Right on the Tip of My Tongue

Brenda & Tabulations | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2000)
• Original Release Date: July 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jamie / Guyden
• ASIN: B00004S7MB
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,372 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Right on the Tip of My Tongue

2. Don't Make Me Over

3. The Touch of You

4. Lies Lies Lies

5. California Soul

6. Oh Lord, What Are You Doing to Me

7. A Child No One Wanted

8. Scuse Uz Y'all

9. You've Changed

10. Someday We'll Be Together

11. And My Heart Sang (Tra la La)

12. Always and Forever

13. Sha Na Na - He Loves Me

14. A Part of You

15. Where There's a Will

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rough n ready, September 19, 2001

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Curmudgeon "grantc" (West Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Right on the Tip of My Tongue (Audio CD)

Ok, "Right on the tip of my tongue" is one of my all-time favourite pop-soul songs, so I was longing to get this album when I discovered the tracks were newly remastered and mixed by none other than the legendary Tom Moulton. And "Right..." sounds absolutely fantastic in full stereo! Apart from Brenda's gorgeous version of "Don't Make Me Over" there's nothing else here that rivals the title track, but the music is nothing less than energetic and soulful, if often very rough in performance. Worth buying as a good document of earnest yet fun soul music.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tough Competition, August 2, 2007

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

This review is from: Right on the Tip of My Tongue (Audio CD)

When the apex of the female lead with male group members burst onto the scene in the Sixties, led by Gladys Knight & The Pips and Ruby & The Romantics, naturally others would be inspired to try their hand. Many failed, but Brenda & The Tabulations gave them a pretty good run for their money, scoring 17 R&B hits between 1967 and 1977, 12 of which also made the Billboard Hot 100 Pop charts.

Originating in Philadelphia the group initially consisted of Brenda Payton, Eddie Jackson, Maurice Coates, and Jerry Jones, and in 1967 they had their first hit with Dry Your Eyes b/w The Wash for the small Dionn label. In the spring the A-side peaked at # 8 R&B/# 20 Hot 100.

Before the year was out they would have four more hits: Who's Loving You (# 19 R&B/# 66 Top 100) b/w Stay Together Young Lovers (# 44 R&B/# 66 Top 100); Just Once In A Lifetime (# 41 R&B/# 97 Hot 100 b/w Hey Boy); and When You're Gone (# 27 R&B/# 58 Hot 100, also with Hey Boy as the flipside). Their final Dionn hits were To The One I Love (# 45 R&B in 1968 b/w Baby You're So Right) and That's The Price You Have To Pay (# 43 R&B in 1969 b/w I Wish I Hadn't Done What I Did).

This CD picks up their hits after moving over to the Top & Bottom label and adding Bernard Murphy to the group, beginning with 1969's The Touch Of You (# 12 R&B/# 50 Hot 100 b/w Stop Sneaking Around). The following year the group downsized to Brenda, Deborah Martin, and Pat Mercer, scoring with And My Heart Sang (Tra La La) - # 12 R&B/# 64 Hot 100 b/w Lies Lies Lies - and a re-make of the 1963 Dionne Warwick hit Don't Make Me Over which peaked at # 15 R&B and # 77 Hot 100 with You've Changed as its flipside.

1971/72 saw four more hits: A Child No One Wanted [# 42 R&B/# 120 Hot 100 "bubble under" b/w Scuse Uz Y'All]; Right On The Tip Of My Tongue [# 10 R&B/# 23 Hot 100 b/w Always & Forever]; A Part Of Me [# 14 R&B/# 94 Hot 100 b/w Where There's A Will (There's A Way)]; and their last hit with Top & Bottom, Why Didn't I Think Of That [# 34 R&B/# 107 Hot 100 "bubble under" early in 1972 b/w A Love You an Depend On]. The last two are, unfortunately, missing from this set.

Also unavailable is their one hit with Epic in 1973, One Girl Too Late b/w Magic Of Your Love (# 48 R&B), and their two with the Chocolate City label - 1976's Home To Myself b/w Leave Me Alone (# 61 R&B) and (I'm A) Superstar b/w Take It Or Leave It (# 31 R&B in 1977).

A vastly underrated group, this CD (and the one titled Dry Your Eyes) are worthwhile additions to any collection of Sixties music. Sadly, Brenda Payton passed away on June 14, 1992.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rescued from obscurity, June 3, 2001

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Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (Forks Twp., PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Right on the Tip of My Tongue (Audio CD)

Thanks to the revived Jamie/Guyden outfit for bringing this material to market. Up to now, this stuff has only been available on some questionably legitimate foreign pieces in fairly horrible sound quality.

While not achieving the recognition of better-known 60's r&b female groups, or making it into the pop top 10, these girls managed to hit the top-100 pop charts 11 times. This piece covers the material they did for the Top and Bottom label late in the 60's and early 70's.

The sound quality is excellent overall with all tracks in true stereo save one - "Always and Forever" - having been newly mixed from the original masters for this project.

While a desirable piece on its own, this makes a great complement to the other B & T compilation ("Dry Your Eyes") also from Jamie/Guyden.