Candy Classics

Editorial Reviews
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With Candy Classics Sing-Along, the relaunched Peter Pan label has concocted an album of classic pop confections that, taken together, effectively deliver the same buzz brought on by an afternoon spent bingeing on jujubes. Never have so many empty, enjoyable calories been compiled on one CD. Groovy favorites, from "Sugar Sugar" to "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" to "Build Me Up Buttercup," get covered by unidentified artists who expertly approximate the better-known original versions, melt away inhibitions, and make sitting still seem like something only a square could swallow. Kids will kick off their shoes somewhere into the irresistible "ooga chaka" chant of "Hooked on a Feeling"; test their reflexes to "Simon Says," with its directive to "put your hands on your hips [and] let your backbone stiff"; shimmy into the "Sugar Coated Melody," the highlight of which is "Yummy Yummy (I Got Love in My Tummy)"; wiggle wackily to "Little Willy"; and be ready to collapse to the trance-inducing "Da Da Da," of Volkswagen-commercial fame. Candy Classics is addictive, just like the real thing, and it's bound to see as many spins on CD players as it induces in its young listeners. --Tammy La Gorce

Tracks:

Hooked on a Feeling [Classic Ooga Chaka Mix]
Sugar, Sugar
Simon Says
Sugar Coated Medley (Chewy Chewy, Yummy Yummy, Chirpy Chirpy)
Little Willy
Build Me Up Buttercup
1, 2, 3, Red Light
Dizzy
I Think I Love You
Popcorn
Keep the Ball Rollin'
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
da Da
Hooked on a Feeling [Bonus Mix][*]

Amazon.com

With Candy Classics Sing-Along, the relaunched Peter Pan label has concocted an album of classic pop confections that, taken together, effectively deliver the same buzz brought on by an afternoon spent bingeing on jujubes. Never have so many empty, enjoyable calories been compiled on one CD. Groovy favorites, from "Sugar Sugar" to "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" to "Build Me Up Buttercup," get covered by unidentified artists who expertly approximate the better-known original versions, melt away inhibitions, and make sitting still seem like something only a square could swallow. Kids will kick off their shoes somewhere into the irresistible "ooga chaka" chant of "Hooked on a Feeling"; test their reflexes to "Simon Says," with its directive to "put your hands on your hips [and] let your backbone stiff"; shimmy into the "Sugar Coated Melody," the highlight of which is "Yummy Yummy (I Got Love in My Tummy)"; wiggle wackily to "Little Willy"; and be ready to collapse to the trance-inducing "Da Da Da," of Volkswagen-commercial fame. Candy Classics is addictive, just like the real thing, and it's bound to see as many spins on CD players as it induces in its young listeners. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Candy Classics.......2001-11-11

I bought this Cd for my children to listen to in the van on our road trips. They love it! Classics including Sugar Sugar, Hooked on a Feeling, Chewy,Chewy, Yummy Yummy, Buttercup, and more fun, upbeat, feel-good classics the whole family can enjoy.

Average customer rating:

vava blitzstein
One terrific CD that will please you over and over!

Blitzstein: Zipperfly & Other Songs

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Monday Morning Blues
Croon-Spoon
The New Suit ('Zipperfly')
In The Clear
Then
I Wish It So
In Twos
Penny Candy
Emily (Ballad of the Bombardier)
Displaced
o by the by
until and i heard
open your heart
jimmie's got a goil
What Will It Be For Me
Rose Song
Blues
Nickle Under The Foot
The Cradle Will Rock
Bird Upon The Tree
Stay In My Arms

Customer Reviews:

vava blitzstein.......2000-01-11

This CD is just.....so....fine. Nothing more to say, because it couldn't be better than it is. Blitzstein is a wonderful composer, and the performances are great, especially the bariton, Mr. Sharp. He never oversings, vibrato never gets out of hand, he's always down the center of the note in tune. His voice is lush, and it satisfies.

From what I can tell, Blitzstein is a great composer who was deliberately marginalized. A movie has just been released about him entitled The Cradle Will Rock, but it hasn't got to the midwest yet. Now that I've heard this recording, I can't wait to see the movie. Maybe Blitzstein's day has come.

One terrific CD that will please you over and over!.......1999-10-30

Wonderful music, wonderfully performed, this CD is a work of art.

Superhits: Early '70s Classics (Time Life Music)

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Superhits: Early '70s Classics (Time Life Music)
Sailcat , Wadsworth Mansion , The DeFranco Family w/ Tony DeFranco , Hurricane Smith , Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose , Mark Lindsay , Edward Bear , Bobby Bloom , Joe Smith and the Believers , and Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000THM0XO

Product Description

Song list: 1. ABC - The Jackson 5 2. Coconut - Nilsson 3. Motorcycle Mama - Sailcat 4. Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels) - Jim Croce 5. Rock and Roll Lullaby - B.J. Thomas 6. Without Love (There is Nothing) - Tom Jones 7. Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion 8. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo 9. Heartbeat-It's a Lovebeat - The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco 10. Oh Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith 11. Lean on Me - Bill Withers 12. Treat Her Like a Lady - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose 13. We Gotta Get Uou a Woman - Runt 14. Hitchin' a Ride - Vanity Fare 15. Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom 16. You've Got a Friend - James Taylor 17. Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Joe South and The Believers 18. Arizona - Mark Lindsay 19. The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr. 20. Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell 21. Last Song - Edward Bear 22. The Guitar Man - Bread

Music:

Music

Music