Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Golden Classic Edition

Curtis Lee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00000090D
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,046 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pretty Little Angel Eyes

2. Gee How I Wish You Were Here

3. Under the Moon of Love [45 Version]

4. Beverly Jean

5. Pledge of Love

6. Mr. Mistaker

7. Just Another Fool

8. Special Love

9. Then I'll Know

10. Does He Mean That Much to You

11. Wobble

12. Pickin' Up the Pieces of My Heart

13. A Night at Daddy Gee's

14. D in Love

15. Lonely Weekends

16. Better Him Than Me

17. Under the Moon of Love [outtake][Outtake]

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great rock and roll bargain!, March 5, 2003

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Luisito Joaquín González "Latino Magico" (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Golden Classic Edition (Audio CD)

Curtis lee, in my opinion, was one of the most underrated stars of the early sixties. 'Pretty little angel eyes' is a classic doo-wop masterpiece and so - of course - is 'Under the moon of love'. But other surprisingly good recordings on this CD include: 'Just another fool', 'Mr. Mistaker', 'Beverley Jean' and the classic ballad 'Gee I wish you were here'. It seems strange when hearing that not many of these tunes burnt up the charts. But I suppose being released at a time when competition was so great from artists such as Ral Donner, Gene Pitney, Chrisie Tuohy and the king himself, it must've been hard for someone to make a break from a relatively small label such as Dunes, which also housed Ray Peterson. But if you're looking for some great oldies that I'm sure you haven't already heard, then give this a try. Although the terrible 'Wobble' and the blatantly Dion inspired 'Lonely Weekends' may not hold up the ante, there are still some remarkable records on this decent CD, Enjoy

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Run-Of-The-Mill Early 60s Vocalist, September 10, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Golden Classic Edition (Audio CD)

Curtis Lee's lack of commercial success [he only had two charted singles] can be attributed to two things: he wasn't as good as the countless similar-sounding male vocalists of his day [the ubiquitous Bobbies (Darin, Rydell, Vee, Vinton), Freddy Cannon, Brian Hyland, Tommy Roe - just to name a few]. And, perhaps more significant, unlike many of those artists, he didn't work for a large label [both his hits were on Dunes].

In fact his biggest hit, Pretty Little Angel Eyes, owed its high ranking [# 7 Billboard Pop Hot 100 in summer 1961 b/w Gee How I Wish You Were Here) more to the backup group The Halos and their bassman Arthur Crier, and the production expertise of Phil Spector, than the talent of Mr. Lee. Indeed, that same group helped Barry Mann's Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) reach # 7 Hot 100 that same summer, and nothing else he did without them amounted to much either.

In Curtis Lee's case, that much was evident when his next release a couple of months later, Under The Moon Of Love, managed to reach only # 46 Hot 100 in November (b/w Beverly Jean) without The Halos, even though Spector produced that as well.

Like Fabian, he had the looks, but an average, country-sounding voice could not sustain him on the charts for long. But from the point of view of a collector of hit singles, Collectables avoids their usual pattern of leaving out something significant by including both sides of his two hits.
That alone rates 5 stars.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN, June 11, 2001

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Lamont (ROCHESTER, MN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Golden Classic Edition (Audio CD)

This heavenly disc begins with the title song, the one most of us have heard. The big surprise comes next. The following sixteen songs are all represenative of early rock and roll and doo wop. Curtis Lee is extemely talented and this collection showcases his natural abilities very well. I would say that Curtis Lee is one of the most underrated artists of the rock and roll era. After listening to this disc I only wish I could See Curtis Lee in concert.