Chancellor Records Story, Vol. 2

by Chancellor Records Story 2 / Va

Overview

This second volume chronicling the history of Philadelphia's Chancellor Records holds more musical surprises than its reputation as an execrable teen-idol label would lead you to believe. Never really a rock & roll label in the pure sense of the term, Chancellor was responsible for foisting Frankie Avalon and Fabian on an unsuspecting public, and it's Avalon and Fabian who account for eight of the tracks here, all of them big hits. But the inclusion of rockers, country-pop and R&B tunes like "I'm Happy" by the Four Dates, "Party Lights" and "Walkin' Through a Cemetery" by Claudine Clark, "Tag Along" by Johnny Burnette, "Lonely Heart" by the Five Satins and "Blue Summer" by the Royalettes show that the label nonetheless had their ear to the ground and were willing to experiment beyond their standard teen idol fare. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/1997
Label:	Taragon Records
UPC:	0783785101925
Rank:	167658

Tracks

1. Dede Dinah  - Frankie Avalon  - Marcucci DeAngelis  - Bob Marcucci
2. The Happy Mandolin  - Al Caiola  - Marcucci DeAngelis  - Peter DeAngelis  - Robert Marcucci  -  Peter Angelis Orchestra
3. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)  - Jimmie Hodges  - Jodie Sands
4. I'm Happy  - Marcucci DeAngelis  -  Four Dates  - Robert Marcucci
5. I'm a Man  -  Fabian  - Doc Pomus  - Mort Shuman
6. Bobby Sox to Stockings  - Frankie Avalon  - Russ Faith
7. A Boy Without a Girl  - Frankie Avalon  - Ryan Sexton
8. Tiger  -  Fabian  - Ollie Jones
9. Why  - Frankie Avalon  - Marcucci DeAngelis  - Robert Marcucci
10. Mr. Twist  -  Fabulous Four  - Russ Faith
11. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea  - Frankie Avalon  - Russ Faith
12. I Don't Want to Cry (In Front of You)  - Maureen Gray  - John Madara
13. Party Lights  - Claudine Clark
14. Lonely Heart  -  Five Satins
15. Tag Along  - Johnny Burnette
16. Walkin' Through a Cemetery  - Howard Boggess  - Claudine Clark  - B. Thompson
17. Cleopatra  - Frankie Avalon  - Robert Marcucci
18. Blue Summer  -  Royalettes

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Peter Angelis Orchestra   Primary Artist
Maureen Gray   Primary Artist
Claudine Clark   Primary Artist
Johnny Burnette   Primary Artist
The Five Satins   Primary Artist
Jodie Sands   Primary Artist
Al Caiola   Primary Artist
Four Dates   Primary Artist
The Royalettes   Primary Artist
Frankie Avalon   Primary Artist
Fabian   Primary Artist
The Fabulous Four   Primary Artist
Peter DeAngelis   Primary Artist,Conductor
Alan Lorber   Conductor
Madara & White   Conductor
Russ Faith   Conductor

Technical Credits

Maureen Gray   Performer
Ollie Jones   Composer
The Royalettes   Performer
Alan Lorber   Arranger
Mark Omann   Engineer
Marcucci DeAngelis   Composer
Al Caiola   Performer
Tom Moulton   Mixing,Mastering,Transfers
Paul Elmore   Engineer
Jodie Sands   Performer
Claudine Clark   Composer,Performer
The Fabulous Four   Performer
Fabian   Performer
John Madara   Composer
B. Thompson   Composer
Madara & White   Arranger
Howard Boggess   Composer
Russ Faith   Arranger,Composer
Adrienne Difabio   Artwork
Ryan Sexton   Composer
Robert Marcucci   Composer
Jimmie Hodges   Composer
Peter DeAngelis   Arranger
Johnny Burnette   Performer
Doc Pomus   Composer
Frankie Avalon   Performer
Greg Vaughn   Mastering
Eliot Goshman   Compilation Producer,Transfers,Assembly
Bob Marcucci   Composer
The Five Satins   Performer
Four Dates   Performer
Mort Shuman   Composer