The Earls – Remember Then! 25 Original Classics

 

The Earls, often credited as Larry Chance and the Earls, is an American popular music group formed in The Bronx, New York. In a career spanning over 60 years they formed in the early 1960's, though their roots can be traced back to 1957 in a group called the High-Hatters. They were one of the most accomplished white doo-wop groups of the early 1960's, especially in their home state of New York. In 1962, they became known for their signature hit single "Remember Then", which still remains a staple of doo-wop music. Later in their career they experienced moderate success with songs such as "Life Is But a Dream", "Never" and "I Believe". In the 1970's and 1980's, an oldies revival scene began and the Earls re-experienced success and became one of the most requested popular groups in the doo-wop genre. The group still continues to perform.

Other recordings include "Looking For My Baby" and "Kissing." Albums included Remember Me Baby, The Earls: Today, The Earls – Live, Earl Change, and Streets of the Bronx.

Since the group's inception in the early 1960's, singer Larry Chance fronted and led the Earls, being the sole continuous and only original remaining member of the group, until his death in 2023.

1 Remember Then 2:05

2 Never 2:15

3 Cry Cry Cry 2:02

4 Eyes 2:29

5 I Believe 4:09

6 Oh What A Time 2:53

7 I Keep A Tellin' You 2:00

8 Ask Anybody 2:15

9 Out In The Cold Again 2:46

10 Lookin' My Way 1:47

11 Don't Forget 1:54

12 Remember Me Baby 2:34

13 Amor 3:38

14 Let's Waddle 2:13

15 Kissing 2:09

16 Old Man River 6:02

17 Our Day Will Come 3:06

18 Life Is But A Dream 1:44

19 Looking For My Baby 1:54

20 All Through Our Teens 2:19

21 Without You 1:46

22 Cross My Heart 2:08

23 Teenager's Dream 1:59

24 Lost Love 2:14

25 Little Boy And Girl 1:50

The Earls – Remember Then! 

Dale Hawkins – Wildcat Tamer

 

Dale Hawkins – Wildcat Tamer

Released: 1999

Wildcat Tamer 2:09

Natural Man 3:20

Born In Louisiana 4:01

Goin' Down The Road 3:01

Change Game 3:39

Fire 3:04

Hat Trick 3:04

Irene 3:10

Summertime Down South 3:17

Country Girl 3:20

Every Way I Can 3:10

Take It Home 5:35

Promised Land 2:57

Susie Q 2:31

Wildcat Tamer

see also Dale Hawkins - Oh Suzi-Q

The Everly Brothers – Heartaches & Harmonies

 

