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Title: The Larks Collection 1950-55
Artist: The Larks
Label: Acrobat
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 824046336523
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2021-01-15
Number of Discs: 2

Hailing from North Carolina, the Larks were a classic African-American doowop group of the early 1950s, with their roots firmly in gospel, but moving to secular music to form The Larks, although their early recorded work ranged across both gospel and secular genres as they recorded under different names when they made their studio debut. Although they were not among the most prolific doowop hitmakers, their style and technique made them one of the most admired and imitated of the early doowop ensembles. This 48-track 2-CD set comprises the A & B sides of just about all their releases on the Apollo and in a second incarnation of the group under lead singer Eugene Mumford on the Apollo subsidiary label Lloyds, plus some titles from those labels which were not released at the time, along with recordings on Jubilee as The Selah Singers, on Regent as The 4 Barons, and on Apollo as The Southern Harmonaires. It features their Top 10 R&B hits "Eyesight To The Blind" and "Little Side Car". It's a substantial overview of their career - they broke up before their final release - and it's a thorough and excellent showcase for their highly-regarded skills as vocal harmonisers.

Tracks:
1.1 Why Not Today
1.2 Down Here I've Done My Best
1.3 Lemon Squeezer
1.4 Got To Go Back Again
1.5 My Heart Cries For You
1.6 Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears
1.7 Who Will Your Captain Be?
1.8 I'm So Glad
1.9 When I Leave These Prison Walls
1.10 Hopefully Yours
1.11 Let's Say A Prayer
1.12 My Reverie
1.13 Eyesight To The Blind
1.14 I Ain't Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes
1.15 Little Side Car
1.16 Hey, Little Girl
1.17 I Don't Believe In Tomorrow
1.18 Ooh…It Feels So Good
1.19 My Lost Love
1.20 How Long Must I Wait For You?
1.21 Honey In The Rock
1.22 Shadrack
1.23 Stolen Love
1.24 In My Lonely Room
2.1 Darlin'
2.2 Lucy Brown
2.3 I Live True To You
2.4 Hold Me
2.5 Christmas To New Year's
2.6 All I Want For Christmas
2.7 What's The Matter
2.8 It's Breaking My Heart
2.9 Margie
2.10 Rockin' In the Rocket Room
2.11 If It's A Crime
2.12 Tippin' In
2.13 When You're Near
2.14 Who Walks In When I Walk Out
2.15 No Other Girl
2.16 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
2.17 Os-Ca-Lu-Ski-O
2.18 Forget It
2.19 Johnny Darlin'
2.20 You're Gonna Lose Your Gal
2.21 Honey From The Bee
2.22 No, Mama, No
2.23 If You Were The Only Girl In The World
2.24 For The Love Of You

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