East Side Story, Vol. 7

by East Side Story 7 /

Overview

Strange mix of early-'50s to mid-'70s R&B, juxtaposing Gene Chandler ("Duke of Earl"), Billy Stewart ("Cross My Heart"), the Five Satins ("In the Still of the Night"), the Escorts ("Look over Your Shoulder"), and Johnny Ace ("Pledging My Love") on the same CD, with no notes, explanations, or accounts of music or careers. There are some forgotten hits, such as "Talk to Me" by Sunny & the Sunliners, a cover of the Little Willie John song that became a number 11 hit in 1963. The better sides here include salsa star Ralfi Pagan's falsetto version of David Gates' "Make It with You," Yvonne Carroll & the Roulettes' "Gee What a Guy," Brenda & the Tabulations' "Dry Your Eyes" (a number 20 pop hit in 1967), and the Incredibles' hit "Heart and Soul." The sound is decent if not exactly state-of-the-art on most of this (though the Incredibles' track has definite surface noise from a disc source), but the selection mixes the familiar and the unusual in an engaging and entertaining fashion. More anthologies should follow this lead, but this disc should also have included one or two more cuts and some notes, to really be of value to its purchasers. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	05/19/1998
Label:	East Side Records
UPC:	0644250100723
Rank:	78310

Tracks

1. Duke of Earl  - Gene Chandler  - Eugene Dixon  - Earl Edwards  - Bernice Williams
2. Cross My Heart  - Sidney Pinchback  - Billy Stewart
3. Heart and Soul  - Hoagy Carmichael  -  Incredibles  - Frank Loesser
4. In the Still of the Night  -  Five Satins  - Fred Parris
5. Look over Your Shoulder  -  Escorts  - George Kerr  - Larry Roberts
6. Make It with You  - David Gates  - Ralfi Pagan
7. Oh My Angel  - J.J. Jackson  - Bertha Tillman
8. Pledging My Love  - Johnny Ace  -  Otis  - Don Robey  - Ferdinand Washington  -  Otis
9. Talk to Me  - Sunny Ozuna  -  Sunny & the Sunliners
10. Dry Your Eyes  -  Brenda & the Tabulations  - Maurice Coates  - Brenda Payton
11. Gee What a Guy  - Yvonne Carroll  - Van McCoy
12. Hypnotized  - Linda Jones  - Richard Poindexter

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Otis & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Johnny Ace   Primary Artist
Ralfi Pagan   Primary Artist
The Five Satins   Primary Artist
Bertha Tillman   Primary Artist
Linda Jones   Primary Artist
Sunny & the Sunliners   Primary Artist
Brenda & the Tabulations   Primary Artist
The Escorts   Primary Artist
Yvonne Carroll   Primary Artist
The Incredibles   Primary Artist
Gene Chandler   Primary Artist
Johnny Otis Orchestra   Primary Artist
Billy Stewart   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Richard Poindexter   Composer
Ralfi Pagan   Performer
Sunny & the Sunliners   Performer
Sunny Ozuna   Composer
Brenda Payton   Composer
Brenda & the Tabulations   Performer
George Kerr   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Bertha Tillman   Performer
Ferdinand Washington   Composer
Johnny Ace   Performer
Linda Jones   Performer
Van McCoy   Composer
Don Robey   Composer
David Gates   Composer
Gene Chandler   Performer
Fred Parris   Composer
J.J. Jackson   Composer
Billy Stewart   Performer
The Incredibles   Performer
The Five Satins   Performer
The Escorts   Performer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Bernice Williams   Composer
Larry Roberts   Composer
Eugene Dixon   Composer
Earl Edwards   Composer
Maurice Coates   Composer
Sidney Pinchback   Composer