
6
Your Conception of Love (demo)
2:30
7
I'm Gonna Make a Comeback (demo)
2:02
8
Night Life (demo)
2:50
9
My Baby's Quit Me (demo)
3:42
10
The Green-Eyed Monster (demo)
1:49
11
I'm Teasin' a Broken Heart (demo)
3:00
12
If I Were Only Free (demo)
2:37
13
The Grass Looked Greener Over There (demo)
1:41
14
Nothing Lasts Forever (demo)
2:38
15
Johnny Midnight (demo)
2:35
16
One Little Teardrop (Can Lead to Two Broken Hearts) (demo)
2:25
17
Destination Heartbreak (demo)
2:54
18
Our Love Will Overcome Everything (demo)
2:46
19
Give a Great Big Hand (To the Man Who Stole Her) (demo)
2:21
20
If I Knew Then What I Know Now (demo)
2:27
21
About Me (demo)
2:08
22
It's a Nothing World (demo)
2:54
23
It's Time to Make a Change (demo)
2:01
24
All for the Sake of Love (demo)
2:37
25
It Ain't Gonna Happen to Me No More (demo)
1:51
CD 5: Viva Doc Pomus: Songs For Elvis (The Demos)
1
Turn Me Loose (demo)
2:19
2
A Mess of Blues (demo)
2:47
3
(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame (demo)
2:13
4
Kiss Me Quick (demo)
2:52
5
She's Not You (demo)
1:38
6
Gonna Get Back Home Somehow (demo)
2:38
7
Suspicion (demo)
2:47
8
Pot Luck (demo - Pomus/Shuman version)
3:14
9
Viva Las Vegas (demo)
2:23
10
Lady Luck (demo)
1:47
11
(It's a) Long Lonely Highway (demo)
2:22
12
Kissin' Cousins (demo)
2:15
13
I Need Somebody to Lean On (demo)
3:13
14
Girl Happy (demo)
2:03
15
One Way Ticket to the Blues (demo)
1:53
16
Pot Luck (demo - Pomus/Spector version)
1:44
17
Kissin' Fool (demo)
2:10
18
I Walk the Muddy Road to Love (demo)
2:04
19
What Every Woman Lives For (demo)
2:36
20
I Wish I Were in His Shoes (demo)
2:27
21
I'm a Man (demo)
0:34
22
Clambake (demo - version 1)
2:41
23
Double Trouble (demo - version 1)
3:13
24
Pot Luck (demo - Pomus/Jeffreys version)
2:02
25
Havin' a Ball (demo)
2:10
26
Double Trouble (demo - version 2)
2:15
27
Clambake (demo - version 2)
1:53
28
Bring My Poor Heart Back to Me (demo)
2:47
29
Headin' for a Heartache (demo)
2:01
30
Easy Come, Easy Go (demo)
2:19
31
"... Presley Liked Them"
2:07
CD 6: Doc's Disc: You Better Believe It!
1
Doc's Boogie
2:28
2
My Good Pott
2:42
3
My New Chick
3:03
4
Fruity Woman Blues
2:37
5
When I First Met Lucille (demo)
2:40
6
Here Comes the Blues (The Musicale Club, Harlem, NY)
4:27
7
Fool All the Time (demo)
1:56
8
Moving Day Blues (demo)
2:06
9
Big Joe's Blues (demo)
2:03
10
Still in Love (demo)
2:28
11
Lonely Avenue (demo)
1:09
12
Boogie Woogie Country Girl (demo)
1:58
13
When Main Street Becomes Park Avenue (demo)
3:03
14
"... I Sing in My Sleep"
0:58
15
(Wake Up) Miss Rip Van Winkle (demo)
1:20
16
You Better Believe It (demo)
3:41
17
"... There's Always Ideas Deep Inside"
0:38
18
I'll Treat You Like a Woman (demo)
2:26
19
If I Should Fail (demo)
2:39
20
Just Another Memory (demo)
2:38
21
No One (demo)
1:45
22
"... I'm Only Doc Pomus When It's a Hit"
0:27
23
Bye Baby Bye (The Musicale Club, Harlem, NY)
2:21

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