FRANKIE FORD "Ooh-Wee Baby!" - The Best Of Frankie Ford

Frankie Ford's one big hit, "Sea Cruise," may rank him as a one-hit wonder, but his tenure at Ace produced other material in the fine Crescent City tradition, loaded with Ford's exuberant vocals and great playing from the New Orleans 1950s A-team of session stalwarts. The collection opens with take one of Ford's great hit, different enough but really great, a true hit in the making. Both sides of his first Ace single ("Cheatin' Woman" b/w "Last One to Cry") follows that in fine fashion, and of course, the issued version of his big hit is here too. The majority of Ford's later recordings find him trying for Sinatra respectability via the Bobby Darin route, but tunes like the undubbed take of "Hour of Need," "Watchdog" and "Morgus the Magnificent" (with a young Mac Rebennack on lead guitar) are fine rocking and soulful additions to complete the big picture on this 27-track collection.(Cub Koda, All Music Guide)

trax:
01 Sea Cruise (Take 1) 02 Cheatin' Woman 03 Last One To Cry 04 Sea Cruise (Take 13) 05 Roberta 06 Can't Tell My Heart What To Do 07 Alimony 08 Time After Time 09 I Want To Be Your Man 10 Chinatown (Take 5) 11 What's Going On 12 Morgus The Magnificent 13 Lonely Boy 14 Ocean Full Of Tears 15 Hour Of Need 16 Blow Wind Blow. 17 It Must Be Jelly 18 Your Game Is Over 19 St.Louis Blues 20 Geronimo 21 I'm Worried Over You 22 Watch Dog 23 Can't Tell My Heart What To Do (Undubbed Take) 24 Time After Time (Undubbed Take) 25 Hour Of Need (Undubbed Take) 26 Danny Boy 27 Pretending You're Mine (Take 3)
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