Manfred Mann Greatest Hits [Import]

Manfred Mann | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Int'l
• ASIN: B0000071VP
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,027 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 54321

2. Pretty Flamingo

3. Do Wah Diddy Diddy

4. Sha La La

5. If You Gotta Go, Go Now

6. Oh No Not My Baby

7. Come Tomorrow

8. My Name Is Jack

9. The One In The Middle

10. I Put A Spell On You

11. Just Like A Woman

12. Poison Ivy

13. Mighty Quinn

14. Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James

15. Ha! Ha! Said The Clown

16. Ragamuffin Man

17. Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble)

18. There's No Living Without Your Loving

19. You Gave Me Somebody To Love

20. Got My Mojo Working

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive sixties collection, October 11, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manfred Mann Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

There were three phases to Manfred Mann's career - the mid sixties with Paul Jones as lead singer, the late sixties with Mike D'Abo as lead singer and the stuff they did after the sixties as Manfred Mann's Earth Band. This compilation covers the first two of those phases and is the best single CD collection of their sixties music.

Back in the sixties, Manfred Mann had many hits in Britain although not many of them charted in America. Do wah diddy diddy (first recorded by the Exciters who only had a minor American hit with it) was a number one in both countries.

Their music was generally upbeat good-time music and could be described as a cross between R+B and mainstream pop. Given that, it may seem surprising that they covered several songs by folk-rocker Bob Dylan but the combination worked well and no doubt helped to build Dylan's reputation as a great songwriter. Manfred Mann took Mighty Quinn to the very top of the British charts and had other top ten UK hits with Dylan's songs, including If you gotta go go now and Just like a woman.

Of the other songs, Pretty flamingo was yet another British chart-topper and Oh no not my baby was originally an American hit for the under-appreciated Maxine Brown. Other songs that I particularly like include 54321, Come tomorrow, My name is Jack, Ha ha said the clown, Ragamuffin man and Fox on the run.

There are plenty of Manfred Mann compilations to choose from but this one has all the songs that matter from the sixties.