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THE DUPREES  -  THE BEST OF THE DUPREES  -  COLLECTABLES COL. 5008 (1990)
                RARE, PECULIAR ERROR IN VINYL LABELS!
 - Title on labels shows: "WCBS FM 101 HISTORY OF ROCK - THE 60'S - Part 1   COL-2500   SIDE 3 / SIDE 4  - Track Listing on labels shows: SIDE 3 1963  1. He's So Fine  -  Chiffons 1961  2. Once In Awhile  -  Chimes 1960  3. Step By Step  -  Crests 1963  4. Hey Paula  -  Paul & Paula 1963  5. Rhythm Of The Rain  -  Cascades 1964  6. Walk On By  -  Dionne Warwick
SIDE 4 1962  1. You Belong To Me  -  Duprees 1964  2. Suspicion  -  Terry Stafford 1963  3. Louie, Louie  -  Kingsmen 1961  4. There's A Moon Out Tonight  -  Capris 1964  5. Chapel Of Love  -  Dixie Cups 1964  6. Last Kiss  -  J. Frank Wilson With The Cavaliers

 - ACTUAL Title on labels SHOULD have been: "THE DUPREES   COL. 5008  SIDE A / SIDE B  - ACTUAL Track Listing is as follows: SIDE A 1. You Belong To Me 2. I Gotta Tell Her Now 3. Why Don't You Believe Me 4. Take Me As I Am 5. Exodus 6. My Own True Love
SIDE B 1. Have You Heard 2. Love Eyes 3. I Wish I Could Believe You 4. It Isn't Fair 5. Where Are You 6. Gone With The Wind

One of the final Italian doo wop groups to make a wave in the early '60s, the Duprees were in some senses not a rock & roll act at all. They relied on updates of pre-rock pop standards for most of their material, dressed up in classy big band arrangements. Their New Jersey street-corner roots were still audible in their doo wop harmonies, giving their treatments of moldy oldies enough of a contemporary flavor to compete in the rock and pop marketplace. They were very good at what they did, and in 1962-1963, they were very successful: "You Belong to Me" (previously recorded by Jo Stafford, Patti Page, Dean Martin, and Joni James) made the Top Ten, and "My Own True Love" (from the soundtrack of Gone With the Wind), "Have You Heard" and "Why Don't You Believe Me" were also Top 40 hits.