Hollywood Flames Buzz Buzz Buzz: The Singles Collection 1950-62 CD

The Hollywood Flames were a doowop and R&B vocal group, who formed in Los Angeles in 1949, and remained active under a variety of names and with evolving line-ups through into the early 1960s, enjoying a major pop and R&B hit with "Buzz Buzz Buzz" in 1957, and with Bobby Day as featured singer had big hits as Bobby Day & The Satellites. With Robert Byrd (aka Bobby Day), David Ford, Gaynel Hodge and Earl Nelson as long serving key members among the changing personnel, they recorded variously as the Flames, Hollywood Four Flames, The Jets, The Question Marks, The Satellites, The Ebbtides, and The Turks, their records being released on an equally bewildering array of labels. This great-value 78-track 3-CD set comprises most of their A & B sides of their releases under those names on the Selective, Unique, Fidelity, Specialty, Recorded In Hollywood, Spin, 7-11, Swing Time. Lucky, Aladdin, Money, Cash, Class, Ebb, Chess, Goldie and Coronet labels during these years. It features their pop No. 11 and R&B No. 5 "Buzz Buzz Buzz", and R &B No. 26 "Gee", plus the pop No. 2 and R&B No. 1 "Rockin' Robin", and the pop chart entries "Little Bitty Pretty One" and "Over And Over". As a group whose music had to compete a dynamic and rapidly evolving market, it encompasses old-school doowop, R&B, and in the later years pure rock 'n' roll, and this substantial collection is thoroughly entertaining showcase for their talent and versatility.

1. Please Tell Me Now 2. Young Girl 3. Sugar Man Pt. 1 4. Sugar Man Pt. 2 5. Dividend Blues 6. W-I-N-E 7. Tabarin 8. The Wheel of Fortune 9. Later 10. Cryin' for My Baby 11. I'll Always Be a Fool 12. She's Got Something 13. Young Girl 14. Baby Please 15. Strange Land Blues 16. Cryin' for My Baby 17. The Glory of Love 18. Volcano 19. Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me) 20. Keep on Smiling 21. Baby Baby Baby 22. Baby, Pretty Baby 23. Let's Talk It Over 24. I Know 25. Go and Get Some More 26. One NGHT with a Fool 27. Ride Helen Ride 28. I'll Hide My Tears 29. Got a Little Shadow 30. Peggy 31. Ooh la la 32. Fare Thee Well 33. Clickety Clack I'm Leaving 34. Emily 35. Wagon Wheels 36. It Can't Be True 37. The Sound of Your Voice 38. My Confession 39. I Bow to You 40. Oh Gee, Oh Golly 41. Little Bitty Pretty One 42. When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano 43. Buzz Buzz Buzz 44. Beep Beep Beep 45. Give Me Back My Heart 46. A Little Bird 47. Two Little Bees 48. It's Love 49. Strollin' on the Beach 50. Frankenstein's Den 51. Little Turtle Dove 52. Rockin' Robin 53. Over and Over 54. Heavenly Angel 55. You Ain't Saying Nothing 56. I'll Get By 57. A Star Fell 58. I'll Be Seeing You 59. Just for You 60. So Good 61. There Is Something on Your Mind 62. Now That You're Gone 63. Hawaiian Dream 64. Much Too Much 65. In the Dark 66. Every Day, Every Way (I'll Always Be in Love with You) 67. If I Thought You Needed Me 68. Ball and Chain 69. I Found a Boy 70. Devil or Angel 71. Do You Ever Think of Me 72. Money Honey 73. My Heart's on Fire 74. Gee 75. Yes They Do 76. Believe in Me 77. Elizabeth 78. I Can't Get a Hit Record