One Million Years of Doo-Wop

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Overview

This compilation originally started out as a 14 track vinyl doo-wop collection of rarities from the Jamie-Guyden catalog issued in 1974. Originally mastered from vinyl sources, one of the tracks actually skipped on the vinyl incarnation of this set! Fortunately, digital remastering from the original tapes brings us all but one of those original 14, along with five new bonus tracks, again all from the original masters. This is, in the main, raw Philadelphia R&B and doo-wop that also includes great one-offs from Cleveland's Larks ("I Want Her to Love Me"), New Jersey's No Names ("Love"), Brooklyn's Heartbeats ("Darling I Want to Get Married" and "One Million Years"), and California groups like the Pentagons and Tony Allen and the Wonders. Other highlights include "Here Am I Broken Hearted" by the Four J's, "Love Is Like Music" by the Five Chords, "Chapel of Love" by the Sundials and "When I Grow Older" by the Butlers. Put together by collector-dealer Val Shively and disc jockey Harvey Holiday, both supreme doo-wop experts, this is some raw vocal group music at its most basic and exciting. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	03/31/1998
Label:	Jamie/Guyden
UPC:	0647780400226
Rank:	128837

Tracks

1. Dry Your Eyes  -  Inspirations
2. Maybe You'll Be There  -  Billy & the Essentials  - Rube Bloom  - Sammy Gallop
3. Lovable Girl  -  Butlers
4. I'm in Love  - Carl McGinnis  -  Pentagons
5. I Want Her to Love Me  -  Larks
6. Love  -  No Names
7. God Gave Me You  -  Allen
8. I Wonder  -  Pentagons
9. Here Am I Broken Hearted  - Lew Brown  - Buddy DeSylva  - Ray Henderson  -  Four J's
10. One Million Years  -  Heartbeats  - James Sheppard
11. Fabulous Cars and Diamond Rings  -  Larks
12. Love Is Like Music  -  Five Chords
13. The Dance Is Over  -  Billy & the Essentials
14. Darling I Want to Get Married  -  Heartbeats
15. No One But You  -  Fantasys
16. When I Grow Older  -  Butlers
17. Chapel of Love  - Jeff Barry  - Ellie Greenwich  - Phil Spector  -  Sundials
18. She's Mine  -  Pentagons
19. Summertime Angel  - Bob Finiz  -  Intentions

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Five Chords   Primary Artist
The Larks   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
The No Names   Primary Artist
Tony Allen & Wonders   Primary Artist
Sundials   Primary Artist
The Fantasys   Primary Artist
The Heartbeats   Primary Artist
The Four J's   Primary Artist
The Pentagons   Primary Artist
The Intentions   Primary Artist
Billy & the Essentials   Primary Artist
The Butlers   Primary Artist
The Inspirations   Primary Artist
John H. Fitch, Jr.   Tenor (Vocal)
Joe Collings   Bass
Charles Berbarion   Bass
Ben Asero   Tenor (Vocal)
Otis Munson   Tenor (Vocal)
Ted Goodloe   Baritone
Johnny Caufield   Tenor (Vocal)
Jackie Marshall   Tenor (Vocal)
T. Conway   Baritone
Ken Goodloe   Tenor (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Ray Henderson   Composer
The Pentagons   Composer,Performer
Buddy DeSylva   Composer
Phil Spector   Composer
Jeff Barry   Composer
The Butlers   Performer
Matthieu Bahon   Research,Photo Illustration
Sammy Gallop   Composer
Lew Brown   Composer
James Sheppard   Composer
Rube Bloom   Composer
Frankie Beverly   Leader
Doug Gordon   Leader
Ellie Greenwich   Composer
The Intentions   Performer
Bob Finiz   Composer
Clay Pasternack   Photo Illustration,Research
Bob Danzie   Leader
Carl McGinnis   Composer