Very Best of

Shirelles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 1994)
• Original Release Date: October 18, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033EM
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,565 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dedicated to the One I Love

2. I Met Him on a Sunday

3. Tonight's the Night

4. Will You Love Me Tomorrow

5. Mama Said

6. A Thing of the Past

7. What a Sweet Thing That Was

8. Big John [*]

9. Baby It's You

10. Soldier Boy

11. Welcome Home Baby

12. Stop the Music [*]

13. Everybody Loves a Lover [*]

14. Foolish Little Girl

15. Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye

16. Boys [*]

Editorial Reviews

The Very Best of the Shirelles SHIRELLES Label: Rhino 1. Dedicated to the One I Love 2. I Met Him on a Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) 3. Tonights the Night 4. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 5. Mama Said 6. Thing of the Past, A 7. What a Sweet Thing That Was 8. Big John - (bonus track) 9. Baby It's You 10. Soldier Boy 11. Welcome Home Baby 12. Stop the Music - (bonus track) 13. Everybody Loves a Lover - (bonus track) 14. Foolish Little Girl 15. Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye 16. Boys - (bonus track)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth 10 Stars, January 10, 2000

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Kim K. (Bayonne, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

The Shirelles were one of popdom's premiere girl groups, and deserve to be ranked up there with the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las, etc. Every song here is a true classic in every sense of the word. The girls sang of boys, true love, teen angst & everything in between. This music is of an era when times were a bit simpler & also when they weren't, as in the Viet Nam war, demonstrations & riots, etc. It was always a pleasure to hear the Shirelles songs among the Top 10 of the day. If you're really into girl group music, this collection is an absolute must-have. Highly recommended.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The class of the girl groups., July 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

The Shirelles were a great group, and the hits tell the story. "Tomight's the Night" is one of the sexier records I have ever heard. (but not in a raunchy way) "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" is certainly one of the classics of the genre. "Baby It's You" is both sexy and atmospheric and underrated in my view. Kids of today would do themselves a favor to hear this record-it shows a lot of great craftsmanship in both the singing and the arrangements. Plus it is just great fun, and it is one of the best Shirelles collections around.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Are Right Here, October 27, 2004

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Eclectic Revisited "Charlie" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Unless you want to hear the Shirelles on and on and on (or write three reviews about them as one person did), these are the hits and then some but not a lot of stuff you never heard of. There have been some good later renditions of some of these songs but none match the throaty voice of the lady born Shirley Alston. The Shirelles' topping the charts essentially ended before the war in Vietnam and the civil rights movement heated up; you can look back with nostalgia to a less cynical, simpler time on all of these great songs. Of all the options, I believe this is the one to buy. My favorite? "Foolish Little Girl", 1963.