In February 1965, “Red Bird” label released “Leader of the Pack”, the debut Shangri-Las (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by George “Shadow” Morton.
Personnel:
Mary Weiss – lead and backing vocals
Betty Weiss – lead and backing vocals
Marge Ganser – backing vocals
Mary Ann Ganser – backing vocals
Artie Butler – arranger
Brooks Arthur – engineer
Rod McBrien – engineer
Loring Eutemey – artwork
Hugh Bell – cover photography
Track listing:
Give Him a Great Big Kiss – George Morton
Leader of the Pack – George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
Bull Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
It’s Easier to Cry – J. J. Jackson, Joe DeAngelis, Robert Steinberg
What Is Love – George Morton, Tony Michaels
Remember (Walking in the Sand) – George Morton
Twist and Shout – Phil Medley, Bert Russell
Maybe – Arlene Smith, Richard Barrett
So Much in Love – Billy Jackson, Roy Straigis
Shout – Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Jr.
Good Night, My Love, Pleasant Dreams – George Motola, John Marascalco
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 February 14, 1972, “Stax” label released “Be Altitude: Respect Yourself”, the 19th Staple Singers (The) album. It was recorded 1971 – 1972, at “Muscle Shoals Sound Studios” in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, “Ardent Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Al Bell.
Personnel:
Mavis Staples – vocals
Pops Staples – vocals
Cleotha Staples – harmony and backing vocals
Yvonne Staples – harmony and backing vocals
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
Jimmy Johnson – guitar
David Hood – bass guitar
Barry Beckett – keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano
Roger Hawkins – drums
Staple Sisters – harmony and backing vocals
Terry Manning – guitar, lead guitar, fuzz guitar, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, vibraphones, marimba, harmonica
Eddie Hinton – guitar
Raymond Banks – guitar
The Memphis Horns (including Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love) – horns
Ben Cauley – horns
Al Bell – arrangements
Johnny Allen – arrangements
Terry Manning – engineer
Jerry Masters – engineer
Ralph Rhodes – engineer
Track listing:
This World – William Friedman, Herb Schapiro
Respect Yourself – Luther Ingram, Mack Rice
Name the Missing Word – Horner Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson
I’ll Take You There – Alvertis Isbell
This Old Town (People in This Town) – Don Convay, Wilson Pickett, William Stevenson
We the People – Booker T. Jones, Carl Smith
Are You Sure – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ the Superstar)? – Pops Staples
I’m Just Another Soldier – Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
On November 6, 1967, “Colgems” label released “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.”, the fourth Monkees (The) album. It was recorded April – October 1967, at “RCA Victor” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 1” in Hollywood, “American Recording Company” in Studio City, “United Recorders A” in Hollywood, and was produced by Chip Douglas.
Personnel:
Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, guitar, shaker, acoustic and electric guitar, tremolo electric guitar, percussion
Micky Dolenz – lead and backing vocals, harmony vocals, percussion, drums, Moog synthesizer, intro chatter
Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals, percussion, tambourine, intro chatter
Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, organ, keyboards, piano
On July 15, 2022, “Frontiers Music” label released “From the New World”, the sixth Alan Parsons studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2022, at “Parsonics” in Sussex, England, and was produced by Alan Parsons.
Personnel:
Alan Parsons – lead and backing vocals, arrangements, engineer
Todd Cooper – lead vocals, saxophone
Mark Mikel – lead and backing vocals, swarmmandel
Tommy Shaw – lead and backing vocals
James Durbin – lead and backing vocals, guitar
P. J. Olsson – lead and backing vocals, programming
Tabitha Fair – lead and backing vocals
David Pack – lead vocal
Dan Tracey – guitar, backing vocals
Jeff Kollman – guitar
Jeff Marshall – guitar
Joe Bonamassa – guitar
Tim Pierce – guitar
Doug Powell – keyboards, backing vocals
Tom Brooks – keyboards, arrangements, conductor
Matt McCarrin – keyboards
Andy Ellis – keyboards
Kim Bullard – keyboards
Guy Erez – bass
Danny Thompson – drums, percussion
Mika Larson – cello
Todd Cooper – backing vocals
Chris Shutters – backing vocals
Mark Mikel – backing vocals
Scott Hunt – backing vocals
Noah Bruskin – engineer
Dave Donelly – mastering
Ioannis – artwork
David Minasian – design, layout
Josefa Vaca – design, layout
Shlomi Pinto – photography
Track listing:
Fare Thee Well – Alan Parsons, Doug Powell, Todd Cooper
The Secret – Alan Parsons, Guy Erez, Jeff Kolman, Mike Mikel
Uroboros – Alan Parsons, Doug Powell, Todd Cooper
Don’t Fade Now – Alan Parsons, Andy Ellis, Guy Erez
Give ‘Em My Love – Alan Parsons, James Durbin, Julian Colbeck
Obstacles – Alan Parsons, Jeff Kollman, Mark Mikel
I Won’t Be Led Astray – Alan Parsons, David Minasian, Kim Bullard
You Are the Light – Alan Parsons, Dan Tracey, P.J. Olson
Halos – Alan Parsons, Dan Tracey, P.J. Olsson
Goin’ Home – Antonín Dvořák, William Arms Fisher
Be My Baby – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
On November 22, 1963, “Philles” label released “A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records”, an album of Christmas songs. It was recorded September – October 1963, at “Gold Star” in Hollywood, and was produced by Phil Spector. In 2003, the album was ranked at no. 142 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and in 2019, it was ranked the greatest “Christmas Album of All Time”.
