Very Best of the Olympics

1. Western Movies

2. (I Wanna) Dance With The Teacher

3. (Baby) Hully Gully

4. Private Eye

5. Big Boy Pete

6. The Slop

7. Shimmy Like Kate

8. Dance By The Light Of The Moon

9. Little Pedro

10. Peanut Butter

11. Dooley

12. The Bounce

13. Dancin' Holiday

14. Mine Exclusively

15. Baby, Do The Philly Dog

16. The Duck

17. I'm A Dead Man (Still Walking Around)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This 17 track collection is the most complete, single CD compilation of The Olympics' biggest hits. Includes the bonus track 'I'm A Dead Man (Still Walking Around)'. 2002.

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Average customer rating:

One hit short of complete....

Very Best of the Olympics
Olympics
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000068TNK
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

Western Movies
(I Wanna) Dance With The Teacher
(Baby) Hully Gully
Private Eye
Big Boy Pete
The Slop
Shimmy Like Kate
Dance By The Light Of The Moon
Little Pedro
Peanut Butter
Dooley
The Bounce
Dancin' Holiday
Mine Exclusively
Baby, Do The Philly Dog
The Duck
I'm A Dead Man (Still Walking Around)

Album Description

This 17 track collection is the most complete, single CD compilation of The Olympics' biggest hits. Includes the bonus track 'I'm A Dead Man (Still Walking Around)'. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

One hit short of complete...........2003-03-05

Novelty records had established their niche in early rock and roll by the late 50's and looking to be the next Coasters, the Olympics invaded the top-10 with their "Western Movies" in mid-1958. Follow-up efforts yielded little staying power and the Olympics are often relegated to one-hit status, yet in truth they managed to put 14 records into the pop top-100 charts well into the 60's. There has yet to be a comprehensive collection of the Olympics' recordings and this effort from Varese Vintage comes ever so close but does leave off one charted song from 1965, their version of "Good Lovin'", the tune that the Young Rascals would watch rise to the top of the charts. This one omission notwithstanding, this is the most complete gathering of Olympics' tunes to be found representing their output from four labels spread over eight years. Thrown in for good measure is a "bonus track", the 1974 recording of "I'm A Dead Man Still Walking Around" and "Peanut Butter", a recycling of "Baby Hully Gully" originally recorded by a group dubbed as the Marathons brought in by the Olympics' label to provide an Olympics-sounding release when touring prevented the Olympics from recording. As these tracks are from diverse and somewhat obscure labels, the sound quality varies with at least a couple having been taken from vinyl, however three of the tracks do appear in stereo (3,4,17). Finishing out the package is an eight-page liner notes booklet with a history of the group contributed by Billy Vera. Though just shy of totally complete hit-wise, this is the best available collection of the Olympics' recordings and well fills a long-standing gap in the CD-reissues of early rock era r'n'b groups.