LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

KING VOCAL GROUPS VOL 3 contains six selections which have remained unreleased until 2005. There’s a couple from the Mystics (not the group of Hushabye fame) but the group which had two singles on King and another as the Dealers on the Big Bunny label. One track is a nice rework of Earl Lewis & The Channels song Stars In The Sky; the other being a novelty item entitled Humpty Dumpty (Had A Great Fall). The Philadelphia-based Guytones feature with both the title track and the newly released Lovers And Losers. The Checkers and the Lamplighters have a track each, and rounding out the newly released sides is Bobby Freeman. Most noted for his hits Do You Wanna Dance and C’Mon And Swim, here Bobby performs the Spaniels’ song Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight backed by a female group in classic doo wop style.
Track listing:01 HUNKY DORYThe Guytones 02 DROP DOWN TO MY PLACEThe Strangers 03 A FRIEND IN NEEDThe Checkers 04 ANGEL IN THE SKYGeorgie Dorn & Group 05 COME BACKThe Blue Chips 06 SINCE I FELL FOR YOUThe Buckeyes 07 HOW CAN YOU TREAT ME THIS WAYThe Magic-Tones 08 STARS IN THE SKYThe Mystics 09 EVERY BEAT OF MY HEARTThe Royals aka The Midnighters 10 AT MY DOORThe Chanters 11 TELL IT TO METhe Lamplighters 12 APPOINTMENT WITH LOVEThe Blue Chips 13 LOVERS AND LOSERSThe Guytones 14 DARLING, PLEASE BE MINEKenny Martin & Group 15 LIGHT ME UPThe Dikes 16 BEGGING YOU PLEASEThe Buckeyes 17 WHY ARE WE APARTThe Midnighters 18 TOO LATE FOR SCHOOLGeorgie Dorn & Group 19 WHEN I KNEEL DOWN TO PRAYThe Magic-Tones 20 IT'S A SAD SAD FEELINGCathy Ryan & The Admirals 21 HUMPTY DUMPTY (HAD A GREAT FALL)The Mystics 22 HOPING YOU'LL UNDERSTANDThe Strangers 23 DON'T LEAVE POOR METhe Dikes 24 GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART, GOODNIGHTBobby Freeman & Group