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This eclectic collection of girl group-style treasures from the Columbia vaults features a host of Brill Building rarities, most making their CD debut. The Brill Building lends its name to a generation ofNew Yorksongwriters, led here by Gerry Goffin & Carole King with songs performed by the Orchids, Peggy Lipton, Erma Franklin and Dorothy Jones. Boy genius Van McCoy is represented via offerings from the Sweet Things, Aretha Franklin and Sandi Sheldon. Elsewhere, the Pussycats sing Shadow Morton, Bernadette Peters performs Brute Force, Nancy Ames renders a great Bert Berns number and Marlina Mars gets to grips with the Burt Bacharach & Hal David songbook. Other writers showcased include husband and wife teams Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, plus Bob Crewe, Neil Diamond and Phil Spector.
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Tracklist
1 Dressed In Black - The Pussycats
2 I Want Your Love - The Pussycats
3 Theyre Dancing Now - Patty Michaels
4 That New Boy In Town - Jan Tanzy
5 Let The Little Girl Limbo - Doris Day
6 My Boyfriend - Becky & The Lollipops
7 One Boy Tells Another - The Surfer Girls
8 That Boy Is Messing Up My Mind - The Orchids
9 Marching Home - Tracey Dey
10 Did You Get Your Fun - The Bootiques
11 Will You Care Whats Hapnin To Me, Baby Bernadette Peters
12 Wonderful World Of Love - The Poppies
13 Youre My Loving Baby - The Sweet Things
14 Sing Me A Love Song - The Glories
15 Gonna Make Him My Baby - April Young
16 Friends And Lovers Forever - Nancy Ames
17 The Harlem Tango - The Orchids
18 Takin That Long Walk Home - Dorothy Jones
19 Its Love That Really Counts (In The Long Run) Marlina Mars
20 Sweet Bitter Love - Aretha Franklin
21 You Cant Hurt Me No More - The Opals
22 The Right To Cry - Erma Franklin
23 Love Made To Order - The Little Foxes
24 Baby Youre Mine - Sandi Sheldon
25 Wasnt It You - Peggy Lipton
26 Spanish Harlem - Laura Nyro And Labelle