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Category Archives: Pop Rock
BOYCE & HART – I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonite? – (A&M) – 1968
I have commented on Boyce & Hart before check out the earlier entry for biographical detail. This was their second album and the one that paid dividends….well at least with a Top 10 single. Oddly the album failed to chart, … Continue reading
PETER & GORDON – Woman – (Capitol) – 1966
Check out my other comments for information on Peter & Gordon, one of the most interesting of the British Invasion groups though, because they didn't play R&B, or pout they are largely underrated today. Okay that is an oversimplification but … Continue reading
RACHEL SWEET – Fool Around – (Stiff ) – 1978
Read my other entries for specific details on Rachel Sweet. This is her first album. And, despite it being on an English label and recorded in England it is the product of the (“next big thing’) Akron, Ohio new wave … Continue reading
CONNIE FRANCIS – Connie & Clyde – Hit Songs of the 30s – (MGM) – 1968
Connie could do anything. She put out albums in (or partially in) Italian, Jewish, Spanish and German. She sang rock, pop, Broadway standards, film songs, country, vocal jazz, R&B, vocal jazz, children's music, spiritual music, schlager music, waltzes, traditionals from … Continue reading
JAY & THE AMERICANS – Capture the Moment – (United Artists) – 1970
Do you associate 1970 with vocal groups? Free, The Guess Who, The Move, Deep Purple, Santana, The Beach Boys, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Led Zeppelin, Canned Heat, The Beatles, Chicago, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Who, Eric Burdon & … Continue reading
PETER AND GORDON – In London for Tea – (Capitol) – 1967
I am partial to Peter & Gordon, I have always been partial to tea, I can take or leave London* *(though if I were to take it I would take North London where I stayed with friends in my salad … Continue reading
FRANKIE AVALON – Frankie Avalon – (Chancellor) – 1958
Of all the pure pop stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s Frankie Avalon is perhaps the most derided. Well, it’s either him or Fabian. Like Fabian he was Italian-American. Like Fabian he was a product of un-hip Philadelphia. … Continue reading
GENE PITNEY – I Must Be Seeing Things – (Musicor) – 1965
Pitney’s career was still on the way up. His career hadn’t been derailed by The Beatles or by changes in taste as had happened to so many other white male solo vocalists of the early 1960s. Ultimately, it was the … Continue reading
BOBBY VEE – Live! On Tour – (Liberty) – 1965
A live album. 1965! This would have been the first live rock ‘n’ pop album ever … if it was live. It wasn’t. The audience noise is “canned” "Canned” applause is pre-recorded applause which is usually added to the sound … Continue reading
BOBBY RYDELL – Wild (Wood) Days – (Cameo) – 1963
Music critics and enthusiasts often refer to the early 60s of rock and pop as the “Bobby era” due to the amount of singers named Bobby: Bobby Darin, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Vinton, Bobby Vee. The reference is pejorative. The inference … Continue reading
