New York's Finest
Download links and information about New York's Finest by Earl Lewis. This album was released in 1990 and it belongs to Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop genres. It contains 13 tracks with total duration of 33:26 minutes.
Artist: | Earl Lewis |
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Release date: | 1990 |
Genre: | Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop |
Tracks: | 13 |
Duration: | 33:26 |
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Tracks
[Edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | The Closer You Are | 2:58 |
2. | Stars in the Sky | 2:22 |
3. | My Love Will Never Die | 2:23 |
4. | The Girl Next Door | 2:50 |
5. | What Do You Do (Fast Version) | 2:16 |
6. | My Heart Is Sad | 2:22 |
7. | The Gleam in Your Eyes | 2:46 |
8. | Now You Know | 2:36 |
9. | I Really Love You | 2:32 |
10. | Bye Bye Baby | 2:29 |
11. | My Lovin' Baby | 2:15 |
12. | What Do You Do (Slow Version) | 2:48 |
13. | Flames in My Heart | 2:49 |
Details
[Edit]One of New York's finest early doo wop groups' early sides from 1956 to 1961 first recorded on Whirling Disc, Fury, and Port Records. Only two Gone releases (from 1957-1958) are missing — must be a licensing problem. The Channels were not only unique vocally, Earl Lewis' leads rank up there and Clifton Wright's bass expressions gets A's for creativity; but if you didn't know the Channels were five African-Americans you could only guess at their ethnicity. As Eddie Levert (the O'Jays) once said about the song "Wildflower" the first time he heard it: "I thought it was a white guy trying to do a black thing but discovered it was a black guy (Donny Gerrard, an African-American, was Skylark's lead singer) doing a white thing." The Channels deliver buttery, stuttering doo wop at its best — check out "I Really Love You," "Flames in My Heart," or "The Gleam in Your Eyes"; they were also exquisite at jump R&B, i.e., "What Do You Do" and "My Loving Baby." Lewis wrote many of these tracks only to find producer/record label owner Bobby Robinson's name listed as co-writer when the record came out. Such is music, such is life. Essential for doo wop lovers.