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Before They Were Hits Vol. 4
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Jerry Orbach
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Try to Remember 1960
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Lally Stott
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Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 1970
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Brenda Holloway
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You've Made Me So Very Happy 1968
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Betty Everett
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You're No Good 1963
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Ramona King
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It's In His Kiss 1963
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Art & Dotty Todd
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Chanson D'Amour 1958
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George Benson
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The Greatest Love Of All 1977
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Goldie & The Gingerbreads
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Can't You Hear My Heartbeat 1964
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Valentinos
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It's All Over Now 1964
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Dee Dee Warwick
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You're No Good 1963
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Billy Joe Royal
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Rose Garden 1967
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Mark James
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Suspicious Minds 1968
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Roy Hall aka Sunny David
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 1955
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Sonny Dae & His Knights
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Rock Around The Clock 1953
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Sir Mack Rice
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Mustang Sally 1965
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Tom Paxton
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I Give You the Morning
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The Olympics
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Good Lovin' 1965
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Bo Diddley
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I'm A Man 1957
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Darlene Love
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Chapel Of Love
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Jonathan King
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Hooked On A Feeling 1971
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Willie Mabon
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Seventh Son 1955
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The Top Notes
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Twist And Shout 1960
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Earl - Jean
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I'm Into Something Good 1964
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Smiley Lewis
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I Hear You Knocking 1955
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Five Royals
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Dedicated To The One I Love 1957
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Steve Goodman
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City of New Orleans 1971
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Art Garfunkel
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Bright Eyes 1978
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Ronald & Ruby
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Lollipop 1958
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Vikki Carr
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He's A Rebel 1961
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Gale Storm
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I Hear You Knocking
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Comment:
Roy Hall was the composer of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On". He was a guitarist and a Restaurant owner as well. Many artists starting, their careers, played at Hall's Restaurant. One of them was Jerry Lee Lewis. OK; Art Garfunkel got a big hit with "Bright Eyes". But the hit was a later recording with a totally different arrangement and elaborated lyrics. The version here is the original soundtrack version from the movie Watership Down. Also, Gale Storms versio of "I Hear You Knocking" is not an original. But it's so awful I just HAD to put it in.
Feedback:
Nice mix and interesting theme. Re "Rose Garden": I find it hard to choose between Billy Joe Royal's version and the writer, Joe South's, version. (Both "georgiaboys" like me!) Either beats the Lynne Anderson version, although the public must not've thought so.
A fascinating series. Sometimes you wonder why the original wan't the hit, sometimes it's evident. Sometimes, as you note, it's even debatable which version is the original. But the main thing is that almost all your picks on all four of these volumes are occasions for that kind wonder and/or debate. There's a lot on these four that I'd like to listen to, so if you can find four of mine you'd like to trade for, just let me know.
Amazing series. Really nice job with the work you did on this.
Great set of disks & notes. Well worth the effort it must've taken to put together. Nice work!
