The Legendary Vocal Groups: 200 Original Hits & Rarities

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2015

doo-wop pop rock

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CD 1
1
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
The Ames Brothers
2:51
2
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
The Hollywood Flames
2:17
3
Only You
The Platters
2:38
4
Book of Love
The Monotones
2:21
5
Save the Last Dance for Me
The Drifters
2:31
6
I Want You
The Cadets
2:50
7
Yakety Yak
The Coasters
1:49
8
The Wheel of Fortune
The Cardinals
2:52
9
Love, Love, Love
The Clovers
2:03
10
I’ve Been Your Dog
The Moonglows
2:40
11
Itchy Twitchy Feeling
The Swallows
2:20
12
Let ’em Roll
The Midnighters
2:39
13
Sixty Minute Man
The Dominoes
2:32
14
Little Boy of Mine
The Delicates
2:53
15
Searchin’
The Coasters
2:41
16
The Slummer the Slum
The Five Royales
2:15
17
Tonight’s the Night
The Chiffons
1:42
18
Honey Love
The Drifters
2:23
19
Gee
The Crows
2:14
20
Get a Job
The Silhouettes
2:48
CD 2
1
Mister Lee
The Bobbettes
2:13
2
Free and Easy
The Titans
2:12
3
Riot in Cell Block #9
The Robins (Coasters)
2:59
4
Lovey Dovey
The Clovers
2:43
5
That’s It Man
The Valentines
2:47
6
Ruby Baby
The Drifters
2:21
7
Come-A, Come-A
The Bobbettes
2:29
8
Sixteen Candles
The Crests
2:55
9
But Not for Me
The Clickettes
2:22
10
Twilight Time
The Platters
2:47
11
Dearest Darling
The Rosebuds
2:36
12
Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
The Impalas
2:36
13
Love Sweet Love
The Teen Queens
2:19
14
The Door Is Still Open
The Cardinals
2:59
15
Who’s Lovin’ You
The Supremes
2:49
16
So Fine
The Fiestas
2:19
17
Idol With the Golden Head
The Coasters
2:21
18
Born Too Late
The Poni-Tails
2:19
19
Way Over There
The Marvelettes
2:24
20
Jo Jo
The Dells
2:59
CD 3
1
Western Movies
The Olympics
2:22
2
Drip Drop
The Drifters
2:27
3
Tears of Sorrow
The Primettes
2:24
4
Hucklebuck With Jimmie
The Five Keys
2:22
5
Zippity Zum
The Chords
2:29
6
Smokey Joe’s Café
The Robins (Coasters)
2:47
7
Alley Oop
The Dyna-Sores
2:28
8
Where Is My Love Tonight
The Starlets
1:52
9
Got the Water Boiling
The Regals
2:39
10
Boot ’em Up
The Du-Droppers
2:41
11
Good Golly Miss Molly
The Playboys
2:40
12
Could It Be
The Sh-Booms (The Chords)
2:45
13
Come Go With Me
The Del‐Vikings
2:39
14
You Tickle Me Baby
The Royal Jokers
2:44
15
Nip Sip
The Clovers
3:00
16
Sh-Boom
The Crew Cuts
2:46
5.0 ★
17
Walt That Walk
The Sheiks
2:31
18
Money Honey
The Drifters
2:56
4.0 ★
19
Earth Angel
The Penguins
2:55
5.0 ★
20
Down in Mexico
The Coasters
3:16
CD 4
1
Little Darlin’
The Diamonds
2:08
2
Charlie Brown
The Coasters
2:18
3
Moments to Remember You By
The Romeos
2:21
4
You, You, You
The Ames Brothers
2:53
5
Young Blood
The Coasters
2:19
6
Blue Moon
The Sh-Booms
2:34
7
The Great Pretender
The Platters
2:41
8
Bells of Love
The Pearls
2:11
9
Such a Night
The Drifters
2:28
10
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
2:38
3.8 ★
11
Hey Baby Baby
The Castelles
2:56
12
Brazil
The Coasters
2:22
13
My Pidgeon’s Gone
The Five Keys
2:16
14
Finders Keepers
The Crescendos
2:33
15
My Only Desire
The Flyers
3:00
16
Go! Go! Go!
The Treniers
2:24
17
It’s Good to Me
The Ospreys
1:43
18
Along Came Jones
The Coasters
2:57
19
Shadows of Love
The Pearls
2:48
20
That’s What You’re Doin’ to Me
The Dominoes
2:20
CD 5
1
Smoke Get’s in Your Eyes
The Platters
2:39
3.8 ★
2
Pledge of Love
The Penguins
2:43
3
The Girl I Love
The Glowtones
2:21
4
Are You Forgetting
The Royals
2:29
5
Dance With Me
The Drifters
2:21
6
Can’t You Understand
The King Bees
2:43
7
You Hear
The Lamplighters
2:34
8
Short Skirts
The Sh-Booms
2:44
9
That Is Rock & Roll
The Coasters
2:25
10
Don’t You Know I Love You
The Clovers
3:13
11
Jennie Lee
The Dominoes
2:01
12
Oh Julie
The Crescendos
2:42
13
Shouldn’t I Know
The Cardinals
3:10
14
Love Potion #9
The Clovers
1:54
15
In the Still of the Night
The Five Satins
2:57
4.5 ★
16
Rag Mop
The Ames Brothers
2:38
17
