The Best of Johnny Maestro: 1958-1985

Johnny Maestro (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1958
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B000BTFZLO
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,884 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 16 Candles

2. Six Nights a Week

3. The Angels Listened In

4. A Year Ago Tonight

5. Step by Step

6. Trouble in Paradise

7. Model Girl

8. What a Surprise

9. Mr. Happiness

10. My Juanita

11. (You Give Me) Peace of Mind

12. Beside You

13. The Worst That Could Happen

14. Blessed Is the Rain

15. You'll Never Walk Alone

Editorial Reviews

The only career-spanning collection from the legendary doo-wop singer, including Crests, Brooklyn Bridge and solo material! Includes 16 Candles; Step by Step; The Worst That Could Happen; Six Nights a Week; The Angels Listened In; Trouble in Paradise; A Year Ago Tonight; Blessed Is the Rain; You'll Never Walk Alone; Model Girl; What a Surprise; Mr. Happiness; Beside You; (You Gave Me) Peace of Mind , and My Juanita . Great notes, too!

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid anthology of one of rock and roll's greatest voices, March 15, 2006

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This review is from: The Best of Johnny Maestro: 1958-1985 (Audio CD)

Well it's about time! You've heard that voice on the radio for decades now. In the late fifties as lead singer of the Crests he sparkled on great doo-wop sounds like "Step By Step", "The Angels Listened In", "My Juanita" and of course "16 Candles". In the early sixties he hit the charts again as a solo artist with terrific tunes like "Model Girl" and one of my personal favorites "What A Surprise". And then in the late sixties Johnny Maestro formed a great new group he dubbed Brooklyn Bridge. That group hit the charts with memorable numbers like "Blessed Is The Rain", Rogers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone" and of course the #3 smash "The Worst That Could Happen" from 1968. You will find all of these and so much more on Shout Factory's wonderful new 2006 anthology "The Best of Johnny Maestro 1958-1985". This is a collection that is long overdue!!!
After all these many years Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge remain wildly popular in the New York/New Jersey and New England area. And what's not to like? At age 66 Johnny Maestro is still getting it done with one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in rock and roll. Check out the two acapella numbers on this disc. Great stuff! You are also sure to enjoy tunes like "Trouble In Paradise" and "A Year Ago Tonight". The fact of the matter is that there is no a bad song among the 15 tracks on this disc. What prevents this collection from being a five star offering is Shout Factory's inexplicable failure to include one of the most popular Brooklyn Bridge hits "Welcome Me Love". No Johnny Maestro collection can be considered complete without that one. But all in all this is a really fine collection. These are the original Coed and Buddah recordings you enjoyed in your youth. I can highly recommend it! If you are looking for other Johnny Maestro recordings might I suggest Collectables 2004 release "Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge Today". This was the groups first new studio recording in decades. Either way you can't go wrong. Long live Johnny Maestro!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Johnny sounding better than ever but not complete!, March 9, 2006

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S. Viola "violet1" (Upper Saddle River, N.J. United States) - See all my reviews
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I really do like this CD! How can you not? Johnny Maestro has always been one of the best vocalists of any rock era, but how in the world can you have a 'BEST OF' and not include 'Welcome Me Love', one of the Brooklyn Bridge's greatest songs? Also missing is ;Your Husband, My Wife;. There are lesser, more unknown songs included here. For shame. For that, 4 stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a voice!, October 3, 2007

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William E Donoghue "Fessor Mojo" (Healdsburg CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Johnny Maestro's voice is up there with Frankie Lymon and Michael Jackson as one of the greatest pop singers of all time; emotion, dynamics and precise phrasing. When he started out the group included Judy Dross the sister of another great pop singer (although wasted on sub-par material) Luther Van Dross. When I first saw him at The Steel Pier in Atlantic City, the Black members of the group had been replaced with white singers and a bass guitar taking the doo-wop bass parts. The Brooklyn Bridge is a great show ("Welcome Me Love") is missing here but he was outstanding on the recent PBS special. What an enduring talent!