The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings

1961 studio album by The Shirelles

The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings

Studio album by

The Shirelles

Released| June 1961 (1961-06)
Genre| Girl group
Length| 29:39
Language| English
Label| Scepter
Producer|

* Luther Dixon
* Bob Irwin

The Shirelles chronology
| Tonight's the Night
(1960)  | The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings
(1961)  | The Shirelles and King Curtis Give a Twist Party
(1962)

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The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings is the sophomore album from American soul girl group The Shirelles, released in 1961. The album has received positive reviews from critics.

## Reception

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A review in Billboard recommended the album to retailers for the success of "Mama Said".[1] Editors of AllMusic Guide gave this album 3.5 out of five stars, with critic Richie Unterberger noting the strong vocals of the group, but pointing out that the singles are much stronger than the other songs.[2] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide rates this album three out of five stars, noting that this period of early Scepter albums was the band's most commercially and critically successful, due to the high-quality but risk-averse production from Luther Dixon.[3]

## Track listing

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1. "Mama Said" (Willie Denson and Luther Dixon) – 2:10
2. "What a Sweet Thing That Was" (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) – 2:30
3. "It's Mine" (Denson) – 2:31
4. "I Saw a Tear" (Shirley Owens) – 2:25
5. "I Don't Want to Cry" (Dixon and Chuck Jackson) – 2:18
6. "Rainbow Valley" (Dixon) – 2:59
7. "My Willow Tree" (Dixon) – 2:48
8. "The First One" (Van McCoy) – 2:20
9. "What's Mine Is Yours" (Vernon Duke and Barney Williams) – 2:18
10. "Without a Word of Complaint" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, and George David Weiss) – 2:06
11. "I'll Do the Same Thing Too" (McCoy) – 1:55
12. "Blue Holiday" (Denson and Dixon) – 3:19

A 2017 reissue from Cornbread Records (catalogue code CRNBR16023) adds the final track "Please Be My Boyfriend".

## Personnel

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The Shirelles

* Doris Coley – lead and backing vocals
* Addie "Micki" Harris – lead and backing vocals
* Beverly Lee – lead and backing vocals
* Shirley Owens – lead and backing vocals

Additional personnel

* Luther Dixon – production
* Bob Irwin – production
* Mary Schlachter – liner notes
* Jeff Smith – design

## See also

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* List of 1961 albums

## References

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1. ^ "This Week's LPs". Album Programming & Buying Guide. Billboard. Vol. 73, no. 22\. June 5, 1961. p. 16\. ISSN 0006-2510.
2. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "The Shirelles – The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
3. ^ Christian David Hoard; Nathan Brackett, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 733\. ISBN 9780743201698.

## External links

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* The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings at Discogs (list of releases)
* The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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The Shirelles

* Shirley Owens
* Doris Coley
* Addie Harris
* Beverly Lee

Albums|

* Tonight's the Night
* The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings
* The Shirelles and King Curtis Give a Twist Party (with King Curtis)
* Baby It's You
* Foolish Little Girl
* Hear & Now
* Happy and In Love

Singles|

* "Tonight's the Night"
* "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
* "Dedicated to the One I Love"
* "Mama Said"
* "Big John (Ain't You Gonna Marry Me)"
* "Baby It's You"
* "Soldier Boy"
* "Welcome Home, Baby"
* "Everybody Loves a Lover"
* "Foolish Little Girl"
* "Sha-La-La"

Related topics|

* "Boys"
* Baby It's You! The Musical

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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