The Best of the Dovells 1961-1965

The Best of the Dovells 1961-1965 Artist: The Dovells
Label: Abkco
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 018771922629
EAN: 0018771922629
ASIN: B000B8I8YG


Release Date: 2005-10-18

The Best of the Dovells 1961-1965


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Tracks:

  1. Bristol Stomp
  2. No, No, No
  3. Foot Stompin'
  4. Mope-Itty Mope
  5. Do the New Continental
  6. Actor
  7. Bristol Twistin' Annie
  8. Hully Gully Baby
  9. Your Last Chance
  10. Kissin' in the Kitchen
  11. Jitterbug
  12. You Can't Sit Down
  13. Baby Workout
  14. Hey Beautiful
  15. Betty in Bermudas
  16. Dance the Froog
  17. Stop Monkeyin' Around
  18. Don't Come Back - Len Barry
  19. Little White House - Len Barry
  20. Hearts Are Trump - Len Barry
  21. 1-2-3 - Len Barry

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Best of the Dovells.......2007-02-01

The music quality is better that now than in the 60's. The Parkway set of oldies are the best for their grougps such as Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Orlons, Dee Dee Sharp and the Tymes.

5 out of 5 stars All The Dovells' Parkway hits are now here!!.......2006-02-19

This is part of Abkco Records' Cameo/Parkway series.
Along with Chubby Checker, The Orlons, Bobby Rydell, Dee Dee Sharp, The Tymes and ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians.......The Dovells were part of the missing Philly recordings in the CD era.

But now they are all here in clear, clean, crisp digital sound!

The Dovells were: Len Barry (lead singer) Jerry Gross (first tenor) and Mike Freda, Arnie Satin & Danny Brooks. By 1962 they were reduced to a quartet.

The Dovells' first chart record narrowly missed the #1 spot on Billboard. It rested at #2 in 1961. That record was "Bristol Stomp".

This package contains all their hits including: "Do The New Continental", "Hully Gully Baby", "You Can't Sit Down"....and surprisingly "1-2-3" the solo hit by Dovells' lead singer Len Barry that reached #2 in 1965 after the Dovells chart run was over.

The mood is upbeat for the most part here. The "do-the-dance" songs are many.

Listening to the better Dovells' hits like "You Can't Sit Down" and "Do The New Continental" it is clear that given their unique blue-eyed soul approach, they could have easily been as successful as The Four Seasons. Unfortunately, unlike the Four Seasons, The Dovells were supplied with a lot of substandard material: "Bristol Twistin' Annie", "Dance The Froog" et al.

They were at their best wailing on R&B tinged numbers....not trite dance songs. Their version of "Baby Workout", included here, is the equal of Jackie Wilson's original!
Len Barry's feel for R&B is evident throughout this material. His voice backed by the other Dovells had a definite polished soulfulness.
This CD is highly recommended to any fan of good time '60s pop music.



4 out of 5 stars WE HAVE WAITED A VERY LONG TIME FOR THIS GEM TO BE RELEASED.......2005-11-03

I GREW UP WITH THE MUSIC.I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE DOVELLS,WITH LEN BARRY,FINALLY RELEASED THE SOUND OF THIS ALBUM IS TERIFFIC,AND AT THE ALBUMS ASKING PRICE,A REAL STEAL.YOU CANNOT GO WRONG WITH THIS ALBUM.

5 out of 5 stars You can't sit down any longer!.......2005-10-24

The wait is over. This collection brings us the official release of the original Parkway recordings of the five man Philadelphia group led by lead singer Len Barry. The set consists of 21 tracks total, including all eight of the Dovells' Hot 100 hits. Every track is in mono except "1-2-3" which is in stereo. You get their five top 40 hits and six b-sides, plus album cuts and Len's solo single releases for the label (that failed to chart). It's interesting to hear the group's remakes of three hits of the day: "Mope-itty Mope" (by the Boss-Tones from '59), "Foot Stompin'" (by the Flares from '61), and "Baby Workout" (from '63 by the great Jackie Wilson). As an added bonus, the set closes with Len's top five solo hit from '65 (when he was on the Decca label). The digital sound is terrific. A four page essay (written by Jeff Tamarkin, who also authored the essay for the Cameo Parkway box set released in May 2005) plus five pages of credits and chart info detail their short career (by the time Len went solo the group was down to a quartet in just three years). Most fans and collectors will be satisfied (you can't beat the price). Highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars

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