Shirley and the Queens are generally considered to be among the first female R&B groups, and pivotal to the 'girl group' sound that was soon to be embellished by the likes of the Shirelles, Marvelettes ect. Her later work with her brother Cornel's group, the Flairs, represents the apex of 1950's west coast rhythm & blues. This collection features every single recording that Shirley made for Modern and Flair, and 2 later singles notwithstanding, pretty mush represents her recording career in total. Almost 70% of these tracks have never been reissued on CD, 4 have never been issued at all. Oop Shoop itself is a bona fide Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame classic, and the rest of the tracks here, the emphasis for which is very definitely on the upbeat, are not even slightly shabby by comparison. 26 total tracks. Ace. 2005.
1) Oop Shoop - Shirley Gunter
2) Strange Romance - Shirley Gunter
3) Found Some Good Lovin' - Shirley Gunter
4) Send Him Back - Shirley Gunter Monroe Tucker
5) It's You - Shirley Gunter
6) In My Heart - Shirley Gunter
7) Baby I Love You So - Shirley Gunter
8) What Difference Does It Make - Shirley Gunter
9) I Just Got Rid of a Heartache - the Flairs Shirley Gunter
10) Ipsy Opsie Ooh - the Flairs Shirley Gunter
11) Since I Fell for You - Shirley Gunter
12) I Want You - the Flairs Shirley Gunter
13) How Can I Tell You - the Flairs Shirley Gunter
14) Way I Like It - Shirley Gunter
15) I've Been Searching - Shirley Gunter
16) Fortune in Love - the Flairs Shirley Gunter
17) I'm Sorry - Shirley Gunter
18) Gimme Gimme Gimme - Shirley Gunter
19) Headin' Home - the Flairs Shirley Gunter
20) Come on - Shirley Gunter
21) Please Tell Me - Shirley Gunter
22) You're Mine - Shirley Gunter
23) Why - Shirley Gunter
24) Let's Get Married [Demo Version] - the Flairs Shirley Gunter
25) How Can I Tell You [Demo Version] - the Flairs Shirley Gunter
26) Ipsy Opsie Ooh [Demo Version] - the Flairs Shirley Gunter