In February 1863, “Philles” label released “He’s a Rebel”, the second Crystals (The) studio album. It was recorded 1961 – 1963, and was produced by Phil Spector.
Personnel:
Barbara Alston – vocals
Dolores LaLa Brooks – vocals
Patricia “Patsy” Wright – vocals
Mike Spencer – piano
Hal Blaine – drums
Steve Douglas – saxophone
Darlene Love – vocals
Mary Thomas – vocals
Dee Dee Kenniebrew – vocals
Track listing:
He’s a Rebel – Gene Pitney
Uptown – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Another Country-Another World – Doc Pomus, Phil Spector
Frankenstein Twist – Kate Henry, Leo McCorkle
Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby – Hank Hunter, Phil Spector
He’s Sure the Boy I Love – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
There’s No Other (Like My Baby) – Leroy Bates, Phil Spector
On Broadway – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen – Jack Keller, Larry Kolber
No One Ever Tells You – Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Phil Spector
He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) – Carole King, Gerry Goffin
On February 5, 1968, “Capitol” label released “The Delta Sweete”, the second Bobbie Gentry studio album. It was recorded July – December 1967, at “Capitol” in Hollywood, and was produced by Kelly Gordon.
On February 2, 1967, “Dunhill” label released “Deliver”, the third Mamas & the Papas (The) studio album. It was recorded in `1966, and was produced by Lou Adler.
Personnel:
Denny Doherty – vocals
Cass Elliot – vocals
John Phillips – vocals, guitar
Michelle Phillips – vocals
Jill Gibson – vocals
Scott McKenzie – 12-string acoustic, guitar
“Doctor” Eric Hord – guitar
P.F. Sloan – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Joe Osborn – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums, percussion
Gary Coleman – percussion, bells, marimba
Jim Horn – flute, saxophone
Track listing:
All tracks by John Phillips, except where noted.
Dedicated to the One I Love – Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling
My Girl – Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
Creeque Alley – John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
Sing for Your Supper – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
On January 9, 1967, “Colgems” label released “More of the Monkees”, the second Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded June – November 1966, at “RCA Victor A, B” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor A, B” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 2” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith, Jeff Barry, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album was certified quintuple platinum in the US by the “RIAA”,
Personnel:
Micky Dolenz – lead vocals and backing vocals
Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, steel guitar
Wayne Erwin – guitar, backing vocals
Gerry McGee – guitar
Louie Shelton – guitar
Al Gafa – guitar
Willard Suyker – guitar
Don Thomas – guitar
James Burton – guitar
Glen Campbell – guitar
Al Casey – guitar
Mike Deasy – guitar
Neil Diamond – guitar
Sal DiTroia – guitar
Al Gorgoni – guitar
Carol Kaye – guitar
Norm Jeffries – tambourine
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Neil Sedaka – keyboards
Michael Cohen – keyboards
Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Don Randi – keyboards
Michel Rubini – keyboards
George Butcher – keyboards
Stan Free – keyboards
Bobby Hart – organ, backing vocals
Larry Taylor – bass guitar
Russ Savakus – bass guitar
Bob West – bass guitar
Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
Billy Lewis – drums
Herbie Lovelle – drums
Hal Blaine – drums
Buddy Saltzman – drums
George Devens – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Julius Wechter – percussion
Gary Coleman – percussion
Jim Gordon – percussion
Louis Haber – violin
Irving Spice – violin
Louis Stone – violin
David Sackson – viola
Murray Sandry – viola
Seymour Barab – cello
Jeff Barry – backing vocals
Tommy Boyce – backing vocals
Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
Don Peake – conductor
Artie Butler – string arrangements
Don Kirshner – music supervisor
Lester Sill – music coordinator
Emil LaViola – music coordinator
Ernie Oelrich – engineer
Henry Lewy – engineer
Hank Cicalo – engineer
Richie Schmitt – engineer
Richard Podolor – engineer
Dave Hassinger – engineer
Ray Hall – engineer
Track listing:
She – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door) – Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka
Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
Hold on Girl – Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh
Your Auntie Grizelda – Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
Look Out (here Comes Tomorrow) – Neil Diamond
The Kind of Girl I Could Love – Michael Nesmith, Roger Atkins
The Day We Fall in Love – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
Sometime in the Morning –Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Laugh – Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel
On October 15, 1970, “Uni” label released “Tap Root Manuscript”, the sixth Neil Diamond studio album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Tom Catalano and Neil Diamond.
