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The Chantels
"The Best Of The Chantels"
© Rhino Records
Year of Release: 1990
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track listing
He's Gone
The Plea
Maybe
I've Lied
So Real
Every Night
(I Pray)
Whoever You Are
I Love You So
How Could You Call It Off
Prayee
Sure Of Love
Memories
If You Try
I Can't Take It
(There's Our
Song Again)
Goodbye To Love
Summer's Love
Look In My Eyes
Well I Told You
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The Chantels
"The Best Of The Chantels"
The Chantels -- best known for their song "Maybe,"
were one of many popular girl groups of the late 1950s to early 1960s.
Their music truly captures the early sound of 1950s rock & roll; a female
version of doo-wop 50s rock.
"He's Gone" and "The Plea" were their beginning hits, yet
they probably didn't get as much popularity as "Maybe", a regular
(if not only) song that receives airplay on many oldies stations. "Maybe"
would later be covered by Janis Joplin, on her Kozmic Blues album.
Both versions are outstanding; The Chantels' version defines the true sound for
female 1950s rock; this song is a classic.
As much as this "Best Of" does capture the heart and soul of The Chantels,
most (if not all) of the songs have the same common sound: Classic doo-wop
rock & roll. And, in comparing most of the songs, they do sound alike, this
is not to review this compilation as bad. However, the last song, "Well,
I Told You" is more upbeat rhythm & blues, as compared to the previous
17 songs.
But The Chantels sound can also be compared to the very early years of
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and to many early 1950s male rock groups.
Yet, like many female 1950s vocal groups, The Chantels music is excellent
jukebox material, and in a sense, picture the soundtrack music to the movie
American Graffiti, and you can easily imagine the sound of The Chantels.
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