Dee Clark/How About That [Bonus Tracks]

by Dee Clark

Overview

This very well-mastered and choice reissue from Collectables assembles Dee Clark's first two long-players, Dee Clark (1959) and How About That, both originally issued on the Abner label. The annotation is minimal, but the packaging is handsome and the sound is excellent, and there's not a bad song among the two dozen here, among which is included Clark's signature hit, "Hey Little Girl." But there's a lot more than that fine piece of Bo Diddley-based rock & roll to recommend this set -- Clark put a lot into his LPs, in terms of range, and there's some old-style R&B (veering sharply toward blues), plus some excellent soul-flavored pop (including a Gershwin tune and a cover of Sam Cooke's "It's Time to Say Goodnight," aka "The Time Has Come," as it's listed here). And the singer provides a handful of pretty good originals, too, and to top it off, there's a conceptual piece called "The Convention" that's a superb three-minute account of how R&B and rock & roll made their way into mainstream music. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2010
Label:	Ais / Hoo Doo Records / Hoodoo
UPC:	8436028696284

Tracks

1. Just Keep It Up
2. Blues Get Off My Shoulder
3. Hey Little Girl
4. Whispering Grass
5. Seven Nights
6. I Can't Dream
7. Nobody But You
8. If It Wasn't For Love
9. Lucky Me
10. When I Call On You
11. Nature Boy
12. Count On Me
13. How About That
14. Cling a Ling
15. They're Talkin'
16. At My Front Door
17. The Convention
18. I Love You Darling
19. Senior Blues
20. A Foggy Day
21. You There
22. Silently Lovin' You
23. Moonlight In Vermont
24. The Times Has Come
25. Twenty-Four Boy Friends
26. I Just Can't Help Myself
27. Wondering
28. Oh Little Girl

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dee Clark   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Otis Blackwell   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Dee Clark   Composer
John Moore   Composer
Ewart Abner   Composer
Theodore Twiggs   Composer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Bobby Parker   Composer
B.W. Stevenson   Composer
Eden Ahbez   Composer