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
2:17
4.5 ★
18
Speedo
The Cadillacs
2:15
19
Big Man
The Four Preps
2:19
20
Down in the Alley
The Clovers
2:22
CD 6
1
Fool, Fool, Fool
The Clovers
2:33
2
Oooh I
Carmen Taylor & The Boleros
2:12
3
Let the Boogie Woogie Roll
The Drifters
2:48
4
Voo-Vee-Ah-Bee
The Platters
2:09
5
Cross Over the Bridge
The Chords
2:42
6
I’m a Hog for You
The Coasters
1:55
7
Rockin’ Shoes
The Ames Brothers
1:54
8
Tell Me (Are You Really Mine)
The Playboys
2:39
9
Remember the Night
The Del-Larks
2:30
10
Sweeter Than You
The Gaylords
1:53
11
Bip Bam
The Drifters
2:46
12
Your Cash Ain’t Nothing but Trash
The Clovers
2:57
13
In Paradise
The Cookies
2:33
14
I’ll Be Seeing You
The Crescendos
2:13
15
Lost Love
The Superiors
2:29
16
A Beggar for Your Kisses
The Diamonds
2:58
17
Fools Fall in Love
The Drifters
2:29
18
Yes It’s You
The Clovers
2:45
19
Poison Ivy
The Coasters
2:44
20
Sh-Boom
The Chords
2:25
CD 7
1
Whatcha Gonna Do
The Drifters
2:45
2
The Cat Hop
The Dodgers
2:15
3
One Mint Julep
The Clovers
2:29
4
I Shot Mister Lee
The Bobbettes
2:33
5
My Desire
The Cliques
2:46
6
Baby, Let’s Make Some Love
The Penguins
2:56
7
The Masquerade Is Over
The Cleftones
3:16
8
Come Back My Love
The Cardinals
2:25
9
Ain’t Got the Money
The Mello Harps
2:27
10
What About Us
The Coasters
2:45
11
Kiss Me Goodnight
The Rosebuds
2:34
12
When You Dance
The Turbans
2:57
13
Lady Love
The Del-Larks
2:06
14
Dance
The Coasters
2:22
15
Been So Long
The Pastels
2:40
16
Hey Miss Fannie
The Clovers
2:25
17
You Know You’re Doing Me Wrong
The Harptones
2:42
18
The Gee Gee Walk
The Gone All Stars
2:23
19
Try Try Baby
The Drifters
2:35
20
Eddie My Love
The Teen Queens
3:12
CD 8
1
Have Mercy Baby
The Dominoes
2:19
2
An Understanding
The Rollettes
2:17
3
Devil or Angel
The Clovers
2:25
4
Three Thirty Three
The Drifters
2:34
5
Baby Please
The Moonglows
2:55
6
Pretty Baby
The Primettes
2:05
7
Run Red, Run
The Coasters
2:59
4.5 ★
8
Your Cash Ain’t Nothing but Trash
Big John & The Buzzards
2:21
9
Maybe
The Chantels
2:49
10
Can’t Do Sixty No More
The Du-Droppers
2:53
11
Before We Say Goodnight
The Poni-Tails
2:29
12
Sweetheart Please Don’t Go
The Gladiolas
2:08
13
Baby Don’t Do It
The Five Royales
2:46
14
Where Is He
The Clickettes
2:23
15
Straight Street
The Pilgrim Travelers
2:22
16
Dedicated to the One I Love
The Shirelles
1:59
17
Play It Cool
The Spaniels
3:03
18
Sadie My Lady
The Drifters
2:24
19
Since You Been Gone
The Dreamers
1:58
20
W-P-L-J
The Four Deuces
2:36
CD 9
1
Oh Kay
The Dukes
2:03
2
Be Bop Baby
The Peacheroos
2:51
3
Yodee Yakee
The Drifters
2:22
4
Choo Choo
The Cardinals
2:43
5
Boys
The Shirelles
2:10
6
Ting-A-Ling
The Clovers
3:07
7
Don’t Say Goodnight
The Bobbettes
2:17
8
Rollin’ Stone
The Marigolds
2:54
9
Shopping for Clothes
The Coasters
2:57
10
Oop Shoop
Shirley Gunter & The Queens
2:10
11
Baltimore
The Drifters
2:09
12
Hearts of Stone
The Jewels
2:38
13
Black and White Thunderbird
The Delicates
2:12
14
Buick ’59
The Medallions
2:37
15
I Can’t Take It
The Chantels
2:35
16
Mardi Gras Mambo
The Hawketts
2:11
17
Down the Aisle of Love
The Quintones
2:49
18
Nite Owl
Tony Allen & the Champs
2:44
19
This Magic Moment
The Drifters
2:24
20
The Way You Dog Me Around
The Diablos
3:05
CD 10
1
Woo Woo Train
The Valentines
2:54
2
Lonely Winds
The Drifters
2:44
3
Good Lovin’
The Clovers
2:58
4
Tears on My Pillow
The Chimes
3:08
5
I-Yi
The Hawks
2:40
6
Irene
The Holidays
2:13
7
Bye Bye Baby
The Charms
2:15
8
It’s Spring Again
The Pentagons
2:01
9
Rock and Roll Boogie
The Clouds
2:24
10
Johnny, Johnny
The Charmettes
2:41
11
Fine Girl
The Calvaes
2:12
12
What Am I to Do
The Rockers
2:15
13
Daddy’s Little Baby
The Midnighters
2:39
14
Sorry, but I’m Gonna Have to Pass
The Coasters
2:08
15
I Want a Guy
The Supremes
2:52
16
Ooh Bop She Bop
The Dukes
2:05
17
It’s True
The Twilighters
2:49
18
The Sound of Your Voice
David Ford & The Ebbtides
2:50
19
I Count the Tears
The Drifters
2:05
20
I
Tony Allen & the Champs
2:45

