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(2000/Norton) 16 Tracks - 1963-1965 - Finally! Here come the Rivieras with one of the most highly... more

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The Rivieras: The Best Of The Rivieras - California Sun (LP)

(2000/Norton) 16 Tracks - 1963-1965 - Finally! Here come the Rivieras with one of the most highly anticipated reissues of all time for fans of surf, hot rod, instrumental and garage sounds! Norton collects the very best of this revered midwest teen combo from rare album tracks and singles and even unissued mayhem! Boss package features rare graphics, extensive notes and interviews, featuring scrapbook photos, memorabilia from band members! Included also is their excruciatingly scarce pre-California Sun single Played On, reissued here for the first time ever! But then again, this is the first time authorized reissue collection on the Rivieras, period!! Sure fire killer greases the wheels for one heck of a Party as the Rivieras rip it up one more time in superb Nortophonic loud sound abundance!

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Interpret: The Rivieras
Album titlle: The Best Of The Rivieras - California Sun (LP)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Label Norton Records
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
EAN: 0731253027215
weight in Kg 0.2

Rivieras, The - The Best Of The Rivieras - California Sun (LP) LP 1
01	California Sun	The Rivieras
02	Danny Boy	The Rivieras
03	Little Donna	The Rivieras
04	Let's Have A Party	The Rivieras
05	Rockin' Robin	The Rivieras
06	H.B. Goose Step	The Rivieras
07	Keep A Knockin'	The Rivieras
08	Played On	The Rivieras
09	Whole Lotta Shakin'	The Rivieras
10	Rip It Up	The Rivieras
11	Let's Go To Hawaii	The Rivieras
12	Lakeview Lane	The Rivieras
13	Bug Juice	The Rivieras
14	Comin' Back Home	The Rivieras
15	Church Key (part 2)	The Rivieras
16	California Sun '65	The Rivieras

The Rivieras Moonlight Serenade The Rivieras were a throwback to an earlier era of... more

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"The Rivieras"

The Rivieras

Moonlight Serenade

The Rivieras were a throwback to an earlier era of African-American vocal groups, when polished harmonies were liberally applied to sophisticated pop standards. The nostalgic combination clicked long enough to spawn three pop hits from 1958 to '60.

Lead tenor Homer Dunn, a Hackensack, New Jersey product, was a big fan of The Orioles, Swallows, and Dominoes. His first group followed the trend towards bird names, calling themselves The Five Bob-O-Links. Relocating to Englewood, N.J., Dunn teamed with Andy Jones, tenor Ronald Cook, and bass Charles Allen as The Four Arts. They changed their handle to The El Rivieras once Warren Lanier took over their management. Jones' side gig shoveling snow paid dividends when one of his customers, William Fix, turned out to be The Ames Brothers' manager. Fix brought them to George Paxton and Marvin Cane's Coed Records, where The Crests were embarking on their own hit odyssey.

The Rivieras debuted in July of 1958 on Coed with the lilting ballad Count Every Star, a mellow outing that came attached to a peppier True Love Is Hard To Find. Count Every Star gave the group a #73 pop entry their first time out. The quartet encored with the similarly easy-paced Moonlight Serenade, a revival of a 1939 pop smash by big band leader Glenn Miller (Mitchell Parish added lyrics a little later on). Record buyers with a taste for classier fare snapped up The Rivieras' remake after its January '59 release, propelling it to #47 pop not long thereafter. The flip, Neither Rain Nor Snow, was penned by conductor Al Semola.

The violin-enriched Our Love bubbled under the Hot 100 that summer, but The Rivieras rebounded with Since I Made You Cry, a jaunty R&B-oriented outing that slipped up to #93 pop in early 1960. Although their lush Moonlight Cocktails was limited to 'bubbling under' status that spring, it's retroactively revered as one of The Rivieras' best singles. Three more releases on Coed stretched into 1961, after which the quartet quit recording.

- Bill Dahl -

Various Street Corner Symphonies 1959 Vol.11

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