Time Life The Rock N Roll Era 1964

Audio CD
Publisher: Time Life Music; 1987
Artist: J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, The Rivieras, Mary Wells, Tommy Tucker, The Dixie Cups, Betty Everett, The Trashmen, Terry Stafford, Ronny and the Daytonas, Bobby Freeman
Format: Original recording remastered
Sales Rank in Music: #63573

Product Review

Part of Time-Life Music's Rock 'N' Roll Era series with 22 of 1964's greatest hits. Tracks: 1 Where Did Our Love Go The Supremes 02:34 2 Rag Doll Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons 02:58 3 Under The Boardwalk The Drifters 02:42 4 It Hurts To Be In Love Gene Pitney 02:34 5 The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena) Jan and Dean 02:45 6 You Don't Own Me Lesley Gore 02:32 7 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison 02:58 8 My Guy Mary Wells 02:51 9 Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun) Del Shannon 02:13 10 C'mon And Swim Bobby Freeman 02:45 11 Last Kiss J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers 02:27 12 Dancing In The Street Martha and The Vandellas 02:43 13 G.T.O. Ronny and The Daytonas 02:29 14 Suspicion Terry Stafford 02:31 15 No Particular Place To Go Chuck Berry 02:44 16 Leader Of The Pack The Shangri-Las 02:55 17 Hi-Heel Sneakers Tommy Tucker 02:51 18 Chapel Of Love The Dixie Cups 02:49 19 Louie Louie The Kingsmen 02:46 20 Goin' Out Of My Head Little Anthony and The Imperials 02:30 21 The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) Betty Everett 02:17 22 Surfin' Bird The Trashmen 02:20

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A Watershed Year, March 16, 2011

Alfred Johnson (boston, ma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Life The Rock 'N' Roll Era 1964 (Audio CD)

I have recently been on a tear in reviewing individual CDs in this extensive Time-Life Rock `n' Roll series. A lot of these reviews have been driven by the artwork which graces the covers of each item, both to stir ancient memories and reflect that precise moment in time, the youth time of the now very, very mature (nice sliding over the age issue, right?) baby-boomer generation who lived and died by the music. And who fit in, or did not fit in as the case may, to the themes expressed in these artwork scenes. Here we have the latter, the not fit in part, for this reviewer anyway.

This 1964 art cover piece with its drawing of a high school girl (school used as backdrop here to let you know, just in case you were clueless, that the rock scene was directed, point blank, at high school students, high school students with discretionary money to buy hot records, or drop coins in the local juke box), or rather her high heel sneakers (Chuck Taylor high tops, for sure, no question,...Read more