Ric Cartey Oooh-Eee - The Complete Ric Cartey Featuring The Jiv-A-Tones, plus (CD)

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Ric Cartey: Oooh-Eee - The Complete Ric Cartey Featuring The Jiv-A-Tones, plus (CD)

1-CD with 24-page booklet, 32 tracks. Total playing time: 75:16 mns.

• Career-spanning compilation contains everything Ric Cartey cut for RCA Victor, NRC, El Rico, and ABC-Paramount, including his immortal Young Love and his many rockabilly classics

• Also contains pop chart-topping covers of Young Love by Sonny James and Tab Hunter and original versions of several other rare rockers that Ric Cartey covered

• Contains ultra-rare rocking singles on the Fox and Fraternity labels by The Jiv-A-Tones, Ric Cartey's one-time backing band, and Jiv-A-Tones leader Charlie Broome's impossibly hard-to-find early '60s solo single on O.E.K.

• Voluminous liner notes by Bill Dahl include in-depth interviews with The Jiv-A-Tones' Charlie Broome and Dean Stevens

• A long-overdue retrospective of one of Atlanta's earliest rockers

When Ric Cartey waxed the melodic ballad for the fledgling Stars, Inc. label in 1956 in Atlanta with guitarist Charlie Broome’s Jiv-A-Tones in musical support, no one could have foretold that not one but two covers of Young Love Ric had written with his friend Carole Joyner would top the national hit parade in February of the following year. ,

Whaley Thomas Cartey was another of Atlanta’s young musical hopefuls, born there on January 18, 1937. Ric and guitarist Charlie Broome formed a musical partnership early on. Ric and The Jiva-Tones (as Stars, Inc. spelled their name on the label) recorded Young Love in 1956. For a rocking flip, Ric Cartey grabbed hold of Oooh-Eeee, a romping number that Chuck Atha had already waxed earlier that year. It was written by local guitar whiz Jerry Reed, who supplied hot licks on Ric’s version. ,

Capitol country artist Sonny James covered Young Love. The production was crisper than Ric Cartey’s original, an Sonny’s version took off like a rocket, not just with the C&,W market but in the pop arena as well. But he had to contend with a straight pop rendition of the song by handsome young actor and neophyte singer Tab Hunter on the cover-obsessed Dot label. ,

When the smoke cleared, both James and Hunter had scored number one U.S. pop smashes with their respective renditions of Young Love in consecutive weeks of February of 1957. Cartey would have to content himself with having written a #1 hit for two other singers instead of enjoying one with his own rendition.

Cartey and The Jiv-A-Tones wouldn’t stick together after Young Love became an international sensation. Ric’s RCA Victor encore single doesn’t credit The Jiv-A-Tones on the label, but Jerry Reed was in charge of the dazzling lead guitar on both sides, this time wielding an acoustic axe. He wrote the rollicking vocal group-backed I Wancha To Know, sporting a particularly wild vocal from Ric Cartey. Then RCA Victor sent Ric ,Cartey up to Nashville to work with producer Chet Atkins. On March 29, 1957, Atkins convened Reed and Jack Eubanks on guitars, A-Team bassist Bob Moore, drummer Jeff Richards, and a male vocal group, The Sunshine Quartet, for Ric’s first Music Row session. RCA sat on both of Ric ,Cartey’s originals from the date, Gotta Be Love and the ballad Crying Goodbye, but the label thought enough of the remaining two songs to press them up as a single. Let Me Tell You About Love, an easy-going rocker was written by Joe South. The flip side of Ric’s single, a determined Born To Love One Woman, was a cover of a then–current single by newcomer Don Johnston on Mercury. Atkins tried again with Cartey on July 15 of ’57. Two songs Ric waxed that day were covers of tough Chicago blues songs. Willie Dixon’s My Babe was a 1955 R&,B chart-topper for Little Walter and lent itself well to the rockabilly idiom. Aided by a typically vicious Reed guitar break, Cartey did the tune justice. The Dixon-penned Mellow Down Easy similarly suited to Cartey’s rockabilly approach, slashing lead guitar careening around the studio behind him. RCA teamed them as Ric’s last single for the label.

