Sing The Greatest Hits Volume 1 – THE CRYSTALS****

Da Doo Ron Ron/On Broadway/He’s A Rebel/Hot Pastrami/There’s No Other/The Wah-Watusi/Mashed Potato Time/He’s Sure The Boy I Love/Uptown/The Twist/Gee Whiz(Look At His Eyes)/Look In My Eyes

Girl group The Crystals were the most commercially successful of the artists produced by Phil Spector. This compilation combines their single releases with some R & B hits of the time. Unfortunately, it omits their highest placed UK single Then He Kissed Me. More comprehensive collections are currently available on CD.

"One of the legendary acts of the first girl group era. Founder members of Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound, The Crystals had ten hit singles between 1961 and 1964 including, He's A Rebel and Da Doo Ron Ron. The latter two tracks feature the lead voice of the incomparable La La Brooks, one of the forgotten voices of the rock era."

"You will find yourself permanently loading it into your car's CD player and blasting He's a Rebel, Da Doo Ron Ron and many other great Crystals' hits on a regular basis. And when you do, your mood is going to jump up too."

"These are timeless sounds from the 1960s by an enormously influential girl group."

"This Crystals LP is a must have. The songs are so sweet. Uptown is very nice to hear. The one I love the most is Look In My Eyes. I was almost 16 when I first heard it on the radio. It is so sweet."

"The Crystals are among the American girl groups that made it big during the early 1960's, the golden age of girl groups and Brill Building songsters. They had some big hits, He's A Rebel, He's Sure The Boy I Love and Da Doo Ron Ron all penned by those famous tenants in Broadway's Brill Building. And, for sure, the legendary bizarre composer/producer/impresario himself, Phil Spector, the man who invented the 'wall of sound', who created 'little symphonies for the kids' as he called them."

"Anyone who has listened to The Crystals understands one thing - Phil Spector changed lead singers for the group like a baseball manager changes pitchers."

"Of the various people singing lead, you can never tell which one it is; but you can always tell it's The Crystals though, and you can tell it's Phil Spector at the helm."