- Category: Music » R&B » General/R&B
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- Release Date: October 28, 2005
- Label: Ace (UK)
- UPC: 029667015721
- WAPI (Tower ID): 106019072
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #164057 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #8343 in R&B (See Top 100 R&B Bestsellers)
- #1699 in General/R&B (See Top 100 General/R&B Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Oop Shoop - The Flair & Modern Recordings" by Shirley Gunter to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Oop Shoop - The Flair & Modern Recordings"Browse more products related to "Shirley Gunter"ReviewMojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[E]xhilarating cuts...from the Kansas girl who started out singing the blues." Title NoteShirley Gunter recorded with several groups on the Modern label and its Flair affiliate. This 26-track CD rounds up all of the singles she cut with the Queens, Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra, Monroe Tucker & His Orchestra, and the Flairs between 1953 and 1957, adding four previously unreleased demos. Gunter has undoubted importance as one of the first solo female rock & roll vocalists, and the first one to sing lead on a hit R&B doo wop single by a female group. However, neither that nor her strong voice disguise the average nature of most of this material, which is fairly standard mid-'50s Los Angeles R&B vocal group fare. That 1954 hit single, "Oop Shoop" (with the Queens), is the most memorable cut, with its shuffle beat and full group backup vocals. Its B-side, "It's You," sounds like it could have made it under its own steam, with its playful weave of lead and background voices and jazzy arrangement. "Baby, I Love You So" (also with the Queens) is in a similar vein, but for the most part, this falls into the category so many such singers do with their discs: a good voice, but a shortage of the first-rate material needed to make distinctive records. Not even a couple of songs written or co-written by Platters mastermind Buck Ram could help, though they're here for the curious. It's interesting to hear an R&B version of "Since I Fell for You," though, a decade before Lenny Welch made it into a pop hit. ~ Richie Unterberger If You Enjoy "Oop Shoop - The Flair & Modern Recordings (Import) (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Oop Shoop - The Flair & Modern Recordings (Import) (CD)" by Shirley Gunter (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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