Personnel:
Neil Diamond – vocals, keyboards, guitar, steel guitar, ukulele
Al Casey, David Bennett Cohen, Neil LeVang, Don Peake, Louis Shelton – guitar
Red Rhodes – steel guitar
Artie Butler, Larry Knechtel, Larry Muhoberac, Marty Paich, Don Randi – keyboards
Randy Cierley, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman – bass
Hal Blaine, Larry Bunker, Sandra Crouch, Earl Palmer – drums
Gary Coleman, Gene Estes, Emil Richards, Lee Shamburger – percussion
Joe Estren, Andrea Kostelas, Ronnie Lang, Don Menza, Jay Migliori, Tom Scott – saxophone
Shirley Marcus, George Poole, Henry Sigismonti – woodwinds
Harry Betts, Roger Bobo, Bud Brisbois, Roy Caton, Paul Hubinon, Dick Hyde, Oliver Mitchell, George Roberts, Tony Terran – horns
Jim Arkatov, Israel Baker, Benjamin Barrett, Paul Bergstrom, Harry Bluestone, David Burk, Assa Drori, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Lee Holdridge, Armand Kaproff, Jan R. Kelley, Ray Kelley, Lou Klaes, Erno Neufeld, Harvey Newmark, Gareth Nuttycombe, Nathaniel Rosen, Nathan Ross, Henry Roth, Myron Sandler, Joseph Saxon, Sidney Sharp, Jack Shulman, Paul Shure – strings
Nancy Adams, Sherrill Atwood, Billie Barnum, H.B. Barnum Jr., Mabel Bishop, George Bledsoe, Fred Burton, Merry Clayton, Marjorie Cranford, Oma Drake, Sean Engerman, Joe Greene, Alexander Hale, Christopher Hale, Graynston Hale, Molly Halloran, Gwen Johnson, Lou Johnson, Stacey Johnson, Clydie King, Jessie Kirkland, Bill Lee, Sherlie Matthews, Evelyn Meyer, Dwayne Moody, Matthews Muhoberac, Ekundayo Paris, Kevin Parker, Aubrey Porter, Dean Porter, Ricky Porter, Douglas Schwartz, Jean Sewell, Ed Wallace, Phillip Whigham, John Woodson, Donald Wyatt – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Neil Diamond, except where noted.
Cracklin’ Rosie
Free Life
Coldwater Morning
Done Too Soon
He Ain’t Heavy, He Is My Brother – Bob Russell, Bobby Scott
On August 22, 1977, “Caribou” label released “Pacific Ocean Blue”, the only Dennis Wilson album. It was recorded 1974 – 1977, at “Brother Studios” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Gregg Jacobson, Carli Muñoz and Dennis Wilson.
Personnel:
Dennis Wilson – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ, ARP synthesizer, Moog bass, Minimoog, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, drums, percussion, bass harmonica, tuba, lap steel guitar, violin, viola, cello, arrangements
Carl Wilson – co-lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
Eddie Tuleja – lead and rhythm guitar, slide guitar, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
Earle Mankey – guitar, engineer
Billy Hinsche – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
John Hanlon – lead guitar, engineer
Ed Carter – lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar
Sterling Smith – ARP synthesizer, Moog Taurus
Chuck Domanico, James Jamerson, Dave Hessler, Wayne Tweed – bass guitar
Dave Hessler – bass
Mort Klanfer – bass guitar
Hal Blaine – drums
Ricky Fataar – drums, tambourine
Tommy Smith – drums
Bobby Figueroa – drums, congas
Manolo Badrena – percussion
Michael Andreas – alto, tenor baritone saxophone, flute, clarinet
Charles McCarthy – tenor and baritone saxophone, trumpet, cornet, trombone
Lance Buller – trombone, trumpet
Janice Hubbard – oboe
Bill Lamb – trumpet cornet, trombone
Carli Muñoz – harpsichord, percussion
Gayle Levant – harp
Bruce Johnston – backing vocals, vocal arrangement
Joe Chemay – backing vocals
Gregg Jakobson – backing vocals
Dean Torrence – backing vocals
Trisha Roach – backing vocals
Baron Stewart – backing vocals
Karen Lamm-Wilson – backing vocals
Robert Lamm – backing vocals
Jim Dutch – backing vocals
Per Craig Slownski
Sid Sharp – Live strings ensemble
Alexander Hamilton’s Double Rock Baptist Choir
Stephen Moffitt – chief engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Dennis Wilson and Gregg Jakobson, except where noted.
