Starry-Eyed Serenaders/ Various - Starry-Eyed Serenaders / Various

Two CD collection. Romance has been the overriding preoccupation of songwriters and performers through the ages, and never more so than in the golden years of Rock n Roll. On STARRY-EYED SERENADERS, music historian and producer Stuart Colman has intertwined an array of love songs, some famous, many much sought after, that together assert what the classic make-out ballad is all about. Not every song is devoted to matters of the heart, but they certainly predominate. Sweet-sounding harmonies have an uncanny ability to render a heaven-sent lyric even dreamier, and vocal groups abound here: some in a supporting role but many as the defining ingredient of Doo Wop. The collection spans 1955 to 1962, the golden years of Rock 'n' Roll, and draws on the catalog of a wide array of labels ranging from majors to small indies. Virtually all of the recordings feature vocal groups, mainly as the featured artists, but occasionally in a support role, but there are also a handful of solo performances which fit nicely with the romantic theme.