Monday, January 3, 2011

Mitch Ryder - They were Rockin'

Mitch Ryder - All Hits.  The back of the record jacket reads, "A Bob Crewe Production."  And also, "Arranged & Conducted by Bob Crewe."  Bob Crewe is of course a very well-documented song-writer and record producer.  I first became aware of him after seeing the mucical Jersey Boys a couple of years ago - as he is most noted for his work with the Franlie Valli and the Four Seasons.  Back to the record: side one has Devil with a Blue Dress, Good Golly Miss Molly, Jenny Take a Ride, and In the Midnight Hour.  Side 2 has some tunes with which I am not familiar, other than Shake a Tail Feather.  I like the John Couger Mellancamp song called R-O-C-K in the U-S-A, which goes, "There was Frankie Lyman-Bobby Fuller-Mitch Ryder (They were Rockin').  Jackie Wilson-Shangra-las-Young Rascals (They were Rockin') Spotlight on Martha Reeves.  Let's don't forget James Brown..."

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