Early Girls, Vol. 4

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Overview

What can you say about a compilation that follows Rosemary Clooney with Little Eva, and LaVern Baker with Annette Funicello? You can say it is the fourth installment of Ace's entertaining Early Girls series. This volume focuses on chart hits between 1954 and 1964, and isn't afraid to include anyone though most of the artists are straight pop like Patience and Prudence, Doris Day, Debbie Reynolds, and the McGuire Sisters. There are also girl groups (the Cookies, the Essex), unknown R&B singers (Theola Kilgore, Annie Laurie), sweet teenagers (Marcy Jo, Jamie Horton), country crooners (Sue Thompson) and untamed forces of nature (Brenda Lee). The volume strikes a nice balance between well-known artists and obscurities, the highlights of the disc come from both camps. From the former are Brenda Lee's knock-out novelty "Dum Dum," the Cookies candy kissed "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)," Nancy Wilson's " (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am," Patience and Prudence's perky "Gonna Get Along Without You Now"; from the latter are Tracey Dey's silly but fun "Teenage Cleopatra," Theola Kilgore's "The Love of My Man," the Toy Dolls' "Little Tin Soldier" and best of all from a woman who managed to be the paramour of both Ray Charles and Little Jimmy Scott, Mary Ann Fisher's absolutely fierce R&B howler "I Can't Take It." Overall the disc may lean a bit heavily on the orchestras and schmaltz but if you can stand it, Early Girls, Vol. 4 is a fun and sweet trip through an oft-ignored area of American pop. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2005
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667007627
Rank:	93461

Tracks

1. Dum Dum  - Jackie DeShannon  - Brenda Lee  - Sharon Sheeley
2. (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am  - Lou Harrison  - Jimmy Williams  - Nancy Wilson
3. I Cried a Tear  - LaVern Baker
4. Tall Paul  -  Afterbeats  - Annette Funicello  - Bob Roberts  -  Annette
5. Sincerely  - Alan Freed  - Harvey Fuqua  -  McGuire Sisters
6. Secret Love  - Doris Day  - Sammy Fain  - Paul Webster
7. Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)  - John D. Loudermilk  - Sue Thompson
8. Oh Why  - Phil Spector  -  Teddy Bears
9. Tammy  - Ray Evans  - Jay Livingston  - Debbie Reynolds
10. Tweedle Dee  - Georgia Gibbs  - Winfield Scott
11. It Hurts to Be in Love  - Julius Edward Dixon  - Annie Laurie  - Rudy Toombs
12. The Love of My Man  - Theola Kilgore  - Ed Townsend
13. Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)  -  Cookies  - Gerry Goffin  - Carole King
14. The Man in the Raincoat  -  Wright  - Priscilla Wright  - Don Wright  -  Septette
15. Little White Lies  - Walter Donaldson  - Betty Johnson
16. Daddy-O  -  Bonnie Lou  - Charlie Gore  - Louis Innis
17. A Walkin' Miracle  - Luigi Creatore  -  Essex  - Anita Humes  - Adam Levy  - Hugo Peretti  - George David Weiss
18. My Little Marine  - Jamie Horton
19. He'll Have to Stay  - Audrey Allison  - Joe Allison  - Jeanne Black  - Charles Randolph Grean
20. Ronnie  - Marcy Joe
21. Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now  -  Patience and Prudence
22. Paper Roses  - Anita Bryant  - Fred Spielman  - Janice Torre
23. To a Soldier Boy  -  Tassels
24. Teenage Cleopatra  - Tracey Dey  - Beverly "Ruby" Ross
25. Little Tin Soldier  - Fred Darian  -  The Toy Dolls  - Joseph VanWinkle
26. This Ole House  - Rosemary Clooney  - Stuart Hamblen
27. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby  - Gerry Goffin  - Carole King  -  Little Eva
28. I Can't Take It  - Anthony Bruno  - Mary Ann Fisher  - Gerry Granahan

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Septette   Primary Artist
Don Wright   Primary Artist
Annette   Primary Artist
The Essex   Primary Artist
The Cookies   Primary Artist
Bonnie Lou   Primary Artist
The Teddy Bears   Primary Artist
Afterbeats   Primary Artist
Doris Day   Primary Artist
Debbie Reynolds   Primary Artist
Jeanne Black   Primary Artist
Patience and Prudence   Primary Artist
Marcy Joe   Primary Artist
Don Wright & The Septette   Primary Artist
Toy Dolls   Primary Artist
The Tassels   Primary Artist
Brenda Lee   Primary Artist
Rosemary Clooney   Primary Artist
Priscilla Wright   Primary Artist
Nancy Wilson   Primary Artist
The McGuire Sisters   Primary Artist
Anita Bryant   Primary Artist
Anita Humes   Primary Artist
Annie Laurie   Primary Artist
Mary Ann Fisher   Primary Artist
Jamie Horton   Primary Artist
Georgia Gibbs   Primary Artist
Theola Kilgore   Primary Artist
Tracey Dey   Primary Artist
Betty Johnson   Primary Artist
LaVern Baker   Primary Artist
Little Eva   Primary Artist
Annette Funicello   Primary Artist
Sue Thompson   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

John Broven   Compilation Producer
Rob Finnis   Compilation Producer
Trevor Churchill   Compilation Producer
Fred Darian   Composer
Bob Roberts   Composer
Sharon Sheeley   Composer
Paul Webster   Composer
Audrey Allison   Composer
Beverly "Ruby" Ross   Composer
Mick Patrick   Liner Notes
Jackie DeShannon   Composer
Joe Allison   Composer
Fred Spielman   Composer
Ed Townsend   Composer
Charles Randolph Grean   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Charlie Gore   Composer
Lou Harrison   Composer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
Hugo Peretti   Composer
Louis Innis   Composer
Julius Edward Dixon   Composer
Rudy Toombs   Composer
Luigi Creatore   Composer
Ray Evans   Composer
Alan Freed   Composer
Jools DeVere   Package Design
Anthony Bruno   Composer
Gerry Granahan   Composer
Stuart Hamblen   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Harvey Fuqua   Composer
Winfield Scott   Composer
Phil Spector   Composer
Jimmy Williams   Composer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer
Joseph VanWinkle   Composer
Adam Skeaping   Mastering
Harry Young   Research
Malcolm Baumgart   Liner Notes
Adam Levy   Composer
Janice Torre   Composer