"One Kiss Can Lead To Another" Girl Group Sounds - Lost & Found - CD 1 of 4

Girl groups have enchanted humankind since the era of the ancient Greeks, when legend has it the Sirens attempted to lure wayfarers Odysseus and Jason to their fates; Persephone's chanteuses would eventually even lose a battle of the bands to the Muses...
...A couple millennia later, female singers would become a dominant force in the pop and rock of the ‘60s, the era anthologized on this four-disc, 120-track collection from Rhino. If the "group" tag is something of a misnomer (many of the acts here are solo artists), the vibrant female pop spirit of the times gets showcased in rare fashion by a collection that eschews the obvious to revel in showcasing rarities and surprises at every turn: the bittersweet, life-is-over-when "I'm 28" musings of a two-decades-pre-"Mickey" Toni Basil; a healthy sampling of gems by the Cookies and their various alter-egos, including the Palisades' fervent ode to uber-necking, "Make the Night Just a Little Bit Longer"; the Shangri-Las' mini-epic, "Out in the Streets"; hit songwriter Ellie Greenwich's solo turn on the haunting "You Don't Know." An impressive collection with an inclusive bent, its tracks range across the classic r&b of the Marvelettes, Chiffons and Irma Thomas, country-crossovers Skeeter Davis and Wanda Jackson, the blue-eyed soul of Jackie DeShannon and Dusty Springfield and wounded white-girl pop of Lesley Gore and Connie Francis. It's all contained in one of Rhino's most elaborately designed packages yet: each disc comes in a mock compact; its extensive liner notes and track info printed as a mini-diary; all housed in a smart replica of a vintage hat box--a treasure-packed delight for lovers of the genre and curious novices alike. -- Jerry McCulley
trax:
1. Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes 2. He's Got The Power - The Exciters 3. Nobody Knows What's Goin' On (In My Mind But Me) - The Chiffons 4. I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls - Donna Lynn 5. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - Little Eva 6. Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations 7. You Don't Know - Ellie Greenwich 8. Boys - The Shirelles 9. Big Bad World - Cathy Saint 10. Out In The Streets - The Shangri-Las 11. Is It True - Brenda Lee 12. Please Don't Wake Me - The Cinderellas 13. I'll Keep Holding On - The Marvelettes 14. Oh No Not My Baby - Maxine Brown 15. May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone - The Toys 16. Magic Garden - Dusty Springfield 17. I Never Dreamed - The Cookies 18. He's A Bad Boy - Carole King 19. Happy, That's Me - Little Frankie 20. Dream Boy - Jackie DeShannon 21. Try The Worryin' Way - The Fabulettes 22. I Can't Let Go - Evie Sands 23. Go Now - Bessie Banks 24. You're No Good - Dee Dee Warwick 25. Opportunity - The Jewels 26. Life And Soul Of The Party - Mally Page 27. Break-A-Way - Irma Thomas 28. What Am I Gonna Do With You? - Lesley Gor 29. He Did It - The Ronettes 30. Baby That's Me - The Cake
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