Moonglows Complete Singles As & Bs 1953-62 CD

Despite their relatively short career together and an equally limited recording output, The Moonglows were one of the most important and influential doowop vocal groups of the 1950s, their career spanning the years of the rock 'n' roll explosion in pop as well as the time when mainstream pop artists and labels were plundering the R&B charts for potential crossover hit songs. Led by the legendary Harvey Fuqua, who went on to marry Berry Gordy's sister and became a hugely successful writer and producer at Motown, and featuring his long-time colleague Bobby Lester sharing lead vocals, they recorded initially for Alan Freed's Challenge label, before he got them a deal with Chance, and moved to Chess, with whom they scored their biggest success with R&B No. 1 Sincerely, which was covered by The McGuire Sisters to score a pop No. 1. This great-value 56-track 2-CD set comprises the A and B sides of every single they released before they parted company, their music encompassing rocking up-tempo bluesy R&B as well as smooth, immaculate ballads, with beautifully textured harmonies. It naturally features all their chart entries, including the R&B Top 10 hits Most Of All, Sincerely, We Go Together, See Saw, Please Send Me Someone To Love and The Ten Commandments of Love. It's a comprehensive trawl across a brief but significant career.

1. I Just Can't Tell No Lie 2. I've Been Your Dog 3. Baby Please 4. Whistle My Love 5. Just a Lonely Christmas 6. Hey, Santa Claus 7. Secret Love 8. Real Gone Mama 9. I Was Wrong 10. Ooh Rockin' Daddy 11. My Gal 12. 219 Train 13. Sincerely 14. Tempting 15. Shoo-Doo-Be-Doo (My Loving Baby) 16. So All Alone 17. The Hug and a Kiss 18. New Gal 19. She's Gone 20. Most of All 21. Foolish Me 22. Slow Down 23. Starlite 24. In Love 25. In My Diary 26. Lover Love Me 27. We Go Together 28. Chickie Um Bah 29. See Saw 30. When I'm with You 31. Over and Over Again 32. I Knew from the Start 33. I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over 34. Don't Say Goodbye 35. Please Send Me Someone to Love 36. Mister Engineer (Bring Her Back to Me) 37. The Beating of My Heart 38. Confess It to Your Heart 39. Too Late 40. Here I Am 41. In the Middle of the Night 42. Soda Pop 43. This Love 44. Sweeter Than Words 45. Ten Commandments of Love 46. Mean Old Blues 47. Love Is a River 48. I'll Never Stop Wanting You 49. Twelve Months of the Year 50. Don't Be Afraid of Love 51. Mama Loocie 52. Unemployment 53. Beatnik 54. Junior 55. Blue Velvet 56. Penny Arcade