1-1 Don't Let Our Love Die (1951 Version) 3:11

1-2 Keep A' Lovin' Me 2:27

1-3 Bye Bye Love 2:23

1-4 I Wonder If I Care As Much 2:16

1-5 Hey, Doll Baby (Demo) 2:16

1-6 Wake Up Little Susie 2:03

1-7 Maybe Tomorrow 2:08

1-8 All I Have To Do Is Dream 2:21

1-9 Claudette 2:16

1-10 Brand New Heartache 2:18

1-11 Bird Dog 2:17

1-12 Devoted To You 2:25

1-13 Problems 1:58

1-14 Long Time Gone 2:26

1-15 I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail 3:37

1-16 Kentucky 3:09

1-17 Poor Jenny 2:11

1-18 Take A Message To Mary 2:28

1-19 ('Til) I Kissed You 2:24

1-20 Let It Be Me 2:38

1-21 Since You Broke My Heart 1:57

1-22 When Will I Be Loved 2:03

1-23 Like Strangers 2:00

2-1 Cathy's Clown 2:26

2-2 Always It's You 2:31

2-3 So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) 2:36

2-4 That's What You Do To Me 2:04

2-5 Sleepless Nights 2:24

2-6 Carol Jane 1:52

2-7 Lucille 2:34

2-8 Made To Love 2:06

2-9 Stick With Me Baby 1:57

2-10 Love Hurts 2:23

2-11 So How Come (No One Loves Me) 2:18

2-12 Donna, Donna 2:16

2-13 Ebony Eyes 3:07

2-14 Walk Right Back 2:19

2-15 Why Not 2:46

2-16 Temptation 2:14

2-17 Don't Blame Me 3:28

2-18 Muskrat (Single Version) 2:20

2-19 Crying In The Rain 2:02

2-20 I'm Not Angry 2:03

2-21 Step It Up And Go 2:00

2-22 That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be) 2:25

2-23 How Can I Meet Her? 1:51

2-24 Nancy's Minuet (Alternate Version) 2:22

2-25 Nice Guy (Alternate Version) 2:03

2-26 Don't Ask Me To Be Friends 2:29

2-27 No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile 2:07

2-28 (So It Was...So It Is) So It Always Will Be 1:57

2-29 I'm Afraid 1:52

2-30 The Girl Sang The Blues 2:13

2-31 Love Her 2:21

2-32 The Ferris Wheel 2:19

2-33 Things Go Better With Coke 1:29

3-1 Gone, Gone, Gone 2:05

3-2 Torture 2:26

3-3 You're My Girl 2:27

3-4 The Price Of Love 2:07

3-5 It Only Costs A Dime 1:57

3-6 Love Is Strange 2:55

3-7 Man With Money 2:22

3-8 To Show I Love You 2:35

3-9 I'll See Your Light 2:44

3-10 It's All Over 2:22

3-11 I Used To Love You 2:35

3-12 And I'll Go 2:17

3-13 (You Got) The Power Of Love 2:40

3-14 Leave My Girl Alone 2:23

3-15 Somebody Help Me 2:06

3-16 So Lonely 2:39

3-17 Kiss Your Man Goodbye 2:36

3-18 The Collector 2:58

3-19 Even If I Hold It In My Hand (Hard Luck Story) 3:29

3-20 Bowling Green 2:46

3-21 I Don't Want To Love You 2:43

3-22 Mary Jane 3:16

3-23 Love Of The Common People 3:08

3-24 You're Just What I Was Looking For Today 2:56

4-1 Empty Boxes 2:46

4-2 Love With Your Heart 3:01

4-3 Milk Train 2:48

4-4 Lord Of The Manor 4:51

4-5 Mama Tried 2:20

4-6 T For Texas 3:34

4-7 I Wonder If I Care As Much (Version Two) 2:58

4-8 You Done Me Wrong 2:16

4-9 Turn Around 2:49

4-10 Omaha 3:22

4-11 I'm On My Way Home Again 2:23

4-12 Cuckoo Bird 2:45

4-13 Carolina In My Mind 3:19

4-14 My Little Yellow Bird 2:05

4-15 Stories We Could Tell 3:22

4-16 Green River 4:44

4-17 Poems, Prayers And Promises 4:02

4-18 Paradise 3:36

4-19 On The Wings Of A Nightingale 2:37

4-20 Why Worry 4:49

4-21 Arms Of Mary 2:30

4-22 Born Yesterday 4:05

4-23 Don't Let Our Love Die (1990 Version) 2:18

Heartaches & Harmonies - one

Heartaches & Harmonies - two

Heartaches & Harmonies - three

Heartaches & Harmonies - four

The Essential Robert Gordon

 

Robert Gordon (March 29, 1947 – October 18, 2022) was an American rockabilly/rock and roll singer and actor. Gordon grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. At the age of nine, he was greatly inspired by the Elvis Presley song "Heartbreak Hotel" playing on radio and decided to pursue a career as a rock and roll musician at that young age. Along with Elvis, Gordon's influences included Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran among other notable rock 'n roll music artists of the period.

Gordon made his recording debut at age 17 in 1964 with a group called The Confidentials. He was also actively performed with the Newports in his teenage years. By 1970, Gordon had relocated his family to New York City with the intent of operating a clothing boutique. His focus shifted to the punk rock scene at the nightclub CBGB. He became a member of the punk-pop band Tuff Darts. During 1976, the Tuff Darts recorded "All for the Love of Rock and Roll", "Head over Heels", and "Slash" for a compilation album called Live at CBGB's, which included a number of other local New York City bands.

Record producer Richard Gottehrer discovered Gordon during a rehearsal one afternoon with Tuff Darts and soon afterward the two were talking about making a rock and roll record. Gottehrer was impressed with Gordon's voice and his rendition of Elvis Presley's "One Night". After some conversation, Gordon suggested working with guitar legend Link Wray. Wray was contacted and he agreed to work with them both. "Robert to me sounds a lot like the early Elvis, back when he was at Sun Records", he commented. In 1977, Robert Gordon with Link Wray on Private Stock Records was the result of this collaboration. After Elvis Presley's unexpected death in August, 1977, the album picked up some airplay, and the Private Stock label attempted to hype Gordon as the heir to Elvis. In 1978, Gordon made a second album with Wray, for Private Stock called Fresh Fish Special. The record featured The Jordanaires, who had been background vocalists for Presley, and included the Bruce Springsteen song "Fire". Springsteen played keyboards on the track.

In 1978, RCA Records signed Gordon to a contract which he described as "a dream come true" to record for "Elvis's label". In February, 1979, the album Rock Billy Boogie was issued on the RCA Victor label, this time without Wray, as Chris Spedding joined Gordon, playing lead guitar. Writer Bruce Eder (AllMusic) hailed Gordon's next album, Bad Boy, released in 1980, as one of the best mature rockabilly albums ever recorded. Gordon's next and final album for RCA was 1981's Are You Gonna Be The One. The title track written by Marc Jonson. It is Gordon's best-selling album to date, with more than 200,000 copies sold. Danny Gatton played lead guitar on this record and Marshall Crenshaw penned the single "Someday, Someway", which went to No. 76 on the Billboard charts in 1981.

During the early 1980s, Gordon toured briefly with Gatton. A recording of one of their performances was later released on NRG Records as "The Humbler".

In the early 1990s Gordon toured with Spedding, including Japan, Norway, Finland, United States, Spain and Sweden, with a number of live tracks later appearing on the 2006 Climate Control album Born To Rock.

This compilation release was a (hand-numbered) collectible, strictly limited edition of 1,000 copies. It includes some previously unreleased tracks.

1 Rockbilly Boogie

2 The Catman

3 The Way I Walk

4 Love My Baby

5 The Fool

6 Red Hot

7 Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll

8 Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache

9 Lonesome Train ( On A Lonesome Track )

10 Fire

11 Hot Dog ( That Made her Mad )

12 Don't

13 Bad Boy

14 The Worrying Kind

15 Mean To me

16 Drivin' Wheel

17 Someday, Someway

18 Look Who's Blue

19 Little Sister

20 The Wanderer

21 Rock Therapy

22 Devil In Disguise

23 Lonely Blue Boy

24 Sea Of Heartbreak

25 Playing For Keeps

26 Wasting My Time

27 I'm Dreaming Of You

28 It's Only Make Believe

The Essential Robert Gordon