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Track Listings
| 1. (Wake Up) Miss Rip Van Winkle - TIBBS BROTHERS | |||
| 2. Lonely Avenue - RAY CHARLES | |||
| 3. I Ain't Sharin' Sharon - BOBBY DARIN | |||
| 4. Hushabye - MYSTICS | |||
| 5. It's Been Nice - MARTY WILDE | |||
| 6. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame - DEL SHANNON | |||
| 7. Angel Face - JIMMY DARREN | |||
| 8. Turn Me Loose - FABIAN | |||
| 9. A Teenager In Love - DION AND THE BELMONTS | |||
| 10. Hey Memphis - LAVERN BAKER | |||
| 11. Save The Last Dance For Me - DRIFTERS | |||
| 12. Go Jimmy Go - JIMMY CLANTON | |||
| 13. Too Good - LITTLE TONY AND HIS BROTHERS | |||
| 14. Seven Sins - BARRETT STRONG | |||
| 15. So Close To Heaven - RAL DONNER | |||
| 16. First Taste Of Love - BEN E KING | |||
| 17. Can't Get Used To Losing You - ANDY WILLIAMS | |||
| 18. All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me - BOBBY VEE | |||
| 19. A King For Tonight - BARRY DARVELL | |||
| 20. Suspicion - TERRY STAFFORD | |||
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Album Description
* To complement Ace Records' soon-to-conclude Leiber & Stoller series, Ace now presents its first salute to the `other' great song-writing team of Rock`n'Roll's Golden Age.
* Individually and collectively, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman have written more classics of American Pop than almost any other writers of their era. They had more songs accepted and recorded by Elvis Presley than even L & S did (apparently, without ever meeting the King even once).
* This package offers a strong mix of the obvious classics we couldn't leave out, and songs that should have been as big as those that did become major hits. It also includes songs that will surprise people who think that P & S only wrote teen pop, tackled by artists including Irma Thomas, Howard Tate, Ray Charles and the McCoys. Many of these tracks are making their CD debut here.
* We are also privileged to include, for the first time on an Ace CD, an Elvis Presley recording as our title track - one which, incidentally, was the last song that Pomus & Shuman ever wrote together before dissolving their song-writing partnership in 1966.
* Released with the blessing of both the Estates of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, "Double Trouble" is the sort of tribute that writers of their calibre deserve. Don't bet against there being a volume two sometime in the near future.
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1-(Wake Up) Miss Rip Van WinkleTIBBS BROS 2-Lonely AvenueCHARLES, Ray 3-I Ain't Sharin' SharonDARIN, Bobby 4-HushabyeMYSTICS 5-It's Been NiceWILDE, Marty 6-(Marie's The Name) His Latest FlameSHANNON, Del 7-Angel FaceDARREN, Jimmy 8-Turn Me LooseFABIAN 9-A Teenager In LoveDION & THE BELMONTS 10-Hey MemphisBAKER, Lavern 11-Save The Last Dance For MeDRIFTERS 12-Go Jimmy GoCLANTON, Jimmy 13-Too GoodLITTLE TONY & HIS BROS 14-Seven SinsSTRONG, Barrett 15-So Close To HeavenDONNER, Ral 16-First Tast Of LoveKING, Ben E. 17-Can't Get Used To Losing YouWILLIAMS, Andy 18-All You Gotta Do Is Touch MeVEE, Bobby 19-A King For TonightDARVELL, Barry 20-SuspicionSTAFFORD, Terry 21-Seven Day WeekendGARY U.S. BONDS 22-Spanish LaceMcDANIELS, Gene 23-Double TroublePRESLEY, Elvis 24-I'm Gonna Cry 'til My Tears Run DryTHOMAS, Irma 25-StopTATE, Howard 26-Say Those Magic WordsMcCOYS (2007/ACE) 26 tracks with 16 page booklet
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Doc wrote the lyrics and Mort the music. They were a great team who wrote music we baby boomers grew up listening to and loving.
Many of their truly great songs are not on this album and too many others that are have not been remastered from the original mono - which is a great pity.
However it would be doing this album a HUGE injustice if we didn't concentrate on the quality of the great Pomus-Shuman songs listed here as well as the many top artists for whom Pomus and Shuman songs were a blessing.
The Drifters unforgettable Save the Last Dance For Me, Andy Williams's Can't Get Used to Losing You, the great Gene McDaniels' version of Spanish Lace, then add the raw talents of Ray Charles'Lonely Avenue, and Ben E King's First Taste of Love and you have a fine array of wonderful songs sung by the best of their day.
Pomus & Shuman were the composers who wrote many many great songs for the King himself, songs like Little Sister,His Latest Flame, A Mess of Blues, She's Not You, and I'm sure there'll be more 'Best Of' Albums high lighting the songs of these two great songwriters.
And this album will be a must have for many true music lovers.
Many of their truly great songs are not on this album and too many others that are have not been remastered from the original mono - which is a great pity.
However it would be doing this album a HUGE injustice if we didn't concentrate on the quality of the great Pomus-Shuman songs listed here as well as the many top artists for whom Pomus and Shuman songs were a blessing.
The Drifters unforgettable Save the Last Dance For Me, Andy Williams's Can't Get Used to Losing You, the great Gene McDaniels' version of Spanish Lace, then add the raw talents of Ray Charles'Lonely Avenue, and Ben E King's First Taste of Love and you have a fine array of wonderful songs sung by the best of their day.
Pomus & Shuman were the composers who wrote many many great songs for the King himself, songs like Little Sister,His Latest Flame, A Mess of Blues, She's Not You, and I'm sure there'll be more 'Best Of' Albums high lighting the songs of these two great songwriters.
And this album will be a must have for many true music lovers.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Accustomed to give all ACE releases 5 stars because they more than
deserve them, this release is a bit frustrating not only because of
the selection used, but also because some of the greatest tunes of all
times are again in MONO. I know that there are a lot of "purists" who
prefer mono recordings but if an original stereo version does exist,
I prefer that because a lot of "unexisting" instruments on a mono
recording can be heard on the stereo one. There's a lot of difference
when you hear "Save The Last Dance For Me" in stereo. The mono version
loses a lot. Ben E King's "First Taste of Love" is one of the greatest
songs ever if you can hear it in stereo. On this CD it's in mono and
it loses half of the instrumental back-up orchestra. Some other songs
however, like Hushabye, are wonderfully presented so at least it
still can be classified as a 4 star CD.
deserve them, this release is a bit frustrating not only because of
the selection used, but also because some of the greatest tunes of all
times are again in MONO. I know that there are a lot of "purists" who
prefer mono recordings but if an original stereo version does exist,
I prefer that because a lot of "unexisting" instruments on a mono
recording can be heard on the stereo one. There's a lot of difference
when you hear "Save The Last Dance For Me" in stereo. The mono version
loses a lot. Ben E King's "First Taste of Love" is one of the greatest
songs ever if you can hear it in stereo. On this CD it's in mono and
it loses half of the instrumental back-up orchestra. Some other songs
however, like Hushabye, are wonderfully presented so at least it
still can be classified as a 4 star CD.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
No doubt there will be other volumes same as the Leiber & Stoller collections but only one other Elvis movie song is here.The original of Maries the name-by Del Shannon has been used instead of some of the other Pomus/Shuman songs he recorded and Its been nice is here in its original version by Marty Wilde rather than the Freddie Cannon cover.This was from a time around 1960 when the American writers were in England and Mort Shuman cut a single for Decca of I'm a man-the eventual hit for Fabian
Pomus was also a recording artist before the partnership
Pomus was also a recording artist before the partnership
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