Action: The Songs Of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

  • Action: The Songs Of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
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Detailinformationen

  • Label: Ace
  • Bestellnummer: 2922456
  • Erscheinungstermin: 7.9.2012
  1. 1 I wonder what she's doing tonight Start
  2. 2 The Monkees: Valleri Start
  3. 3 Keith Allison: Action, action, action Start
  4. 4 The Flies: I'm not your stepping stone Start
  5. 5 Tomorrow's gonna be another day Start
  6. 6 The Regents: Words Start
  7. 7 The Standells: Last train to Clarksville Start
  8. 8 The Ikettes: (He's gonna be) Fine, fine, fine Start
  9. 9 The Monkees: P.O. box 9847 Start
  10. 10 Del Shannon: She Start
  11. 11 Come a little bit closer Start
  12. 12 The Shangri-las: The dum dum ditty Start
  13. 13 Sandra Gee: I can't get him out of my mind Start
  14. 14 Hurt so bad Start
  15. 15 The Sapphires: Thank you for loving me Start
  16. 16 Desi Dino & Billy: If you're thinkin' what I'm thinkin' Start
  17. 17 Seven days in September Start
  18. 18 The Royalettes: Never again Start
  19. 19 I gotta find cupid Start
  20. 20 Curtis Lee: Beverly Jean Start
  21. 21 Bobby Hart: Too many teardrops Start
  22. 22 Fats Domino: Be my guest Start
  23. 23 Chubby Checker: Lazy Elsie Molly Start
  24. 24 Action Start
  25. 25 The Monkees: (Theme from) The Monkees Start
  26. 26 The Honeybeats: Dicci come fini (Peaches 'n' cream) Start

Produktinfo

Boyce and Hart waren das US-amerikanische Songwriter-Duo Tommy Boyce und Bobby Hart. Als Boyce and Hart veröffentlichten sie ab 1967 auch eigene Aufnahmen. Bobby Hart erhielt 1983 eine Oscar-Nominierung für seinen (Film-)Song ‘Over You‘. Sie haben mehr als 300 Songs geschrieben und damit über 42 Millionen Tonträger verkauft. Die beiden schrieben ab 1963 zusammen Songs und hatten ihren ersten Erfolg mit der Single ‘Come a Little Bit Closer‘ für Jay & the Americans. Die erfolgreichste Zeit erlebten sie jedoch als Songwriter für die Monkees, für die sie Hits wie ‘Last Train To Clarksville‘, ‘I‘m Not Your Stepping Stone‘ oder ‘Valerie‘ schrieben. Die Ikettes, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Fats Domino, Chubby Checker, Shangri-Las oder Del Shannon bemächtigten sich ihrer Songwriting-Kunst, die erstmalig von diesem Sampler rekapituliert wird. 26 Songs aus der Schmiede von Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart hält diese Compilation samt erstklassig recherchiertem Booklet bereit.

Product Information


The latest in our popular songwriter series spotlights Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, the duo whose instinctive marriage of folk-rock and pre-bubblegum teen pop created and defined the Monkees sound.

Boyce and Hart each started out as teenage rock’n’rollers in late 1950s Los Angeles and first met in 1960. Their formative years are represented here with ‘Be My Guest’, written by Boyce for Fats Domino in 1959, ‘Beverly Jean’, one of the handful of Boyce compositions recorded by Curtis Lee and ‘Too Many Teardrops’, an early Bobby Hart solo single.

By 1963 both had relocated toNew York, where they began writing as a team. They made their big breakthrough the following year with ‘Come A Little Bit Closer’, a Top 3 hit for Jay & the Americans, which helped land the twosome a contract with leading music publishers Screen Gems.

They reached the peak of their success and creativity in 1966, writing for and producing the Monkees. Three of the group’s best recordings are here, and a further six songs popularised by them are featured in less-frequently heard, but equally good, mostly pre-Monkees versions, including ‘(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone’ by UK fuzz-beat combo the Flies and ‘She', an almost hit for Del Shannon. By the end of 1966 the Monkees had recorded nearly 50 titles, 21 of them Boyce and Hart songs – quite an achievement considering they were in competition with Carole King, Gerry Goffin and the rest of the Screen Gems stable.

Apart from the duo’s joint compositions, the collection also features examples of their work with other co-writers. ‘Never Again’ by the Royalettes and ‘Hurt So Bad’, as defined by Little Anthony & the Imperials, stem from Bobby Hart’s spell collaborating with Teddy Randazzo. ‘Action’ – the theme for TV’s Where The Action Is, here by Paul Revere & the Raiders – and ‘Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day’ by Sir Raleigh & the Cupons represent Tommy Boyce’s brief partnership with Steve Venet. And Wes Farrell gets a look-in via three songs co-written with Boyce and Hart.

Come 1969 Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were stars in their own right, with four hit singles and three albums to their name. This CD kicks off with ‘I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight’, a power-pop precursor from 1967 and the pair’s biggest hit as performers.

By Mick Patrick

(acerecords. co. uk)

Rezensionen


,,Drei Erfolge (“Theme From The Monkees”, “Valleri” und “P. O. Box 9847”) sind hier vertreten. Und etliche andere Hits kommen in den – durchweg gehaltvollen – Versionen anderer Interpreten; u. a. “I’m Not Your Stepping Stone” von The Flies, “Words” von The Regents und “Last Train To Clarksville” von The Standells. Doch damit erschöpft sich dieser herrliche Sampler nicht. Zu hören sind auch Spitzenwerke wie “Come Little Bit Closer” (Jay & The Americans), “She” (Del Shannon), “Action” (Paul Revere & The Raiders) oder “Beverley Jean” (Curtis Lee)." (Good Times, Dezember / Januar 2012)

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