Early Girls, Vol. 3

by N/A

Overview

The third installment in Ace's series of female-sung pop/rock from the pre-British Invasion era is an erratic combination of well-known classics with more obscure items that are sometimes decent, and more often forgettable. Mostly it's from 1960-1964, with a few odd inclusions of solo female performances from 1953-1959, several of them pop with little or no rock influence. The best cuts are usually the most famous ones: Etta James' "At Last," Little Peggy March's "I Will Follow Him," Carla Thomas' "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)," Esther Phillips' "Release Me," Timi Yuro's "Hurt," and the Chantels' "Look in My Eyes." The thing is, none of these have been very hard to find on reissues. The majority of the disc is in fact comprised of songs that have escaped oldies radio rotation, whether because they only made it to around the middle of the Top 100, or because (as in Patti Page's "Old Cape Cod" or Jodie Sands' "With All My Heart") there was no rock & roll in their soul. However, with the exception of the Girlfriends' dynamite 1963 mid-charter "My One and Only, Jimmy Boy" -- one of the best Phil Spector soundalike productions ever, and a should-have-been Top Ten hit -- none of the rarer items are great. In fact most are inconsequential, and some are downright bad: there ought to be a law against licensing Ginny Arnell's 1963 single "Dumb Head," one of the most idiotic records ever to crack the Top 50. Some of the more interesting also-rans are Lillian Briggs' 1955 hit "I Want You to Be My Baby," which in fact is far more like jazzy Tin Alley pop than rock; Faye Adams' 1953 crossover R&B/pop hit "Shake a Hand"; and Suzie Clark's "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya," a non-charting cover of a song on an obscure girl-group single by the Ribbons that was later covered by the Searchers. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/31/2000
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667177528
Rank:	87432

Tracks

1. My One and Only, Jimmy Boy  - David Gates  -  Girlfriends
2. I Will Follow Him  - Arthur Altman  - Norman Gimbel  - Little Peggy March  - Jacques Plante  - Del Roma  - J.W. Stole
3. He's Mine  -  Alice Wonder Land
4. Johnny Angel  - Lyn Duddy  - Shelley Fabares  - Lee Pockriss
5. Dumb Head  - Ginny Arnell  - David Hess
6. Please Love Me Forever  - Ollie Blanchard  -  Cathy Jean & the Roomates  - J.J. Malone
7. At Last  - Mack Gordon  - Etta James  - Harry Warren
8. What Are Boys Made Of  - John Linde  -  Percells
9. Don't You Know  - Della Reese  - Bobby Worth
10. I Want You to Be My Baby  - Lillian Briggs  - Jon Hendricks
11. With All My Heart  - Peter DeAngelis  - Robert Marcucci  - Jodie Sands
12. I'm Available  - Dave Burgess  - Margie Rayburn
13. Old Cape Cod  - Allan Jeffrey  - Patti Page  - Claire Rothrock  - Milton Yakus
14. Angel on My Shoulder  - Shelby Flint
15. Hurt  - Jimmie Crane  - Al Jacobs  - Timi Yuro
16. Johnny Get Angry  - Hal David  - Sherman Edwards  - Joanie Sommers
17. Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard  - Sylvia Dee  - George Goehring  - Diane Ray
18. The Birthday Party  - John Madara  -  Pixies Three  - Dave White Tricker
19. Gee Whiz! (Look at His Eyes)  - Carla Thomas
20. Shake a Hand  - Faye Adams  - Joe Morris
21. Don't Go to Strangers  - Redd Evans  - Etta Jones  - Arthur Kent  - Dave Mann
22. Party Girl  - Bernadette Carroll  - Ernie Maresca
23. Better Tell Him No  - Bernice Williams  -  Starlets
24. What Kind of Girl (Do You Think I Am?)  -  Charmaines  - Loretta Lynn  - Joe Seneca  - Jimmy Steward  - Teddy Wilburn
25. Release Me  - Eddie Miller  - Esther Phillips  - Dub Williams  - Robert Yount
26. Hey Lover  - Don Covay  - Debbie Dovale
27. Look in My Eyes  - Richard Barrett  -  Chantels
28. Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya  - James Marcus Smith  - Suzie Clark

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Suzie Clark   Primary Artist
The Starlets   Primary Artist
Della Reese   Primary Artist
Etta Jones   Primary Artist
Diane Ray   Primary Artist
Esther Phillips   Primary Artist
Lillian Briggs   Primary Artist
Little Peggy March   Primary Artist
The Pixies Three   Primary Artist
Ginny Arnell   Primary Artist
Margie Rayburn   Primary Artist
Cathy Jean & the Roomates   Primary Artist
Patti Page   Primary Artist
Shelby Flint   Primary Artist
Jodie Sands   Primary Artist
Joanie Sommers   Primary Artist
Etta James   Primary Artist
Timi Yuro   Primary Artist
The Percells   Primary Artist
Alice Wonder Land   Primary Artist
Shelley Fabares   Primary Artist
Bernadette Carroll   Primary Artist
The Girlfriends   Primary Artist
The Chantels   Primary Artist
The Charmaines   Primary Artist
Faye Adams   Primary Artist
Carla Thomas   Primary Artist
Debbie Dovale   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Carla Thomas   Composer,Performer
David Gates   Composer
Debbie Dovale   Performer
Della Reese   Performer
Lyn Duddy   Composer
Ernie Maresca   Composer
Etta Jones   Performer
Joe Morris   Composer
Jon Hendricks   Composer
Lee Pockriss   Composer
Loretta Lynn   Composer
Diane Ray   Performer
Esther Phillips   Performer
Rob Finnis   Cover Photo
Lillian Briggs   Performer
Little Peggy March   Performer
Peter DeAngelis   Composer
Richard Barrett   Composer
The Pixies Three   Performer
Redd Evans   Composer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
Dave Burgess   Composer
Dave Mann   Composer
Arthur Kent   Composer
Al Jacobs   Composer
David Hess   Composer
Ginny Arnell   Performer
Margie Rayburn   Performer
Cathy Jean & the Roomates   Performer
Patti Page   Performer
Shelby Flint   Composer,Performer
Sylvia Dee   Composer
Bobby Worth   Composer
Hal David   Composer
J.J. Malone   Composer
Jodie Sands   Performer
Joanie Sommers   Performer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Etta James   Performer
John Madara   Composer
Jimmie Crane   Composer
Timi Yuro   Performer
Arthur Altman   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Sherman Edwards & Donald Meyer   Composer
Chris Popham   Package Design
John Linde   Composer
Del Roma   Composer
J.W. Stole   Composer
Claire Rothrock   Composer
George Goehring   Composer
Ollie Blanchard   Composer
Allan Jeffrey   Composer
Dave White Tricker   Composer
Jimmy Steward   Composer
Robert Yount   Composer
Dub Williams   Composer
Robert Marcucci   Composer
Milton Yakus   Composer
Jacques Plante   Composer
Bernice Williams   Composer
Eddie Miller   Composer
Don Covay   Composer
James Marcus Smith   Composer
Trevor Churchill   Tape Research
Shelley Fabares   Performer
Teddy Wilburn   Composer
Bernadette Carroll   Performer
The Girlfriends   Performer
The Chantels   Performer
The Charmaines   Performer
Mick Patrick   Cover Photo,Liner Notes,Compilation Assistant
Faye Adams   Performer
Joe Seneca   Composer