Artist: Joanie Sommers
Album: The Complete Warner Bros. Singles
Genre: Jazz-Pop
Label: Real Gone Music, Rhino Custom Products
Released: 2011
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- CD 1:
- Kookie's Love Song (While Dancing) (2:26)
- One Boy (2:02)
- I'll Never Be Free (2:13)
- Be My Love (2:30)
- Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money, Too!) (2:03)
- Ruby-Duby-Du (2:44)
- Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) (2:48)
- I Don't Want to Walk Without You (2:12)
- Seems Like Long, Long Ago (1:34)
- The Piano Boy (2:06)
- Serenade of the Bells (2:34)
- Makin' Whoopee (3:04)
- What's Wrong with Me (2:54)
- Johnny Get Angry (2:32)
- (Theme From) A Summer Place (2:22)
- When the Boys Get Together (2:13)
- Passing Strangers (2:26)
- Goodbye Joey (2:00)
- Bobby's Hobbies (2:05)
- CD 2:
- Memories, Memories (2:00)
- Since Randy Moved Away (2:31)
- A Little Bit of Everything (2:27)
- Henny Penny (2:19)
- June Is Bustin' Out All Over (2:10)
- Little Girl Bad (2:25)
- Wishing Well (2:36)
- Goodbye Summer (2:29)
- Big Man (2:02)
- I'd Be So Good for You (3:02)
- I'm Gonna Know He's Mine (2:46)
- If You Love Him (2:19)
- I Think I'm Gonna Cry Now (2:58)
- Don't Pity Me (2:56)
- My Block (2:42)
- Talk Until Daylight (3:19)
- The Great Divide (3:59)
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Best known for the 1962 ditty "Johnny Get Angry," wherein the narrator pleads for the titular boyfriend to show some spine when other boys cut in on them while they're dancing, Joanie Sommers made a sizable splash in the early-‘60s pop music world before the Beatles and flower power came along to shake things up. Her pleasant voice and pretty, girl-next-door appeal also made her a natural for television, where she was a frequent variety show and talk show guest and jingle singer (she was known as "The Pepsi Girl"). She also headlined in Vegas and appeared in two films, and later in her career explored more serious and adventurous jazz and bossa nova. This compilation includes 36 tracks never before assembled into one collection, and concentrates on her earlier work. The fluffy ‘60s hits are here -- "Don't Pity Me," "One Boy" (from Bye Bye Birdie), "Kookie's Love Song (While Dancing)" -- as well as lesser-known but lovely tracks like the peppy "Bobby's Hobbies" and the doo wop ballad "Wishing Well." Also included are some cute commercial spots that capture the goofy innocence of early-‘60s radio. If nothing else, this singles collection may whet listeners' appetites for her more substantive latter-career recordings.
Review by Paula Carino