- Two MP3 Albums for £10. Buy this and one other MP3 Album from a great selection for no more than £10. Here's how (terms and conditions apply)
 |
| ||
Album Savings: £25.31 compared to buying all songs
- Original Release Date: 16 May 2005
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
Buy this MP3 album with any other MP3 album under £8 and pay no more than £10 for both (terms and conditions apply). Just look for any album with this message, put it in your basket with another eligible title and the discount will be applied at checkout. |
MP3 Songs
Previous
Play all
Next
Play all samples
MP3
Paused
Loading ...
Unavailable
Loading ...
Volume slider
Mute/Unmute
To view this content, download Flash player (version 9.0.0 or higher)
| Disc 1: | |||||
| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play | 1. Walkin' Back To Happiness | 2:33 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Tell Me What He Said | 2:49 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Beyond The Sea (La Mer) | 3:28 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. It's In His Kiss | 1:57 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Please Mr Postman | 2:37 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Let's Talk About Love | 1:57 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Keep Away From Other Girls | 2:25 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 3:23 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Basin Street Blues | 3:35 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Daddy Couldn't Get Me One Of Those | 2:24 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. He Knows How To Love Me | 2:58 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. It Might As Well Rain Until September | 2:21 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. Kiss 'N' Run | 2:08 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 14. Queen For Tonight | 2:10 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 15. My Guy | 2:50 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 16. You Won't Come Home | 2:25 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 17. Woe Is Me | 2:02 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 18. When I'm With You | 1:52 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 19. Look Over Your Shoulder | 2:46 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 20. It's So Funny I Could Cry | 2:13 | £0.69 | ||
| Disc 2: | |||||
| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Don't Treat Me Like A Child | 2:36 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Little Miss Lonely | 2:56 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Are You Lonesome Tonight | 2:46 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. It's My Party | 2:25 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. You Don't Know | 2:40 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Walk On By | 2:49 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Lipstick On Your Collar | 2:19 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. I Was Only Kidding | 2:20 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Look Who It Is | 2:14 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Sometime Yesterday | 2:53 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Shop Around | 2:46 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 12. Walking In My Dreams | 2:29 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. A Teenager In Love | 2:19 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 14. Move Over Darling | 2:33 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 15. I Walked Right In (With My Eyes Wide Open) | 2:40 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 16. Tomorrow Is Another Day | 2:20 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 17. Cry My Heart Out | 2:46 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 18. Ole Father Time | 1:56 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 19. Marvellous Lie | 2:21 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 20. Fever | 2:26 | £0.89 | ||
Sold by Amazon Media EU S.à r.l. By placing your order, you agree to our Terms of Use.
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Product details
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Helen eventually became a jazz singer of some repute but she is mostly remembered for her early sixties pop music, which she recorded as a teenager. Her first four UK hits were also her biggest, with two of them (You don't know, Walking back to happiness) going all the way to number one and the other two (Don't treat me like a child, Tell me what he said) making the top three. After that, she had just one more top ten hit (Little Miss Lonely) and six minor hits, ending with a cover of Fever (Peggy Lee). This collection contains all of Helen's UK hits including the minor hits.
Most of the other tracks here are covers of songs made famous by others, although it is worth noting that Helen was the first singer to record It's my party, the song that eventually became Lesley Gore's biggest hit. A cover of a blues oldie (Basin street blues) offers a clue to Helen's later career as a jazz singer.
The remaining songs include covers of Lipstick on your collar (Connie Francis), Will you love me tomorrow (Shirelles), Teenager in love (Dion and the Belmonts), Are you lonesome tonight (Elvis Presley), Beyond the sea (Bobby Darin), It might as well rain until September (Carole King), Move over darling (Doris Day), Please Mr Postman (Marvelettes), Shop around (Miracles), Walk on by (Dionne Warwick), My guy (Mary Wells) and It's in his kiss (Betty Everett - this song was later a hit for Linda Lewis in the seventies and Cher in the eighties).
Of course, many compilations of Helen's music have been released before, often containing her own hits and a selection of other famous songs, but this double-CD also includes several obscure songs such asWhen I'm with you, I was only kidding, You won't come home and the intriguingly titled Daddy couldn't get me one of those, just to name a few.
This is an outstanding collection of Helen's music. If you enjoy early sixties pop music by such singers as Lesley Gore, Brenda Lee and Connie Francis, you ought to give Helen's music a listen.
41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
An excellent sampler of much of Helen's best 60's POP stuff. There is a strong representation of the "Yeah Yeah" chorus recordings - Walking Back...; Lets Talk....; Shop Around etc - which, while seriously dated, are important in enabling you to appreciate her development as a singer.
I sometimes wonder what some of that early stuff would sound like if given a more sympathetic arrangement.
e.g.Cry My Heart Out or Look Who It Is could be a real revelation.
That glorious intonation and perfect pitch really come into their own with Ballads such as the superb You Don't Know;Sometime Yesterday; Little Miss Lonely and I Apologise.
