Early Girls 4 (2005)

Product Summary Label: City Hall Records UPC: 00029667007627 Release Date: 3/4/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63964426 Item#: M27EPM Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Dum Dum ~ Brenda Lee ------ 2. (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am ~ Nancy Wilson ------ 3. I Cried A Tear ~ LaVern Baker ------ 4. Tall Paul ~ Annette Funicello/Afterbeats/Annette ------ 5. Sincerely ~ The McGuire Sisters ------ 6. Secret Love ~ Doris Day ------ 7. Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) ~ Sue Thompson ------ 8. Oh Why ~ Teddy Bears ------ 9. Tammy ~ Debbie Reynolds ------ 10. Tweedle Dee ~ Georgia Gibbs ------ 11. It Hurts To Be In Love ~ Annie Laurie ------ 12. Love Of My Man, The ~ Theola Kilgore ------ 13. Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) ~ The Cookies ------ 14. Man in the Raincoat, The ~ Don Wright & The Septette/Priscilla Wright/Don Wright/The Septette ------ 15. Little White Lies ~ Betty Johnson ------ 16. Daddy ~ O ------ 17. Walkin' Miracle, A ~ Anita Humes/The Essex ------ 18. My Little Marine ~ Jamie Horton ------ 19. He'll Have To Stay ~ Jeanne Black ------ 20. Ronnie ~ Marcy Joe ------ 21. Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now ~ Patience and Prudence ------ 22. Paper Roses ~ Anita Bryant ------ 23. To A Soldier Boy ~ The Tassels ------ 24. Teenage Cleopatra ~ Tracey Dey ------ 25. Little Tin Soldier ~ Toy Dolls ------ 26. This Ole House ~ Rosemary Clooney ------ 27. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby ~ Little Eva ------ 28. I Can't Take It ~ Mary Ann Fisher ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Authors: Malcolm Baumgart; Mick Patrick. 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 Producer: Trevor Churchill (Compilation); Rob Finnis (Compilation); John Broven (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 03/22/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 1045 Label : Ace Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00029667007627    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray