Release Date: 06 August 2021
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988113020
Genres: Easy Listening  Doo-Wop  
Release Date: 06 August 2021
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988113020
Genres: Easy Listening  Doo-Wop  
Description
A multi-racial Doo Wop group from Brooklyn, The Impalas were all still in their mid-teens when they cut their first record, 'Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)', which became one of the biggest hits of 1959.
A wildly underrated group, they were unfortunately destined to break up less than two years later, although their trump card - lead singer, Joe "Speedo" Frazier - went on to record as a solo artist during the 60s.
This compilation reissues their LP, also titled "Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)", which included their follow-up hit, 'Oh, What A Fool', plus their subsequent 45s, including their final release, on which they were billed as "Speedo & The Impalas".
Also included, for reference purposes only, is a 45 by another, unrelated vocal group named The Impalas, which has provoked considerable debate and erroneously features in their discographies. Their non-album singles are particularly rare, and five of these tracks - including both sides of the "rogue" Impalas' disc - make their CD debuts herein.
Tracklisting
The Mudlarks
The Goofers
Slim Willet
Sleepy LaBeef
Marty Wilde
June Carter
Jimmy McCrackin
Gene Vincent
The Southlanders
The Edsels
The Duprees
Various Artists
Chuck Jackson
The Impalas
The Cues
Nikki Lane