Sing Out! | ||||
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Released | 1962 | |||
Studio | RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Neely Plumb | |||
The Limeliters chronology | ||||
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New Record Mirror | [1] |
Sing Out! is a studio album by the American folk music group, The Limeliters, a trio made up of Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, and Glenn Yarbrough. The album was recorded in studio at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World. It was released in 1962 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LSP-2445). [2] [3]
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top 40 pop album chart on February 17, 1962, peaked at No. 14, and remained on the chart for 21 weeks. [4]
AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars. Reviewer William Ruhlmann wrote that the studio album was not as successful as the earlier live albums. He noted that the polish of the recording studio "did not entirely make up for the loss in atmosphere that an adoring club audience lent them." [3]
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The Limeliters are an American folk music group, formed in July 1959 by Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev (banjo/baritone), and Glenn Yarbrough (guitar/tenor). The group was active from 1959 until 1965, and then after a hiatus of sixteen years, Yarbrough, Hassilev, and Gottlieb reunited and began performing again as The Limeliters in reunion tours. On a regular basis a continuation of The Limeliters group is still active and performing. Gottlieb died in 1996, Yarbrough died in 2016, and Hassilev, the last founding member, who had remained active in the group, retired in 2006, leaving the group to carry on without any of the original members.
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