LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• Three husband and wife songwriting teams ruled the airwaves of the Kennedy era: Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil and Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry. ""

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• Ace paid tribute to Goffin & King in 2007 with a big selling collection of their compositions, and a compendium of songs by Mann & Weil is scheduled for later this year, but first it's the turn of top Brill Building hitmakers Greenwich & Barry. ""

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• Although they wrote together for just three or four years, you'd need a box set to contain all the hit songs of Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. Until such a pipedream becomes a reality, this single disc compilation of hits, rarities and other gems can't be beaten as a representation of their work. ""

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• The collection contains famous tracks by the Shangri-Las, the Jelly Beans, the Dixie Cups, the Butterflys, Lesley Gore, the Chiffons, the Drifters and the Beach Boys; the first released versions of 'Do-Wah-Diddy' and 'Hanky Panky' (from before the Manfreds and Tommy James got their hands on the songs); plus new-to-CD collectables from the Darlettes, Karen Verros, the Fleetwoods, the Majors and Tony Pass. And that's just for starters."

1. I Can Hear Music - THE BEACH BOYS""

2. I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing - THE DRIFTERS""

3. Out In The Streets - THE SHANGRI-LAS""

4. Maybe I Know - LESLEY GORE""

5. He Ain't No Angel - THE AD-LIBS""

6. I Have A Boyfriend - THE CHIFFONS""

7. Baby Be Mine - THE JELLY BEANS""

8. Do-Wah-Diddy - THE EXCITERS""

9. Everybody Come Clap Your Hands - MOODY & THE DELTAS""

10. Nobody But You - THE TOKENS""

11. Here She Comes - THE DARLETTES""

12. Hold On Baby - SAM HAWKINS""

13. You Should Have Seen The Way He Looked At Me - THE DIXIE CUPS""

14. Goodnight Baby - THE BUTTERFLYS""

15. I Hear You Say (I Love You) - ANDY KIM""

16. Little Boy - KAREN VERROS""

17. I Want You For My Sweetheart - BOBBY SHEEN""

18. That Boy Is Messing Up My Mind - THE ORCHIDS""

19. Hanky Panky - THE SUMMITS""

20. What Have You Been Doin' - THE MAJORS""

21. Every Little Beat - THE FLEETWOODS""

22. I Won't Be Me Anymore - VIC DONNA""

23. True True Love - TONY PASS""

24. River Deep-Mountain High - NILSSON""