Doc Pomus - You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos (6 CDs - OR)

Am 15.08.2025 erschien bei "Omnivore Recordings" das CD-Set „Doc Pomus – You Can’t Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos“ mit 48-seitigem Booklet nebst 160 Songs auf 6 CDs wovon eine die Demoversionen für Elvis enthält.

Ankündigung:
"...  "You Can’t Hip A Square" zeichnet die Karriere von Doc und seinen Songwriting-Partnern anhand der beliebten Rock-, Pop- und R&B-Hits nach, die zu Standards des 20. Jahrhunderts wurden. Songs wie „A Teenager In Love”, „Viva Las Vegas”, „Lonely Avenue”, „Save The Last Dance For Me“ und „This Magic Moment“ wurden von Künstlern wie Elvis Presley, Lou Reed, The Drifters, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, The Coasters, Dionne Warwick, Dion, The Everly Brothers, Linda Ronstadt und vielen anderen aufgenommen! Die Liste der Songs und Künstler, die sie aufgenommen haben, ist endlos.

Nun wurden die Demo-Acetate, die Doc aufbewahrt hatte und die von seiner Tochter Sharyn Felder gepflegt wurden, zum ersten Mal sorgfältig übertragen, restauriert, gemastert und zu einem 6-CD- / Digital-Boxset zusammengestellt, das einige der größten Hits aus Docs Karriere in Demoform sowie eine Fundgrube bisher unbekannter, nie veröffentlichter Songs enthält, die zurückgelassen und nie von einem Künstler aufgenommen wurden. Es ist eine bemerkenswerte Sammlung von „Was wäre wenn“-Songs der Popmusik der späten 50er und 60er Jahre. Wäre es möglich, dass einer der zurückgelassenen Songs die Nummer 1 geworden wäre, wenn er von einem populären Künstler wie Elvis aufgenommen worden wäre?

Die Sammlung wurde von Sharyn Felder, dem Verleger Will Bratton und Cheryl Pawelski, der mehrfach mit dem Grammy Award ausgezeichneten Produzentin von Omnivore, koproduziert und enthält außerdem einen Hauptbeitrag von Geoffrey Himes sowie zusätzliche Anmerkungen von Sharyn Felder, Peter Guralnick, Eddie Gorodetsky, Will Bratton und Cheryl Pawelski. Die Restaurierung und das Mastering wurden von dem mehrfachen Grammy-Gewinner Michael Graves und Jordan McLeod im Osiris Studio übernommen. Das Paket enthält Ephemera aus dem Nachlass, Fotos aus Docs Leben und Bilder ausgewählter Acetate und Noten, alles in einem 48-seitigen Hardcover-Buch." (Übersetzung: Deepl.Com)

Inhalt - CD 1:
It’s Great To Be Young And In Love (Mort Shuman) - A Teenager In Love (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus’ House Lynbrook, Long Island) - Love Roller Coaster (Mort Shuman) - See That Girl (Mort Shuman) - I Ain’t Sharin’ Sharon (Mort Shuman) - Kiss And Make Up (Mort Shuman Demo) - Kiss And Make Up (R & B Records Single - The Crowns) - Hushabye (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus’ House Lynbrook, Long Island - Neil Sedaka) - Foxy Little Mama (Mort Shuman) - A Young Boy’s Heart (Mort Shuman) - Whatcha Really Thinkin’ (Mort Shuman) - This Magic Moment (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus’ House Lynbrook, Long Island) - Lovers Gotta Cry (Once In A While) (Mort Shuman) - Miss In-Between (Unknown) - Forty-Seven Dollars (Mort Shuman) - It Tears Me To Pieces (Mort Shuman) - Deep Inside (Unknown) - Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight (Mort Shuman) - Troubled Mind (Mort Shuman) - Always Is A Long, Long Time (Mort Shuman) - Suddenly We’re Strangers (Mort Shuman) - It’s Been Nice (Goodnight) (Mort Shuman) - Be Everything To Anyone You Love (Kenny Rankin) - Lonely Winds (Mort Shuman) - Enough Of This Stuff (Mort Shuman) - What Am I To Do? (Unknown) - (We Got Love) Money Can’t Buy (Mort Shuman) - Be A Man (Ellie Greenwich) - Dream Song (Unknown)

CD 2:
Ginny In The Mirror (Mort Shuman) - Shall I Tell Him You’re Not Here (Mort Shuman) - Showdown (John McFarland) - Run Fool Run (Mort Shuman) - Give Her Lots Of Love (Mort Shuman) - You Never Talked About Me (Mort Shuman) - Save A Dream (Peter Anders) - Made For Each Other (Unknown) - Fever And Headaches (Mort Shuman) - Don’t School A Fool (Mort Shuman) - The Sweet Pain Of Love (Ellie Greenwich) - My Baby Wants To Be A Singer (Unknown) - Come Down To Earth (Mort Shuman) - Hello World (Mort Shuman) - The Ups And Downs Of Love (Mort Shuman) - If Ellie Doesn’t Change (Ellie Greenwich) - Shack On The Beach (Mort Shuman) - Why Does The Dance Have To End? (Peter Anders) - He’s Got Something (Unknown) - Who Stole My Dream (Unknown) - That’s Me - Book Of Time (Unknown) - How Can I Make Him Love Me? (Unknown) - It Only Takes A Minute (Mort Shuman) - Low Down Blues (Mort Shuman) - Brother, You Deserve Each Other (Ellie Greenwich) - Half A Love Is Better Than None At All (Bobby Andriani) - Baby How Long Will It Be? (Bobby Andriani) - Shindig (Unknown) - Lucy (When Ya Comin’ Home?) Aka Lucy! (You Sure Did It This Time) (Mort Shuman)

