Cat. No. VV 1181: THE SPANIELS ~ GREAT GOOGLEY MOO!. CHARLY RECORDS CRB 1021.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

THE DOO-WOP GROUP, THE SPANIELS, DEBUTED IN LATE 1952 AT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL IN GARY, INDIANA AS POOKIE HUDSON & THE HUDSONAIRES. THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO THE SPANIELS AND IN APRIL 1953, BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST ARTISTS TO SIGN WITH VEE-JAY RECORDS. THE GROUP RECORDED "BABY IT'S YOU", THEIR INITIAL RELEASE, ON MAY 5, 1953. RELEASED IN JULY, THE SONG REACHED No. 10 ON BILLBOARD'S R&B RECORD CHART ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1953.

IN THE SPRING OF 1954, "GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART, GOODNIGHT" HIT No. 24 ON VARIETY'S POP CHART AND ROSE TO No. 5 ON BILLBOARD'S R&B CHART. THE SPANIELS WERE THE TOP-SELLING VOCAL GROUP FOR VEE-JAY. THE BAND BROKE UP WHEN THE LABEL WENT BANKRUPT IN 1966, BUT IN 1969, THE GROUP REFORMED, RELEASING SONGS LIKE "FAIRY TALES" IN 1970. AN ENTIRE GENERATION WAS EXPOSED TO THE GROUP'S MUSIC WHEN "GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART, GOODNIGHT" WAS FEATURED PROMINENTELY IN AMERICAN GRAFFITI AND THREE MEN AND A BABY. 

RESPECTED REISSUE LABEL CHARLY RECORDS GATHERED TOGETHER A CROSS-SECTION OF TRACKS RECORDED BY THE SPANIELS FOR THE VEE-JAY LABEL FOR THIS RELEASE. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS IS THE RECORD WHICH IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT. THERE ARE ONLY VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR ON THE EDGES OF THE SLEEVE.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - I Like It Like That / Hey Sister Lizzie / You're Gonna Cry / Play It Cool / False Love / Crazee Baby / (You Gave Me) Peace Of Mind / Great Googley Moo.

Side 2 - Automobiles / Tina / House Cleaning / Baby It's You / Why Don't You Dance / (Get Away Child) You Don't Move Me / I Need Your Kisses / Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight.

12" VINYL RECORD