14 Hits, Vol. 1

by Billy Ward & the Dominoes, Billy Ward

Overview

One of R&B's great pioneering groups sparkles on these early-'50s hits featuring three great lead singers: Clyde McPhatter, bass singer Bill Brown, and McPhatter's replacement Jackie Wilson. Brown boasts of his sexual prowess on "Sixty Minute Man" and fronts the equally infectious "Pedal Pushin' Papa." Clyde McPhatter shows his versatility on stirring ballads and jumps including the terse "I Am With You," the handclapping, sax blowing "That's What You're Doing to Me," and the pleading "Have Mercy Baby." Jackie Wilson's biggest Dominoes' hit "Rags to Riches" features a devastating opening operatic note. McPhatter's last Dominoes release, a remarkable version of "These Foolish Things," features Brown's low groaning bass under McPhatter's probing tenor embellished by imaginative backing vocals that made every Dominoes recording special. ~ Andrew Hamilton

Product Details

Release Date:	11/27/2006
Label:	King
UPC:	0792014013328
Rank:	116316

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Billy Ward & the Dominoes   Primary Artist
Billy Ward   Primary Artist,Vocals

Technical Credits

Harry Link   Composer
John Sullivan Dwight   Composer
R. Szolkowski   Illustrations
Jerry Ross   Composer
Holt Marvell   Composer
Adolphe Adam   Composer
Rose Marks   Composer
Jack Strachey   Composer
Billy Ward   Performer,Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Richard Adler   Composer