From our man out of Sacramento....PANCHO.......comes a very tight cd for the listeners....The Greatest Hits Of The Superbs.
The Superbs, from California, USA, were one of the best mid-60s sweet-soul groups to meld doo-wop harmonies into the sound of soul. The members were Eleanor ‘Punkin’ Green’ (lead), Walter White, Bobby Swain, Gordy Harmon and Ronny Cook. Green possessed a soprano lead that sounded much like a male falsetto and it was an era when falsetto-led groups were regularly on the charts. After their first record in 1964 on Lew Bedell’s Dore label, ‘Storybook Of Love’, flopped, Harmon left to form the Whispers (the Whispers were the Superbs’ labelmates and were likewise outstanding in merging doo-wop with soul). The next record, ‘Baby Baby All The Time’, with its relaxed lope, proved a success in 1964. Similar-sounding and equally appealing follow-ups were ‘Sad Sad Day’ (1964) and ‘Baby’s Gone Away’ (1965). Around this time Swain left the group to form the Entertainers Four, who also recorded for Dore. He was replaced by Lawrence Randall. Green left in 1966 to get married and the group regrouped, but the magic was gone and by the 70s the group had broken up.
1. Storybook of Love
2. Your Eyes
3. One Bad Habit
4. Baby, Baby All the Time
5. It Hurts So Much
6. Baby's Gone Away
7. I Was Blind
8. I Was Born When You Kissed Me
9. My Heart Isn't in It
10. Sad, Sad Day
11. Baby's Gone Away [#]
12. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
13. Little Girl
14. Get Ready for Love
15. If You Don't Know Me by Now [Live]
The Superbs, from California, USA, were one of the best mid-60s sweet-soul groups to meld doo-wop harmonies into the sound of soul. The members were Eleanor ‘Punkin’ Green’ (lead), Walter White, Bobby Swain, Gordy Harmon and Ronny Cook. Green possessed a soprano lead that sounded much like a male falsetto and it was an era when falsetto-led groups were regularly on the charts. After their first record in 1964 on Lew Bedell’s Dore label, ‘Storybook Of Love’, flopped, Harmon left to form the Whispers (the Whispers were the Superbs’ labelmates and were likewise outstanding in merging doo-wop with soul). The next record, ‘Baby Baby All The Time’, with its relaxed lope, proved a success in 1964. Similar-sounding and equally appealing follow-ups were ‘Sad Sad Day’ (1964) and ‘Baby’s Gone Away’ (1965). Around this time Swain left the group to form the Entertainers Four, who also recorded for Dore. He was replaced by Lawrence Randall. Green left in 1966 to get married and the group regrouped, but the magic was gone and by the 70s the group had broken up.
1. Storybook of Love
2. Your Eyes
3. One Bad Habit
4. Baby, Baby All the Time
5. It Hurts So Much
6. Baby's Gone Away
7. I Was Blind
8. I Was Born When You Kissed Me
9. My Heart Isn't in It
10. Sad, Sad Day
11. Baby's Gone Away [#]
12. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
13. Little Girl
14. Get Ready for Love
15. If You Don't Know Me by Now [Live]
Thanx PANCHO, I've been wantin' some of the other trax I didn't have by this steller group outta Califas.
ReplyDeleteGood post G MAN.....
Thanx MELLO..........you'll love this one......about 80% killer music on this album.
ReplyDeleteG MAN
You're making my eastcoast heart both curious and verrrry happy. Thank you for all you do.
ReplyDeleteHey TROODS.......from East 2 West and everything inbetween, we have it all covered here.
ReplyDeleteG MAN
Thanks G - great album indeed - love it!
ReplyDeleteYEAH I AGREE WITH YA ON THAT ONE HOOCH.......DEFINITELY A QUALITY ALBUM!
ReplyDeleteG MAN
many many thanks
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