dedicated to the one i love: SHIRELLES singles poll

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mostly because i feel like starting a shirelles thread. i don't think i know any of these past "are you still my baby," but here they are:

Poll Results

Option	Votes
1961: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) (US #1, UK #3)	7
1962: "Baby It's You" (Burt Bacharach/Hal David/Barney Williams) (US #8)	6
1960: "Tonight's The Night" (US #39)	2
1962: "Soldier Boy" (Luther Dixon/Florence Greenberg) (US #1, UK #23)	2
1961: "Mama Said" (The Shirelles song) (US #4)	2
1959: "Dedicated To The One I Love" (US #83)	1
1963: "Foolish Little Girl" (US #4, UK #38)	1
1958: "I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde)" (US #49)	0
1964: "Maybe Tonight" (US #88)	0
1964: "Thank You, Baby" (US #63)	0
1964: "Sha-La-La" (US #69)	0
1964: "Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love With Me" (US #57)	0
1965: "Are You Still My Baby" (US #91)	0
1967: "Last Minute Miracle" (US #99)	0
1969: "Go Away, Find Yourself" (Bell)	0
1970: "Strange, I Still Love You" (UA)	0
1970: "It's Gonna Take A Miracle" (UA)	0
1972: "No Sugar Tonight" (RCA)	0
1972: "Let's Give Each Other Love" (RCA)	0
1963: "What Does A Girl Do?" (US #53)	0
1963: "31 Flavors" (US #97)	0
1963: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (US #92)	0
1961: "Dedicated To The One I Love" (US #3; rerelease of 1959 hit)	0
1961: "What A Sweet Thing That Was" (US #54)	0
1961: "A Thing Of The Past" (US #41)	0
1961: "Big John" (US #21)	0
1962: "The Things I Want To Hear (Pretty Words)" (US #107)	0
1962: "Welcome Home, Baby" (US #22)	0
1962: "Stop The Music" (US #36)	0
1962: "It's Love That Really Counts" (US #102)	0
1963: "Everybody Loves A Lover" (US #19)	0
1963: "Don't Say Goodnight And Mean Goodbye" (US #26)	0
1963: "Not For All The Money In The World" (US #100)	0
1974: "I Hear Those Church Bells Ringing"/"Chapel Of Love" (Shirley Alston) (Prodigal)	0

― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:13 (eighteen years ago)

whoops, didn't notice there were two entries for "dedicated." uh. i guess vote for the first one?

for me it's a hard call between that, "will you love me tomorrow" and "baby it's you." i guess i'll go with "tomorrow," but just barely.

― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:15 (eighteen years ago)

"Soldier Boy." The Shirelles are to post-TPA pop as Aeschylus is western lit. "Soldier Boy" was their Prometheus Bound.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:19 (eighteen years ago)

i love the big shimmering opening to "soldier boy," and the bom-bom-ba-BOM-BOM-BOM build. i talked to doris jackson once and she said they got lots of letters from g.i.'s in vietnam.

― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:28 (eighteen years ago)

non-automatic poll bump

― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 5 July 2007 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

I actually don't know many of these. I picked Baby It's You. Coincidentally I have Shirelles Greatest Hits on my playlist for next week, so I'd have been able to answer better then!

― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 5 July 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Thursday, 5 July 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

Love everything I know by them, but that's mostly just the major hits. Went with "Tonight's the Night," my second choice would've been "Met Him on a Sunday," which I didn't realize was so early! I assumed it was '61 or something.

― sw00ds, Thursday, 5 July 2007 23:07 (eighteen years ago)

Is that "No Sugar Tonight" a Guess Who cover?

― C. Grisso/McCain, Thursday, 5 July 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)

apparently. (it's id'd on the album tracklist as "no sugar tonight/new mother nature." i would like to hear it.

― tipsy mothra, Friday, 6 July 2007 00:20 (eighteen years ago)

Wow, me too.

― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 6 July 2007 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

Boring ol' "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" for me. (I guarantee that my Ronettes and Crystals and Shirelles choices would be more interesting.)

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 6 July 2007 01:12 (eighteen years ago)

one more bump for passaic's finest.

http://www.beatlesagain.com/images/shirelles.jpg

― tipsy mothra, Friday, 6 July 2007 19:47 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Friday, 6 July 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

well all my favorite songs got votes, except for "sha-la-la." i should've voted for "sha-la-la."

― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 7 July 2007 03:44 (eighteen years ago)

fifteen years pass...

Wonder if I voted in this one

― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 03:38 (three years ago)

I forgot I started it! Glad I did.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 17 July 2022 04:58 (three years ago)

Also, in the pre-YouTube comments upthread I wistfully said I'd like to hear their Guess Who cover. Remedying that now. (It rules.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzn1flVFyvQ

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 17 July 2022 05:01 (three years ago)

Ha, I mentally filed that away yesterday. Thanks for reminding.

― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 12:13 (three years ago)

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