Credits:

Various Artists

Description:

Get hooked on David Gates' pop world at ....... David Gates, leader of Bread since the '70s, was a studio musician, arranger, and behind-the-scenes staffer in the West Coast during the fledgling '60s, He struggled as a behind-the-scenes staff of studio musicians, arrangers, producers, and songwriters on the West Coast during the fledgling years of the 1960s. This compilation is a collection of works from that era, consisting entirely of numbers from Gates' pen. From Johnny Burnett, The Mermaids, and Girlfriends to Hal Blaine, Ann-Margret, and Connie Stevens, this is an excellent collection of lesser-known but wonderful works from the golden age of American pop music.

Tracklisting:

214.THE FOOL OF THE YEAR / JOHNNY BURNETTE
2.SWINGIN' GATES / THE FENCEMEN
3.THE BRIGHTER SIDE / CARL EDWARDS
4.PEBBLES / DORSEY BURNETTE
5.POPSICLES AND ICICLES / THE MURMAIDS
6.CRYIN' ON MY PILLOW / DOROTHY BERRY
7.MY ONE AND ONLY, JIMMY BOY / THE GIRLFRIENDS
8.MR. ELIMINATOR / HAL BLAINE AND THE YOUNG COUGARS
9.LIVING IN THE PAST / JOHNNY CRAWFORD
10.NOTHING LEFT TO DO BUT CRY / MERRY CLAYTON
11.FOOTBALL SEASONS OVER / SHELLEY FABARES
12.HEY, LITTLE STAR / ANN-MARGRET
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14.YOU BETTER WATCH OUT / DOROTHY BERRY
15.LONELY GIRL / GWENN STACEY
16.IF YOU EVER NEED ME / MARGARET MANDOLPH
17.NEVER LET HIM GO / JODY MILLER
18.LOST IN WONDERLAND / CONNIE STEVENS
19.STANDIN' ON THE CORNER / DOROTHY BERRY
20.I THINK I'M GONNA CRY / GAIL GANLEY
21.YOU'LL BE NEEDIN' ME / THE LETTERMEN
22.TELL HIM / SUZY WALLIS