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Platters
Year: 2006.
It’s a proven fact that the Platters were the biggest vocal group of the 50s. This was due to their ground-breaking combination of black doo wop and commercial pop. Another remarkable feature of the group was the soaring tenor of Tony Williams, who sang lead on the majority of their hits, including the No 1s ‘The Great Pretender’, ‘My Prayer’ and ‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes’, on Mercury from 1955 to ...
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Various Artists
Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics Boxed Set
Rhino / Wea
Year: 2002.
On Sunday nights throughout the '50s and '60s, Ed Sullivan brought pop culture into America's living rooms with th e most influential show of its kind. If you made it there, you had it made because for the first time, the entire county was at home watching. During the course of the show's run, many of the early rock and roll legends were featured in career-defining p erformances. These cultural ...
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Various Artists
One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found [BOX SET] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Rhino
Year: 2005.
It's the kiss that will be heard 'round the world: Rhino salutes the fabulous girl group genre with what is-amazingly and historically-the first boxed set ever to do so! This supersized collection luxuriates through almost five hours of the plethora of sounds, styles, and subjects that represent the beautiful, vibrant, and influential music women were making in the early to mid-60's. A footnote ...
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Various Artists
Girl Group Gems Soul to Surf [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
Red Bird
Year: 2002.
A girl group collection of seldom seen material all remastered and perfect for the hard core collector or all around girl group enthusiast. Featuring selections that showcase the sounds of soul and pop, the dancing beat of rock and roll and the surf sounds.
With liner notes by John Clemente, author of Girl Groups Fabulous Females That Rocked The World, sprinkled with a few seldom seen pics, ...
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