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Various Artists - Early Girls Volume 2

Track listing:
  1. My Boy Lollipop - Barbie Gaye 2:10
  2. Tell Him - The Exciters 2:33
  3. Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics 2:33
  4. Boy Next Door - The Secrets 2:01
  5. Everybeat Of My Heart - The Pips 2:03
  6. You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore 2:32
  7. The Street - Terry & The Tunisians 2:02
  8. Bobby's Girl - Marcie Blane 2:27
  9. Sugartime - The McGuire Sisters 2:35
  10. Cry Baby - The Bonnie Sisters 2:26
  11. Tonight You Belong To Me - Patience & Prudence 1:55
  12. Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget - The Raindrops 2:09
  13. Fever - Peggy Lee 3:24
  14. September In The Rain - Dinah Washington 2:09
  15. I'll Save The Last Dance For You - Damita Jo 2:17
  16. Teach Me Tiger - April Stevens 2:25
  17. I Just Don't Understand - Ann-Margret 2:40
  18. I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde Ronde) - The Shirelles 2:17
  19. Lonely Blue Nights - Rosie & The Originals 2:32
  20. Forgive Me (For Giving You Such A Bad Time) - Babs Tino 2:09
  21. A Thousands Stars - Kathy Young & The Innocents 3:14
  22. Let Me In - The Sensations 3:05
  23. Well, I Told You - The Chantels 2:28
  24. Lonely Nights - The Hearts 2:43
  25. Duchess Of Earl - The Pearlettes 2:19
  26. Move On - The Blossoms 2:03
  27. Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips 2:51
  28. What's A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) - Timi Yuro 2:44

Notes

This is a delightful 28-track compilation encompassing solo artists, girl groups and male backing groups fronted by a female lead singer. This second volume plows turf similar to the first, with an emphasis on Hot 100 hits like "Tell Him" by the Exciters, "Our Day Will Come" by Ruby and the Romantics, "Every Beat of My Heart" by the Pips, "Bobby's Girl" by Marcie Blaine, "A Thousand Stars" by Kathy Young, "Let Me In" by the Sensations, "Tonight You Belong to Me" by Patience and Prudence, and "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore. But just as important to the big picture are left-field delights like Barbie Gaye's 1956 original of "My Boy Lollipop," Rosie and the Originals' Highland Records version of "Lonely Blue Nights," Terry and the Tunisians' "The Street," Babs Tino's "Forgive Me (For Giving You Such a Hard Time)" and Ann-Margret's "I Just Don't Understand," replete with early fuzztone guitar, backup from the Jordanaires and harmonica from Charlie McCoy. Selections from Peggy Lee ("Fever"), the Raindrops ("The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget"), the McGuire Sisters ("Sugartime"), the Bonnie Sisters ("Cry Baby"), April Stevens ("Teach Me Tiger"), and the Shirelles ("I Met Him On a Sunday") round out this excellent -- though wildly scattershot -- package.