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The Coasters: 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (3-CD)

(Timeless Music) 36 Tracks - Original recordings 1955-1962!

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Coasters, The - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (3-CD) CD 1
01Charlie BrownThe Coasters
02Smokey Joe's CafeThe Coasters
03Riot In Cell Block No9The Coasters
04Wrap It UpThe Coasters
05FramedThe Coasters
06One KissThe Coasters
07I Must Be Dreamin'The Coasters
08Just Like A FoolThe Coasters
09HongryThe Coasters
10Zing! Went The Strings Of My HeartThe Coasters
11The Shadow KnowsThe Coasters
12Searchin'The Coasters
Coasters, The - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (3-CD) CD 2
01Yakety YakThe Coasters
02Ain't That Just Like MeThe Coasters
03Sweet Georgia BrownThe Coasters
04Down In MexicoThe Coasters
05BrazilThe Coasters
06Young BloodThe Coasters
07Idol With The Golden HeadThe Coasters
08(When She Wants Good Lovin') My Baby Comes To MeThe Coasters
09Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To PassThe Coasters
10Three Cool CatsThe Coasters
11That Is Rock And RollThe Coasters
12Along Came JonesThe Coasters
Coasters, The - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (3-CD) CD 3
01Poison IvyThe Coasters
02Little EgyptThe Coasters
03I'm A Hog For YouThe Coasters
04What About UsThe Coasters
05Run, Red, RunThe Coasters
06Besame Mucho (Part 1)The Coasters
07Wake Me, Shake MeThe Coasters
08Shoppin' For ClothesThe Coasters
09Thumbin' A RideThe Coasters
10Wait A MinuteThe Coasters
11Keep On Rollin'The Coasters
12Bad BloodThe Coasters
The Coasters Besame Mucho Even The Coasters, clown princes of rock and roll, were in a... more
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Besame Mucho

Even The Coasters, clown princes of rock and roll, were in a spicy Latin mood. That was the doing of their Atco producers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who were enjoying much success applying saucy baion rhythms to the output of The Drifters.

After a stellar 1959 that found them crashing the pop Top Ten three times with the Leiber/Stoller comic playlets Charlie Brown (it's on our previous disc), the Western sendup Along Came Jones, and Poison Ivy, The Coasters cooled off in '60. Their top seller, Wake Me, Shake Me, didn't even crack the Top 50. Another 1960 release, the ghetto vignette Shoppin' For Clothes, was credited to Leiber and Stoller but was an uncredited adaptation of Boogaloo and His Gallant Crew's '56 release Clothes Line (Wrap It Up) on L.A.-based Crest Records. Boogaloo was actually its writer, Kent Harris (eventually authorship was credited to all three).

Closest to the doo-wop tradition was their '60 update of Besame Mucho, the 1940 work of Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velazquez (Sunny Skylar added English lyrics; the title translates to Kiss Me Much). Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey had a huge hit with it in 1944; The Ray-O-Vacs' Decca version went to #5 R&B in 1950. The Coasters' update was done February 26, 1960 at Atlantic's New York studios and spread over both sides of a single. Part 1 rides a surging Latin undertow, bass singer Will 'Dub' Jones stepping up for a rare lead turn (an entirely serious one at that). Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, and Cornel Gunter join in for the bridge, and sax master King Curtis unleashes a barrage of yakety licks near the fade. Fans must have been perplexed; Besame Mucho only made a #70 pop impression that spring.

The Coasters never regained their chart domination, though they did have '61 hits with Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) and Part II of Girls, Girls, Girls. They remained on Atco into the mid-'60s, ex-Cadillacs lead Earl Carroll joining in 1961 and Gunter exiting. A move to Columbia's Date label didn't reverse their fading fortunes. A bewildering array of Coasters groups toured the country from the '70s on. Gunter led one, Gardner another, and there were plenty more with no one recognizable at all. Carl fronted his until shortly before his June 12, 2011 death from heart disease. Gunter was shot to death in his car in Las Vegas on February 26, 1990. Diabetes killed Jones on January 16, 2000, and Guy died November 5, 2002.

Great as The Coasters' hitmaking legacy was, Gardner dreamed of a different career. "My regret is that I didn't get to sing the type of tunes that I would like to have sung, such as a lot of pop things,"he said."I would like to have done a lot of pop, like 'Stardust,' 'Mona Lisa,' 'Willow Weep For Me' things. And jazz, scatting, whatever. But it didn't sell. So a person must go where the bread is."

Various - Street Corner Symphonies 1960 Vol.12

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Tracklist
Coasters, The - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (3-CD) CD 1
01 Charlie Brown
02 Smokey Joe's Cafe
03 Riot In Cell Block No9
04 Wrap It Up
05 Framed
06 One Kiss
07 I Must Be Dreamin'
08 Just Like A Fool
09 Hongry
10 Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
11 The Shadow Knows
12 Searchin'
Coasters, The - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (3-CD) CD 2
01 Yakety Yak
02 Ain't That Just Like Me
03 Sweet Georgia Brown
04 Down In Mexico
05 Brazil
06 Young Blood
07 Idol With The Golden Head
08 (When She Wants Good Lovin') My Baby Comes To Me
09 Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass
10 Three Cool Cats
11 That Is Rock And Roll
12 Along Came Jones
Coasters, The - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (3-CD) CD 3
01 Poison Ivy
02 Little Egypt
03 I'm A Hog For You
04 What About Us
05 Run, Red, Run
06 Besame Mucho (Part 1)
07 Wake Me, Shake Me
08 Shoppin' For Clothes
09 Thumbin' A Ride
10 Wait A Minute
11 Keep On Rollin'
12 Bad Blood