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The Chordettes
"The Best Of The Chordettes"
© Rhino Records
Year of Release: 1989
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track listing
The Love Goes On
And On
Mr. Sandman
Lonely Lips
Humming Bird
Eddie My Love
Born To Be With You
Lay Down Your Arms
Teen-Age Goodnight
Echo Of Love
Just Between
You And Me
Soft Sands
Lollipop
Baby Come-A-Back-A
Zorro
No Other Arms
No Other Lips
A Girl's Work
Is Never Done
No Wheels
Never On Sunday
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The Chordettes
"The Best Of The Chordettes"
The Chordettes are most famous for one song, a song that has been featured in movies
and other sources of music -- "Mr. Sandman." What is even better, is that The
Chordettes had other hits, as I had quite a few of their 45s growing up. My favorite
song by the quartet was "Lollipop," a 45 I continually played over and over until
it was so worn, that it was kind of unusual listening to this song on CD, being crystal
clear. (I guess so old vinyl seems to keep the same "sound" when you hear it clear on
compact disc.) The Best Of The Chordettes captures their well-known songs, and
even a few B-sides, having some of these 45s in my record collection from decades ago.
The 45s I did have, were: "Lonely Lips," ("Lay Down Your Arms" / "Teen-Age
Goodnight"), ("Lollipop" / "Baby Come-A-Back-A"), "No Other Arms No Other Lips".
"Zorro" was another song I remembered, but I couldn't remember if I had the 45 or
not.
There are quite a few songs that I didn't remember, such as the O Brother Where
Art Thou" soundalike "True Love Goes On And On," "Born To Be With You," "Echo Of
Love," "Just Between You And Me," and "Soft Sands." Others include the
Coasters' "Yakety Yak" (sounds like) "A Girl's Work Is Never Done," and
the novelty tune "No Wheels"; as this song sounds like as if Jan & Dean would
have attempted, having a male spoken voice throughout the song.
Lastly, there are songs there were popular, but not the Chordettes version (at least
from my memory) -- "Humming Bird" is best remembered by Les Paul & Mary Ford,
"Eddie My Love" by The Fontane Sisters, and "Never On Sunday," a song that
I can't remember who had the most popular version.
All in all, The Best Of The Chordettes is a wonderful trip down memory lane,
listening to the familiar songs by them, as I used to have 45 rpm records by them. For
those who remember them more, it will also be a good trip down this "highway," for the
Easy Listening crowds, and discovering music before Rock n Roll was born.
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