Time: 55:26
Size: 126.9 MB
Styles: Contemporary Pop-rock, AM pop
Year: 1997
Art: Front
[2:21] 1. Do Wah Diddy Diddy
[1:57] 2. 5-4-3-2-1
[2:28] 3. Sha La La
[2:23] 4. Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble)
[2:27] 5. If You Gotta Go, Go Now
[2:19] 6. Oh No, Not My Baby
[3:49] 7. Bare Hugg
[3:08] 8. I Got My Mojo Working
[3:14] 9. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
[3:29] 10. Smokestack Lightning
[2:30] 11. Pretty Flamingo
[3:00] 12. You Gave Me Somebody To Love
[2:56] 13. Don't Ask Me What I Say
[2:41] 14. I'm Your Kingpin
[2:31] 15. I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine
[2:31] 16. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
[3:38] 17. Stormy Monday
[2:42] 18. The Abominable Snowmann
[2:31] 19. Since I Don't Have You
[2:42] 20. Come Tomorrow
Manfred Mann's line-up included a saxophonist, a rarity in the sixties pop music scene. This very successful group had three distinct phases in their career. The second phase, with Mike D'Abo as lead singer, yielded seven top ten UK hits including Mighty Quinn, while the third phase, Manfred Mann's Earth band, yielded three top ten UK hits including Blinded by the light. This compilation focuses on the first phase when Paul Jones was the lead singer.
During this phase, which covers the period to mid-1966, the group had six top ten UK hits, two of which (Do wah diddy diddy, Pretty Flamingo) made number one. Two other hits peaked at number eleven. Their final hit, You gave me somebody to love (an excellent song), failed to make the top thirty but this may have been because of lack of promotion due to the change in record label that coincided with Paul Jones leaving the group.
5-4-3-2-1 provided Manfred Mann with their breakthrough when it was used as a TV theme. It followed two singles (not included here) that failed to chart. The failed singles can be found on another compilation, Manfred Mann at Abbey Road. ~Peter Durward Harris
During this phase, which covers the period to mid-1966, the group had six top ten UK hits, two of which (Do wah diddy diddy, Pretty Flamingo) made number one. Two other hits peaked at number eleven. Their final hit, You gave me somebody to love (an excellent song), failed to make the top thirty but this may have been because of lack of promotion due to the change in record label that coincided with Paul Jones leaving the group.
5-4-3-2-1 provided Manfred Mann with their breakthrough when it was used as a TV theme. It followed two singles (not included here) that failed to chart. The failed singles can be found on another compilation, Manfred Mann at Abbey Road. ~Peter Durward Harris
The Very Best Of Manfred Mann