- Audio CD (8 Oct 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Ace Records
- ASIN: B000UX43XM
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 136,054 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Just Tell Him Jane Said Hello - Gerri Granger | |||
| 2. I'm No Run Around - Ginger Davis & The Snaps | |||
| 3. Jerry (I'm Your Sherry) - Tracey Dey | |||
| 4. Queen of the House - | |||
| 5. Sugar Shack Queen - Georgia Lynn | |||
| 6. Gary, Please Don't Sell My Diamond Ring - Wendy Hill | |||
| 7. You Should Know I'm Still Your Baby - Sammi Lynn | |||
| 8. I'll Believe It When I See It - Sierras | |||
| 9. Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight - Dodie Stevens | |||
| 10. Not Just Tomorrow, But Always - Bertell Dache | |||
| 11. I'll Be There - Damita Jo | |||
| 12. Don't Let Him Shop Around - Debbie Dean | |||
| 13. Son-In-Law - Blossoms | |||
| 14. He'll Have to Stay - Jeanne Black | |||
| 15. Duchess of Earl - Pearlettes | |||
| 16. Well, I Told You - Chantels | |||
| 17. When a Woman Loves a Man - Esther Phillips | |||
| 18. Long as the Rose Is Red - Florraine Darlin | |||
| 19. Tell Tommy I Miss Him - Marilyn Michaels | |||
| 20. (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling, Too - Skeeter Davis | |||
See all 28 tracks on this disc
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Product Description
Album Description
* For every major hit that posed a lover's question, or had you crying in your beer back in the sixties, there was the reassuring certainty of the `answer'song. Answer records were a prevailing American phenomenon. Usually rendered by female artists, they were an expedient way to hitch a ride on the coat tails of an existing hit. Deejays favoured them for their topical value and many answer records from the Golden Age made the charts in their own right.
* Here are 28 of the best, all by female performers save for one tune by `guest boy' Bertelle Dache whose `Not Just Tomorrow, But Always', a riposte to the Shirelles' smash `Will You Love Me Tomorrow', is among the sought-after highlights of the set. Others include Gerri Granger's sinewy `Just Tell Him Jane Said Hello', produced by Leiber and Stoller in the wake of Elvis' `Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello', Tracey Dey's `Jerry (I'm Your Sherry)', which features a couple of the 4 Seasons on background vocals and Jody Miller's Grammy award winning `Queen Of The House', which became a smash to rival `King Of The Road'. Even wackier than the original is `They Took You Away - I'm Glad, I'm Glad' by Josephine, a timely `answer' to They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!' by Napoleon XIV. Regarded as the better of the two records, this suffered a radio ban and is extremely rare.
* Many of the titles on this extremely potent and novel compilation appear on CD for the first time and all are sourced from the best master tapes. It is the only comprehensive answer song compilation on the market and Ace have given it our best attention.
* Compiled and annotated by Rob Finnis, it comes with a gorgeous booklet full to bursting with a reviews, ads and label shots that evoke the phenomenon almost as much as the music itself.
