The Diamonds - Diamonds - Complete Singles As & Bs 1955-62 (CD)
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Highlights
- Artist: The Diamonds
- Genre: Rock
- Format: CD
- Record Label: Acrobat
Description
The Diamonds were a Canadian vocal group who scored a string of US hits during the latter half of the 1950s, primarily as their record company Mercury's vehicle for cover versions of hits from the R&B charts which they recorded in more pop-oriented style for mainstream radio stations and the pop charts. The litany of such songs, which first came to the fore as hits for doo wop groups in the R&B charts, is fascinating, as they covered Frankie Lymon's "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", The Willows' "The Church Bells May Ring", The G-Clefs' "Ka-Ding-Dong", Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs "Little Darlin'"and The Rays' "Silhouettes" to register significant chart successes, along with other notable hits like the dance craze "The Stroll". In between those opportunist outings, they ran the gamut of the current styles, embracing rock 'n' roll and pop ballads alike, as Mercury used them successfully as a medium for making the new music that was taking over the pop scene more acceptable for middle America. This great-value 64-track 2-CD set comprises the A and B sides of all their US singles during the period, plus some titles which were only released on singles in the UK and Australia. It naturally includes all their successes in the pop charts, and so represents a thorough overview of their core career, and an insight into an intriguing strand of pop during that era.
2. Nip Sip
3. Be My Lovin' Baby
4. Smooch Me
5. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
6. You Baby You
7. The Church Bells May Ring
8. Little Girl of Mine
9. Love, Love, Love
10. Ev'ry Night About This Time
11. Ka-Ding-Dong
12. Soft Summer Breeze
13. My Judge and My Jury
14. Put Your House in Order
15. A Thousand Miles Away
16. Ev'ry Minute of the Day
17. Little Darlin'
18. Faithful and True
19. Words of Love
20. Don't Say Goodbye
21. Zip Zip
22. Oh, How I Wish
23. Passion Flower
24. Straight Skirts
25. Silhouettes
26. Daddy Cool
27. Honey Bird
28. The Stroll
29. Land of Beauty
30. High Sign
31. Chick-Let's (Don't Let Me Down)
32. Patsy
2. Happy Years
3. Where Mary Go
4. Walking Along
5. Eternal Lovers
6. She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)
7. From the Bottom of My Heart
8. Gretchen
9. A Mother's Love
10. Sneaky Alligator
11. Holding Your Hand
12. Young in Years
13. The Twenty-Second Day
14. Walking the Stroll
15. Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula
16. Tell the Truth
17. Real True Love
18. Slave Girl
19. The Pencil Song
20. You'd Be Mine
21. The Crumble
22. You Short Changed Me
23. I Sho' Lawd Will
24. The Munch
25. Woomai Ling
26. One Summer Night
27. It's a Doggone Shame
28. The Horizontal Lieutenant
29. The Vanishing American
30. Oh, Carol
31. Believe Me
32. San Antonio Rose
Track List:
Disc: 1
1. Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots2. Nip Sip
3. Be My Lovin' Baby
4. Smooch Me
5. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
6. You Baby You
7. The Church Bells May Ring
8. Little Girl of Mine
9. Love, Love, Love
10. Ev'ry Night About This Time
11. Ka-Ding-Dong
12. Soft Summer Breeze
13. My Judge and My Jury
14. Put Your House in Order
15. A Thousand Miles Away
16. Ev'ry Minute of the Day
17. Little Darlin'
18. Faithful and True
19. Words of Love
20. Don't Say Goodbye
21. Zip Zip
22. Oh, How I Wish
23. Passion Flower
24. Straight Skirts
25. Silhouettes
26. Daddy Cool
27. Honey Bird
28. The Stroll
29. Land of Beauty
30. High Sign
31. Chick-Let's (Don't Let Me Down)
32. Patsy
Disc: 2
1. Kathy-O2. Happy Years
3. Where Mary Go
4. Walking Along
5. Eternal Lovers
6. She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)
7. From the Bottom of My Heart
8. Gretchen
9. A Mother's Love
10. Sneaky Alligator
11. Holding Your Hand
12. Young in Years
13. The Twenty-Second Day
14. Walking the Stroll
15. Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula
16. Tell the Truth
17. Real True Love
18. Slave Girl
19. The Pencil Song
20. You'd Be Mine
21. The Crumble
22. You Short Changed Me
23. I Sho' Lawd Will
24. The Munch
25. Woomai Ling
26. One Summer Night
27. It's a Doggone Shame
28. The Horizontal Lieutenant
29. The Vanishing American
30. Oh, Carol
31. Believe Me
32. San Antonio Rose
Record label: Acrobat
Genre: Rock
Musical Artist: The Diamonds
Format: CD
Street Date: July 7, 2017
TCIN: 91049290
UPC: 824046320027
Item Number (DPCI): 244-08-2328
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 5.55 inches length x 4.98 inches width x 0.39 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.23 pounds
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