The Bobbettes - Essential Classics, Vol. 1051: The Bobbettes (2025)

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Artist: The Bobbettes
Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 1051: The Bobbettes
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Essential Classics
Genre: R&B, Doo-Wop
Quality: 24bit-44.1kHz Flac (tracks) / Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 47:14
Total Size: 309/162 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:
1. Mr. Lee (2:13)
2. Um Bow Bow (2:34)
3. Look at the Stars (2:22)
4. You are My Sweetheart (2:53)
5. Zoomy (1:54)
6. Have Mercy Baby (2:20)
7. I Shot Mr. Lee (2:32)
8. Speedy (2:15)
9. Don't Say Goodnight (2:19)
10. The Dream (2:28)

1. Teach Me Tonight (2:08)
2. Billy (1:59)
3. I'm Stepping out Tonight (2:08)
4. The Broken Heart (2:56)
5. Are You Satisfied (2:35)
6. Looking for a Lover (2:02)
7. My Dearest (2:16)
8. Untrue Love (2:27)
9. Come-A, Come-A (2:27)
10. Don't Say Goodnight (2:16)

The R&B New York girl group called "The Harlem Queens" in 1955 . Two years later, The Queens took the supposedly less-provocative name, "The Bobbettes" at the insistence of their new label, Atlantic Records. Soon again The Bobbettes were forced by Atlantic to whitewash their first hit, "Mr. Lee" turning a song about how much they hated the school principal into a song of endearment.
After producing a couple duds, The Bobbettes were let go from Atlantic and they were free to move back toward their original grittier style born of the playground and the projects. In 1960, they released the excellent track, "I Shot Mr. Lee" which gives some insight into what they actually thought of their principal. A year later, they released the track "I Don't Like It Like-That", an answer to Chris Kenner's song "I Like It Like That."

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