Product Description
1-Just Tell Him Jane Said Hello (Just Tell HerGRANGER, Gerri 2-I'm No Run Around (Runaround Sue)DAVIS, Ginger & Snaps 3-Jerry (I'm Your Sherry)DEY, Tracey 4-Queen Of The House (King Of The Road)MILLER, Jody 5-Sugar Shack Queen (Sugar Shack)LYNN, Georgia 6-Gary, Please Don't Sell My Diamond Ring (ThisHILL, Wendy 7-You Should Know I'm Still Your Baby (Take GooLYNN, Sammi 8-I'll Believe It When I See It (Easier Said ThSIERRAS 9-Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight (Are You Lonesome TSTEVENS, Dodie 10-Not Just Tomorrow, But Always (Will You LoveDACHE, Bertel 11-I'll Be There (Stand By Me)JO, Damita 12-Don't Let Him Shop Around (Shop Around)DEAN, Debbie 13-Son-In-Law (Mother-In-Law)BLOSSOMS 14-He'll Have To Stay (He'll Have To Go)BLACK, Jeanne 15-Duchess Of Earl (Duke Of Earl)PEARLETTES 16-Well, I Told You (Hit The Road Jack)CHANTELS 17-When A Man Loves A WomanPHILLIPS, Esther 18-Long As The Rose Is Red (Roses Are Red My LovDARLIN, Florraine 19-Tell Tommy I Miss Him (Tell Laura I Love Her)MICHAELS, Marilyn 20-(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling, Too (PleaseDAVIS, Skeeter 21-You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength (TowLYNNE, Gloria 22-I'll Bring It On Home To You (Bring It On HomTHOMAS, Carla 23-I'll Just Walk On By (Walk On By)SINGLETON, Margie 24-The Sound Of My Man (Chain Gang)KILGORE, Theola 25-Sorry, Daddy (Daddy's Home)SWEETHEARTS 26-I Don't Like It Like That (I Like It Like ThaBOBBETTES 27-There Is Nothing On my Mind (Is There SomethiTEEN QUEENS 28-They Took You Away - I'm Glad, I'm Glad (TheyJOSEPHINE (2007/ACE) 28 tracks with 24 page booklet
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
To have all the important answer songs on one CD is another
great idea by the people at ACE records and whatever they do
turns into success. Many of these answer songs were never heard of
in Europe except for "chartered" ones like "Yes I'm Lonesome Tonight",
"He'll Have To Stay", "Tell Tommy I Miss Him" and "I'm Falling Too".
The musicians on a lot of these answer songs seem to be the same if
you compare them to the original recordings which sometimes leads to
the question "Were they recorded on the same session"? Besides the
titles mentioned above, the real highlights of this CD are "Just Tell
Him Jane Said Hello", "Queen of the House", "Not Just Tomorrow But
Always", "Duchess of Earl", and the incredible "I'll Just Walk On By",
which is one of the 4 superb country answer songs.
As always, a real treat by ACE.
great idea by the people at ACE records and whatever they do
turns into success. Many of these answer songs were never heard of
in Europe except for "chartered" ones like "Yes I'm Lonesome Tonight",
"He'll Have To Stay", "Tell Tommy I Miss Him" and "I'm Falling Too".
The musicians on a lot of these answer songs seem to be the same if
you compare them to the original recordings which sometimes leads to
the question "Were they recorded on the same session"? Besides the
titles mentioned above, the real highlights of this CD are "Just Tell
Him Jane Said Hello", "Queen of the House", "Not Just Tomorrow But
Always", "Duchess of Earl", and the incredible "I'll Just Walk On By",
which is one of the 4 superb country answer songs.
As always, a real treat by ACE.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Well, maybe I have different requirements than my two other reviewers, but I have to say that this CD was disappointing. However, I cant fault the packaging or the liner notes which are of a high standard.
However then we get to the music. And for me what you get here are mostly average re-works of the big hits of the day by average opportunists. Simple as that....Its nothing special.
However then we get to the music. And for me what you get here are mostly average re-works of the big hits of the day by average opportunists. Simple as that....Its nothing special.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The real Golden Age of the Answer version was the entire decade of the 60s when the genre was given a massive shot in the arm by the Beatles.
Possibly the first song to be answered was Jim Reeves' He'll have to go-which gave Jeanne Black a Transatlantic hit.After that it was open season on anything which made the Top 10 and some songs like the Drifters' Save the last dance for me even had an answer to the answer.
Many of the answer versions on this collection have never been heard in the UK and were true one offs.
As the bulk of the hits were by males it would be girls who answered and Skeeter Davis did an album of them called Here's the Answer which alternated the original hit with the answer.This collection though avoids that and has no reason to recap on the hit song.
Possibly the first song to be answered was Jim Reeves' He'll have to go-which gave Jeanne Black a Transatlantic hit.After that it was open season on anything which made the Top 10 and some songs like the Drifters' Save the last dance for me even had an answer to the answer.
Many of the answer versions on this collection have never been heard in the UK and were true one offs.
As the bulk of the hits were by males it would be girls who answered and Skeeter Davis did an album of them called Here's the Answer which alternated the original hit with the answer.This collection though avoids that and has no reason to recap on the hit song.
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