2012 release, Ace Records' second volume of numbers penned by the Brill Building-based husband and wife team Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. One of the most successful songwriting teams of their time, their insanely catchy melodies, stick-in-your head lyrics and nonsense syllable refrains were aimed straight at the hearts of teenagers, squarely hitting the bulls-eye more often than not. This compendium of proven classics and lesser-known gems, lovingly compiled and annotated by Mick Patrick, will go a long way toward explaining the special spot the couple occupy in so many hearts, especially those of girl group aficionados.
4 I Got to Go Back (And Watch That Little Girl Dance) - the McCoys
5 Wait Til' My Bobby Gets Home - Darlene Love
6 Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) - the Crystals
7 Don't Ever Leave Me - Connie Francis
8 Every Boy and Every Girl - the Chiffons
9 Give Us Your Blessing - Ray Peterson
10 Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love - Sonny & Cher
11 I Know It's All Right - Sam Hawkins
12 I Wanna Love Him So Bad - the Jelly Beans
13 I Wonder - the Butterflys
14 I'll Still Love You - Jeff Barry
15 Look of Love - Lesley Gore
16 Not Too Young to Get Married - Bob B Soxx & the Blue Jeans
17 Sweet Laurie, Fair Laurie - the Tokens
18 She Hangs Out - the Monkees
19 That Boy John - the Raindrops
20 That's All I Ever Want from You Baby - Manfred Mann with Paul Jones
21 The Train from Kansas City - the Shangri-Las
22 Goodnight, Goodnight (What's So Good About It) - Ellie Greenwich
23 This Is It - Jay & the Americans
24 When the Boy's Happy (The Girl's Happy Too)
2012 release, Ace Records' second volume of numbers penned by the Brill Building-based husband and wife team Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. One of the most successful songwriting teams of their time, their insanely catchy melodies, stick-in-your head lyrics and nonsense syllable refrains were aimed straight at the hearts of teenagers, squarely hitting the bulls-eye more often than not. This compendium of proven classics and lesser-known gems, lovingly compiled and annotated by Mick Patrick, will go a long way toward explaining the special spot the couple occupy in so many hearts, especially those of girl group aficionados.