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| | The Skyliners - The Greatest Hits | | | Music Artist : | | The Skyliners | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Original Sound | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $10.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $10.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Since I Don't Have You
2. This I Swear
3. I'll Be Seeing You
4. Stardust
5. If I Loved You
6. Warm
7. Blossoms in the Snow
8. Believe Me
9. Lonely Way
10. How Much
11. It Happened Today
12. Pennies from Heaven
13. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
14. Happy Time
15. One Night, One Night
16. Tomorrow
17. Lorraine from Spain
18. I Can Dream, Can't I?
19. Tired of Me
20. When I Fall in Love
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Love that sound
Submitted on: 2009-04-09 |
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| Since I Don't Have You, and This I Swear, the Best music ever. The rest of it is great nostalgic dance music, or just what is needed to bring you back to happier days. |
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One Of The All-Time Great Songs
Submitted on: 2007-07-28 |
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When The Skyliners made their 1959 debut on the Calico label with Since I Don't Have You, little did they realize they were introducing one of the most enduring ballads ever to emerge from that decade. Simply put, no Golden Oldies collection is complete without that wonderful song. Backed with One Night, One Night (also included here), it rose to # 12 Billboard Hot 100 and # 3 R&B in April.
That their initial song, and the follow-up hit, This I Swear [# 26 Hot 100/# 20 R&B in July b/w Tomorrow - also included] scored higher within the R&B market is even more surprising when you consider that the Pittsburgh quintet - lead Jimmy Beaumont, tenors Wally Lester and Janey Vogel, baritone Joe VerScharen, and bass voice/guitarist Jackie Taylor - were white.
In November 1959, however, their third release, It Happened One Day, only managed a # 59 Hot 100 b/w Lonely Way (not included). On all of their hits to this point they were backed by the orchestra of Lannie Martin. In July 1960 their fourth hit, Pennies From Heaven, was also limited to the pop charts, peaking at # 24 Hot 100 b/w I'll Be Seeing You (omitted here).
After that the group split up, with Beaumont going solo for the Colpix, May, Bang, Sceptor, and Capitol labels with mediocre results (Ev'rybody's Cryin', a # 100 Hot 100 in late 1961 for May Records was his only solo hit).
In 1965 Taylor then resurrected The Skyliners as lead singer, together with with Sharon Taylor, Tommy Davis, Gene Molinaro, and Robert Peckman and, on the Jubilee label, had a # 34 R&B/# 72 Hot 100 hit with The Loser [b/w Everything Is Fine - not part of this package].
In the late Sixties/early Seventies the original members got together again to perform at R&R revivals and even cut an LP for the Buddah label. Then, in early 1975, under the billing Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners, Where Have They Gone barely made the Hot 100 at # 100 b/w I Could Have Loved You So Well on the Capitol label. Neither is in this volume.
Sadly, Janet Vogel committed suicide on February 21, 1980 at the age of 38.
As I said, there is hardly an oldies multi-artist compilation out there that doesn't feature Since I Don't Have You, but I still recommend this volume as an essential addition to any serious oldies collection. |
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 Doo Wop!
Submitted on: 2007-05-24 |
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| Doo Wop at its best. Great voices. First two songs are hallmarks of an era. |
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Big Hit
Submitted on: 2007-05-14 |
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| This is the best of the Skyliners. If you are into doo wop and old music from the 50's and 60's, this is one for your car CD player! We have a 34 Ford 5 window coupe, and we play this while we're driving. |
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Great
Submitted on: 2007-03-09 |
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| According to my friends and myself, I'm the acknowledged "King Of The Dusties". Therefore, this kind of music is the best of the best. Some of the songs I bought during my teen years and I appreciate music like this even more after I hear what is on the air these. That, and the fact that I'm a former musician/singer, this fits my style! |
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