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Media Type: CD
Artist: INTRUDERS
Title: BEST OF-COWBOYS TO GIRLS
Street Release Date: 10/31/1995
Domestic
Genre: SOUL/R & B

Track Listing

1. Love That's Real - The Intruders,
2. Cowboys to Girls - The Intruders, The Intruders
3. Together - The Intruders,
4. (We'll Be) United - The Intruders, The Intruders
5. (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game - The Intruders, The Intruders
6. Slow Drag - The Intruders, The Intruders
7. Sad Girl - The Intruders, The Intruders
8. Me Tarzan, You Jane - The Intruders, The Intruders
9. When We Get Married - The Intruders, The Intruders
10. Friends No More - The Intruders,
11. (Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner - The Intruders, The Intruders
12. Mother and Child Reunion - The Intruders, The Intruders
13. I'll Always Love My Mama - The Intruders, The Intruders
14. I Wanna Know Your Name - The Intruders,
15. Teardrops - The Intruders,
16. Hang on in There - The Intruders,
17. Nice Girl Like You - The Intruders,
18. Plain Ol' Fashioned Girl - The Intruders,
19. To Be Happy Is the Real Thing - The Intruders,
20. Save the Children - The Intruders,

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13333 in Music
• Brand: INTRUDERS
• Released on: 1995-10-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

Best Set Available on Underappreciated Philly Soul Group
While not among the best remembered soul groups to emerge from Philadelphia in the '60s and '70s, the Intruders were instrumental in helping define what would become known as Philly Soul. This vocal quartet was the first signing to Gamble & Huff's Excel label (changed soon after to Gamble Records) in 1965. With these records, Gamble & Huff began to develop the production style which would reach its peak in the '70s with the O'Jays, Billy Paul, and Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes.

The Intruders' trademark was the endearingly off-key lead vocals of Sam "Little Sonny" Brown. Brown's shaky voice was a good match for such novelty numbers as "(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game," "Me Tarzan You Jane," "(Win Place Or Show) She's A Winner, and the R & B number one "Cowboys To Girls." He also projected a warm innocence on romantic ballads, including "We'll Be United," "Together" and "When We Get Married."

This 20-track set contains the majority of their R & B hits (including all of the above). Unfortunately omitted were the uptempo charmer "Give Her A Transplant" as well as "I'm Girl Scoutin'," the only Intruders' single not to include Brown (his defection from the group lasted less than six months). This collection also includes most of their 1973 album Save The Children. One of the best Philly Soul albums ever, this concept recording offers uniquely effective covers of Marvin Gaye's title track and Paul Simon's "Mother And Child Reunion," as well as stunning originals like "I Wanna Know Your Name" and their artistic apex, "I'll Always Love My Mama."

After the release of Save The Children, the Intruders only had two more chart entries: "A Nice Girl Like You" and a strong version of the Carpenters' "Rainy Days And Mondays." While the latter recording is not included here, this is still the best Intruders collection available. It is even better than the two-disc, thirty-track Golden Classics which contains a lot of filler and omits "(Win Place Or Show) She's A Winner."

Great lost soul classic
I had never heard of The Intruders until I heard the title song of this collection on an R&B oldies station last year. After hearing Cowboys to Girls about three times on that station I couldn't get the uniqueness of the lyrics and melody out of my head. I was also moved by the innocence and appealing vulnerability of the lead vocalist Sam "Little Sonny" Brown and decided to buy this greatest hits compilation and needless to say it has not left my cd player since. The addictive blend of
horns, strings and guitar riffs makes a groove that is both slick and gritty at the same time.The songs are almost all written by the legendary Gamble and Huff songwriting team and there seems to be a thread of romantic nostalgia connecting the songs. "I'll Always Love My Mama", "Me Tarzan, You Jane" and "Together" are all seldom played classics. Why this great soul group has been swept aside by the shifting sands of time is beyond me as they were fantastic. This is some of the most feel good soul comfort music out there. Buy this, it'll make you feel good.

Yes, The Album is as Great as Others are Saying
I know I'm not Original here, as the Previous 13 Reviews have awarded the Same 5 Stars to this Release, but I feel the need to Echo the sentiment. The Intruders, led by the Unmistakable Hurting/Cracking, Passionate Voice of Little Sonny Brown, are Grossly Underappreciated, These Songs stand among the Greatest in Soul History, Gems like "Together", "I Wanna Know Your Name", "Love is Like a Baseball Game", "United", and on and on....and the Long Version of "I'll always love My Mama", where Pt. 2 of the song (the second half, if you will, as listed on My Original 45 Copy I bought in 1973) has the Intruders Rapping, Playing the "Dozens", quite interesting to hear still; An Absolute MUST for Your Music Library...I am Pleased to have seen the Intruders Perform at Constitution Hall in D.C. in 1993, reunited with Little Sonny after Many Years away...The Pain in His Voice One Hears in many of these Songs was Real, Little Sonny Jumped from a Bridge near Philadelphia to His Death in 1995......RIP