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Title: Whatever You Want: Bob Crewe's 60s Soul Sounds / Various
Artist: Whatever You Want: Bob Crewe's 60s Soul Sounds
Label: Kent Records Uk
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 029667105125
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2022-07-01
Number of Discs: 1

UK collection. 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. 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. He wrote groovy numbers for Tracy Dey and Shirley Matthews and an inspired and sublime 'Pushin' A Good Thing Too Far' for Barbara Lewis. Frankie Valli & the 4 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. 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.

Tracks:
1.1 An Angel Cried - Hal Miller ; the Rays
1.2 Whatever You Want - Jerry Butler
1.3 The Beginning of Time - Ben E King
1.4 Another Day - Chuck Jackson
1.5 Pistol Packin' Mama - the High Keys
1.6 Long Time, No See - Tracey Dey
1.7 (You Can) Count on That -
1.8 Shirley Matthews ; the Big Town Girls
1.9 Deep Dark Secret - Dee Dee Sharp
1.10 My Own Two Feet - Kenny Lynch
1.11 Pushin' a Good Thing Too Far - Barbara Lewis
1.12 A Blessing in Disguise - Hal Miller
1.13 Down By the Ocean - George 'N Sonny Sands
1.14 Isn't It Just a Shame - Kenny Wells
1.15 (You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself - Frankie Valli
1.16 You Get Your Kicks - Mitch Ryder ; the Detroit Wheels
1.17 Time Marches on - Lainie Hill
1.18 Sayin' Something - Dey ; Knight
1.19 I'm Gonna Change - Frankie Valli ; the 4 Seasons
1.20 Stranger in My Arms - Lynne Randell
1.21 Everything Under the Sun - Walter Jackson
1.22 Sock It to Me Baby - James Carr
1.23 I'm Going Out (The Same Way I Came in) - Kiki Dee
1.24 You Need Me to Love You - Billie Dearborn
1.25 3 Minutes Heavy - the Time Keepers