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Girls Go Zonk: Us Beat Chicks & Harmony Honey

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If there were awards handed out for songs of the 60's (or any other era for that matter)categorized "So bad they're good", hands down winner in their class would have been "Egyptian Shumba" by The Tammys! Screaming, wailing and beat parts in it where you'd envision a "Nefertiti girl"- in a bikini, of course -chasing Harvey Lembeck all around the beach in one of his surf party movies! Rare Diane Renay and Donna Loren cuts, a little "Wall of Sound" , "Garage", "Bond-Girl" and of course the delightful Kane Triplets (who did the amusing "Pow-Pow-Pow!" on Ed Sullivan around that time) actually singing lyrics to "Mission Impossible" rounding out this eclectic but must-have for collectors! Also fun, colorful liner notes decorated with fashion images resembling "Betty" from "The Archies"!

Wild (and surprisingly cohesive) collection of girl group songs from that transitional period in the 1960's when heartbreak ballads were out and tough psychedelia was moving in. Donna Loren (Miss Dr. Pepper!) gets down with a one-minute-forty-two second hummer called "So, Do the Zonk". It's understandable if Capitol Records was unsuccessful in promoting such a short, seemingly insignificant tune (about an apparent dance craze which never happened), but Loren strikes a sultry vocal presence here, grittier than her records from those "Beach Party" years. "Chico's Girl" by The Girls sounds like an updated cousin to "Leader of the Pack" (and doesn't make much of an impression), yet "Daddy You Just Gotta Let Him In", treading similar thematic territory, is marvelously performed by the mysterious Satisfactions. Brian Wilson's pet project The Honeys have a great number, and Murmaids' "Paper Sun" is a nicely-updated variation of the squeaky-clean pop Kim Fowley helped them put out just a few years prior, though some artists didn't adjust to the new times quite as smoothly. Diane Renay sounds out of her element, and the blonde, beaming Kane Triplets tackle an impossible tune (the "Mission Impossible" theme--with lyrics!). Overall, a very enjoyable compilation, one with fairly good liner notes and photos representing a nearly-forgotten chapter in musical history that is never less than a pleasure revisiting. 'B'

1. So, Do the Zonk - Donna Loren Crazy great zong!
2. Chico's Girl - The Girls (Also by Susan Barrett, 1963 on "Rockin Boppin Girls" cd, check EBAY!)
3. One You Can't Have - The Honeys (Who later became Ginger and the Snaps, and they did back ups for Beach Boys!)
4. Dynamite - Diane Renay Blue navy blue, see her website!
5. Mission Impossible (Theme) - The Kane Triplets They should've sang too was Hogan's Heroes!(just joking) I never knew there were lyrics to these themes!!!
6. You Don't Love Me
7. Daddy You Just Gotta Let Him In - The Satisfactions
8. Boy With the Way - Jamie Carter
9. Just a Face in the Crowd - The Dynells,
10. Where's My Baby - The Twilettes
11. You're Invited to a Party - The Victorians
12. Tell Me in the Sunlight - Margie Day
13. Run-Around Lover - Sharon Marie
14. Next Day - Debbie Burton
15. Someday - Roberta Day
16. You Won't Even Know Her Name - Josephine Sunday
17. Don't Worry Baby - Darlene McCrea
18. Tar and Cement - Verdelle Smith
19. Games - The Pandoras
20. Paper Sun - The Murmaids Been reading about this zong for zome time, now i actually get to hear it and it's great!
21. Silencers - Patti Seymour
22. Egyptian Shumba [Alternate Version][#] - The Tammys (they zang backup for Lou Christie in caze your new to this!)

Zonkers! It's a great collections of zongs! Buy it! and I now have to check out the others in the zeriez!

Zorro! (sorry about the excezzive uze of 'z''z)

this CD features girl group songs, but not the ones you hear every day on the oldies station on the radio. All the songs are about girls being in love with guys who are no good (Chico's Girl, Daddy You Just Gotta Let Him In), , teenage love angst, a vocal version of the theme from Mission Impossible (!), and the movie The Silencers (!) as well as one of the weirdest girl group songs ever, Egyptian Shumba by The Tammy's (who sang back up on the old Lou Christy records. If you're looking to hear anything besides girl group sounds, then try another CD.....