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August 16, 2022 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Bob Crewe Whatever You Want

Yesterday, we looked at Ace Records' recent anthology dedicated to West Coast producer Gary Usher. Today, we're heading east... Stanley Robert Crewe of Newark, New Jersey studied architecture and tried his luck as a fashion model before turning full-time to music.  Though the handsome young man was a teen idol-in-the-making, he found his truest calling behind-the-scenes. With writing partner Frank Slay, Crewe gifted "Silhouettes" to The Rays and "Tallahassee Lassie" to Freddy "Boom Boom"

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Ben E. King, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio, Chuck Jackson, Dee Dee Sharp, Frankie Valli, Gary Knight, Jerry Butler, Kenny Lynch, The Four Seasons, Various Artists, Walter Jackson

June 3, 2020 By Sam Stone 8 Comments

VA CameoParkway YouCantSitDown

You just can't sit down when one of those Cameo-Parkway classics comes on the stereo. Cameo Records - launched by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, the team that penned the Elvis hip-shaker "Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear" -  and its sister label Parkway dominated the pop charts from 1958 to 1967 with dance crazes like "The Twist" and "The Wah-Watusi" as well as hits by the likes of Bobby Rydell, The Orlons, The Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp, Don Covay, Evie Sands, and of course, Twist king Chubby Checker.  Now,

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Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, Don Covay, The Dovells

September 29, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Some Kinda Magic Jerry Ross

Before Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell created The Sound of Philadelphia, Jerry Ross created the sound of Philadelphia.  The Philly-born producer-songwriter-entrepreneur penned hits for Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations and produced chart-toppers by Bobby Hebb and Shocking Blue, but only now has his remarkable legacy in pop, rock-and-roll and soul been celebrated on disc.  Ace has recently issued Some Kinda Magic: The Songs of Jerry Ross, a 24-track compendium of Ross'

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Dee Dee Sharp, Dee Dee Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Jerry Butler, Jerry Ross, Keith, Various Artists

July 14, 2015 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Rare Soul

If Rare Soul is what you're looking for, PopMarket has an exclusive release just for you.  The online shop has recently released A Crate Digger's Collection of Rare Soul, a 3-LP set pressed on heavyweight180-gram vinyl presenting 35 tracks culled from the Warner Music Group family of labels including Atlantic, Cotillion, Loma, Atco and Warner Bros. itself.  This handsome package, a limited edition of 1,000 units, features 35 tracks from some of the labels' heaviest hitters as well as names that

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Vinyl Genre: R&B/Soul Tags: Ben E. King, Bettye LaVette, Dee Dee Sharp, Mary Wells, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke, Various Artists

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