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 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