Personnel:
Darlen Love – performer (White Christmas, Marshmallow World, Winter Wonderland, Christmas, Baby Please Come Home)
The Ronettes – performer (Frosty the Snowman, Sleigh Ride, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans – performer (The Bells of St. Mary’s, Here Comes Santa Claus)
The Crystals – performer (Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers)
Phil Spector – performer (Silent Night)
Barney Kessel – guitar
Bill Pitman – guitar
Tommy Tedesco – guitar
Nino Tempo – guitar
Irv Rubins – guitar
Leon Russell – piano
Al De Lory – piano
Don Randi – piano
Ray Pohlman – bass
Jimmy Bond – bass
Hal Blaine – drums
Sonny Bono – percussion
Frank Capp – percussion
Jack Nitzsche – percussion, arrangements
Jay Migliori – saxophone
Steve Douglas – baritone saxophone
Roy Caton – trumpet
Lou Blackburn – horns
Johnny Vidor – strings
Larry Levine – engineer
Track listing:
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
Frosty the Snowman – Steve Nelson, Walter Rollins
The bells of St. Mary’s – A. Emmet Adams, Douglas Furber
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Marshmallow World – Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer – Johnny Marks
Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – Leon Jessel
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home – Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector
Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman
In June 1973, “Soul” label released “All I Need Is Time”, the tenth Gladys Knight & the Pips studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Hal Davis, Joe Porter, Clay McMurray and Johnny Bristol.
Personnel:
Gladys Knight – lead vocal
Merald “Bubba” Knight – vocal
William Guest – vocal
Edward Patten – vocal
David Van DePitte – arrangement
Artie Butler – arrangement
H.B. Barnum – arrangement
Tom Baird – arrangement
James Anthony Carmichael – arrangement
Paul Riser – arrangement
Track listing:
I’ll Be Here (When You Get Home) – David Jones Jr.,Wade Brown
Jr.,Johnny Bristol
All I Need Is Time – Bud Reneau
Heavy Makes You Happy – Jeff Barry, Robert Bloom
The Only Time You Love Me Is When You’re Losing Me – Clay McMurray, Pam Sawyer, Marty Coleman
Here I Am Again – Clay McMurray, Patricia Foster
There’s a Land to Be Learned – LaVerne Ware, Pam Sawyer
Oh! What a Love I Have Found – Bud Reneau
The Singer – Elliot Willensky
Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin) – Sylvester Stewart
In February 1965, “Red Bird” label released “Leader of the Pack”, the debut Shangri-Las (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by George “Shadow” Morton.
Personnel:
Mary Weiss – lead and backing vocals
Betty Weiss – lead and backing vocals
Marge Ganser – backing vocals
Mary Ann Ganser – backing vocals
Brooks Arthur – engineer
Rod McBrien – engineer
Loring Eutemey – artwork
Hugh Bell – photography
Track listing:
Give Him a Great Big Kiss – George Morton
Leader of the Pack – George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
Bull Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
It’s Easier to Cry – J. J. Jackson, Joe De Angelis, Robert Steinberg
What Is Love – George Morton, Tony Michaels
Remember (Walking in the Sand) – George Morton
Twist and Shout – Phil Medley, Bert Russell
Maybe – Arlene Smith, George Goldner
So Much in Love – Billy Jackson, Roy Straigis
Shout – Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O’Kelly Isley Jr.
Good Night, My Love, Pleasant Dreams – George Motola, John Marascalco
In December 1968, “MGM” label released “Love Is”, the third Eric Burdon and the Animals album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Eric Burdon, Andy Summers, John Weider, Zoot Money and Barry Jenkins.
Personnel:
Eric Burdon — lead vocals, spoken word
Andy Summers — guitar, backing vocals
John Weider — guitar, violin, backing vocals
Zoot Money — co – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, bass, piano, organ
Barry Jenkins — drums, percussion, backing vocals
Robert Wyatt – backing vocals
Track listing:
River Deep, Mountain High – Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
I’m an Animal – Sylvester Stewart
I’m Dying (Or Am I?) – Eric Burdon
Ring of Fire – June Carter, Merle Kilgore
Colored Rain – Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood
To Love Somebody – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
As the Years Go Passing By – Deadric Malone
Gemini – Steve Hammond / Madman Running Through the Fields (listed as The Madman) – Zoot Money, Andy Summers
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