The Herald label was founded in 1950 by Fred Mendelsohn, formerly with Savoy, and he was soon joined by Al Silver, who owned the pressing plant that made the label's records. Silver had an ear for R&B and doowop, and built Herald into a creative hub for R&B recording and most particularly becoming renowned for its output of doowop recordings by a string of different groups during the late '50s and into the 1960s. Most notable among those groups were The Nutmegs, The Turbans, The Mello Kings and Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, who all had hits on the label. This great-value 89-track 3-CD set brings together most of the label's releases by artists whose work falls broadly into the category of doowop, although this is obviously not a definition which can be slavishly or precisely applied. It features the A & B sides of most of the Herald releases by the groups named above, plus The Embers, The Five Willows, The Sonnets, The Cashmeres, The Rocketeers, The Thrillers, The Sunbeams, The Mint Juleps, Little Butchie Saunders, The Four Js, The Desires, The Loungers, The Vocalaires, The Concords and The Premiers. It features the Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs' R&B No. 1 'Stay', and their other hits 'I Remember' and 'Come Along', The Nutmegs' hits 'Story Untold' and 'Ship Of Love', The Turbans' No. 3 'When You Dance' and the Mello-Kings' 'Tonite, Tonite'. It's a feast of classic doowop from a label which was at the heart of the genre.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- The Embers - Paradise Hill
- The Embers - Sound Of Love
- The Rocketeers - Foolish One
- The Rocketeers - Gonna Feed My Baby Poison
- The Thrillers - Please Talk To Me
- The Thrillers - Lizabeth
- The 5 Willows - Lay Your Head On My Shoulder
- The 5 Willows - Baby Come A Little Closer
- The Heralds - Eternal Love
- The Heralds - Gonna Love You
- The Five Willows - So Help Me I Love You
- The Five Willows - Look Me In The Eyes
- The Sunbeams - Come Back Baby
- The Sunbeams - Tell Me Why
- The Nutmegs - Story Untold
- The Nutmegs - Make Me Lose My Mind
- The Turbans - When You Dance
- The Turbans - Let Me Show You (Around My Heart)
- The Nutmegs - Ship Of Love
- The Nutmegs - Rock Me, Squeeze Me
- The Nutmegs - Whispering Sorrows
- The Nutmegs - Betty Lou
- The Turbans - Sister Sookey
- The Turbans - I'll Always Watch Over You
- Cashmeres - Little Dream Girl
- Cashmeres - Do I Upset You
- The Nutmegs - Key To The Kingdom (Of Your Heart)
Disc 2:
- The Nutmegs - Gift O' Gabbin' Woman
- The Sonnets - Please Won't You Call Me
- The Sonnets - Why Should We Break Up
- The Turbans - B-I-N-G-O (Bingo)
- The Turbans - I'm Nobody's
- Mint Juleps - Bells Of Love
- Mint Juleps - Vip-A-Dip
- Little "Butchie" Saunders And His Buddies - Lindy Lou
- Little "Butchie" Saunders And His Buddies - Rock 'N' Roll Indian Dance
- The Turbans - It Was A Night Like This
- The Turbans - All Of My Love
- Little "Butchie" Saunders And His Buddies - Great Big Heart
- The Nutmegs - Comin' Home
- The Nutmegs - A Love So True
- The Turbans Featuring Al Banks - Bye And Bye
- The Turbans Featuring Al Banks - Valley Of Love
- The Mellokings - Tonite-Tonite
- The Mellokings - Do Baby Do
- The Mello Kings - Sassafras
- The Mello Kings - Chapel On The Hill
- The Turbans - Congratulations
- The Turbans - The Wadda-Do
- The Mello Kings - Baby Tell Me Why Why Why
- The Mello Kings - The Only Girls I'll Ever Know
- The Mello Kings - Valerie
- The Mello Kings - She's Real Cool
- The Four J's - Kissin' At The Drive-In
- The Four J's - Dreams Are A Dime A Dozen
- The Desires - Cold Lonely Heart
- The Desires - Bobby You
Disc 3:
- The Loungers - Remember The Nite
- The Loungers - Dizzy Spell
- The Mello-Kings - Chip Chip
- The Mellokings - Running To You
- The Nutmegs - My Sweet Dream
- The Nutmegs - My Story
- The Mello Kings - Dear Mr. Jock
- The Mello Kings - Our Love Is Beautiful
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Stay
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Do You Believe
- The Mello Kings - Kid Stuff
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - I Remember
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Always
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Come Along
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Do I
- The Mello Kings - Penny
- The Mello Kings - Till There Were None
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Come And Get It
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Some Day
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - High Blood Pressure
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - Please
- The Mello Kings - Love At First Sight
- The Dynamics Feat. Tony Maresco - Forever Love
- The Dynamics Feat. Tony Maresco - Betty My Own
- Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - It's Alright
- The Vocalaires - Dance-Dance
- The Vocalaires - These Empty Arms
- The Nutmegs - Rip Van Winkle
- The Nutmegs - Crazy 'Bout You
- The Concords - Marlene
- The Concords - Our Love Wasn't Meant To Be
- The Premeers - Diary Of Our Love
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