Ric Cartey scored a fresh recording contract with Lowery’s fledgling NRC label in 1958. His Scratching On My Screen was a romping variation on Washboard Sam’s pre-war blues Diggin’ My Potatoes. Ric seems to have been quite the blues fan. The relaxed flip My Heart Belongs To You rode a similar echo-laden percussive background. But NRC didn’t ask Cartey back for an encore. So he decided to form his own El Rico label. Ric scribed a sweet ballad, To Love, that was vaguely reminiscent of Young Love melodically as Ric crooned its eternal message of devotion. You’re My Happiness, an engaging upbeat item sat on the other side. ,

There were three El Rico singles, he revisited Mellow Down Easy and trotted out a new original, Leave Me Loose, both sides rocking hard. ,

Somehow Ric Cartey managed the to make a one-off single for ABC-Paramount in 1963. Poor Me was set at an infectious mid-tempo pace. Something In My Eye was bright and breezy. But Ric ,Cartey wouldn’t be asked back to make another ABC single.

Later on, Ric was working as a booking agent. The steady writer’s royalties from Young Love that once offered some consolation for not scoring his own hit with the song ensured that Ric Cartey wouldn’t encounter money problems in decades to come—especially when other artists kept scoring hits with his creation. Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey, Donny Osmond, Ray Stevens, Tommy Steele from the UK, Frankie Avalon, The Lettermen, Lesley Gore, Mary Hopkin, and plenty more tried Young Love on for size too. ,

Whaley Thomas Cartey died August 5, 2009 in Palm Harbor, Florida. Ric will always be remembered for his seminal creation, but this compilation proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that there was a great deal more to his extended legacy than that. ,

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Album titlle: Oooh-Eee - The Complete Ric Cartey Featuring The Jiv-A-Tones, plus (CD)
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Cartey, Ric - Oooh-Eee - The Complete Ric Cartey Featuring The Jiv-A-Tones, plus (CD) CD 1
01	Oooh-Eee	Ric Cartey & The Jiv-A-Tones
02	Young Love	Ric Cartey & The Jiv-A-Tones
03	Heart Throb	Ric Cartey
04	I Wancha To Know	Ric Cartey
05	Gotta Be Love (prev unissued)	Ric Cartey
06	Let Me Tell You About Love	Ric Cartey
07	Born To Love One Woman	Ric Cartey
08	Crying Good Bye (prev unissued)	Ric Cartey
09	Mellow Down Easy	Ric Cartey
10	Crying Good Bye	Ric Cartey
11	My Babe	Ric Cartey
12	Scratching On My Screen	Ric Cartey
13	My Heart Belongs To You	Ric Cartey
14	To Love	Ric Cartey
15	You’re My Happiness	Ric Cartey
16	Scratchin’ On My Screen	Ric Cartey aka Feelin’ Joyous
17	Go On Fool	Ric Cartey aka Feelin’ Joyous
18	Something In My Eye	Ric Cartey
19	Poor Me	Ric Cartey
20	Mellow Down Easy	Ric Cartey aka Rex
21	Leave Me Loose	Ric Cartey aka Rex
22	Flirty Gertie	The Jiv-A-Tones, vocal by Dean Stephens
23	Fire Engine Baby	The Jiv-A-Tones, vocal by Bill Holden
24	And Then It Happened	Bobby Wilson & The Jive-A-Tones
25	The Wild Bird (instrumental)	The Jive-A-Tones
26	Sandy	Charlie Broome
27	Let Your Arms Speak	Charlie Broome
28	Ooh-Eee (What You Do To Me)	Chuck Atha
29	Young Love	Sonny James
30	Young Love	Tab Hunter
31	Born To Love One Woman	Don Johnston
32	Heart Throb	Tommy Spurlin

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From: Dusty Groove On: 22 Jul 2022

Scratchin' On My Screen!!!!!!!!!

