Bob Crewe Whatever You Want - Bob Crewe's 60s Soul Sounds (CD)

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(Kent Soul) 24 tracks - 16 page booklet Most soul fans know Bob Crewe through his 60s... more

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Bob Crewe: Whatever You Want - Bob Crewe's 60s Soul Sounds (CD)

(Kent Soul) 24 tracks - 16 page booklet

Most soul fans know Bob Crewe through his 60s pop-soul songs and recordings with Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels and his New Voice and Dynovoice labels that teem with hidden gems. Less known are his early songs and productions by such heavyweights of the black music world as Ben E King, Chuck Jackson, Jerry Butler and Barbara Lewis. That follows from his first big success in music, which was with black Brooklyn doo wop combo Hal Miller & the Rays, whom he managed, wrote and produced for. ‘Silhouettes’ by them was a big hit on both the pop and R&B charts in 1957. Crewe clearly loved the R&B sound and penned for Faye Adams, Charlie & Ray, the Bey Sisters and Billy & Lillie in the 50s. He took Hal & the Rays through to the early 60s, when he also wrote and produced soul singers Lenny O’Henry and the High Keys.

Crewe was adept at composing soulful ballads for Hal Miller, Chuck Jackson, Jerry Butler and the like but could also hit a dance groove, as shown by Dee Dee Sharp’s swinging 60s 45 ‘Deep Dark Secret’ / ‘Good’ and the High Keys’ R&B gem ‘Pistol Packin’ Mama’. He wrote groovy numbers for Tracy Dey and Shirley Matthews and an inspired and sublime ‘Pushing A Good Thing Too Far’ for Barbara Lewis.

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons started out as a street corner vocal group and were steeped in the black music tradition, so they were happy to go along with Bob Crewe for the ride when Motown’s success inspired him to write in that vein. ‘I’m Gonna Change’ was an obscure LP track that got picked up by Northern Soul DJs in the 70s and went massive – in the terminology of the day. Frankie Valli had belatedly charted with his solo billing ‘You’re Ready Now’ in the UK, due to the rare soul scene spins, though his ‘(You’re Gonna) Hurt Yourself’ is arguably the more soulful of the tracks from that mid-60s period. Mitch Ryder fronted a white Detroit rock band whose music was its own genre of tough soul – ‘You Get Your Kicks’ being a high point in teenage angst with an adrenalin-fuelled dance beat. By the mid-60s Crewe’s labels had moved with the times and the slick, rhythmic pop soul sounds of Lainie Hill’s ‘Time Marches On’ and Kenny Wells’ ‘Isn’t It Just A Shame’ reflect that. Crewe was working for many other labels, producing gems such as Lynn Randell’s ‘Stranger In My Arms’ for Columbia and writing ‘Everything Under The Sun’ for revered soul man Walter Jackson at Okeh. In the UK there were excellent covers of his songs by Kenny Lynch and Kiki Dee, while UK band the Soul Mates covered Dey & Knights’ groovy ‘Sayin’ Something’ – we went with the original in this case.

Ady Croasdell

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Interpret: Bob Crewe
Album titlle: Whatever You Want - Bob Crewe's 60s Soul Sounds (CD)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
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Label Kent Soul
EAN: 0029667105125
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Crewe, Bob - Whatever You Want - Bob Crewe's 60s Soul Sounds (CD) CD 1
01	An Angel Cried 2:26	Hal Miller & The Rays
02	Whatever You Want	Jerry Butler
03	The Beginning Of Time	Ben E King
04	Another Day	Chuck Jackson
05	Pistol Packin' Mama	The High Keys
06	Long Time, No See	Tracey Dey
07	(You Can) Count On That	Shirley Matthews & The Big Town Girls
08	Deep Dark Secret	Dee Dee Sharp
09	My Own Two Feet	Kenny Lynch
10	Pushin' A Good Thing Too Far	Barbara Lewis
11	A Blessing In Disguise	Hal Miller
12	Down By The Ocean	George 'N Sonny Sands
13	Isn't It Just A Shame	Kenny Wells
14	(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself	Frankie Valli
15	You Get Your Kicks	Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
16	Time Marches On	Lainie Hill
17	Sayin' Something	Dey & Knight
18	I'm Gonna Change	Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
19	Stranger In My Arms	Lynne Randell
20	Everything Under The Sun	Walter Jackson
21	Sock It To Me Baby	James Carr
22	– - I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came In)	Kiki Dee
23	You Need Me To Love You	Billie Dearborn
24	3 Minutes Heavy	The Time Keepers