ALBUM REVIEW

MOMENTS TO REMEMBER -
(MCA/Good Music Co. 2 CD set #MSD2-35318 / 127928)

Subtitled "...from The 50's & 60's!" this set is all vocal group harmony, actually beginning in 1949 and ending in 1968. But it's essentially a "pop" collection, not rock 'n' roll, even though it includes 3 cuts by the Platters. So "hang up your rock and roll shoes" for this package.

A few of the tracks are "vanilla" covers of rock 'n' roll tunes, but you can't really include "The Way You Look Tonight" by the Lettermen in this category because the tune is a Jerome Kern composition dating back to 1936, when Fred Astaire first charted with it, if anything is a "cover" it's the Jaguars' r&b interpretation. The songs are mainly of the "standards" variety and provide a reminder that all good vocal group harmony isn't necessarily rock 'n' roll or r&b. Don't forget - Alan Freed played records by the Chordettes, too, even if he wouldn't play the Crew Cuts' version of "Sh Boom."

Dates shown in the track listing are chart dates (from Billboard).

Disc 1:
1. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - Four Aces (Decca 29625) Aug 55
2. You, You, You - Ames Brothers (RCA Victor 5325) Jun 53
3. Moments To Remember - Four Lads (Columbia 40539) Sep 55
4. My Prayer - Platters (Mercury 70893) Jul 56
5. Sincerely - McGuire Sisters (Coral 61323) Jan 55
6. Glow Worm - Mills Brothers (Decca 28384) Sep 52
7. Mr. Sandman - Chordettes (Cadence 1247) Oct 54
8. Standing On The Corner - Four Lads (Columbia 40674) Apr 56
9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Platters (Mercury 71383) Nov 58
10. Teach Me Tonight - DeCastro Sisters (Abbott 3001) Oct 54
11. The Way You Look Tonight - Lettermen (Capitol 4586) Sep 61
12. I Wanna Be Loved - Andrews Sisters (Decca 27007) May 50
13. Sh Boom - Crew Cuts (Mercury 70404) Jul 54
14. Tell Me Why - Four Aces (Decca 27860) Dec 51
15. Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane - Ames Brothers (RCA 47-5897) Nov 54
16. Only You - Hilltoppers (Dot 15423) Nov 55
17. Perfidia - Four Aces (Decca 27987) Feb 52
18. Something's Gotta Give - McGuire Sisters (Coral 61423) Jun 55
19. Twilight Time - Platters (Mercury 71289) Apr 58
20. Stranger In Paradise - Four Aces (Decca 28927) Dec 53

Disc 2:
1. Undecided - Ames Brothers (Coral 60566) Sep 51
2. No Not Much - Four Lads (Columbia 40629) Jan 56
3. Greenfields - Brothers Four (Columbia 41571) Feb 60
4. 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) - Four Preps (Capitol 3845) Jan 58
5. Marianne - Hilltoppers (Dot 15537) Feb 57
6. Hearts Of Stone - Fontane Sisters (Dot 15265) Dec 54
7. The Three Bells - Browns (RCA 7555) Jul 59
8. When I Fall In Love - Lettermen (Capitol 4658) Nov 61
9. Rag Mop - Ames Brothers (Coral 60140) Jan 50
10. Three Coins In The Fountain - Four Aces (Decca 29123) May 54
11. Sugartime - McGuire Sisters (Coral 61924) Dec 57
12. Graduation Day - Four Freshmen (Capitol 3410) May 56
13. Shangri-La - Four Coins (Epic 9213) May 57
14. Melody Of Love - Four Aces (Decca 29395) Jan 55
15. Cab Driver - Mills Brothers (Dot 17041) Jan 68
16. Born To Be With You - Chordettes (Cadence 1291) Jun 56
17. Scarlet Ribbons - Browns (RCA 7614) Nov 59
18. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Somethin' Smith & the Redheads (Epic 9083) Apr 55
19. I Can Dream, Can't I - Andrews Sisters (Decca 24705) Sep 49
20. Melodie D'Amour - Ames Brothers (RCA 7046) Oct 57

Copyright � 2002 - Doo Wop Gino

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