Various Artists - The Herald Records Doowop Collection 1953-63 (Various Artists) (CD)

Details: The Herald Records Doowop Collection 1953-63 - It's a feast of classic doowop from a label which was at the heart of the genre.n. Che Herald label was founded in 1950 by Fred Mendelsohn, formerly with Savoy, and he was soon joined by Al Silver, who owned the pressing plant that made the label's records. Silver had an ear for R&B and doowop, and built Herald into a creative hub for R&B recording and most particularly becoming renowned for it's output of doowop recordings by a string of different groups during the late '50s and into the 1960s. Most notable among those groups were The Nutmegs, The Turbans, The Mello Kings and Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, who all had hits on the label. This great-value 89-track 3-CD set brings together most of the label's releases by artists whose work falls broadly into the category of doowop, although this is obviously not a definition which can be slavishly or precisely applied. It features the A & B sides of most of the Herald releases by the groups named above, plus The Embers, The Five Willows, The Sonnets, The Cashmeres, The Rocketeers, The Thrillers, The Sunbeams, The Mint Juleps, Little Butchie Saunders, The Four Js, The Desires, The Loungers, The Vocalaires, The Concords and The Premiers. It features the Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs' R&B No. 1 'Stay', and their other hits 'I Remember' and 'Come Along', The Nutmegs' hits 'Story Untold' and 'Ship Of Love', The Turbans' No. 3 'When You Dance' and the Mello-Kings' 'Tonite, Tonite'. It's a feast of classic doowop from a label which was at the heart of the genre.

Tracklist:

1. He Embers - Paradise Hill
2. The Embers - Sound of Love
3. The Rocketeers - Foolish One
4. The Rocketeers - Gonna Feed My Baby Poison
5. The Thrillers - Please Talk to Me
6. The Thrillers - Lizabeth
7. The 5 Willows - Lay Your Head on My Shoulder
8. The 5 Willows - Baby Come a Little Closer
9. The Heralds - Eternal Love
10. The Heralds - Gonna Love You
11. The Five Willows - So Help Me I Love You
12. The Five Willows - Look Me in the Eyes
13. The Sunbeams - Come Back Baby
14. The Sunbeams - Tell Me Why
15. The Nutmegs - Story Untold
16. The Nutmegs - Make Me Lose My Mind
17. The Turbans - When You Dance
18. The Turbans - Let Me Show You (Around My Heart)
19. The Nutmegs - Ship of Love
20. The Nutmegs - Rock Me Squeeze Me
21. The Nutmegs - Whispering Sorrows
22. The Nutmegs - Betty Lou
23. The Turbans - Sister Sookey
24. The Turbans - I'll Always Watch Over You
25. Cashmeres - Little Dream Girl
26. Cashmeres - Do I Upset You
27. The Nutmegs - Key to the Kingdom (Of Your Heart)
28. The Nutmegs - Gift O' Gabbin' Woman
29. The Sonnets - Please Won't You Call Me
30. The Sonnets - Why Should We Break Up
31. The Turbans - B-I-N-G-O (Bingo)
32. The Turbans - I'm Nobody's
33. Mint Juleps - Bells of Love
34. Mint Juleps - Vip-A-Dip
35. Little "Butchie" Saunders and His Buddies - Lindy Lou
36. Little "Butchie" Saunders and His Buddies - Rock 'N' Roll Indian Dance
37. The Turbans - It Was a Night Like This
38. The Turbans - All of My Love
39. Little "Butchie" Saunders and His Buddies - Great Big Heart
40. The Nutmegs - Comin' Home
41. The Nutmegs - a Love So True
42. The Turbans Featuring Al Banks - Bye and Bye
43. The Turbans Featuring Al Banks - Valley of Love
44. The Mellokings - Tonite-Tonite
45. The Mellokings - Do Baby Do
46. The Mello Kings - Sassafras
47. The Mello Kings - Chapel on the Hill
48. The Turbans - Congratulations
49. The Turbans - the Wadda-Do
50. The Mello Kings - Baby Tell Me Why Why Why
51. The Mello Kings - the Only Girls I'll Ever Know
52. The Mello Kings - Valerie
53. The Mello Kings - She's Real Cool
54. The Four J's - Kissin' at the Drive-In
55. The Four J's - Dreams Are a Dime a Dozen
56. The Desires - Cold Lonely Heart
57. The Desires - Bobby You
58. The Loungers - Remember the Nite
59. The Loungers - Dizzy Spell
60. The Mello-Kings - Chip Chip
61. The Mellokings - Running to You
62. The Nutmegs - My Sweet Dream
63. The Nutmegs - My Story
64. The Mello Kings - Dear Mr. Jock
65. The Mello Kings - Our Love Is Beautiful
66. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Stay
67. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Do You Believe
68. The Mello Kings - Kid Stuff
69. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - I Remember
70. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Always
71. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Come Along
72. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Do I
73. The Mello Kings - Penny
74. The Mello Kings - Till There Were None
75. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Come and Get It
76. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Some Day
77. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - High Blood Pressure
78. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Please
79. The Mello Kings - Love at First Sight
80. The Dynamics Feat. Tony Maresco - Forever Love
81. The Dynamics Feat. Tony Maresco - Betty My Own
82. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - It's Alright
83. The Vocalaires - Dance-Dance
84. The Vocalaires - These Empty Arms
85. The Nutmegs - Rip Van Winkle
86. The Nutmegs - Crazy 'Bout You
87. The Concords - Marlene
88. The Concords - Our Love Wasn't Meant to Be
89. The Premeers - Diary of Our Love