Product Description

Three husband and wife songwriting teams ruled the airwaves of the Kennedy era: Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil and Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry.

Ace paid tribute to Goffin & King in 2007 with a big selling collection of their compositions, and a compendium of songs by Mann & Weil is scheduled for later this year, but first it's the turn of top Brill Building hitmakers Greenwich & Barry.

Although they wrote together for just three or four years, you'd need a box set to contain all the hit songs of Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. Until such a pipedream becomes a reality, this single disc compilation of hits, rarities and other gems can't be beaten as a representation of their work.

The collection contains famous tracks by the Shangri-Las, the Jelly Beans, the Dixie Cups, the Butterflys, Lesley Gore, the Chiffons, the Drifters and the Beach Boys; the first released versions of Do-Wah-Diddy and Hanky Panky (from before the Manfreds and Tommy James got their hands on the songs); plus new-to-CD collectables from the Darlettes, Karen Verros, the Fleetwoods, the Majors and Tony Pass. And that's just for starters...

Track Listing

1. I Can Hear Music - THE BEACH BOYS
2. I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing - THE DRIFTERS
3. Out In The Streets - THE SHANGRI-LAS
4. Maybe I Know - LESLEY GORE
5. He Ain't No Angel - THE AD-LIBS
6. I Have A Boyfriend - THE CHIFFONS
7. Baby Be Mine - THE JELLY BEANS
8. Do-Wah-Diddy - THE EXCITERS
9. Everybody Come Clap Your Hands - MOODY & THE DELTAS
10. Nobody But You - THE TOKENS
11. Here She Comes - THE DARLETTES
12. Hold On Baby - SAM HAWKINS
13. You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me - THE DIXIE CUPS
14. Goodnight Baby - THE BUTTERFLYS
15. I Hear You Say (I Love You) - ANDY KIM
16. Little Boy - KAREN VERROS
17. I Want You For My Sweetheart - BOBBY SHEEN
18. That Boy Is Messing Up My Mind - THE ORCHIDS
19. Hanky Panky - THE SUMMITS
20. What Have You Been Doin' - THE MAJORS
21. Every Little Beat - THE FLEETWOODS
22. I Won't Be Me Anymore - VIC DONNA
23. True True Love - TONY PASS
24. River Deep-Mountain High - NILSSON

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11874 in Music
• Released on: 2008-10-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .24 pounds