:fck:

Heard it before?

nah

Rest in peace to the king of pop Phil Spektor started really making his mark with his first Crystals hit (and the first single from his iconic label, Philles) in '61, coincidentally

the thread when this s*** dropped was wild

What year we on?

'61

orbison got this year on lock already, just whittling down the rest of my list

Damn I missed some years I wished I contributed to

The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Roy Orbison - Crying

Ricky Nelson - Travelin Man

Etta James - At Last

Ben E King - Stand by Me

It's still the initial rock and roll era so post whatever you want

I having a major crisis with;

Roy for Crying vs Running Scared

Patsy for Crazy vs I Fall To Pieces

Ricky for Travelin Man vs Hello Mary Lou
impossible to decide

Love both Roy songs but the climax of Crying brings it over the edge for me.

Me too probably by a hair, or at least I'll pretend for the lists sake

Drifters and Ben were getting kinda baroque for this era

thought the Drifters would suffer after losing Ben E King but they dropped another clutch of absolute stunners in '61

feel like these album cuts are Chuck and Fats both attempting Ray Charles style death blues

This shirelles jam been on repeat such a sultry chorus

Love it

this is way crazier than i expected judging from that cover alway avoided these guys cause they look so f***ing white but this sounds straight up like Africa

Jerry Lee name-dropping Elvis, Jackie Wilson and Ricky Nelson priceless

Eddie Cochran eulogizing Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and Big Bopper devastating especially cause he also had an untimely death like right after this

i hadnt heard any of Fats' stuff from '61 till a few weeks ago, pretty sure this is his best jam that year after doing a bit of marination

dang Del really took white boy pop to lush new heights here

and this ones nearly as good as Runaway which someone already posted

spector on his crazy percussion game right out the gate