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4.0 out of 5 stars
best of norfolk sound,
By Terry Riggs (chesapeake ,va) - See all my reviews
This review is from: If You Wanna Be Happy: The Best of the Norfolk Sound (Audio CD)
A very good look at soul/r&b/ from norf,va area 1960's. All tunes orgionate from one studio in norfolk area . Alot of good area bands made it big in those days, but few laid down tracks in norfolk,va. A great piece of history. Gary US Bonds, Lennis Guess, and Bill Deal and the "big Deals" (aka Rhondels).
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Early 'Sixties teenybop party pop,
By DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: If You Wanna Be Happy: The Best of the Norfolk Sound (Audio CD)
In the early Kennedy era, when rock had retreated into bland, safe Pat Boone teensploitation, some folks in the South sent out another salvo of exuberant party pop -- Gary U. S. Bonds and the irrepressible, joyously bouncy "New Orleans", on the teeny Legrand label. Other hits followed, many following the same formula -- a party ambience, with a slightly overmodulated, mildly loud sound mix, and *lots* of pep. Gathered on this delightful little disc are several hits by Bonds and his label cohorts, including Jimmy Soul's brash calypsonian novelty number, "If You Wanna Be Happy". Fun stuff -- and definitely recommended!
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If You Wanna Be Happy: The Best of the Norfolk Sound by Various Artists (Audio CD - 1999)
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