The Crew Cuts - Singles Collection 1954-60 (CD)

The Crew Cuts were one of the white doowop vocal groups who specialised in recording cover versions of R&B hits for the mainstream pop market - their two biggest successes came with their version of The Chords "Sh-Boom", which gave them a pop No. 1, and their cover of The Penguins' "Earth Angel", which they took to No. 3 - other hit R&B doowop covers were "Gum Drop" and The Nutmegs' "A Story Untold". This great-value 60-track collection comprises almost all the A & B sides from their thirty -odd releases on Mercury and RCA during this period, and naturally features all their charted singles, as well as providing a fascinating showcase of their versatility as they ranged a cross not only vocal group doowop-flavoured material but also straight rock 'n' roll and middle-ground pop as they looked for a new hit formula as the market changed during the late '50s.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Crazy 'Bout You Baby
2. Angela Mia
3. Sh-Boom
4. I Spoke Too Soon
5. Oop-Shoop
6. Do Me Good Baby
7. All I Wanna Do
8. Dance, Mr. Snowman, Dance
9. The Whiffenpoof Song
10. Varsity Drag
11. Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
12. Earth Angel
13. Don't Be Angry
14. Chop Chop Boom
15. Unchained Melody
16. Two Hearts, Two Kisses
17. A Story Untold
18. Carmen's Boogie
19. Gum Drop
20. Present Arms
21. Slam! Bam!
22. Are You Havin' Any Fun
23. Angels in the Sky
24. Mostly Martha
25. Seven Days
26. That's Your Mistake
27. Out of the Picture
28. Honey Hair, Sugar Lips, Eyes of Blue
29. Tell Me Why
30. Rebel in Town

Disc: 2

1. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
2. Thirteen Going on Fourteen
3. Love in a Home
4. Keeper of the Flame
5. Halls of Ivy
6. Little By Little
7. Young Love
8. The Angelus
9. Whatever, Whenever, Whoever
10. Suzie Q
11. Such a Shame
12. I Sit in My Window
13. Hey, You Face
14. I Like It Like That
15. Be My Only Love
16. Forever My Darling
17. Hey Stella
18. That's My Desire
19. Baby Be Mine
20. Fraternity Pin
21. Can You Hear Me
22. Gone, Gone, Gone
23. Someone in Heaven
24. Bermuda
25. Kin-Ni-Ki-Nic
26. It Is No Secret
27. No, No, Nevermore
28. American Beauty Rose
29. The Shrine on Top of the Hill
30. Aura Lee