Gene & Eunice - This Is Our Story - Singles As & Bs 1954 - 1960 Plus! [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.The 'boy/girl' duet partnership was an integral component of black American music in the 1950s and 1960s, and a continuous presence on the charts throughout both decades. Some duos paired existing individual solo stars, but the majority introduced new pairings of young people who were involved professionally (and occasionally romantically) with no outside projects to distract them.

Such was the case with one of R&B's biggest twosomes of the 50s. Transplanted Texans Gene Forrest and Eunice Russ Levy both had limited solo experience before they pooled their talent resources in Los Angeles in 1954 and came up with a string of singles that pretty much set the template for mixed R&B duos for the rest of the decade - starting with the original version of a record that turned out to be one of the first big hits (and most covered songs) of R&B's pre-rock 'n' roll era, the immortal 'Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)' in 1954.

Over the next five years, and alternating between up-tempo rockers and sweet ballads - almost all of which they wrote themselves - G & E established themselves with a string of 45s that endeared them to young record buyers across the US and also in the Caribbean, where their fast and low numbers alike were staples of the local sound system culture in Jamaica and songs like 'This Is My Story', 'The Vow', 'I'll Never Believe In You' and 'Bom Bom Lulu' were revived by local artists many times from the 60s to the 80s. Chart books do not necessarily reflect just how popular Gene & Eunice were, or how many records they sold during six years of recording activity.

This Jasmine collection - possibly the most complete anthology of the CD era - brings together as many of those records as we could fit on a single disc. This is their story, and it will delight fans old and new to have it all in one place for the first time.

Ko Ko Mo (Original) - Gene And Eunice With Jonesy's Combo

You And Me - Gene And Eunice With Jonesy's Combo

Ko Ko Mo (Remake) - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

Flim Flam - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

Can We Forget It - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

Move It Over Baby - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

This Is My Story - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

Have You Changed Your Mind?

I Gotta Go Home

Hootchy Kootchy

I'll Never Believe In You

Let's Get Together

I'm So In Love With You

Bom Bom Lulu

Hi Diddle Diddle

Strange World

The Vow

Don't Treat Me This Way

Doodle Doodle Doo

The Angels Gave You To Me

I Mean Love

Poco Loco

Go On Kokomo

Ah! Ah!

You Think I'm Not Thinking

Without Love

You Drive Me Buggy

Aching And Crying - Gene Forrest

Send Me Someone - Eunice Levy With Jake Porter's Combo

Only Lovers - Eunice Levy With Jake Porter's Combo

Ko Ko Mo (Original) - Gene And Eunice With Jonesy's Combo

You And Me - Gene And Eunice With Jonesy's Combo

Ko Ko Mo (Remake) - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

Flim Flam - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

Can We Forget It - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

Move It Over Baby - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

This Is My Story - Gene And Eunice With Johnny's Combo

Have You Changed Your Mind?

I Gotta Go Home

Hootchy Kootchy

I'll Never Believe In You

Let's Get Together

I'm So In Love With You

Bom Bom Lulu

Hi Diddle Diddle

Strange World

The Vow

Don't Treat Me This Way

Doodle Doodle Doo

The Angels Gave You To Me

I Mean Love

Poco Loco

Go On Kokomo

Ah! Ah!

You Think I'm Not Thinking

Without Love

You Drive Me Buggy

Aching And Crying - Gene Forrest

Send Me Someone - Eunice Levy With Jake Porter's Combo

Only Lovers - Eunice Levy With Jake Porter's Combo

• Genre: Blues
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 604988326826

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