Meet the Vogues
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Meet the Vogues was the debut album of The Vogues
. It was released on a small Pittsburgh-based label called Co & Ce Records, co-founded by Herb Cohen and Nick Cenci. It featured their first hit single, "You're the One
", a cover
of a song originally recorded by Petula Clark
, plus eleven other covers of recent popular songs.
The Vogues
The Vogues are an American vocal group from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The original group consisted of Bill Burkette , Don Miller , Hugh Geyer and Chuck Blasko .-Career:...
. It was released on a small Pittsburgh-based label called Co & Ce Records, co-founded by Herb Cohen and Nick Cenci. It featured their first hit single, "You're the One
You're the One (Petula Clark song)
"You're the One" is a song by Petula Clark. It was later also included on the 1965 album I Know a Place. Written by Clark with her regular songwriter/ producer Tony Hatch, "You're the One" was a Top 30 UK hit for Clark herself but was most successful as a Top Ten US single release by the Vogues.As...
", a cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of a song originally recorded by Petula Clark
Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
, plus eleven other covers of recent popular songs.
Track listing
| Track | Title | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "You're the One You're the One (Petula Clark song) "You're the One" is a song by Petula Clark. It was later also included on the 1965 album I Know a Place. Written by Clark with her regular songwriter/ producer Tony Hatch, "You're the One" was a Top 30 UK hit for Clark herself but was most successful as a Top Ten US single release by the Vogues.As... " |
Petula Clark Petula Clark Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II... /Tony Hatch Tony Hatch Anthony Peter "Tony" Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and producer.-Early life and early career:... |
| 2 | "Hang On Sloopy Hang on Sloopy "Hang on Sloopy" is a song by the pop group The McCoys which was #1 in America in October 1965 and is the official rock song of the state of Ohio and The Ohio State University... " |
Wes Farrell Wes Farrell Wes Farrell was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s... /Bert Russell |
| 3 | "Make It Easy on Yourself Make It Easy On Yourself "Make It Easy On Yourself" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which was first a hit for Jerry Butler in 1962 and has since been a Top 40 single for the Walker Brothers - for whom it was a #1 UK hit - and Dionne Warwick.-Jerry Butler:... " |
Burt Bacharach Burt Bacharach Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick... /Hal David Hal David Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:... |
| 4 | "Catch Us If You Can Catch Us If You Can "Catch Us If You Can" is a 1965 song from The Dave Clark Five, written by group's drummer Dave Clark and guitarist Lenny Davidson. The song was one of DC5's top hits, reaching number 5 on the UK Singles Chart in the late summer of 1965 and number 4 on the U.S... " |
Dave Clark/Lenny Davidson |
| 5 | "Baby Don't Go" | Sonny Bono Sonny Bono Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:... |
| 6 | "You Were on My Mind You Were on My Mind "You Were On My Mind" is a song written by Sylvia Tyson in 1964. It was originally performed by her and Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia and they recorded it for their 1964 album, Northern Journey. It was published in sheet form by M... " |
Sylvia Tyson Sylvia Tyson Sylvia Tyson, CM , is a musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster. From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson.... |
| 7 | "1-2-3" | Len Barry/John Madara/David White |
| 8 | "Ain't That Just Like Me" | Earl Carroll Earl Carroll Earl Carroll was an American theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.-Career:... /Billy Guy Billy Guy -Biography:Billy Guy is best known as a member of The Coasters, singing lead on such hits as "Searchin'," "Little Egypt," "Run Red Run," "Wait A Minute," among others. Before Guy joined The Coasters in 1955, he was part of a comedy singing duo called "Bip and Bop." One single called "Ding Ding... |
| 9 | "My Girl" | Smokey Robinson Smokey Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy... /Ronald White Ronald White Ronald "Ronnie" White was an African American soul singer and songwriter, notable as a founding member of The Miracles, and the only member to survive all of that group's line-up changes... |
| 10 | "It's Not Unusual It's Not Unusual "It's Not Unusual" is a song written by Les Reed and Gordon Mills, first recorded by a then-unknown Tom Jones after having first been offered to Sandie Shaw. Jones recorded what was intended to be a demo for Shaw, but when she heard it she was so impressed with Jones' delivery that she declined the... " |
Les Reed Les Reed Les Reed O.B.E. is an English songwriter, musician and light orchestra leader.-Career:... /Gordon Mills Gordon Mills Gordon William Mills , was a successful London-based music industry manager and songwriter who was born in Madras, India and grew up in Trealaw in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales... |
| 11 | "Nothing to Offer You" | Herbert Cohen/Sebastian DiNunzio, Jr. |
| 12 | "A Lover's Concerto A Lover's Concerto "A Lover's Concerto" is a pop song written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. Their version of the song was a major hit in both the United States and the UK during 1965. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #2.Critic Dave Thompson wrote,... " |
Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell are American songwriters who wrote numerous pop and rock songs in the 1960s and 1970s, generally working together and with Bob Crewe... |