ALBUM REVIEW

THE SIX TEENS - A CASUAL LOOK-
(The Famous Groove CD #FG 971019)

FAN-TASTIC!!! If you remember the Six Teens, here's a chance to own their entire output. Formed in Los Angeles around 1955 by teenage singer-songwriter Ed Wells, the group consisted of three female and three male voices: Trudy Williams who sang lead, Louise Williams (Trudy's sister), and Beverly Pecot were the three girls. Ed Wells, Darryl Lewis and Kenneth Sinclair were the guys. This 1998 release from France's Famous Groove label gives you all 22 of their tracks for Los Angeles' Flip label, PLUS their first 2 tracks on Flip as the "Sweet Teens," PLUS 2 unreleased tracks by lead singer Trudy Williams with Richard Berry's Pharaohs, AND a 1998 acappella version of "A Casual Look" by the re-united Six Teens (with Jimmy Smith replacing the ill Ed Wells, who passed away in February 2001). All wrapped around an interview with the re-united group by the host of KPFK-FM's Rhapsody In Black, Bill Gardner.

We note, for the record, that the liner notes for this CD were lifted verbatim from the Six Teens LP released in 1989 by the Official label of Copenhagen, Denmark.

No matter how you look at it, though, you just gotta love a CD that begins: "I'm Darryl Lewis and I sing bass, doe-doe-doe."

My one criticism - the interview segments are on the same tracks with the songs. I would have preferred that they be tracked separately.

Track listing:

1. A Casual Look - (Flip #315) 1956
2. Teenage Promise - (Flip #315) 1956
3. Send Me Flowers - (Flip #317) 1956
4. Was It A Dream Of Mine - (Flip #322) 1957
5. My Surprise - (Flip #326) 1957
6. Baby You're Dynamite - (Flip #326) 1957
7. Afar Into The Night - (Flip #317) 1956
8. Stop Playing Ping Pong With My Heart - (Flip #329) 1957
9. My Special Guy - (Flip #320) 1957
10. Only Jim - (Flip #320) 1957
11. My Secret - (Flip #329) 1957
12. Love's Funny That Way - (Flip #333) 1958
13. Danny (This Is The Last Dance) - (Flip #333) 1958
14. Baby-O - (Flip #338) 1958
15. Oh, It's Crazy - (Flip #338) 1958
16. Heaven Knows I Love Him - (Flip #346) 1959
17. You're My Boyfriend - unreleased - Trudy Williams & the Pharaohs - ca. 1960
18. Why Do I Go To School - (Flip #346) 1959
19. That Wonderful Secret Of Love - (Flip #350) 1960
20. Arrow Of Love - (Flip #322) 1957
21. So Happy - (Flip #350) 1960
22. Suddenly In Love - (Flip #351) 1960
23. A Foolish Little Girl - unreleased - Trudy Williams & Pharoahs - ca. 1960
24. A Little Prayer - (Flip #351) 1960
25. Forever More - The Sweet Teens - (Flip #311) 1955
26. Don't Worry About A Thing - The Sweet Teens - (Flip #311) 1955
27. A Casual Look - unreleased Acappella rendition - ca. 1998

Copyright � 2001 - Doo Wop Gino

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