Teenage Crush, Vol. 4

by N/A

Overview

Vol. 4 of the Teenage Crush series offers another 28 tracks from the mildest side of late-'50s/early-'60s rock & roll, slanted toward (but not entirely devoted to) teen idol-style singers of the era. A bunch of these are big, familiar hits -- Johnny Burnette's "Dreamin'," Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care of My Baby," James Darren's "Goodbye Cruel World," Lou Christie's "Two Faces Have I," Frankie Avalon's "Why," Bobby Darin's "Queen of the Hop," Clyde McPhatter's "Treasure of Love," and the Fleetwoods' "Mr. Blue." Its value to rock & roll oldies collectors is that it mixes these with somewhat lesser-known hits and a bunch of low-charting Billboard Top 100 entries that never get played on the radio anymore. That does mean, however, that much of the CD isn't as memorable as the aforementioned big hits, drifting by innocuously without leaving much of a trace. There are some interesting rarities here, like Huelyn Duvall's Conway Twitty-like ballad "Little Boy Blue" and Tommy Boyce (later half of hit artists Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, who also wrote some of the Monkees' hits) and his 1962 Dion imitation "I'll Remember Carol"; in fact, there are a number of Dion imitations here, reminding listeners just how big Dion was in the early '60s. Other highlights are Ricky Nelson's "Never Be Anyone Else But You" -- not a rarity (in fact it made the Top Ten), but not one of the first songs that comes to mind when the Nelson catalog is sampled -- and Dale & Grace's "Stop and Think It Over," also a Top Ten hit, and an enjoyable country-swamp pop-influenced ballad even if it did sound much like their bigger smash "I'm Leaving It All Up to You." But Tommy Dee's "Three Stars" 1959 tribute to the recently departed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper has got to be one of the most godawful maudlin hits of the period. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2004
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667002424
Rank:	125048

Tracks

1. I Saw Linda Yesterday  - Dickey Lee  - Allen Reynolds
2. Just Young  - Andy Rose
3. Little Boy Blue  - Jerry Arnold  - Huelyn Duvall  - Doyle Turner
4. Love Letters in the Sand  - Pat Boone  - Charles F. Kenny
5. Queen of the Hop  - Bobby Darin  - Woody Harris
6. Never Be Anyone Else But You  - Baker Knight  - Rick Nelson
7. I'll Remember Carol  - Tommy Boyce
8. Dreamin'  - Johnny Burnette  - Barry De Vorzon  - Ted Ellis
9. Blue Velvet  - Lee Morris  -  Statues  - Bernie Wayne
10. Why Don't They Understand  - Jack Fishman  - George IV Hamilton
11. Why  - Frankie Avalon  - Bob Marcucci
12. Torture  - Kris Jensen  - John D. Loudermilk
13. Treasure of Love  - Clyde McPhatter  - Joe Shapiro  - Lou Stallman
14. A Teenager Feels It Too  - Connie Conway  - Denny Reed
15. She's Neat  -  Rock Its  - Dale Wright
16. Take Good Care of My Baby  - Gerry Goffin  - Carole King  - Bobby Vee
17. Three Stars  - Tommy Dee  -  Teen Tones
18. Goodbye Cruel World  - James Darren  - Gloria Shayne
19. Stop and Think It Over  -  Dale & Grace
20. I'm Not a Fool Anymore  - T.K. Hulin  - Robert Thibodeau
21. Heart Breaker  - Dean Christie
22. Two Faces Have I  - Lou Christie  - Twyla Herbert
23. When I Fall in Love  - Edward Heyman  -  Lettermen  - Victor Young
24. Angry  - Henry Brunies  - Merritt Brunies  - Jules Cassard  - Dudley Mecum  - Frank Pizani
25. The Wonder of You  - Baker Knight  - Ray Peterson
26. Mr. Blue  - DeWayne Blackwell  -  Fleetwoods
27. So Young  -  Nitecaps  - Clyde Stacy
28. Young Ideas  - Chico Holiday  - Sonny James

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frank Pizani   Primary Artist
Dale Wright   Primary Artist
Teen Tones   Primary Artist
Dean Christie   Primary Artist
Denny Reed   Primary Artist
Chico Holiday   Primary Artist
The Nitecaps   Primary Artist
Bobby Darin   Primary Artist
Bobby Vee   Primary Artist
The Lettermen   Primary Artist
Kris Jensen   Primary Artist
Pat Boone   Primary Artist
James Darren   Primary Artist
Clyde McPhatter   Primary Artist
Frankie Avalon   Primary Artist
Dickey Lee   Primary Artist
Johnny Burnette   Primary Artist
Huelyn Duvall   Primary Artist
Rick Nelson   Primary Artist
Ray Peterson   Primary Artist
Clyde Stacy   Primary Artist
The Statues   Primary Artist
Tommy Boyce   Primary Artist
T.K. Hulin   Primary Artist
Andy Rose   Primary Artist
The Fleetwoods   Primary Artist
Lou Christie   Primary Artist
Tommy Dee   Primary Artist
George Hamilton IV   Primary Artist
Dale & Grace   Primary Artist
The Rock-Its   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Merritt Brunies   Composer
Brian Burrows   Package Design
Malcolm Baumgart   Liner Notes
Dudley Mecum   Composer
Henry Brunies   Composer
Ted Ellis   Composer
Doyle Turner   Composer
Dean Christie   Composer
Allen Reynolds   Composer
Sonny James   Composer
Bernie Wayne   Composer
Baker Knight   Composer
Bob Marcucci   Composer
Mick Patrick   Liner Notes
Jack Fishman   Composer
Barry De Vorzon   Composer
Joe Shapiro   Composer
Charles F. Kenny   Composer
Carole King   Composer
DeWayne Blackwell   Composer
Dickey Lee   Composer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
Lee Morris   Composer
Lou Stallman   Composer
Jerry Arnold   Composer
Tommy Boyce   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Woody Harris   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Lou Christie   Composer
Tommy Dee   Composer
Dale Wright   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Jules Cassard   Composer
Gloria Shayne   Composer
Robert Thibodeau   Composer
Twyla Herbert   Composer
Connie Conway   Composer
Adam Skeaping   Mastering