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Various Artists - The Best Of The Girl Groups Volume 2 (1966)

Track listing:
  1. My Boyfriend's Back The Angels 2:39
  2. Sweet Talkin' Guy The Chiffons 2:27
  3. The Loco-Motion Little Eva 2:27
  4. A Lover's Concerto The Toys 2:42
  5. The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget The Raindrops 2:11
  6. You Don't Know Ellie Greenwich 3:17
  7. Chains The Cookies 2:32
  8. Popsicles And Icicles The Murmaids 2:33
  9. The One You Can't Have The Honeys 2:00
  10. Tell Him The Exciters 2:39
  11. Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) The Cookies 2:45
  12. I Met Him On A Sunday The Shirelles 2:16
  13. Wonderful Summer Robin Ward 2:29
  14. It Might As Well Rain Until September Carole King 2:25
  15. You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry The Caravelles 2:02
  16. Easier Said Than Done The Essex 2:12
  17. I Love How You Love Me The Paris Sisters 2:09
  18. Johnny Get Angry Joanie Sommers 2:32

Notes

Picking up where the first volume left off, The Best of the Girl Groups, Vol. 2 contains 18 classics from the golden age of girl groups. These are hardly leftovers; if anything, it feels like a greatest-hits collection, thanks to songs such as "My Boyfriend's Back," "Sweet Talkin' Guy," "The Loco-Motion," "A Lover's Concerto," "Chains," "Popsicles and Icicles," "Tell Him," "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)," "Easier Said Than Done," and "Johnny Get Angry." A few of these tunes may sound a little dated, but the startling thing about The Best of the Girl Groups, Vol. 2 is that the majority of the music sounds as fresh and exuberant as it did when it was originally released. Which only reiterates the fact that this isn't just some of the best girl group pop ever made -- it's some of the best pop of any era.