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Rock & Roll: The First 50 Years - The Mid-'60s

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    Help Me, Rhonda – The Beach Boys 02:48
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    It Ain't Me Babe – The Turtles 02:14
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    Tell Her No – The Zombies 02:09
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    Five O'Clock World – The Vogues 02:09
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    The Boy from New York City – The Ad Libs 03:02
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    The Jerk – The Larks 02:37
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    It Hurts to Be in Love – Gene Pitney 02:36
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    I'm a Believer – The Monkees 02:48
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    Suspicion – Terry Stafford 02:31
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    The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) – Betty Everett 02:18
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    Bread and Butter – The Newbeats 01:58
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    Time Won't Let Me – The Outsiders 02:52
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    Hang On Sloopy – The McCoys 03:05
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    A Summer Song – Chad & Jeremy 02:40
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    Leader of the Pack – The Shangri-Las 02:53
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    Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun) – Del Shannon 02:08
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    Barefootin' – Robert Parker 02:34
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    Chapel of Love – The Dixie-Cups 02:50
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    I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher 03:15
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    Yes I'm Ready – Barbara Mason 03:07
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    Cool Jerk – The Capitols 02:36
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    California Sun – The Rivieras 02:28
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    Downtown – Petula Clark 03:06
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    Sunshine Superman – Donovan 03:21
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    Tell It Like It Is – Aaron Neville 02:29

There's nothing out of the way on this compilation, which is, after all, comprised entirely of Top Ten singles from 1964-1966. In fact, eight of them made number one. There's no thematic link, either. All that borne in mind, it's still pretty terrific music for the most part, and a very good value for a single CD, with 25 songs covering most branches of mid-'60s pop/rock. There are British Invasion classics (Donovan's "Sunshine Superman," the Zombies' "Tell Her No," Petula Clark's "Downtown"), girl group smashes (the Dixie Cups' "Chapel of Love," the Shangri-Las' "Leader of the Pack," Betty Everett's "The Shoop Shoop Song [It's in His Kiss]"), soul (Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is," the Capitols' "Cool Jerk," Robert Parker's "Barefootin'"), California pop (the Beach Boys' "California Girls," the Monkees' "I'm a Believer"), commercial folk-rock (the Turtles' "It Ain't Me Babe"), and just plain out-and-out commercial pop/rock (Del Shannon's "Keep Searchin'," the Outsiders' "Time Won't Let Me," Gene Pitney's "It Hurts to Be in Love," the Rivieras' "California Sun"). While none of these could be said to be items you'll never hear on oldies radio, there are at least a few marginally less overexposed items, like Barbara Mason's fetching soul ballad "Yes I'm Ready," the Larks' "The Jerk," and Terry Stafford's Elvis Presley-like "Suspicion." Like other volumes in this series, it's ideal for shoving in the CD player when you feel like hearing oldies without commercials or subpar filler. Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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  • Online Item #: 11417577
  • Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-02-9941
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