Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups
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Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups is a special album in the Women & Songs
Women & Songs
Women & Songs is a series of annual Canadian compilation album releases that only contain tracks by female artists. The first album, simply titled Women & Songs, was released December 9, 1997 and the series has since been both a major seller and a chart-topper in the Canadian music scene.-Regular...

franchise. It was released with Women & Songs: The 80s
Women & Songs: The 80s
Women & Songs: The 80s is a special album in the Women & Songs franchise. It was released with Women & Songs: 60s Girl Groups one week before the official 6th album in the collection.- Overview :The album includes 12 chart-toppers from the decade...

one week before the official 6th album in the collection.

Overview

12 girl groups of the 60s era were featured on this disc. The popular Dixie Cups
The Dixie Cups
The Dixie Cups are an American pop music girl group of the 1960s. They are best known for their 1964 million selling disc, "Chapel of Love".-Career:...

 tune Chapel of Love introduces things, while The Chiffons
The Chiffons
The Chiffons was an all girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960.-Biography:The Chiffons were one of the top girl groups of the early 1960s...

 feature with He's So Fine. The Loco-Motion also appears courtesy of Little Eva
Little Eva
Eva Narcissus Boyd , known by the stage name of Little Eva , was an American pop singer.-Biography:...

, and A Lover's Concerto finishes things off care of Toys
Toys
Toys is a 1992 comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, and introducing Jamie Foxx as Baker. The film failed at the box office at the time of its release, despite its impressive cast and lavish filmmaking. Levinson was...

.

Since songs performed in the 60s, in general, tend to be shorter than songs produced since the 80s, this is the shortest CD in terms of playing time in the entire Women & Songs franchise.

Track Listing

  1. Chapel of Love (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector) [2:49]
    • (performed by The Dixie Cups)
  2. The Loco-Motion (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) [2:27]
    • (performed by Little Eva
      Little Eva
      Eva Narcissus Boyd , known by the stage name of Little Eva , was an American pop singer.-Biography:...

      )
  3. Baby It's You (Burt Bacharach/Hal David/B. Williams) [2:40]
    • (performed by The Shirelles
      The Shirelles
      The Shirelles were an African-American girl group that achieved popularity in the early 1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens , Doris Coley , Addie "Micki" Harris , and Beverly Lee...

      )
  4. He's So Fine (Ronald Mack) [1:54]
    • (performed by The Chiffons
      The Chiffons
      The Chiffons was an all girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960.-Biography:The Chiffons were one of the top girl groups of the early 1960s...

      )
  5. The Shoop Shoop Song (Rudy Clark) [2:16]
    • (performed by Betty Everett
      Betty Everett
      Betty Everett was an African-American soul singer and pianist, best known for her biggest hit single, the million-selling "The Shoop Shoop Song ".-Early career:...

      )
  6. The Boy from New York City (George Davis/John T. Taylor) [3:08]
    • (performed by Ad Libs)
  7. Tell Him (Bert Russell) [2:38]
    • (performed by Exciters)
  8. Remember (Shadow Morton) [2:20]
    • (performed by Shangri-Las)
  9. Johnny Angel (Lyn Duddy/Lee Pockriss) [2:22]
    • (performed by Shelley Fabares
      Shelley Fabares
      Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is an American actress and singer. Fabares is known for her roles as Donna Reed's oldest child, Mary Stone, on The Donna Reed Show , and as Craig T. Nelson's love interest and eventual wife, Christine Armstrong Fox, on the sitcom Coach. She also was Elvis...

      )
  10. Easier Said Than Done (Larry Huff/William Linton) [2:10]
    • (performed by Essex
      Essex
      Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

      )
  11. Chains (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) [2:32]
    • (performed by Cookies)
  12. A Lover's Concerto (Sandy Linzer/Denny Randell) [2:42]
    • (performed by Toys
      Toys
      Toys is a 1992 comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, and introducing Jamie Foxx as Baker. The film failed at the box office at the time of its release, despite its impressive cast and lavish filmmaking. Levinson was...

      )
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