The Chosen Few is a 1979 album by British pop group The Dooleys

The Dooleys

The Dooleys were a United Kingdom male–female pop group comprising eight members — six of them family members — at their peak. They achieved several UK chart hits between 1977 and 1981 including top-ten hits "Wanted", "Love of My Life" and "The Chosen Few"....

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The album contains the singles "Chosen Few" and "Wanted" - both of which were top 10 hits. "Wanted" had already appeared on the group's previous album, The Best of The Dooleys

The Best of The Dooleys

The Best of The Dooleys is the second UK album by pop group The Dooleys. It is their first compilation album.- Background :By mid 1979, The Dooleys had scored six hit singles in the UK. The latest single, "Wanted" was the biggest hit of their career and so GTO Records released a compilation...

, but appeared here in a slightly extended version. Current single "Chosen Few" reached No.7 in the UK Charts, after previous single had reached No.3 and album No.6, making this the peak of the group's career. This album however only managed to reach No.56, although that was an improvement on the group's previous studio album, which missed the charts completely in 1978.

Track "One Kiss Away" had been previously recorded by Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...

 (who also co-wrote it under his real name, Les Charles), while "Growing Pains" had been recorded by Guys 'n' Dolls in 1977.

The Chosen Few was released on Compact disc

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

 for the first time on 14 September 2009 in a double-pack with their debut album, Dooleys

Dooleys (album)

Dooleys was the first UK album by British pop group The Dooleys. It was released in 1978.- Background :The Dooleys had been a recording act for four years by this point, but it wasn't until mid 1977 when they scored their first chart hit with "Think I'm Gonna Fall in Love With You", which reached...

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Track listing

Side one

1. "Chosen Few" (Findon) 3.07
2. "Whispers" (Findon / Myers / Puzey) 2.53
3. "One Kiss Away" (Findon / Charles) 2.41
4. "Don't Turn the Feeling Down" (Findon / Myers / Puzey) 2.49
5. "If I Didn't Know You Better" (Findon / Myers / Puzey) 3.39
6. "Love" (Findon / Anthony) 3.07

Side two

1. "Growing Pains" (Findon / Myers / Puzey) 3.23
2. "You Bring Out The Best in Me" (Findon / Myers) 4.17
3. "Let's Make Believe" (Findon / Myers / Puzey) 3.55
4. "Wanted" (Findon / Myers / Puzey) 3.58
5. "Now That the Party is Over" (Findon / Myers / Puzey) 3.32

CD Bonus tracks

1. "A Million to One" (The Dooleys) 2.59
2. "Honey I'm Lost" (Findon / Myers) 3.03
3. "I Dedicate My Life" (H.Dooley / J.Dooley / Myers) 2.29
4. "Movie Stars (& Comic Book Heroes)" (H.Dooley / J.Dooley / Myers) 3.41
5. "Wanted" (single version) 3.29

Personnel

• Jim Dooley - vocals
• Anne Dooley - vocals
• Kathy Dooley - vocals
• John Dooley - Guitar and vocals
• Frank Dooley - Guitar and vocals
• Helen Dooley - Keyboards and vocals
• Bob Walsh - Bass guitar
• Alan Bogan - Drums

• Ben Findon - Producer
• Mike Myers - Assistant producer
• Tom Parker - Orchestration
• Neil Richardson - Orchestration on "You Bring Out the Best in Me"
• George Nicholson - Engineer
• Simon Wakefield - Assistant engineer
• Jan Leary - Sleeve design
• Recorded at Morgan Studios
  Morgan Studios
  Morgan Studios, also known as Morgan Sound Studios, were recording studios in Willesden, North London. The studios were notable for many recordings of the 1960s and 1970s by many British bands and artists such as Ten Years After, Yes, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Joan Armatrading, Cat...
  
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