The New Sound from England!

Last updated

The New Sound From England!
The New Sound From England!.jpg
Studio album by
Bobby Vee
ReleasedApril 1964
Genre Pop
Length27:52
Label Liberty
Producer Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee chronology
I Remember Buddy Holly
(1963)		The New Sound From England!
(1964)		 30 Big Hits of the 60's
(1964)
Singles from The New Sound From England!
  1. "I'll Make You Mine/She's Sorry"
    Released: February 7, 1964

The New Sound From England! is a studio album American singer Bobby Vee, and was released in April 1964 by Liberty Records. The album featured the Vee's backup band, The Eligibles. The only single from the album was "I'll Make You Mine".

Contents

The album contains original songs as well as The Beatles covers such as "From Me to You" and "She Loves You". [1]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated June 27, 1964, and remained on the album chart for two weeks, peaking at No. 146. [2]

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on November 12, 2002, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of being Vee's 1965 live album, Live on Tour. [3]

Singles

"I'll Make You Mine" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 22, 1964, spending one week at number 52 during its 8-week stay, [4] and number 54 on the Cashbox singles chart. [5] The single was Vee's last best showing until "Look at Me Girl" in 1966, which also reached number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Billboard mentioned that "[Vee is] singing the Beatles Sound through some of this set." [7]

Cashbox gave a positive review, saying that "Vee gets on the bandwagon to cash in on the click sound as he surveys a bag of rock tunes in the British manner", and calling it "a natural for top sales action". [8]

The Progress-Index wrote that "it was assumed [British invasion artists were] the only ones who knew what this sound was about. In this album Bobby Vee proves otherwise." [9]

The Evening Independent wrote that "Vee may turn back the British invasion with his potent performances". [10]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Make You Mine" Robert Thomas Velline 2:22
2."Don't You Believe Them"Robert Thomas Velline2:28
3."She Loves You" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 2:22
4."I'll String Along With You" Harry Warren, Al Dubin 2:23
5."Ginger" Thomas Lesslie Garrett, Robert Thomas Velline2:23
6."Any Other Girl"Robert Thomas Velline2:29
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's Sorry" Robert Thomas Velline 2:02
2."Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Chuck Berry 2:03
3."Suspicion" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 2:45
4."From Me to You" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 1:56
5."You Can't Lie to a Liar"Paul Hampton, Cinthy Churchill2:28
6."Take a Walk, Johnny"Cliff Crofford2:25

Charts

Chart (1964)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [2] 146

Singles

YearSingleChartPeak
1964"I'll Make You Mine"US Billboard Hot 10052
US Cash Box57

References

  1. 1 2 Reynolds, Robert (April 19, 2016). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN   978-1-365-05412-9.
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN   978-0-8982-0117-8.
  3. ↑ "Bobby Vee Sings the New Sound from England!/Bobby Vee Live! on Tour". AllMusic. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN   0898-2-0155-1.
  5. ↑ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 362–363. ISBN   1-56308-316-7.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Pop Spotlight: The New Sound from England!". Billboard . Vol. 76, no. 15. April 11, 1964. p. 98.
  8. ↑ Cash Box. William and Mary Libraries Special Collections Research Center. Cash Box Pub. Co. April 4, 1964. p. 21.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ↑ "The Progress-Index from Petersburg, Virginia". Newspapers.com. September 13, 1964. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  10. ↑ Platter Patter: Vee Album Potent. St. Petersburg Times. May 8, 1964.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.