Ric Cartey may not be the biggest name in late 50s rockabilly – but man, does he sure sound great on this set – the first-ever collection to bring together Cartey's classic singles for RCA, plus a wealth of other rare 45s too! Cartey hails from Atlanta, and recorded a bit for that city's famous NRC indie – but despite the setting, Ric's got a great romping sound that's definitely all his own – maybe less hillbilly than some of his contemporaries of the period, and always ready to romp out with a hard-wailing groove! Production on most of these numbers is great – the kind of spare, stark, echoey vibe that makes already-great elements sound even cooler – and the whole package features a huge booklet of notes that tell the tale of Ric's overlooked career in music. Titles include "Crying Good Bye", "Mellow Down Easy", "Oooh Eee", "Poor Me", "Go On Fool", "Scratchin On My Screen", "To Love", "Leave Me Loose", "Born To Love One Woman", "I Wancha To Know", and "Let Me Tell You About Love" – and CD also features 11 more bonus tracks related to the collection, by Sonny James, The Jiv-A-Tones, Charlie Broome, Bobby Wilson, and Chuck Atha

From: BF Presse On: 24 Jun 2018

Liebevoll gestaltete Rock 'n' Roll-Musikgeschichte

Musikreviews, 24.06.2018 " „Oooh-Eee! - The Complete RIC CARTEY“ ist ein weiteres Stück liebevoll gestaltete Rock‘n‘Roll-Musikgeschichte in sehr gut remasterten Sound sowie Wort und Bild – das letzte große Vermächtnis des fast vergessenen Rock‘n‘Rollers aus Atlanta!

From: BF Presse On: 7 Dec 2017

Ein Muss für Fans

OX # 138 "Wenn auf etwas Verlass ist, dann darauf, dass aus dem Hause Bear Family nur originale Perlen kommen. So ist es auch mit dieser Gesamtwerkschau von Ric Cartey. Ein Muss für Fans dieses Stils."

From: Hansi On: 28 Nov 2017

Perfektion auf CD

Habe die CD heute erhalten und bin total begeistert!

From: BF Presse On: 22 Nov 2017

Echtes Muss!

" Das bei Sammlern, Musikliebhabern und Raritätenjägern weltweit geschätzte Label Bear Family aus Norddeutschland ist eine Plattenfirma, die sich vor allem mit Veröffentlichungen wie dieser einen guten Namen erworben hat. RIC CARTEY war ein 1937 in Atlanta, Georgia geborener und am 5. August 2009 in Palm Harbor, Florida verstorbener Rockabilly-Sänger, der mit dem Sonny James-Hit „Young Love“ Mitte der 50er Jahre seinen größten Erfolg als Songschreiber feiern konnte. Auf der in gewohnter „Bären-Qualität“ (die CD kommt mit 48-seitigem Booklet) veröffentlichten Zusammenstellung Oooh-Eee! findet man nicht nur diese Aufnahme von James, sondern auch jene Cover-Version des jungen Sängers und Schauspielers Tab Hunter, der damit Platz 1 in den Pop-Charts erobern konnte. Nur zwei von elf Bonus-Tracks, die man der mit 21 Ric Cartey-Originalen bestückten Kompilation spendiert hat. Damit bekommen Fans und Rockabilly-Liebhaber endlich sämtliche Aufnahmen in kompakter Form an die Hand, die Cartey solo oder mit den Jiv-A-Tones für RCA Victor, NRC und El Rico eingespielt hat. Mit dabei auch die beiden Songs „Poor Me“ und „Something In My Eye“, die als (einzige) Single 1963 von ABC-Paramount veröffentlicht wurden. Cartey gehörte zu den großen Talenten des Rockabilly, der sich lange Zeit grämte, dass andere Künstler mit seinem Song „Young Love“ weitaus größere Erfolge hatten als er selbst. Allerdings sorgten die ihm zugehenden Tantiemen jahrzehntelang für ein finanziell sorgenfreies Leben. Diese an einen der frühesten Rocker aus Atlanta erinnernde CD mag zwar ein sogenanntes Nischenprodukt sein, für Rockabilly-Liebhaber aber ist sie ein echtes Muss für deren Sammlung. " Country Jukebox, November 2017