VA - Where the Boys Are: The Songs of Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield (2011)

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VA - Where the Boys Are: The Songs of Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield (2011)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 318 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 MB
1:03:12 | Pop Rock | Label: Ace

Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield were the first songwriters to sign with Al Nevins and Don Kirshner’s Aldon Music. ‘Stupid Cupid’, their initial song for the company, was recorded by Connie Francis. It shot up the charts in 1958 and before long Aldon was the most successful music publisher in the USA, with scores of international hits in their catalogue and a stable of writers that included Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and many of the other top exponents of the day. In 2005, Ken Emerson published his book Always Magic In The Air, in which he chronicled the lives and careers of seven eminent New York-based songwriting duos of the Brill Building era. Here at Ace Records, we launched our songwriter series the previous year with a collection of tracks penned by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the book’s main characters. Since then, the series has expanded to include, amongst many others, six of the writing teams featured by Emerson. With this latest edition, which spotlights the songs of Sedaka and Greenfield, the soundtrack of his book becomes complete.

The CD – which also includes a few numbers co-penned by third parties Carole King, Jack Keller, Roger Atkins, Helen Miller and Carole Bayer – comes with a bumper booklet featuring an exclusive interview with Neil Sedaka, who concludes: “Howie Greenfield and I wrote very commercially. Howie was one of the best lyricists in the business. His lyrics were very slick and polished, like tiny, compact novels, self-contained dramas. I think he was very underrated. The critics didn’t like him as much as the public did. The proof of the pudding is in the great two and a half minute songs we mastered. I would usually come with two or three finished tunes. He would choose the tune according to his mood at that moment. I liked to give him a choice. We fought, but we always made up. There were disagreements over phrases or musical notes. I think you have to have those fights. We stayed together for over 30 years. I’m very proud of the many, many songs we wrote together. They’re all my dear children. I still miss Howie a lot.”

By Mick Patrick

Tracklist
1. STUPID CUPID - Connie Francis
2. KEEP A WALKIN' - Bobby Darin
3. BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO - Carole King
4. ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT - Jimmy Clanton
5. FALLIN' - Wanda Jackson
6. CALENDAR BOY - Dee Dee Sharp
7. OOH-SHA-LALA - Mickey & Kitty
8. CRYING IN THE RAIN - The Everly Brothers
9. THE DIARY - Little Anthony & The Imperials
10. I WAITED TOO LONG - LaVern Baker
11. GET RID OF HIM - Dionne Warwick
12. SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE - Clyde McPhatter
13. WHERE THE BOYS ARE - Connie Francis
14. FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL - The Cookies
15. BEWITCHED - Peggy Lee
16. MAGIC COLORS - Lesley Gore
17. WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF A FOOL - Ben E King
18. IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE - Gene Pitney
19. PUPPET MAN - Tom Jones
20. WORKIN' ON A GROOVY THING - Patti Drew
21. DON'T LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER - Nancy Wilson
22. THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME - The Monkees
23. RAINY DAY BELLS - The Globetrotters
24. WHILE I DREAM - The Tokens
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Various Artists / Where the Boys Are - Songs of Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

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