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As anybody who pays attention to the history of rock & roll knows, Pat Boone was never a rocker. He was always a crooner, so the existence of Bear Family's 31-track The Ballads of Pat Boone is by no means a stretch, but that hardly means the compilation is a bust. Usually, Boone's worst work was his rock & roll covers -- they may have reached the Top 10, but his covers of "At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)," "Ain't That a Shame," "Tutti Frutti," and "Long Tall Sally" sounded stiff and square -- so whittling his '50s and '60s work down to its sweetest, sappiest sides winds up benefiting both Boone and his fans. Here, it never seems as if Pat Boone ever bothered with rock & roll, as he was too busy with sockhops and slow dances, which is perfectly fine. Boone was meant to sing songs like "Love Letters in the Sand," "April Love," and "Sugar Moon," which are here, along with 28 other sides, including two duets with Shirley Boone. This may not round up all his charting singles -- songs in this soft vein are also missing -- but this concentration on the slower, sweeter side showcases Boone at his best, so it's hard not to think of this as one of the better Pat Boone comps ever released.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Ferdinand Washington, Stan Lewis, Composer
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Ivory Joe Hunter, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Ahmet Ertegun, Van Wallis, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny, J.Fred Coots, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - SAMMY FAIN, PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Deborah Chessler, Composer - Shirley, MainArtist
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Danny Wolfe, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist
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Phil Everly, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Boudleaux Bryant, Chet Atkins, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Nat Simon, Charles Tobias, Harry Tobias, Composer
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Charles Singleton, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Aaron Schroeder, Fredda Gold, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Hy Zaret, Alex North, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - -, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Joe Allison, Audrey Allison, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Billy Barton, Lewis Talley, Fuzzy Owen, Composer
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Hank Locklin, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Pat Boone, Ernest Gold, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Al Striano, Joe Luccoisano, Al Gentile, Composer
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Paul Anka, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Bobby G. 'Red' West, Composer
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Charles Singleton, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Lenore Rosenblatt, Martin Kalmanoff, Composer
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Redd Stewart, Pee Wee King, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Pat Boone, Elio Cesare, Al Testa, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - BAKER KNIGHT, Composer - Shirley, MainArtist
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LARRY WEISS, Composer - Wes Farrell, Composer - Richard Gottehrer, Composer - Neil Diamond, Composer - EDDIE SNYDER, Composer - Pat Boone, MainArtist - Cliff Adams, Composer - Shirley, MainArtist - Robert Goldstein, Composer - Lockie Edwards Jr., Composer - Stanley Kahan, Composer - Jerry Feldman, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Jennie Lou Carson, Composer
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Pat Boone, MainArtist - Shirley, MainArtist - Eaton Wagner, Composer
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Album review
As anybody who pays attention to the history of rock & roll knows, Pat Boone was never a rocker. He was always a crooner, so the existence of Bear Family's 31-track The Ballads of Pat Boone is by no means a stretch, but that hardly means the compilation is a bust. Usually, Boone's worst work was his rock & roll covers -- they may have reached the Top 10, but his covers of "At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)," "Ain't That a Shame," "Tutti Frutti," and "Long Tall Sally" sounded stiff and square -- so whittling his '50s and '60s work down to its sweetest, sappiest sides winds up benefiting both Boone and his fans. Here, it never seems as if Pat Boone ever bothered with rock & roll, as he was too busy with sockhops and slow dances, which is perfectly fine. Boone was meant to sing songs like "Love Letters in the Sand," "April Love," and "Sugar Moon," which are here, along with 28 other sides, including two duets with Shirley Boone. This may not round up all his charting singles -- songs in this soft vein are also missing -- but this concentration on the slower, sweeter side showcases Boone at his best, so it's hard not to think of this as one of the better Pat Boone comps ever released.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 01:20:24
- Main artists: Pat Boone Shirley
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Bear Family Records GmbH
- Genre: Comedy/Other
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