Release credits

Addie Harris
vocal [10]
Adolph Jacobs
guitar [17]
Ahmet Ertegun
producer [3.18, 7.3]
Al Denby
vocal [15]
Allen Hanlon
acoustic guitar [7]
Andrew Thrasher
tenor vocals [18]
Berry Gordy
producer [10.15, 2.15]
Beverly Lee
vocal [10]
Bill Pinkney
tenor vocals [18]
Billy Guy
vocal [2.17, 8.7]
Bobby Mapp
drums (drum set) [15]
Bobby Nunn
vocal [17]
Buck Ram
producer [1]
Carl Gardner
vocal [8.7, 2.17]
Carole King
kettle drum [10]
Clyde McPhatter
lead vocals [18]
Connie Kay
drums (drum set) [3]
Cornell Gunter
vocal [7]
Curlee Glover
piano [15]
Doris Coley
vocal [10]
Doug Murray
double bass [15]
Ed Martin
vocal [15]
Fred Parris
vocal [15]
Gary Chester
drums (drum set) [10]
George Barnes
guitar [7]
Gerhart Thrasher
baritone vocals [18]
Herb Abramson
producer [3]
Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra and Chorus
performing orchestra [1]
Jerry Wexler
producer [18]
Jim Freeman
vocal [15]
King Curtis
tenor saxophone [7]
Leon Hughes
vocal [17]
Marty Kugell
producer [15]
Maxwell Davis
tenor saxophone [7.20, 9.10]
Mike Stoller
arranger [7], piano [7]
Nat Mosley
vocal [15]
Nesuhi Ertegun
producer [6]
Owen B. Masingill
arranger [18], conductor [18]
Paul Griffin
piano [10]
Plas Johnson
tenor saxophone [6]
Roy Ross
conductor [16], performing orchestra [16]
Sammy Clarke
electric guitar [7]
Shirley Alston
lead vocals [10]
The Ames Brothers
vocal [16]
The Clovers
vocal [3]
The Drifters
vocal [6]
The Platters
performer [1]
Tony Williams
lead vocals [1]
Vann “Piano Man” Walls
piano [3]
Vinny Mazzetta
saxophone [15], solo [15]
Walter Adams
guitar [18]
Wendell Marshall
double bass [7]
Will “Dub” Jones
vocal [7]
Willie Ferbie
bass vocals [18]
Willis Jackson
tenor saxophone [3]

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The Legendary Vocal Groups: 200 Original Hits & Rarities
10x CD
2015