Various - The Pomus and Shuman Story

to complement ace records' soon-to-conclude leiber & stoller series, ace now presents its first salute to the 'other' great song-writing team of rock'n'roll's golden age. doc pomus and mort shuman wrote more classics of american pop than almost any other writers of their era. they had more songs accepted and recorded by elvis presley than even l & s did (apparently, without ever meeting the king even once). this package offers songs that should have been as big as those that did become major hits. it includes songs that will surprise people who think that p & s only wrote teen pop, tackled by artists including irma thomas, howard tate, ray charles and the mccoys. many of these tracks are making their cd debut here. cd only.