The Harptones were one of the many doowop vocal groups to emerge from New York City in the early '50s, and although they did not have an illustrious chart career, they were one of the most consistently admired and popular groups, both with the contemporary market of the times and with doowop fans and critics in more recent years. With the distinctive tenor voice of Willie Winfield almost always to the fore, they produced a string of polished and classy performances on record through the 1950s, hampered in their search for chart success by recording for a variety of small and under-resourced record companies. This great-value 54-track 2-CD set comprises A and B sides of singles for the Bruce, Essex, X, Paradise, Andrea, Rama, Gee, Tip Top, Domme, Warwick, Coed, Companion and Cub labels during this era, and features their best-known recordings such as "A Sunday Kind of Love", "Why Should I Love You?", "Life is But a Dream", "The Shrine of St. Cecilia", and "What Will I Tell My Heart". As well as their own recordings it includes performances with Bunny Paul, The Woodside Sisters, Mabel King, Raoul Cita Chorus, Ruth McFadden, Carol Blades and Valli Hilton, on which they were either named featured artists or backing vocalists. It's a worthy showcase for one of doowop's most stylish exponents., Runningtime: 00:00:00, Labelcode ACBT3374.2 (ADDCD3374), Phonographic Copyright (p) Acrobat Licensing Ltd., Copyright (c) Acrobat Licensing Ltd.
"The Harptones Collection 1953-61" est une anthologie exhaustive en format CD regroupant les meilleurs enregistrements du groupe vocal new-yorkais emblématique de doo-wop : The Harptones. Couvrant la période dorée de leur carrière entre 1953 et 1961, cette collection inclut des titres incontournables tels que « A Sunday Kind of Love », « Life Is But a Dream » ou encore « My Memories of You ». Célèbres pour leurs harmonies raffinées et la voix émotive de leur chanteur principal Willie Winfield, les Harptones ont marqué l'histoire du R&B malgré un succès commercial limité dans les classements officiels. Leur influence se fait sentir chez de nombreux artistes soul et pop ultérieurs. Ce coffret est édité par Acrobat Records ' un label reconnu pour ses rééditions soignées et son engagement à préserver le patrimoine musical du jazz au rock'n'roll.
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