Playmates Beep Beep! The Playmates Collection 1957-62 CD

The Playmates were a vocal trio who came together at the University of Connecticut and developed an act based around novelty pop material and vocal harmonies, signing to the Roulette label in 1957. Over the next five years they had ten hits, the best-known being the No. 4 US novelty hit "Beep Beep", which became a perennial favourite on radio request shows on both sides of the Atlantic - the song had to be rerecorded for the UK to cut out the mention of commercial car brands so that the record could be played by the BBC. This great-value 58-track 2-CD set comprises just about all their A&B sides from this era, plus the titles from their "At Play", "Wait For Me" and "Cuttin' Capers" albums not otherwise featured on singles, and selected titles from their album "Calypso". It features all their career hits, including "Beep Beep" and the Top 30 entries "Jo-Ann", "Don't Go Home" and "What Is Love". It's a substantial and reasonably comprehensive selection of their recordings from what was the primary era of their career, and it's a thoroughly entertaining showcase for their highly distinctive talent as songwriters and performers of an unusual style of pop.

1. Barefoot Girl 2. Pretty Woman 3. Darling It's Wonderful 4. Island Girl 5. Magic Shoes 6. Jo-Ann 7. You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming 8. Let's Be Lovers 9. Give Me Another Chance 10. Don't Go Home 11. Can't You Get It Through Your Head 12. The Day I Died 13. While The Record Goes Around 14. Beep Beep 15. Your Love 16. Star Love 17. The Thing-A-Ma-Jig 18. What Is Love 19. I Am 20. First Love 21. A Ciu-e (Ah Che -Way 22. On The Beach 23. The Song Everybody's Singing 24. Second Chance 25. These Things I Offer You 26. Parade Of Pretty Girls 27. Our Wedding Day 28. Wait For Me 29. Eyes Of Angel 30. Little Miss Stuck-up 31. Real Life 32. Tell Me What She Said 33. Cowboys Never Cry 34. Wimoweh 35. One Little Kiss 36. Bachelor Flat 37. Keep Your Hands In Your Pocket 38. Petticoats Fly 39. Goombay 40. Tonight My Heart She Is Crying 41. Sing Bahama Mama 42. Evolution 43. The Trouble With Man 44. Lot Of Money, Lot Of Woman 45. Substitute for Love 46. Lovable 47. Intimate 48. Let's Have A Party 49. The Macaroni Song