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(Fuel 2000) 14 tracks - Cut-Out drill hole in barcode. Premier sound quality! Rare CD! Liner... more

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The Four Preps: Absolutely The Best (CD)

(Fuel 2000) 14 tracks - Cut-Out drill hole in barcode. Premier sound quality! Rare CD! Liner Notes by Bill Dahl!

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Interpret: The Four Preps
Album titlle: Absolutely The Best (CD)
Genre Doo-Wop
Label FUEL 2000
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0030206147124
weight in Kg 0.1

Four Preps, The - Absolutely The Best (CD) CD 1
01	Lazy Summer Night	The Four Preps
02	26 Miles (Santa Catalina)	The Four Preps
03	Big Man	The Four Preps
04	Dreamy Eyes	The Four Preps
05	Summertime Lies	The Four Preps
06	She Was Five And He Was Ten	The Four Preps
07	Down By The Station (Early In The Morning)	The Four Preps
08	Got A Girl	The Four Preps
09	More Money For You And Me (Medley)	The Four Preps
10	The Big Draft (Medley)	The Four Preps
11	Great Songs Medley	The Four Preps
12	A Letter To The Beatles	The Four Preps
13	Let's Call It A Day Girl	The Four Preps
14	Draftdodger Rag	The Four Preps

The Four Preps Big Man recorded February 27, 1958 (Session: #6621: 15:00-19:00); Capitol... more

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"The Four Preps"

The Four Preps

Big Man

recorded February 27, 1958 (Session: #6621: 15:00-19:00); Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood 28, California with Bruce Belland, Glen Larson, Marvin Inabnett, Ed Cobb: vocal; Otis William 'Joe' Maphis: guitar/leader; Leon M. Silby: guitar; Enos 'Skeets' McDonald: bass; Dale H. Warren: bass; Marion Z. 'Pee Wee' Adams: drums; Dudley A, Brooks: piano; Lincoln R. Mayorga: piano

The cleancut harmonies of the Four Preps owed less to R&B and rock 'n' roll than to early Fifties pop groups like the Ames Brothers and Four Lads. They came together at Hollywood High School: Bruce Belland, Glen Larson, Marvin Inabnett, and Ed Cobb. Rick Nelson was there at the time, and they worked on his first Imperial session. Les Paul's manager got them a deal with Capitol, and the first record appeared in 1956. Their Top 10 debut, 26 Miles, came the following year, and was followed by Big Man, which reached #3 in the United States and #2 in England. They recorded together until 1966 (as if to underscore the changing times, their last Capitol single was Draftdodger Rag). Most of that time, they had a sideline in parodies (Teenager In Love became Teenager In Jail, etc.) and novelties (The Letter To The Beatles). Ed also produced the Piltdown Men and the Standells' Dirty Water as well as writing a bona fide classic, Every Little Bit Hurts. Bruce became a scriptwriter, eventually holding down an executive position at NBC-TV. In the late Eighties, Ed and Bruce regrouped with David Somerville (ex-Diamonds) and Jim Pike (ex-Lettermen), and the thoroughly modern Four Preps can still be seen at oldies shows and supperclubs.

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