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* Three husband and wife songwriting teams ruled the airwaves of the Kennedy era: Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil and Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry.
* Ace paid tribute to Goffin & King in 2007 with a big selling collection of their compositions, and a compendium of songs by Mann & Weil is scheduled for later this year, but first it's the turn of top Brill Building hitmakers Greenwich & Barry.
* Although they wrote together for just three or four years, you'd need a box set to contain all the hit songs of Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. Until such a pipedream becomes a reality, this single disc compilation of hits, rarities and other gems can't be beaten as a representation of their work.
* The collection contains famous tracks by the Shangri-Las, the Jelly Beans, the Dixie Cups, the Butterflys, Lesley Gore, the Chiffons, the Drifters and the Beach Boys; the first released versions of `Do-Wah-Diddy' and `Hanky Panky' (from before the Manfreds and Tommy James got their hands on the songs); plus new-to-CD collectables from the Darlettes, Karen Verros, the Fleetwoods, the Majors and Tony Pass. And that's just for starters...
Tracklist
1 I Can Hear Music - THE BEACH BOYS
2 I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing - THE DRIFTERS
3 Out In The Streets - THE SHANGRI-LAS
4 Maybe I Know - LESLEY GORE
5 He Ain't No Angel - THE AD-LIBS
6 I Have A Boyfriend - THE CHIFFONS
7 Baby Be Mine - THE JELLY BEANS
8 Do-Wah-Diddy - THE EXCITERS
9 Everybody Come Clap Your Hands - MOODY & THE DELTAS
10 Nobody But You - THE TOKENS
11 Here She Comes - THE DARLETTES
12 Hold On Baby - SAM HAWKINS
13 You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me - THE DIXIE CUPS
14 Goodnight Baby - THE BUTTERFLYS
15 I Hear You Say (I Love You) - ANDY KIM
16 Little Boy - KAREN VERROS
17 I Want You For My Sweetheart - BOBBY SHEEN
18 That Boy Is Messing Up My Mind - THE ORCHIDS
19 Hanky Panky - THE SUMMITS
20 What Have You Been Doin' - THE MAJORS
21 Every Little Beat - THE FLEETWOODS
22 I Won't Be Me Anymore - VIC DONNA
23 True True Love - TONY PASS
24 River Deep-Mountain High - NILSSON