The Very Best of P.J. Proby

Artist: P.J. Proby
Label: EMI Gold Imports
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724349617926
EAN: 0724349617926
ASIN: B00002517L

Release Date: 1998-07-31

The Very Best of P.J. Proby

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Tracks:

Somewhere (West Side Stor
I Apologise
Let The Water Run Down
No Other Love
Some Enchanted Evening (S
That Mean A Lot
Whatever Will Be Will Be
Maria (West Side Story)
Hold Me
Together
Don't Worry Baby
You've Come Back
Zing! Went The Strings Of
To Make A Big Man Cry
I Can't Make It Alone
You Can't Come Home Again
Question
It's Your Day Today
Day That Lorraine Came Do
Rockin' Pneumonia & The B

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Customer Reviews:

the best for now.......2007-04-15

ok, this is the only greatest hits of the great pj proby on the market right now so you should buy it, but, the soundquality isn't the best, no remastered songs here, don't get me wrong, it's still good, but when you turn up volume it ain't like the vinyl, and why is not niky hoeky on the album? conclusion: its good for now, but a proper greatest hits with good sound must be released. emi? what are you doing?

Best of PJ Proby.......2006-03-17

The only reason it didn't get five stars was the fact that his best known song..(Nicky Hokie)was not on this CD.

An American who became a British success.......2004-09-26

P J Proby (born James Marcus Smith) had the raw talent to be hailed as a megastar across the world but he also had an uncanny knack of creating problems for himself. After failing to establish himself in his American homeland, Jack Good of Liberty records took him to the UK, where he had a string of hits, some of which also charted in America though he never made any real impact there. P J is generally remembered as a balladeer but he could rock too.

Following three UK top ten hits (all covers of old songs) beginning in the summer of 1964, he looked set for a long run of success when he did a live show in which his trousers split. In view of this episode, it is slightly amusing to read the titles of his first five UK hits in sequence. The first three (Hold me, Together, Somewhere) were followed by another cover (I apologise), which just missed the UK top ten. Next came another top twenty hit (Let the water run down) followed by a top thirty hit (That means a lot). Of these singles, Hold me was his biggest hit but Somewhere (a cover of the West side story classic) is the song the P J is best remembered for.

Following those singles, P J covered another West side story song (Maria), which became his fourth and last UK top ten hit. His UK chart history is completed by four lesser hits (You've come back, To make a big man cry, I can't make it alone, It's your day today), the last of these being in early 1968.

All these hits are here together with several other songs that show just how talented P J was. I should just warn those unfamiliar with his music that his covers were sometimes a bit over the top - not everybody will appreciate his versions of Somewhere and Maria - but this was the sixties, remember. Think of Phil Spector's Christmas album, in which classic songs were given a sixties production. After a slow start, that collection is now regarded as a classic. P J's music has not achieved the same status, for whatever reason, but he should have done. If only he hadn't split those trousers - we can just wonder what might have been.

P J has continued to perform, sometimes in musicals, more recently touring with the Troggs and Herman's Hermits. He also continues to record albums but you must check his official website for those.

P.J.Proby - "The Living Legend".......2002-01-15

Now it is a new Millenium and P.J.Proby is still giving performances.He stills sings his greatest songs and confirms
that he is still one of the greatest singer - ever !

A Voice to Cry For............2001-12-30

This excellent EMI Gold compilation shows PJ Proby at his best, in my opinion. The album contains twenty of his finest vocal performances and all are the orignal and top quality recordings.

I was only a small child when PJ Proby,(real name, James Smith), split his trousers in 1965, on-stage at an English ABC theatre. The moral outrage this unfortunate accident caused at the time is well-documented. Proby's immediate career also suffered as a result with quite a few of his future U.K. bookings cancelled by nervous promoters. Nowadays, it is hard to believe what all the fuss was about!

My personal favourite tracks on the CD are 'Maria' and 'Somewhere'-PJ's interpretations of the West Side Story numbers. His performance of these two wonderful songs moves me to tears (for good reasons!)That was the effect his voice could produce in his fans. Most of his UK hits are included. If you go for the more raunchy side of Proby's output, you'll be well catered for too, with classics like 'Hold Me', and 'Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu', also included.

Jim Proby had/has a fantastically powerful and emotionally charged voice, unique in style when he wanted it to be. He could also sound like Elvis Presley when the mood took him too. He pours his very heart and soul into his performances. PJ was equally at home with a raunchy Rock & Roll number as with a classic ballard. This album shows off than diverse range of vocal talents perfectly.

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