Smash Boom Bang / Various Smash Boom Bang / Various CD

UK collection. The names of this cultish triumvirate spring off the page like a law firm but their business was writing and producing hits - or records that sounded like hits. Bob Feldman, Richard Gottehrer and Jerry Goldstein hit their stride in the mid-'60's with a varied portfolio that included the US #1's 'Hang on Sloopy' by the McCoys and 'My Boyfriend's Back' by the Angels - and several chart makers by the Strangeloves, the selfsame trio masquerading as a rock band. Initially, they specialized in girl groups - some real, some fabricated - and applied their distinctive touch to every one before moving into the Rock field with the McCoys, the Strangeloves and the Sheep. Ace Records. 2012.

1. Night Time - the Strangeloves 2. Let's Stomp - Bobby Comstock 3. My Boyfriend's Back - the Angels 4. Hang on Sloopy - the McCoys 5. Hide and Seek - the Sheep 6. Girls Don't Trust That Boy - Patty Lace ; the Petticoats 7. You're So Good to Me - Debra Swisher 8. Sorrow - the McCoys 9. Gonna Make It Alone - Ronnie Dio ; the Prophets 10. Back in the USA - Ron Winters with the Patriots 11. I Want You to Be My Boyfriend - the Chic-Let's 12. Don't Monkey with Tarzan - the Pygmies 13. The Drifter - Ray Pollard 14. I Want Candy - the Strangeloves 15. I'm a Man - Bobby Comstock 16. Out in the Sun (Hey-O) - the Beach-Nuts 17. Tell Her - Dean Parrish 18. You're Going Up to the Bottom - Giles Strange 19. Swingin' Street - Dion 20. Lookin' for Boys - the Pin-Ups 21. Giving Up on Love - Jerry Butler 22. Wonderful Guy - Diane Christian 23. (You Can't Take) My Boyfriend's Woody - the Powder Puffs 24. Snow Girl - Ron Winters 25. (At the) Discotheque - Chubby Checker 26. What Time Is It? - the Jive Five with Eugene Pitt