Building American Pop - Chicago a cappella

Building American Pop

Program Notes

Program List

(program subject to change)

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles (1960), also Carole King (1971)

Carole King & Gerry Goffin

I Feel the Earth Move

Carole King (1971, Tapestry)

Close to You 

first recorded Richard Chamberlain (1963), first hit The Carpenters (1970)

Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Be My Baby 

The Ronettes (1963)

Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector

Riot in Cell Block No. 9

The Robins (1954)

Lieber and Stoller

Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley (1957)

Lieber and Stoller

Hound Dog

Big Mama Thornton (1952)

Lieber and Stoller

Yakety Yak

The Coasters (1958)

Lieber and Stoller

Stand By Me

Ben E. King (1961)

Lieber and Stoller and Ben E. King

Love Potion Number 9

The Clovers (1959)

Lieber and Stoller

What the World Needs Now (Is Love)

Jackie DeShannon (1965)

Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Some Kind of Wonderful

The Drifters (1961)

Carole King and Gerry Goffin

On Broadway 

The Cookies (1962)

Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, edited by Lieber and Stoller for the Drifters

Hanky Panky

The Raindrops, first hit with Tommy James and the Shondelles, (1964, 1966)

Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich

This Magic Moment

The Drifters (1960)

Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, Leiber and Stoller

Viva Las Vegas

Elvis Presley (1964)

Pomus and Shuman

Do Wah Diddy Diddy

The Exciters (1963), first hit with Manfred Mann

Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich

You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling

Righteous Brothers (1964)

Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector

River Deep, Mountain High

Tina Turner (1966)

Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector

I’m a Believer

The Monkees (1966),  Neil Diamond

produced Jeff Barry

 

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