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| 1. Riot In Cell Block No. 9 |
| 2. Young Blood |
| 3. Yakety Yak |
| 4. Down In Mexico |
| 5. Searchin' |
| 6. Idol With The Golden Head |
| 7. Charlie Brown |
| 8. That Is Rock And Roll |
| 9. I'm A Hog For You |
| 10. Along Came Jones |
| 11. Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass |
| 12. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart |
| 13. The Shadow Knows |
| 14. Three Cool Cats |
| 15. Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) |
| 16. Shoppin' For Clothes |
| 17. Wrap It Up |
| 18. Lola |
| 19. Whadaya Want? |
| 20. Lovey Dovey |
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great rock'n'roll with a comic touch,
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (No. 1 Hall OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Yakety Yak -The Platinum Collection (International Release) (Audio CD)
The Coasters were formed following the dissolution of an earlier group, the Robins, two of that group being among its founder members. Many line-up changes occurred in the following years. Their record producers were the highly successful Leiber and Stoller, who also wrote most of their songs. While many of their contemporaries were either recording ballads or pursuing a more mainstream rock'n'roll sound, the Coasters stuck closely to their R+B roots.
The Coasters began their chart career in America in 1956 with Down in Mexico, but they really hit big with a double-sided single containing Searchin' (an American number one hit and a minor UK hit) and Young blood (an American number two hit). Next came Yakety yak, another an American number one hit, which just missed the UK top ten. It may now be their most recognizable song, not least because an instrumental cover by Boots Randolph was used as the theme tune for the Benny Hill show. The follow-up single, Charlie Brown, was an American number two hit and became the biggest UK hit for the Coasters, peaking at six. Poison ivy, an American number one hit and UK top twenty hit, completed the run of really big hits for the Coasters. They continued charting in America into the sixties, but there were no more UK hits until Sorry but I'm gonna have to pass (first released in 1958) became a minor UK hit following its use in a TV commercial. All the hits I've mentioned are included among the 20 tracks in this budget collection, together with Along came Jones (later covered by Ray Stevens), which therefore includes all of the tracks that really matter.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Best Of.,
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This review is from: Yakety Yak -The Platinum Collection (International Release) (Audio CD)
I came across The Coasters on an Atlantic R&B compilation and was inspired to buy this and I can honestly say that it's one of the best 'Best Of' compilations around, the songs come fast and furious, short and punchy with the kind of production that makes you feel they're in the corner of the room.
Most of this kind of music is of its time but The Coasters have aged particularly well, the only downside is no 'Poison Ivy' but you can dig that out on the Atlantic R&B compilation I mentioned earlier. BRILLIANT!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Coasters in the U K,
By Richard "Alice Collector" (Blackpool England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Yakety Yak -The Platinum Collection (International Release) (Audio CD)
Though I don't think they appeared in this country the Coasters were a prime influence on the British Invasion.However they needed the input of whites to take them to the heights like so many doowoppers did.
A series of well crafted songs with not every single issued here at the time was the state of play in 1962 when they cut a song called Ain't that just like me-to my mind their finest hour as its lyric is made up of Nursery rhymes. There was an LP of standards same as the Drifters and the photo of the Coasters was actually used in mistake by Decca for the Drifters album which Decca shrugged off by saying "they all look alike anyway" No wonder they were not impressed by the Beatles whose audition tape contained a couple of Coasters songs. Its different now though but there's still not a definitive Coasters collection on CD where nearly a dozen bests and greatest can be found all missing off different songs.This one leaves out Poison Ivy
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