Meet The Vogues

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Meet the Vogues
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1965
Genre Traditional pop, rock
Label Co & Ce
Producer Jack Hakim
Nick Cenci
The Vogues chronology
Meet the Vogues
(1965)
Five O'Clock World
(1966)

Meet the Vogues is the debut album by The Vogues. [1] It was released in 1965 on a small Pittsburgh-based label called Co & Ce Records, co-founded by Herb Cohen and Nick Cenci. It features their first hit single, "You're the One", a cover of a song originally recorded by Petula Clark, plus eleven other covers of recent popular songs.

Track listing

TrackTitleSongwriter(s)
1"You're the One" Petula Clark/Tony Hatch
2"Hang On Sloopy" Wes Farrell/Bert Russell
3"Make It Easy on Yourself" Burt Bacharach/Hal David
4"Catch Us If You Can" Dave Clark/Lenny Davidson
5"Baby Don't Go" Sonny Bono
6"You Were on My Mind" Sylvia Tyson
7"1-2-3" Len Barry/John Madara/David White
8"Ain't That Just Like Me" Earl Carroll/Billy Guy
9"My Girl" Smokey Robinson/Ronald White
10"It's Not Unusual" Les Reed/Gordon Mills
11"Nothing to Offer You" Herbert Cohen/Sebastian DiNunzio, Jr.
12"A Lover's Concerto" Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell

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References

  1. "The Vogues - Meet The Vogues". archive.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.