The Pieces de Resistance remain I Wish I'd Never Loved You and It's So Funny I Could Cry.
They tore my heart out as a teenager and they still do.
Mind you at the other end of the scale the incredibly provocative rendition of the old Peggy Lee classic Fever was the start of more than a few teenage fantasies and still makes the hairs on the back of my neck tingle.
I've only recently rediscovered Ms Shapiro and am rapidly building a collection of her CD's.
Anyone who wants to "test the water" before doing the same would do well to use this CD as a starting point.
This badly under exposed singer continues to record really good stuff. She is still only in her 50's, still looks great and still has the purest voice around.
I sometimes wonder what some of that early stuff would sound like if given a more sympathetic arrangement.
e.g.Cry My Heart Out or Look Who It Is could be a real revelation.
That glorious intonation and perfect pitch really come into their own with Ballads such as the superb You Don't Know;Sometime Yesterday; Little Miss Lonely and I Apologise.
The Pieces de Resistance remain I Wish I'd Never Loved You and It's So Funny I Could Cry.
They tore my heart out as a teenager and they still do.
Mind you at the other end of the scale the incredibly provocative rendition of the old Peggy Lee classic Fever was the start of more than a few teenage fantasies and still makes the hairs on the back of my neck tingle.
I've only recently rediscovered Ms Shapiro and am rapidly building a collection of her CD's.
Anyone who wants to "test the water" before doing the same would do well to use this CD as a starting point.
This badly under exposed singer continues to record really good stuff. She is still only in her 50's, still looks great and still has the purest voice around.
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although child and teenage stars in entertainment were nothing new even in 1961 Helen Shapiro scored something of a first in the UK by having three top ten singles, two of them No 1s, before she left school at the age of 15. Possessed even then of a voice with a full and mature range, which could go down surprisingly low, she had a string of six top ten hits, and six more slightly less successful, before the beat groups came along and swept away all before them. All those hits, most of them specially written and arranged for her, are scattered about on this collection. Close your eyes, cast your memory back 44 years and picture the girl in the party frock with the bee-hive hair style on ITV's Sunday Night At The London Palladium singing "Walking Back To Happiness".
Before her chart fame she had sung blues and trad jazz in her brother's band, and her versatility in those and other fields is amply illustrated on the other tracks here. Whether its old standards (Move Over Darling, Fever, Basin Street Blues), Motown numbers (Please Mr Postman, My Guy), girl group songs (a shoopless It's In His Kiss and probably the first recording of It's My Party), or even Elvis (Are You Lonesome Tonight?) Helen did them full justice and stamped her own style and phrasing on them.
The recordings cover her four years with EMI's Columbia label and producer Norrie Paramor, from 1961 to 1965. Surprisingly, only about a quarter of them are in stereo, and not necessarily the latest ones, but they do sound reasonably clean and fresh.
After her chart fame Helen returned to her blues and jazz repertoire, to much critical acclaim, teaming up with Humphrey Lyttleton, and still records and performs successfully in that genre to this day. This 40 track, 100 minute collection provides a great showcase of her all round talent at the time of her pop successes.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Versatile Helen
I think it was back in 1961, when I was in the first year of secondary school that Helen was coming onto the music scene. Thats when 'You Don't Know' was No1 in the charts. Read more
Published 2 months ago by I. H. Hunter
fantastic!
I LOVE this CD. If you remeber Helen Shapiro then advise to buy this. Not heard songs in ages but could sing along with all the tunes. Memories eh!
Published 5 months ago by grandma
grear service
great collection. still sounds as i remember. I will continue using this store.
good service prices. can not fault anything.
good service prices. can not fault anything.
Published 8 months ago by Mr. David C. Sculthorpe
The best for now
Since this CD there's now The Ultimate.Yet there's songs on here missing from that one.
Until they issue Helen Shapiro the As & Bs or The Complete these have to do
Until they issue Helen Shapiro the As & Bs or The Complete these have to do
Published 11 months ago by Richard
Helen Shapiro at his best
Helen Shapiro sang a lot of songs, got several hits, you'll be glad to find them in this really good compilation. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jeanbete
MISSING
l agree with most of all the reviews on here,HELEN SHAPIRO was in my opinion the best girl singer of the 60s and her voice has never left her... Read more
Published 20 months ago by tony
Look who it is
As I already wrote elswhere, compilation cd's are never perfect ... But for once ... I have to say, this album is realy great ... After I bought it I did some research on the net. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rik
Helen Shapiro
If you love Helen Shapiro (as I do) this is the Cd for you absolutely brilliant. What a voice!!
Published on 21 July 2009 by Stephen W. Mason
Very Enjoyable
This compilation includes all Helen's UK hits as well as all the B sides of the hits as well as some songs which were not hits. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2005 by Joe Sampson
There's Always Something Missing...
It's been said before but I'll say it again - why do record companies omit songs from "essential" collections? Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2005
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Look for similar items by category
