Brian Hyland: Brian Hyland auf CD

Brian Hyland

CD (Compact Disc)

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Label:: RockInBeat
Aufnahmejahr ca.:: 1960-71
UPC/EAN:: 0400192113364
Erscheinungstermin:: 23.5.2006

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Brian Hyland got his first taste of stardom while still a sophomore in high school; his chart-topping hit, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini,” has been a staple of novelty compilations for nearly 40 years. As he reached his latter teen years, Hyland morphed into the Bobby Vee / Bobby Vinton / Gene Pitney teen idol mold popular at the time and connected with a classic “girlfriend leaving for the summer” pop song, “Sealed With A Kiss.”

By 1970, at the age of 27, Hyland was already on his sixth label, Uni. He enlisted fellow former teen idol Del Shannon to make a more mature record than he had in the past, entitled simply Brian Hyland. The musical breadth of the album is quite remarkable; opening with the Sondheim / Bernstein song “Maria” from West Side Story, then making an immediate segue into a cover of Jackie Wilson’s “Lonely Teardrops.” The album also featured covers of Larry Williams’ “Slow Down” (later popularized by the Beatles) and what ultimately became B. B. King’s signature tune, “The Thrill Is Gone.”

But it was a Curtis Mayfield-penned hit for the Impressions from 1961 that was the album’s centerpiece: “Gypsy Woman.” The Hyland cover hit #3, seventeen notches higher than the original. Hyland and Shannon teamed up to write about half the album, but only two songs managed to break into the Hot 100 and they were both covers. They were also his last two entries into the pop charts.

Hipocrates Says: Did You Know? Larry Fine of the Three Stooges was Hyland’s cousin by marriage.