Artist:Bob B. Soxx & The Blue JeansSong:Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Album:Wall Of Sound: The Very Best Of Phil Spector 1961-1966
By now we all know Phil Spector is a strange paranoid little man whose fascination with guns has landed him in jail as a convicted murderer. But in the 60s he produced some of the best pop music ever recorded. This 1963 cover of the Disney classic Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah was the only top ten hit for Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans. The leader of the group was supposed to be Bobby Sheen. He was a member of The Robins from 1958-61. This was the reformed version of The Robins, not the original group that became The Coasters. When The Robins split up, Sheen recorded a solo single for Liberty Records and also recorded with The Ding Dongs and The Lovables. So Spector brought Sheen into the studio with Darlene Love and Fanita James of the girl group The Blossoms. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah was the first single. For some reason, Spector chose to use Darlene as lead singer instead of Sheen. When the song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, Sheen's fate was sealed. Darlene was going to be the lead singer. Spector also used Darlene as lead singer of The Crystals when he had problems with the group. She got annoyed with him and eventually he recorded Darlene under her own name. Needless to say, she was a very versatile singer. Darlene was also lead singer on Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans other hits Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts? and Not Too Young To Get Married. Sheen did sing some lead on the Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans album. But nobody remembers that and it's not available anyway. He left and was replaced by Blossom Gloria Jones. Sheen went on to be a member of The Coasters and he died in 1986. You can get all three Bobb B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans hits on this budget various artists comp. Here's a video for Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah by Bob B.Soxx & The Blue Jeans featuring Darlene Love and a guitar solo by Tommy Tedesco.
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