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MG-20317: Oh Yeah! / Billy Williams

[Front Cover] Label Type : black Mercury type A
Matrix Number : SIDE-A MG-20317A-1    F-S
SIDE-B MG-20317B-2    F-S


Comments

sticker on front cover.

Inside The Groove

A nice compilation of Billy Williams' Doo-Wop hits in 1952-1957, released as this album maybe in 1958.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Contains typical middle-tempo Doo-Wop songs. Some of them are very interesting: especially B-5 “Azure-Te” is middle-slow-tempo Doo-Wop song with VERY LOUSY ORGAN CHORDS in every break. Funny and pretty.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

6 out of 10



Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1 10087 I've Got An Invitation To A Dance (Symes - Neiburg - Levinson) 2:26
A-2 9149 It's Best We Say Goodbye (Allen - Roberts) 2:35
A-3 10088 I'll Close My Eyes To The Rest Of The World (Friend) 2:00
A-4 10089 If I Never Get To Heaven (Carson - Botkin Jr.) 2:50
A-5 10090 Ask Me No Questions (B. Newberger) 2:12
A-6 9708 Cattle Call (T. Owens) 2:11
SIDE-B
B-1 9709 A Smile For Suzette (Gallop - Brown - Varys) 2:22
B-2 9706 This Side Of Heaven (E. Browning) 2:05
B-3 9707 You're The One For Me (Reed - Glazer) 1:54
B-4 9146 Who Knows (Skylar - Camarata) 2:08
B-5 9147 Azure-Te (Wolf - Davis) 2:24
B-6 9283 I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) (Turk - Alhert) 2:43

Personnel


Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-2, B-4, B-6:
Billy Williams (vo) with Glenn Osser and his Orchestra.
Recorded in 1952.

B-6:
Billy Williams (vo) with Charles Sanford and his Orchestra.
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City, maybe in October 1952.

A-6, B-1, B-2, B-3:
Billy Williams (vo) with unknown orchestra.
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City, maybe in May 1953.

A-1, A-3, A-4, A-5:
Billy Williams (vo) with unknown.
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City in 1953.





Jackets

Front Back
[MG-20317 FRONT] [MG-20317 BACK]


Labels

Side A Side B
[MG-20317 A] [MG-20317 B]
MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>
Initially Published: June 15, 2002.
Last Updated: (none)