Album Review: Let The Boogie Woogie Roll: Greatest Hits 1953-1958 (The Drifters)

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THE DRIFTERS
LET THE BOOGIE WOOGIE ROLL: GREATEST HITS 1953-58
1988-ATLANTIC
Produced By KIM COOKE & BOB PORTER

  1. Lucille

  2. Money Honey

  3. The Way I Feel

  4. Let The Boogie Woogie Roll

  5. Gone

  6. Such A Night

  7. Warm Your Heart

  8. Don't Dog Me

  9. Bip Bam

  10. What'cha Gonna Do

  11. Honey Love

  12. White Christmas

  13. Bells Of St. Mary's

  14. If I Didn't Love You Like I Do

  15. There You Go

  16. Some Day You'll Want Me To Want You

  17. Try Try Baby

  18. Everyone's Laughing

  19. Hot Ziggety

  20. Three Thirty Three

  21. Honey Bee

  22. No Sweet Lovin'

  23. Adorable

  24. Your Promise To Be Mine

  25. Steamboat

  26. Ruby Baby

  27. Drifting Away From You

  28. I Should Have Done Right

  29. Soldier Of Fortune

  30. Honky Tonky

  31. Sadie My Lady

  32. I Gotta Get Myself A Woman

  33. It Was A Tear

  34. Fools Fall In Love

  35. Yodee Yakee

  36. I Know

  37. Hypnotized

  38. Souvenirs

  39. Drip Drop

  40. Suddenly There's A Valley

The Drifters have been around for over 60 years now, with more than 60 different members. It's become over the years more of a corporation than a group, but their employees are all really good. This collection goes back to the very beginning, before the years of Ben E. King. It's one of the more impressive collections of 50's doo wop you'll ever find. The first disc covers the time of Clyde McPhatter, a Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer who is maybe the best singer from that time. Disc 2 covers the years leading up to King.

McPhatter's vocals are angelic, and the rest of the group's harmonies are just as good. You'll be hooked by the end of the first line on "Lucille". Disc 2 is almost as good. Also included are good (but very small) liner notes. If you're a fan of music from this period, it's as good as it gets.

This is album #56 in an ongoing series.

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