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Tuesday, 27 October 2020

The Crew Cuts


 The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet, that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States and worldwide. They named themselves after the then popular crew cut haircut, one of the first connections made between pop music and hairstyle. They were most famous for their recording of The Chords' hit record, "Sh-Boom".

Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger

On most informed lists of rock & roll villains, the Crew Cuts would have to rank near the top. They weren't rock & rollers in the first place: their clean-cut white harmony glee club approach was really in the style of early- and mid-'50s groups such as the Four Aces, the Four Lads, and the Four Freshmen. The Canadian quartet differed from those acts, however, in their concentration upon covers of songs originally recorded by R&B/doo wop vocal groups. Their cover of the Chords' "Sh-Boom" set the pattern, going to number one in 1954 and setting the stage for their other commercially successful pop treatments of R&B hits by the Penguins, Gene & Eunice, Otis Williams & the Charms, the Robins, the Spaniels, the Nutmegs, and others.

1. Crazy 'Bout You Baby
2. Sh Boom Sh Boom
3. Oop Shoop
4. A Story Untold
5. Don't Be Angry
6. Earth Angel
7. Gum Drop
8. Ko Ko Mo
9. Slam Bam
10. Two Hearts Two Kisses
11. Honey Hair Sugar lips Eyes Of Blue
12. Tell Me Why
13. Susie Q
14. Young love
15. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

     14. Young Love

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