Herald Records Doowop Collection 1953-63 / Various Herald Records Doowop Collection 1953-63 / Various CD

The Herald Records Doowop Collection 1953-63 - It's a feast of classic doowop from a label which was at the heart of the genre.n. Che Herald label was founded in 1950 by Fred Mendelsohn, formerly with Savoy, and he was soon joined by Al Silver, who owned the pressing plant that made the label's records. Silver had an ear for R&B and doowop, and built Herald into a creative hub for R&B recording and most particularly becoming renowned for it's output of doowop recordings by a string of different groups during the late '50s and into the 1960s. Most notable among those groups were The Nutmegs, The Turbans, The Mello Kings and Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, who all had hits on the label. This great-value 89-track 3-CD set brings together most of the label's releases by artists whose work falls broadly into the category of doowop, although this is obviously not a definition which can be slavishly or precisely applied. It features the A & B sides of most of the Herald releases by the groups named above, plus The Embers, The Five Willows, The Sonnets, The Cashmeres, The Rocketeers, The Thrillers, The Sunbeams, The Mint Juleps, Little Butchie Saunders, The Four Js, The Desires, The Loungers, The Vocalaires, The Concords and The Premiers. It features the Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs' R&B No. 1 'Stay', and their other hits 'I Remember' and 'Come Along', The Nutmegs' hits 'Story Untold' and 'Ship Of Love', The Turbans' No. 3 'When You Dance' and the Mello-Kings' 'Tonite, Tonite'. It's a feast of classic doowop from a label which was at the heart of the genre.

1. He Embers - Paradise Hill 2. The Embers - Sound of Love 3. The Rocketeers - Foolish One 4. The Rocketeers - Gonna Feed My Baby Poison 5. The Thrillers - Please Talk to Me 6. The Thrillers - Lizabeth 7. The 5 Willows - Lay Your Head on My Shoulder 8. The 5 Willows - Baby Come a Little Closer 9. The Heralds - Eternal Love 10. The Heralds - Gonna Love You 11. The Five Willows - So Help Me I Love You 12. The Five Willows - Look Me in the Eyes 13. The Sunbeams - Come Back Baby 14. The Sunbeams - Tell Me Why 15. The Nutmegs - Story Untold 16. The Nutmegs - Make Me Lose My Mind 17. The Turbans - When You Dance 18. The Turbans - Let Me Show You (Around My Heart) 19. The Nutmegs - Ship of Love 20. The Nutmegs - Rock Me, Squeeze Me 21. The Nutmegs - Whispering Sorrows 22. The Nutmegs - Betty Lou 23. The Turbans - Sister Sookey 24. The Turbans - I'll Always Watch Over You 25. Cashmeres - Little Dream Girl 26. Cashmeres - Do I Upset You 27. The Nutmegs - Key to the Kingdom (Of Your Heart) 28. The Nutmegs - Gift O' Gabbin' Woman 29. The Sonnets - Please Won't You Call Me 30. The Sonnets - Why Should We Break Up 31. The Turbans - B-I-N-G-O (Bingo) 32. The Turbans - I'm Nobody's 33. Mint Juleps - Bells of Love 34. Mint Juleps - Vip-A-Dip 35. Little "Butchie" Saunders and His Buddies - Lindy Lou 36. Little "Butchie" Saunders and His Buddies - Rock 'N' Roll Indian Dance 37. The Turbans - It Was a Night Like This 38. The Turbans - All of My Love 39. Little "Butchie" Saunders and His Buddies - Great Big Heart 40. The Nutmegs - Comin' Home 41. The Nutmegs - a Love So True 42. The Turbans Featuring Al Banks - Bye and Bye 43. The Turbans Featuring Al Banks - Valley of Love 44. The Mellokings - Tonite-Tonite 45. The Mellokings - Do Baby Do 46. The Mello Kings - Sassafras 47. The Mello Kings - Chapel on the Hill 48. The Turbans - Congratulations 49. The Turbans - the Wadda-Do 50. The Mello Kings - Baby Tell Me Why Why Why 51. The Mello Kings - the Only Girls I'll Ever Know 52. The Mello Kings - Valerie 53. The Mello Kings - She's Real Cool 54. The Four J's - Kissin' at the Drive-In 55. The Four J's - Dreams Are a Dime a Dozen 56. The Desires - Cold Lonely Heart 57. The Desires - Bobby You 58. The Loungers - Remember the Nite 59. The Loungers - Dizzy Spell 60. The Mello-Kings - Chip Chip 61. The Mellokings - Running to You 62. The Nutmegs - My Sweet Dream 63. The Nutmegs - My Story 64. The Mello Kings - Dear Mr. Jock 65. The Mello Kings - Our Love Is Beautiful 66. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Stay 67. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Do You Believe 68. The Mello Kings - Kid Stuff 69. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - I Remember 70. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Always 71. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Come Along 72. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Do I 73. The Mello Kings - Penny 74. The Mello Kings - Till There Were None 75. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Come and Get It 76. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Some Day 77. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - High Blood Pressure 78. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Please 79. The Mello Kings - Love at First Sight 80. The Dynamics Feat. Tony Maresco - Forever Love 81. The Dynamics Feat. Tony Maresco - Betty My Own 82. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - It's Alright 83. The Vocalaires - Dance-Dance 84. The Vocalaires - These Empty Arms 85. The Nutmegs - Rip Van Winkle 86. The Nutmegs - Crazy 'Bout You 87. The Concords - Marlene 88. The Concords - Our Love Wasn't Meant to Be 89. The Premeers - Diary of Our Love