Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964 Customer Review: Great songs, but what is with Amazon’s track list credits?
Just a note: Buyer beware, with this and all of Amazon’s track listings, especially for various-artist compilations. Amazon has recently been changing all its track lists to reflect the songwriters instead of the artists, which could lead buyers to expect completely different performances from what they’ll be getting. Amazon has ignored many requests from its third-party sellers to fix this dismaying issue.
Even in the single-artist CD track listings, they are often showing the songwriter along with the artist, making it appear the songwriter guests on the CD when that is not the case.
This particular CD features the original artists as shown on the cover art, not the songwriters as listed by Amazon (except in the cases where the artist is the songwriter).
Amazon, please recognize the desperation at trying this new avenue - my first customer review ever - to get your attention and spur you to fix this before you have a lot of confused or unhappy buyers, or lose sales because people see misleading information.
Customer Review: oldies but goodies you’re not sick of the second time around…
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964 is yet another budget priced CD with ten great rock and roll hits from 1964. One reviewer notes that there may still be older editions of this CD out there; and that’s very important for consumers to know. Make sure you’re buying the version of this album you want–just ask the seller for the track list before you buy it.
The Newbeats do a great job on “Bread And Butter.” They sing and harmonize on this so well; and the tune has a great, catchy rockin’ flavor to it that is very solid and strong. The subtle key changes between major and minor impress me; and this is great dancing music as well! Great!
Listen also for The Drifters doing their classic hit entitled “Under The Boardwalk;” I always liked this romantic tune and the musical arrangement uses the percussion to great advantage. They sing and harmonize to make this a strong number and the strings enhance “Under The Boardwalk” all the more. The Beach Boys weigh in with “I Get Around;” their sound is unmistakable and this excellent ballad celebrates the freedom young men enjoy as they have fun and meet women for romance.
Jan & Dean turn in their “Little Old Lady (From Pasadena);” this Beach Boys sounding tune works very well and Jan & Dean do this tune up right! The background vocalists harmonize so well and the music sounds great.
For a more noticeable change of pace, there’s The Dixie Cups sweetly singing “Chapel Of Love.” The Dixie Cups sing this so beautifully as they rejoice at the thought of marrying the special men in their lives. They harmonize well and The Dixie Cups are an excellent example of a fine `60s girl group.
The Zombies have a strong one with “She’s Not There;” and The Shangri-Las end the album with a huge hit from 1964, “Leader Of The Pack.” Great musical effects, too!
Overall, this is a great, inexpensive way to get to know some of those huge mid 1960s rock and roll hits. I highly recommend this CD.
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