The Moonglows - Complete Singles As & Bs 1953-62 (CD)

Despite their relatively short career together and an equally limited recording output, The Moonglows were one of the most important and influential doowop vocal groups of the 1950s, their career spanning the years of the rock 'n' roll explosion in pop as well as the time when mainstream pop artists and labels were plundering the R&B charts for potential crossover hit songs. Led by the legendary Harvey Fuqua, who went on to marry Berry Gordy's sister and became a hugely successful writer and producer at Motown, and featuring his long-time colleague Bobby Lester sharing lead vocals, they recorded initially for Alan Freed's Challenge label, before he got them a deal with Chance, and moved to Chess, with whom they scored their biggest success with R&B No. 1 Sincerely, which was covered by The McGuire Sisters to score a pop No. 1. This great-value 56-track 2-CD set comprises the A and B sides of every single they released before they parted company, their music encompassing rocking up-tempo bluesy R&B as well as smooth, immaculate ballads, with beautifully textured harmonies. It naturally features all their chart entries, including the R&B Top 10 hits Most Of All, Sincerely, We Go Together, See Saw, Please Send Me Someone To Love and The Ten Commandments of Love. It's a comprehensive trawl across a brief but significant career.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I Just Can't Tell No Lie
2. I've Been Your Dog
3. Baby Please
4. Whistle My Love
5. Just a Lonely Christmas
6. Hey, Santa Claus
7. Secret Love
8. Real Gone Mama
9. I Was Wrong
10. Ooh Rockin' Daddy
11. My Gal
12. 219 Train
13. Sincerely
14. Tempting
15. Shoo-Doo-Be-Doo (My Loving Baby)
16. So All Alone
17. The Hug and a Kiss
18. New Gal
19. She's Gone
20. Most of All
21. Foolish Me
22. Slow Down
23. Starlite
24. In Love
25. In My Diary
26. Lover Love Me
27. We Go Together

Disc: 2

1. Chickie Um Bah
2. See Saw
3. When I'm with You
4. Over and Over Again
5. I Knew from the Start
6. I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over
7. Don't Say Goodbye
8. Please Send Me Someone to Love
9. Mister Engineer (Bring Her Back to Me)
10. The Beating of My Heart
11. Confess It to Your Heart
12. Too Late
13. Here I Am
14. In the Middle of the Night
15. Soda Pop
16. This Love
17. Sweeter Than Words
18. Ten Commandments of Love
19. Mean Old Blues
20. Love Is a River
21. I'll Never Stop Wanting You
22. Twelve Months of the Year
23. Don't Be Afraid of Love
24. Mama Loocie
25. Unemployment
26. Beatnik
27. Junior
28. Blue Velvet
29. Penny Arcade