CD 3:
I’m Playing For Keeps (Mort Shuman) - Have Yourself A Good Cry (Mort Shuman) - Infatuation (Unknown) - It’s A Man’s World (Unknown) - Silly Boy (Mort Shuman) - I’ve Been There Before (Mort Shuman) - Bad Luck Blues (Mort Shuman) - The Other Kind (Mort Shuman) - Don’t You Pass Me By (Mort Shuman) - King Lonely The Blue (Scott Fagan) - Love Is The Answer (Mort Shuman) - I’m Gonna Cry Till My Tears Run Dry (Mort Shuman) - Leave It To Me (Mort Shuman) - I Lose Again (Mort Shuman) - Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue) (Mort Shuman) - (I’ve Been A) Bad Girl (Toni Wine) - The Many Faces Of Love (Mort Shuman) - Out On Your Own (Scott Fagan) - You Own My Heart (Unknown) - I’m Not Good Enough For You (Mort Shuman) - Monday Morning (Unknown) - No Escape (Mort Shuman) - Love At First Sight (Unknown) - Here Comes The Night (Mort Shuman) - Icy Teardrops (Mort Shuman) - Diamonds And Gold (Kenny Rankin) - Jazz Joint (Mort Shuman)

CD 4:
Helplessly (Mort Shuman) - I’m With You (Bobby Andriani) - Believe In Me (Unknown) - He’s Got Everything (Mort Shuman) - She’s Got Soul (Unknown) - Your Conception Of Love (Toni Wine) - I’m Gonna Make A Comeback (Mort Shuman) - Night Life (Unknown) - My Baby’s Quit Me (Titus Turner) - The Green-Eyed Monster (Unknown) - I’m Teasin’ A Broken Heart (Mort Shuman) - If I Were Only Free (Mort Shuman) - The Grass Looked Greener Over There (Unknown) - Nothing Lasts Forever (Joe Levine) - Johnny Midnight (Unknown) - One Little Teardrop (Can Lead To Two Broken Hearts) (Joe Levine) - Destination Heartbreak (Unknown) - Our Love Will Overcome Everything (Joe Levine) - Give A Great Big Hand (To The Man Who Stole Her) (Peter Anders) - If I Knew Then What I Know Now (Mort Shuman) - About Me (Scott Fagan) - It’s A Nothing World (Unknown) - It’s Time To Make A Change (Mort Shuman) - All For The Sake Of Love (Scott Fagan) - It Ain’t Gonna Happen To Me No More (Bobby Andriani)

CD 5 - Viva Doc Pomus: Songs For Elvis (The Demos):
Turn Me Loose (Mort Shuman) - A Mess Of Blues (Mort Shuman) - (Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame (Mort Shuman) - Kiss Me Quick (Mort Shuman) - She’s Not You (Unknown) - Gonna Get Back Home Somehow (Mort Shuman) - Suspicion (Mort Shuman) - Pot Luck (Pomus / Shuman Version - Mort Shuman) - Viva Las Vegas (Mort Shuman) - Lady Luck (Mort Shuman) - (It’s A) Long Lonely Highway (Mort Shuman) - Kissin’ Cousins (Mort Shuman) - I Need Somebody To Lean On (Mort Shuman) - Girl Happy (Mort Shuman) - One Way Ticket To The Blues (Mort Shuman) - Pot Luck  (Pomus / Spector Version - Unknown) - Kissin’ Fool (Mort Shuman) - I Walk The Muddy Road To Love (Peter Anders) - What Every Woman Lives For (Mort Shuman) - I Wish I Were In His Shoes (Mort Shuman) - I’m A Man (Mort Shuman) - Clambake (Version 1) (Mort Shuman) - Double Trouble (Version 1) (Mort Shuman) - Pot Luck (Pomus / Jeffreys Version - Unknown) - Havin’ A Ball (Mort Shuman) - Double Trouble (Version 2) (Mort Shuman) - Clambake (Version 2) (Mort Shuman) - Bring My Poor Heart Back To Me (Unknown) - Headin’ For A Heartache (Mort Shuman) - Easy Come, Easy Go (Mort Shuman) - “…Presley Liked Them”

CD 6 – You Better Believe It!:
Doc’s Boogie (Mort Shuman) - My Good Pott (Mort Shuman) - My New Chick (Mort Shuman) - Fruity Woman Blues (Mort Shuman) - When I First Met Lucille (Mort Shuman) - Here Comes The Blues (The Musicale Club, Harlem, NY) - Fool All The Time (Mort Shuman) - Moving Day Blues (Mort Shuman) - Big Joe’s Blues (Mort Shuman) - Still In Love (Mort Shuman) - Lonely Avenue (Mort Shuman) - Boogie Woogie Country Girl (Mort Shuman) - When Main Street Becomes Park Avenue (Mort Shuman) - "…I Sing In My Sleep" (Mort Shuman) - (Wake Up) Miss Rip Van Winkle (Mort Shuman) - You Better Believe It (Mort Shuman) - "…There’s Always Ideas Deep Inside" (Mort Shuman) - I’ll Treat You Like A Woman (Mort Shuman) - If I Should Fail (Mort Shuman) - Just Another Memory (Mort Shuman) - No One (Mort Shuman) - "…I’m Only Doc Pomus When It’s A Hit (Mort Shuman)" - Bye Baby Bye (The Musicale Club, Harlem, NY - Mort Shuman)

Quelle: OmniVoreRecordings.Com