- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
To complement our soon-to-conclude Leiber & Stoller series, Ace now presents its first salute to the other great song-writing team of RocknRolls Golden Age.
Individually and collectively, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman have written more classics of American Pop than almost any other writers of their era. They had more songs accepted and recorded by Elvis Presley than even L & S did (apparently, without ever meeting the King even once).
This package offers a strong mix of the obvious classics we couldnt leave out, and songs that should have been as big as those that did become major hits. It also includes songs that will surprise people who think that P & S only wrote teen pop, tackled by artists including Irma Thomas, Howard Tate, Ray Charles and the McCoys. Many of these tracks are making their CD debut here.
We are also privileged to include, for the first time on an Ace CD, an Elvis Presley recording as our title track - one which, incidentally, was the last song that Pomus & Shuman ever wrote together before dissolving their song-writing partnership in 1966.
Released with the blessing of both the Estates of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, "Double Trouble" is the sort of tribute that writers of their calibre deserve. Dont bet against there being a volume two sometime in the near future.
Track listing:
(Wake Up) Miss Rip Van Winkle - TIBBS BROTHERS
Lonely Avenue - RAY CHARLES
I Aint Sharin Sharon - BOBBY DARIN
Hushabye - MYSTICS
Its Been Nice - MARTY WILDE
(Maries The Name) His Latest Flame - DEL SHANNON
Angel Face - JIMMY DARREN
Turn Me Loose - FABIAN
A Teenager In Love - DION AND THE BELMONTS
Hey Memphis - LAVERN BAKER
Save The Last Dance For Me - DRIFTERS
Go Jimmy Go - JIMMY CLANTON
Too Good - LITTLE TONY AND HIS BROTHERS
Seven Sins - BARRETT STRONG
So Close To Heaven - RAL DONNER
First Taste Of Love - BEN E KING
Cant Get Used To Losing You - ANDY WILLIAMS
All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me - BOBBY VEE
A King For Tonight - BARRY DARVELL
Suspicion - TERRY STAFFORD
Seven Day Weekend - GARY U.S. BONDS
Spanish Lace - GENE McDANIELS
Double Trouble - ELVIS PRESLEY
Im Gonna Cry Til My Tears Run Dry - IRMA THOMAS
Stop - HOWARD TATE
Say Those Magic Words - McCOYS