River Song – Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson
What’s Wrong – Dennis Wilson, Gregg Jakobson, Michael Horn
Moonshine
Friday Night
Dreamer
Thoughts of You – Dennis Wilson, Jim Dutch
Time – Dennis Wilson, Karen Lamm-Wilson
You and I – Dennis Wilson, Karen Lamm-Wilson. Gregg Jakobson
Pacific Ocean Blues – Dennis Wilson, Mike Love
Farewell My Friend – Dennis Wilson
Rainbows – Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Stephen Kalinich
On August 12, 1963, “Columbia” label released “Laughing on the Outside”, the fourth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in April – June 1963, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York and Hollywood, and was produced by Robert Mersey.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals
Robert Mersey – arrangements, conductor
Don Arnome, Tommy Tedesco, Billy Strange – guitar
Earl Van Dyke, Dave Grusin, Andrew Acker, Leon Russell – piano
C. Bosler, Ray Pohlman, Melvin Pollan – bass guitar
Hindel Butts, Hal Blaine – drums
Plas Johnson – saxophone
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Robert Ascher – trombone
Bernard Eichenbaum, Julius Schacter, Leo Kahn, Berl Senofsky, Felix Gigol, Max Pollikoff, George Ockner, John Rublowsky, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, George Poole, Irving Lipschultz, Irving Weinper, Darrel Terwilliger – violin
R. Dickler, Theodore Israel, Jacob Glick – viola
Jesse Erlich, Anthony Twardowsky, Joseph Tekula – cello
Track listing:
Skylark – Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael
For All We Know – Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots
Make Someone Happy – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
Solitude – Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills
Laughing on the Outside – Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh
Say It Isn’t So – Irving Berlin
Until The Real Thing Comes Along – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman
If Ever I Would Leave You – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
Mr. Ugly – Norman Mapp
I Wanna Be Around – Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt
On August 7, 1967, “Columbia” label released “Revolution!”, the seventh Paul Revere & the Raiders studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Terry Melcher.
Personnel:
Paul Revere – vocals, keyboards
Keith Allison, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Ry Cooder, Mike Deasy, Joel Scott Hill, Drake Levin, Taj Mahal, Jim Valley, Freddy Weller – guitars
Ron Collins, Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Terry Hoffman – harmonica
Charlie Coe, Chris Ethridge, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman, Phil Volk – bass
Hal Blaine, Joe Correro, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Mike “Smitty” Smith – drums
Mark Lindsay, Charles Shoemaker, Ed Thigpen – percussion
Jim Horn, John Kelson, Mark Lindsay, Jay Migliori, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott – saxophone
Margaret Aue, Israel Baker, Jimmy Bond, David Burke, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Jan Kelley, Lou Klass, Raphael Kramer, William Kurasch, Emmet Sargeant, Ralph Schaeffer, Albert Steinberg, Joseph Stepansky- strings
In August 1963, “RCA Victor” label released “Night Beat”, the tenth Sam Cooke studio album. It was recorded in February 1963, at “RCA Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Hugo & Luigi.
Personnel:
Sam Cooke – vocals, arrangements
René Hall – guitar, conducting
Clifton White, Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Johnson – piano
Billy Preston – organ
Cliff Hils – bass guitar
Sharky Hall – drums, tambourin
Hal Blaine – drums
Dave Hassinger – recording
Track listing:
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – traditional
Lost and Lookin’ – James W. Alexander, Lowell Jordan
Mean Old World – Sam Cooke
Please Don’t Drive Me Away – Charles Brown, Jesse Ervin
I Lost Everything – Ella Tate
Get Yourself Another Fool – Ernest Monroe Tucker, Frank A. Haywood
Little Red Rooster – Willie Dixon
Laughin’ and Clownin’ – Sam Cooke
Trouble Blues – Charles Brown
You Gotta Move – traditional
Fool’s Paradise – Johnny Fuller, Robert Geddins, David Avid
On March 2, 1964, “Capitol” label released “Shut Down Volume 2”, the fifth Beach Boys (The) studio album. It was recorded January – February 1964, at “Western” and “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Brian Wilson.
Personnel:
Carl Wilson – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar
Brian Wilson – lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Mike Love – lead and backing vocals, tenor saxophone
Al Jardine – bass guitar, electric rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – lead and backing vocals, drums, floor tom
Bill Pitman – archtop acoustic guitar
Tommy Tedesco – electric guitar
Leon Russell – piano, tack piano
Al de Lory – piano
Ray Pohlman – 6-string bass guitar, bass guitar
Jimmy Bond – double bass
Hal Blaine – drums, tambourine, bell-tree, percussion, timpani
Frank Capp – glockenspiel, temple blocks, castanets
Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone
Track listing:
Fun, Fun, Fun – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Don’t Worry Baby – Brian Wilson, Roger Christian
In the Parkin’ Lot – Brian Wilson, Roger Christian
‘Cassius’ Love vs Sonny Wilson – Mike Love, Brian Wilson
The Warmth of the Sun – Mike Love, Brian Wilson
This Car of Mine – Brian Wilson, Mike Love
Why Do Fools Fall in Love – Frankie Lymon, George Goldner
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