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Oldies But Goodies 6

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Oldies but Goodies, Vol. 6 is full of great songs from the past--these "oldies but goodies" will really make you want to jump up and dance wherever you are! The sound quality is great and even though the cover artwork is nothing special we can ignore that and just get this CD for the fantastic music they pressed onto it!

Dee Clark begins the track set with a wonderful ballad entitled "Raindrops." "Raindrops" is a touching torch song and we don't always get torch songs from men. This song, however, is quite beautiful and moving; Dee Clark sings this with all his heart and soul and it shows when you hear it. Gene Chandler also scores big with his magnificent hit, "Duke of Earl." There's something about this number that I can't quite verbalize; but it's very special and I have always enjoyed this number greatly. I think it's very stately and confident about a love that has blossomed into a very special love and lifelong bond!

The Isley Brothers sing out "Twist And Shout" with all their might and it shows as I listen to it. The beat is excellent and the guitar work is outstanding. They play what I think is a harmonica and this works well to enhance the musical arrangement. Similarly, "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp really rocks well--although, after all these years, it also has a dash of doo wop in it to make "Mashed Potato Time" is a fine hit. I really like "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp; and I think that you will like it, too. Listen also for Dion & The Belmonts to perform their wonderful "A Teenager In Love;" this is song we all can relate to as we have all experienced a young love that doesn't always work out well.

The Ad-Libs do their "The Boy From New York City" with lots of style and confidence; and this works wonders for this ballad. They sing and play his flawlessly and it puts them straight into the spotlight--right where they belong! "The Boy From New York City" is a great tune that a young woman sings about her new rich boyfriend--and what woman can't dream of that? "Honky Tonk" is presented in two parts--as part one and part two. This is very well done and the occasional outcries from the band make this really rock.

"Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)" by Little Caesar is done with great sensitivity; this classic, timeless ballad is a charming love song that tugs at my heartstrings whenever I hear it. The CD ends with "Every Beat Of My Heart" by the wonderful Gladys Knight And The Pips; "Every Beat Of My Heart" has them sounding terrific--Gladys never sounded better!

Well, folks, if you like the "oldies," get this incredible CD and enjoy it!

finally, a cd that features the great hard to find gems,"the boy from new york city", the ad libs & the extremely hard to find "mashed potatoe time", dee dee sharp in their wonderful original sounds,thanks to the oldies but goodies people n" amazon,i now have these rare hits of the good ole days again! keep up the great work!

This album takes me back to the stuff I listened to while I was fighting the Viet cong in 1966-1968. When I got out of the hospital from wounds I received, I still enjoyed theis music. Now I will continue to enjoy it.

I have been doing a series of commentaries elsewhere on another site on my coming of political age in the early 1960s, but here when I am writing about musical influences I am just speaking of my coming of age, period, which was not necessarily the same thing. No question that those of us who came of age in the 1950s are truly children of rock and roll. We were there, whether we appreciated it or not at the time, when the first, sputtering, musical moves away from ballady Broadway show tunes and rhymey Tin Pan Alley pieces hit the radio airwaves. (If you do not know what a radio is then ask your parents or, ouch, grandparents, please.) And, most importantly, we were there when the music moved away from any and all music that your parents might have approved of, or maybe, even liked, or, hopefully, at least left you alone to play in peace up in your room when rock and roll hit post- World War II America teenagers like, well, like an atomic bomb.

Not all of the material put forth was good, nor was all of it destined to be playable fifty or sixty years later on some "greatest hits" compilation but some of songs had enough chordal energy, lyrical sense, and sheer danceability to make any Jack or Jill jump then, or now. And, here is the good part, especially for painfully shy guys like me, or those who, like me as well, had two left feet on the dance floor. You didn't need to dance toe to toe, close to close, with that certain she (or he for shes). Just be alive...uh, hip to the music. Otherwise you might become the dreaded wallflower. But that fear, the fear of fears that haunted many a teenage dream then, is a story for another day. Let's just leave it at this for now. Ah, to be very, very young then was very heaven.

So what still sounds good on this CD compilation to a current AARPer, and perhaps some of his fellows who comprise the demographic that such a 1950s-oriented compilation "speaks" to. Of course, Jerry Lee Lewis's "Breathless" (and about forty other of his songs from this period). The Isley Brothers' classic "Twist And Shout". Dion and The Belmonts "Teenager In Love" (the battle cry of our, and every, generation). Naturally, in a period of classic rock numbers, Gene Chandler's "Duke Of Earl".

But what about the now, seeming mandatory to ask, inevitable end of the night high school dance song (or maybe even middle school) that seems to be included in each CD compilation? The song that you, maybe, waited around all night for just to prove that you were not a wallflower, and more importantly, had the moxie to, mumbly-voiced, parched-throated, sweaty-handed, asked a girl to dance (women can relate their own experiences, probably similar). Here the classic Little Caesar's "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You" fills the bill. Hey, I didn't even like the song that much, or the singing, but that certain she (a different certain she than in earlier reviews, oh fickle youth) said yes and this was what you waited for so don't be so choosey. And, yes, I know, this is one of the slow ones that you had to dance close on. And just hope, hope to high heaven that you didn't destroy your partner's shoes and feet. Well, one learns a few social skills in this world if for no other reason that to "impress" that certain she (or he for shes) mentioned above. I did, didn't you?

TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO GREW UP IN THE 50'S AND 60'S. THIS COLLECTION OF OLDIES BUT GOODIES IS THE BEST EVER.

OUTSTANDING shipping! I received my cd within a week from ordering. The songs bring back memories for me and my husband. I am considering purchasing the whole set. Thank You for such a FANTASTIC cd! I would recommend you as a seller with high quality merchandise to anyone.