Where The Boys Are
Where The Boys Are
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Ace
- Bestellnummer: 9711629
- Erscheinungstermin: 29.8.2011
Mit der neuesten Folge der von Kritikern bejubelten Songwriter- und Autoren-Serie wird das Duo Neil Sedaka und Howard Greenfield gewürdigt.
Die beiden standen bereits Ende der 1950er Jahre dem Musikverleger Don Kirshner nahe, der sie mit Connie Francis zusammenbrachte. Diese interpretierte dann die Sedaka / Greenfield-Nummer ‘Stupid Cupid‘ äußerst erfolgreich, und es folgten Auftragsarbeiten für Bobby Darin (‘Keep A Walkin‘), Wanda Jackson (‘Fallin‘‘), Monkees (‘The Girl I Left Behind Me‘), Dionne Warwick (‘Get Rid Of Him‘), Carole King (‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do‘), Gene Pitney (‘It Hurts To Be In Love‘) u. v.a.
Der umfangreiche Sampler umspannt den Zeitraum 1956 – 1971 mit 25 Tracks. Das Booklet kommt fingerdick mit umfangreichen Linernotes und vielen Archiv-Fotos. Die Linernotes kommen von Mick Patrick und Tony Rounce.
Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield were the first songwriters to sign with Al Nevins and Don Kirshner’s Aldon Music. ‘Stupid Cupid’, their initial song for the company, was recorded by Connie Francis. It shot up the charts in 1958 and before long Aldon was the most successful music publisher in the USA, with scores of international hits in their catalogue and a stable of writers that included Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and many of the other top exponents of the day.
In 2005, Ken Emerson published his book Always Magic In The Air, in which he chronicled the lives and careers of seven eminent New York-based songwriting duos of the Brill Building era. Here at Ace Records, we launched our songwriter series the previous year with a collection of tracks penned by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the book’s main characters. Since then, the series has expanded to include, amongst many others, six of the writing teams featured by Emerson. With this latest edition, which spotlights the songs of Sedaka and Greenfield, the soundtrack of his book becomes complete.
The CD – which also includes a few numbers co-penned by third parties Carole King, Jack Keller, Roger Atkins, Helen Miller and Carole Bayer – comes with a bumper booklet featuring an exclusive interview with Neil Sedaka, who concludes: “Howie Greenfield and I wrote very commercially. Howie was one of the best lyricists in the business. His lyrics were very slick and polished, like tiny, compact novels, self-contained dramas. I think he was very underrated. The critics didn’t like him as much as the public did. The proof of the pudding is in the great two and a half minute songs we mastered. I would usually come with two or three finished tunes. He would choose the tune according to his mood at that moment. I liked to give him a choice. We fought, but we always made up. There were disagreements over phrases or musical notes. I think you have to have those fights. We stayed together for over 30 years. I’m very proud of the many, many songs we wrote together. They’re all my dear children. I still miss Howie a lot.” (Mick Patrick)
(acerecords. co. uk)
,,... Alles Songs, die mittels spontan zündender Melodien und cleverer Texte, die nicht selten kompakten kleinen Novellen ähnelten, umweglos ins Ohr und weiter ins Langzeitgedächtnis eilten. Einmal gehört und gespeichert – und beim zweiten Hören konnte (und kann man noch heute) locker mitsingen." (Good Times, Dezember 2011 / Januar 2012)
Der umfangreiche Sampler umspannt den Zeitraum 1956 – 1971 mit 25 Tracks. Das Booklet kommt fingerdick mit umfangreichen Linernotes und vielen Archiv-Fotos. Die Linernotes kommen von Mick Patrick und Tony Rounce.
Product Information
Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield were the first songwriters to sign with Al Nevins and Don Kirshner’s Aldon Music. ‘Stupid Cupid’, their initial song for the company, was recorded by Connie Francis. It shot up the charts in 1958 and before long Aldon was the most successful music publisher in the USA, with scores of international hits in their catalogue and a stable of writers that included Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and many of the other top exponents of the day.
In 2005, Ken Emerson published his book Always Magic In The Air, in which he chronicled the lives and careers of seven eminent New York-based songwriting duos of the Brill Building era. Here at Ace Records, we launched our songwriter series the previous year with a collection of tracks penned by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the book’s main characters. Since then, the series has expanded to include, amongst many others, six of the writing teams featured by Emerson. With this latest edition, which spotlights the songs of Sedaka and Greenfield, the soundtrack of his book becomes complete.
The CD – which also includes a few numbers co-penned by third parties Carole King, Jack Keller, Roger Atkins, Helen Miller and Carole Bayer – comes with a bumper booklet featuring an exclusive interview with Neil Sedaka, who concludes: “Howie Greenfield and I wrote very commercially. Howie was one of the best lyricists in the business. His lyrics were very slick and polished, like tiny, compact novels, self-contained dramas. I think he was very underrated. The critics didn’t like him as much as the public did. The proof of the pudding is in the great two and a half minute songs we mastered. I would usually come with two or three finished tunes. He would choose the tune according to his mood at that moment. I liked to give him a choice. We fought, but we always made up. There were disagreements over phrases or musical notes. I think you have to have those fights. We stayed together for over 30 years. I’m very proud of the many, many songs we wrote together. They’re all my dear children. I still miss Howie a lot.” (Mick Patrick)
(acerecords. co. uk)
Rezensionen
,,... Alles Songs, die mittels spontan zündender Melodien und cleverer Texte, die nicht selten kompakten kleinen Novellen ähnelten, umweglos ins Ohr und weiter ins Langzeitgedächtnis eilten. Einmal gehört und gespeichert – und beim zweiten Hören konnte (und kann man noch heute) locker mitsingen." (Good Times, Dezember 2011 / Januar 2012)
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Connie Francis: Stupid Cupid
- 2 Bobby Darin: Keep a walkin'
- 3 Carole King: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
- 4 Jimmy Clanton: Another sleepless night
- 5 Wanda Jackson: Fallin'
- 6 Dee Dee Sharp: Calendar boy
- 7 Mickey & Kitty: Ooh-sha-lala
- 8 The Everly Brothers: Crying In The Rain
- 9 Little Anthony & The Imperials: The diary
- 10 LaVern Baker: I waited too long
- 11 Dionne Warwick: Get rid of him
- 12 Clyde McPhatter: Since you've been gone
- 13 Connie Francis: Where The Boys Are
- 14 The Cookies: Foolish little girl
- 15 Peggy Lee: Bewitched
- 16 Lesley Gore: Magic Colors
- 17 Ben E. King: Walking In The Footsteps Of A Fool
- 18 Gene Pitney: It Hurts To Be In Love
- 19 Tom Jones: Puppet Man
- 20 Patti Drew: Workin' on a groovy thing
- 21 Nancy Wilson (Jazz): Don't look over your shoulder
- 22 The Monkees: The Girl I Left Behind Me
- 23 The Globetrotters: Rainy day bells
- 24 The Tokens: While I dream
- 25 Neil Sedaka: You're knocking me out
Where The Boys Are
EUR 15,99*