The Best Of The Shirelles

Shirelles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00195I3F4
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,892 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Will You Love Me Tomorrow

2. Dedicated To The One I Love

3. Mama Said

4. Soldier Boy

5. Foolish Little Girl

6. Baby It's You

7. Tonight's The Night

8. Everybody Loves A Lover

9. A Thing Of The Past

10. What A Sweet Thing That Was

11. The Things I Want To Hear (Pretty Words)

12. Big John (Ain't You Gonna Marry Me)

13. Blue Holiday

14. Stop The Music

15. Welcome Home Baby

16. Boys

17. The Dance Is Over

18. Sha La La

19. Maybe Tonight

20. I Saw A Tear

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is dedicated to The Shirelles, July 2, 2008

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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COLLECTABLES' outstanding THE BEST OF THE SHIRELLES compilation includes the group's first 16 SCEPTER 'A' sides:
(American chart positions)
1959: Dedicated to the One I Love (#83) (and #3 in 1961)**
1960: Tonight's the Night (#39)
1961: Will You Love Me Tomorrow (#1)
1961: Mama Said (#4)
1961: What a Sweet Thing That Was (#54)
1961: A Thing of the Past (#41)
1961: Big John (Ain't You Gonna Marry Me?) (#21)
1962: Baby It's You (#8)
1962: The Things I Want to Hear (Pretty Words) (#107)
1962: Soldier Boy (#1)
1962: Welcome Home, Baby (#22)
1962: Stop The Music (#36)
1962: It's Love That Really Counts (#102)
1963: Everybody Loves a Lover (#19)
1963: Foolish Little Girl (#4)
1963: Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye (#26)

Plus these 'A's:
1963: What Does a Girl Do? (#53)
1964: Tonight You're Gonna Fall in Love With Me (#57)
1964: Sha-La-La (#69)
1964: Maybe Tonight (#88)

And these 'B' sides:
Blue Holiday (backed "Mama Said")
Boys (flip of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow")
The Dance Is Over ('B' of "Tonight's the Night")
I Saw A Tear (on the 1964 "Are You Still My Baby?" single)
Look A Here Baby (from the 1961 rerelease of "Dedicated to the One I Love")

SHIRELLES TRIVIA--
The girls originally called themselves the Poquellos (meaning birds), then The Honeytones. They were renamed in 1958 by their first producer, Florence Greenberg. She based "Shirelles" on the first syllable of leader Shirley Owens name.

At their high school talent show, the Poquellos were a huge hit with an a cappella version of their self-penned "I Met Him on a Sunday."

Based on sales of their first single, "I Met Him on a Sunday," manager/producer Greenberg sold the master and the Shirelles' contract to DECCA for $4000. She used this cash to start the SCEPTER label. After two subsequent flops, DECCA dropped the girls and they landed at SCEPTER, where their 1959 remake of the 5 Royales' "Dedicated to the One I Love" made Billboard's Top 100.

The Shirelles' 1960 version of Goffin/King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" went all the way to #1 on the Pop charts. They were the first girl group to achieve this. **"Dedicated to the One I Love" was then rereleased, and it entered the Top 10 while "...Tomorrow" was still at #3.

Lyrics to their second #1 hit, "Soldier Boy" are by producer Greenberg.

So much material came their way the girls declined "He's a Rebel" and "The Shoop Shoop Song," which became major hits for other artists.

For another superb 25 song set from the Scepter/Wand/Musicor family, check out THE BEST OF CHUCK JACKSON, also from COLLECTABLES.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good cd, November 15, 2009

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William T. Gilbert III (Lincoln, NE.) - See all my reviews
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this cd is 1 of the better cds of the best of the shirlles. has most of the big hits on it. good quality recordings. seems most are the original hit versions. Unlike an aparently defective CD, 16 best hits of the shirelles, this CD, it looks like the production peaple paid attention to what they were doing in tittling the track index, the index tittles, all match the songs tittles, on the CD track indacated. 1 of the things I look for in a CD, I think will be good 1. this CD I just purchased, has not let me down yet.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Shirelles--one of the best girl groups ever !!!, April 14, 2009

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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The Best Of The Shirelles has fantastic hits by this very famous girl group. The Shirelles enjoyed great popularity because they were just so good; they could take a song or ballad and inject so much passion and energy into it that you could never forget it. I could swear I'm listening to pure silk when I hear them sing! The quality of the sound on this album is nothing short of excellent; and I like that artwork, too.

The CD starts off with these most talented ladies performing a huge hit for them entitled "Will You Love Me Tomorrow." "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" makes good use of the strings and they never miss a beat! "Dedicated To The One I Love" is a ballad so many couples could identify with when they had to be apart; and "Mama Said" still rings true all these years later. In addition, "Soldier Boy" was one of then biggest hits The Shirelles ever had; and just one listen will tell you why they went so far with this ballad--it's absolutely wonderful!

"Baby It's You" has a rock flavor with a touch of soul and even pop to make this a magical tune; I really like "Baby It's You." "Everybody Loves A Lover" sports that early rock and roll flavor with a touch of soulful pop that makes it absolutely irresistible. "Everybody Loves A Lover" is truly a major highlight of this album. "What A Sweet Thing That Was" has a fine musical arrangement that accompanies these women faultlessly; this works very well. "Big John (Ain't You Gonna Marry Me)" also has that classic Shirelles sound to it; The Shirelles deliver this like the champs they always were and still remain.

"Stop The Music" makes good use of the strings and the guitar work is also very well done; but of course it's The Shirelles who are in the spotlight; the music never drowns them out. "Welcome Home Baby" is very sweet and pretty; and I love to hear The Shirelles singing "Boys." "Boys" gets a very spirited treatment from The Shirelles and that's grand.

"Maybe Tonight" has some mighty fine percussion and The Shirelles deliver this with all their might; they truly put their hearts and souls into "Maybe Tonight." "I Saw A Tear" is very soulful. "Look A Here Baby" has great key modulations to make this tune a standout--just listen and you'll be just as charmed as I was when I first heard this! The Shirelles also make good on "Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love With Me." The CD also ends strong with The Shirelles performing "It's Love That Really Counts." "It's Love That Really Counts" has great harmonizing and that percussion is terrific.

Few girl groups could ever hope to match the quality of the work that The Shirelles turned out on such a consistent basis. The Shirelles will always remain one of the best 1960s girl groups; and I highly recommend this for their fans. It's also the perfect starter CD for anyone just discovering the magical artistry of The Shirelles.