CREW CUTS- Singles Collection 1954-60
The Crew Cuts were one of the white doowop vocal groups who specialised in recording cover versions of R&B hits for the mainstream pop market - their two biggest successes came with their version of The Chords "Sh-Boom", which gave them a pop No. 1, and their cover of The Penguins' "Earth Angel", which they took to No. 3 - other hit R&B doowop covers were "Gum Drop" and The Nutmegs' "A Story Untold". This great-value 60-track collection comprises almost all the A & B sides from their thirty -odd releases on Mercury and RCA during this period, and naturally features all their charted singles, as well as providing a fascinating showcase of their versatility as they ranged a cross not only vocal group doowop-flavoured material but also straight rock 'n' roll and middle-ground pop as they looked for a new hit formula as the market changed during the late '50s.
Tracklist:
- Crazy 'Bout You Baby
- Angela Mia
- Sh-Boom
- I Spoke Too Soon
- Oop-Shoop
- Do Me Good Baby
- All I Wanna Do
- Dance, Mr. Snowman, Dance
- The Whiffenpoof Song 1
- Varsity Drag 1
- Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) 1
- Earth Angel 1
- Don't Be Angry 1
- Chop Chop Boom 1
- Unchained Melody 1
- Two Hearts, Two Kisses 1
- A Story Untold 1
- Carmen's Boogie 1
- Gum Drop 2
- Present Arms 2
- Slam! Bam! 2
- Are You Havin' Any Fun 2
- Angels in the Sky 2
- Mostly Martha 2
- Seven Days 2
- That's Your Mistake 2
- Out of the Picture 2
- Honey Hair, Sugar Lips, Eyes of Blue 2
- Tell Me Why 3
- Rebel in Town 3
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen 3
- Thirteen Going on Fourteen 3
- Love in a Home 3
- Keeper of the Flame 3
- Halls of Ivy 3
- Little By Little 3
- Young Love 3
- The Angelus 3
- Whatever, Whenever, Whoever 4
- Suzie Q 4
- Such a Shame 4
- I Sit in My Window 4
- Hey, You Face 4
- I Like It Like That 4
- Be My Only Love 4
- Forever My Darling 4
- Hey Stella 4
- That's My Desire 4
- Baby Be Mine 5
- Fraternity Pin 5
- Can You Hear Me 5
- Gone, Gone, Gone 5
- Someone in Heaven 5
- Bermuda 5
- Kin-Ni-Ki-Nic 5
- It Is No Secret 5
- No, No, Nevermore 5
- American Beauty Rose 5
- The Shrine on Top of the Hill 6
- Aura Lee
The Crew Cuts were one of the white doowop vocal groups who specialised in recording cover versions of R&B hits for the mainstream pop market - their two biggest successes came with their version of The Chords "Sh-Boom", which gave them a pop No. 1, and their cover of The Penguins' "Earth Angel", which they took to No. 3 - other hit R&B doowop covers were "Gum Drop" and The Nutmegs' "A Story Untold". This great-value 60-track collection comprises almost all the A & B sides from their thirty -odd releases on Mercury and RCA during this period, and naturally features all their charted singles, as well as providing a fascinating showcase of their versatility as they ranged a cross not only vocal group doowop-flavoured material but also straight rock 'n' roll and middle-ground pop as they looked for a new hit formula as the market changed during the late '50s.
Tracklist:
- Crazy 'Bout You Baby
- Angela Mia
- Sh-Boom
- I Spoke Too Soon
- Oop-Shoop
- Do Me Good Baby
- All I Wanna Do
- Dance, Mr. Snowman, Dance
- The Whiffenpoof Song 1
- Varsity Drag 1
- Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) 1
- Earth Angel 1
- Don't Be Angry 1
- Chop Chop Boom 1
- Unchained Melody 1
- Two Hearts, Two Kisses 1
- A Story Untold 1
- Carmen's Boogie 1
- Gum Drop 2
- Present Arms 2
- Slam! Bam! 2
- Are You Havin' Any Fun 2
- Angels in the Sky 2
- Mostly Martha 2
- Seven Days 2
- That's Your Mistake 2
- Out of the Picture 2
- Honey Hair, Sugar Lips, Eyes of Blue 2
- Tell Me Why 3
- Rebel in Town 3
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen 3
- Thirteen Going on Fourteen 3
- Love in a Home 3
- Keeper of the Flame 3
- Halls of Ivy 3
- Little By Little 3
- Young Love 3
- The Angelus 3
- Whatever, Whenever, Whoever 4
- Suzie Q 4
- Such a Shame 4
- I Sit in My Window 4
- Hey, You Face 4
- I Like It Like That 4
- Be My Only Love 4
- Forever My Darling 4
- Hey Stella 4
- That's My Desire 4
- Baby Be Mine 5
- Fraternity Pin 5
- Can You Hear Me 5
- Gone, Gone, Gone 5
- Someone in Heaven 5
- Bermuda 5
- Kin-Ni-Ki-Nic 5
- It Is No Secret 5
- No, No, Nevermore 5
- American Beauty Rose 5
- The Shrine on Top of the Hill 6
- Aura Lee