Aladdin Years

Five Keys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0000008YB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #399,037 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. With a Broken Heart

2. The Glory of Love

3. Yes Sir, That's My Baby

4. Red Sails in the Sunset

5. Be Anything (But Be Mine)

6. Mistakes

7. If You Only Knew

8. Hold Me

9. Will My Heart Stand a Chance

10. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You

11. Can't Keep from Crying

12. Yearning

13. There Ought to Be a Law

14. Mama (Your Daughter Told a Lie on Me)

15. When You're Gone

16. I'll Awlays Be in Love With You

17. Rocking and Crying Blues

18. These Foolish Things

19. Teardrops in Your Eyes

20. My Saddest Hour

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Early Five Keys, April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Aladdin Years (Audio CD)

This CD contains 25 tracks recorded by the Five Keys for Aladdin Records between 1951 and 1953. 9 of these tracks were unreleased. Only one track charted. That was "The Glory of Love", an R&B #1 in 1951. Most (18) of the tracks have Rudy West in the lead. The others have Ulysses K. Hicks doing lead (when Rudy was in the military). Almost all cuts are ballads, sometimes doo-wop, sometimes 40's vocal group style. The Five Keys specialized in pop standards during this period. This CD is filled with excellent ballads like "The Glory Of Love", "Red Sails In The Sunset", "I'll Always Be In Love With You", "These Foolish Things", "My Saddest Hour" and "White Cliffs Of Dover". There really isn't a bad track to be found. The liner notes contain a complete sessionography for the Five Keys.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an r&b vocal group essential, February 22, 2010

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Peter W. Curry "The doctor" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aladdin Years (Audio CD)

Simply put,this is the best collection by an r&b vocal group I have ever heard. There is a continuity of quality here that beats even the best retrospectives by the Spaniels, Drifters,Harptones, and so on. No filler, just real good to great songs that keep your interest peaked through all 25 cuts. Even though this music was recorded more than half a century ago,it sounds fresh and vital and will lift you up. Are you getting my point ? Get this CD!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DOO-WOP IS STILL STRONG!!, May 7, 2007

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Margaret E., Naccari (Annapolis, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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