The Crests were a ground-breaking multiracial pop/doowop group formed in the mid-1950s

The Crests were a ground-breaking multiracial pop/doowop group formed in the mid-1950s when singer Johnny Mastrangelo joined forces with a doowop quartet comprising three African-Americans and one Puerto Rican - as time went on Johnny Mastrangelo became Johnny Masters, Johnny Mastro and then Johnny Maestro as he turned to solo recording as well. Having had a minor hit on the Joyce label, they signed to Coed Records, and in 1958 had a major success when 'Sixteen Candles' was a US No. 2, kicking off a career which brought several more chart successes through into the '60s as Tony Middleton and James Ancrum took over lead vocal duties from Johnny Maestro. This great-value 51-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of their singles on the Coed, Trans Atlas, Selma and Times Square labels from these years as The Crests, Johnny Masters, Johnny Maestro and Johnny Maestro & The Original Crests, plus the tracks from their album 'The Crests Sing All Biggies' not otherwise released on singles. It features all their ten pop and R&B chart entries from this era, including the pop No. 2 and R&B No. 4 'Sixteen Candles'. It's about as comprehensive a selection of their work from this era that could be assembled and captures a highly distinctive style of music that ranges through doowop, R&B, rock 'n' roll and pure teen pop.

 

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Sweetest One
• My Juanita
• No One To Love
• Wish She Was Mine
• Pretty Little Angel
• I Thank The Moon
• Sixteen Candles
• Beside You
• Six Nights A Week
• I Do
• Flower Of Love
• Molly Mae
• The Angels Listened In
• A Year Ago Tonight
• Paper Crown
• Step By Step
• Gee (But I'd Give The World)
• Say It Isn't So
• The Great Physician
• Trouble In Paradise
• Always You
• Journey Of Love
• If My Heart Could Write A Letter
• Isn't It Amazing
• I'll Remember (In The Still Of The Night)
• Good Golly Miss Molly

Disc 2:

• Model Girl
• We've Got To Tell Them
• What A Surprise
• The Warning Voice
• Mr. Happiness
• Test Of Love
• I.O.U.
• The Way You Look Tonight
• Little Miracles
• Baby I Gotta Know
• It Must Be Love
• Besame Baby
• The Actor
• Three Tears In A Bucket
• Guilty
• Number One With Me
• Baby
• I Love You So
• Earth Angel
• My Special Angel
• Butterfly
• A Rose And A Baby Ruth
• Party Doll
• Silhouettes

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: R & B

Language: English

Run Time: 142 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 05/06/22

UPC: 824046342128