Everlasting - The Ritchie Adams songbook 1961-1968
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The Songwriter's Masters Series continues its tradition of spotlighting legendary 60s writers this time with a compilation of tracks written or co-written by Ritchie Adams.
Ritchie Adams sprang to fame in the late 50s/early 60s as both the lead singer of the hit making group, the Fireflies and as the writer of Bobby Lewis’ “Tossin’ And Turnin’” – the #1 single on the Billboard Hot-100 for 1961, having spent an amazing seven weeks at #1.
Upon leaving the Fireflies, with whom he had a #21 hit, “You Were Mine”, to pursue a solo career, Ritchie not only made a slew of fantastic recordings but also became one of the 60s’ and 70s’ most consistent songwriters. We feel, however, that this part of Ritchie’s career has not received the prominence it deserves, so we made Ritchie Adams the subject of this next CD in our Songwriters Masters Series and found 32 slices of 60s pop written by a maestro.
Once again, rock and roll historian, Brian Gari, has stepped up to make a very welcome contribution by presenting an authoritative review of Ritchie’s career in music.
A must for fans of quality pop and soul music of the 1960s.
A generous 32 tracks, 6 tracks sung by Ritchie himself, showing he not only wrote them, but was a fine vocalist In his own right. 5 tracks in STEREO accompanied with a 24 page full colour booklet with extensive liner notes and rare label scans and pictures. A wonderful insight into one of the great unheralded songwriters of the 60s.
Tracks :
1. THE KING - RITCHIE ADAMS
2. JUST FOR TONIGHT - THE CHIFFONS
3. TOSSIN’ AND TURNIN’ - BOBBY LEWIS
4. I WANNA BE YOUR GIRL - DALE BROOKS
5. LET ME TRY - BARRY GORDON
6. AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE - CHAD MUNRO
7. SECRET WORLD (OF TEARS) - THE VISIONS
8. YOU AND NOTHING MORE - RITA DA COSTA
9. HIS GIRL - VINNIE MONTE
10. TAKE MY NAME AND NUMBER - RICK RANDELL
11. WAKE UP - THE ELEGANTES
12. BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT - VI VELASCO
13. ARE YOU CHANGING - RITCHIE ADAMS
14. DON’T TAKE IT OUT ON ME - BOBBI MARTIN
15. WHY ME - ANITA BRYANT
16. CAMERA - JIMMY BEAUMONT
17. IT’S MORE THAN I DESERVE - JOEY GEE
18. SING ME A LOVE SONG - THE GLORIES
19_-_fight_for_your_girl_-_king_williams.mp3
20. GIVE ME BACK YOUR LOVE - THE MARCELS
21. BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU - RITCHIE ADAMS
22. SIX QUESTIONS - THE TURBANS
23. MAKE IT ME - ZENA FOSTER
24. EVERLASTING - THE FOUR-EVERS
25. I DON’T WANNA GO ON - VI VELASCO
26. HELLO LOVE - SPECIAL DELIVERY
27. AM I EVER GONNA LEARN - RITA DA COSTA
28. I’VE NEVER REALLY BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE - CHAD MUNRO
29. LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS DO - DALE BROOKS
30. GIVE HER BACK - BILLY CASHER
31. MAGIC OF A DREAM - THE ROBINS
32. SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME DIED - RITCHIE ADAMS
Ritchie Adams sprang to fame in the late 50s/early 60s as both the lead singer of the hit making group, the Fireflies and as the writer of Bobby Lewis’ “Tossin’ And Turnin’” – the #1 single on the Billboard Hot-100 for 1961, having spent an amazing seven weeks at #1.
Upon leaving the Fireflies, with whom he had a #21 hit, “You Were Mine”, to pursue a solo career, Ritchie not only made a slew of fantastic recordings but also became one of the 60s’ and 70s’ most consistent songwriters. We feel, however, that this part of Ritchie’s career has not received the prominence it deserves, so we made Ritchie Adams the subject of this next CD in our Songwriters Masters Series and found 32 slices of 60s pop written by a maestro.
Once again, rock and roll historian, Brian Gari, has stepped up to make a very welcome contribution by presenting an authoritative review of Ritchie’s career in music.
A must for fans of quality pop and soul music of the 1960s.
A generous 32 tracks, 6 tracks sung by Ritchie himself, showing he not only wrote them, but was a fine vocalist In his own right. 5 tracks in STEREO accompanied with a 24 page full colour booklet with extensive liner notes and rare label scans and pictures. A wonderful insight into one of the great unheralded songwriters of the 60s.
Tracks :
1. THE KING - RITCHIE ADAMS
2. JUST FOR TONIGHT - THE CHIFFONS
3. TOSSIN’ AND TURNIN’ - BOBBY LEWIS
4. I WANNA BE YOUR GIRL - DALE BROOKS
5. LET ME TRY - BARRY GORDON
6. AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE - CHAD MUNRO
7. SECRET WORLD (OF TEARS) - THE VISIONS
8. YOU AND NOTHING MORE - RITA DA COSTA
9. HIS GIRL - VINNIE MONTE
10. TAKE MY NAME AND NUMBER - RICK RANDELL
11. WAKE UP - THE ELEGANTES
12. BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT - VI VELASCO
13. ARE YOU CHANGING - RITCHIE ADAMS
14. DON’T TAKE IT OUT ON ME - BOBBI MARTIN
15. WHY ME - ANITA BRYANT
16. CAMERA - JIMMY BEAUMONT
17. IT’S MORE THAN I DESERVE - JOEY GEE
18. SING ME A LOVE SONG - THE GLORIES
19_-_fight_for_your_girl_-_king_williams.mp3
20. GIVE ME BACK YOUR LOVE - THE MARCELS
21. BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU - RITCHIE ADAMS
22. SIX QUESTIONS - THE TURBANS
23. MAKE IT ME - ZENA FOSTER
24. EVERLASTING - THE FOUR-EVERS
25. I DON’T WANNA GO ON - VI VELASCO
26. HELLO LOVE - SPECIAL DELIVERY
27. AM I EVER GONNA LEARN - RITA DA COSTA
28. I’VE NEVER REALLY BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE - CHAD MUNRO
29. LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS DO - DALE BROOKS
30. GIVE HER BACK - BILLY CASHER
31. MAGIC OF A DREAM - THE ROBINS
32. SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME DIED - RITCHIE ADAMS
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