{"product_id":"carmen-taylor-oh-please-complete-as-bs-1951-1962","title":"Oh Please! The Complete Singles As \u0026 Bs 1951-1962 CD","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCarmen Taylor\u003cbr\u003eOh Please! The Complete Singles As \u0026amp; Bs 1951-1962 CD\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarmen Taylor wrote hit songs for R\u0026amp;B giants The Clovers, Clyde McPhatter and The Cookies, and she recorded with some of the best musicians and arrangers of her era.\u003cbr\u003eAfter her career as a rhythm and blues singer ended, she went on to enjoy an even more successful second career in the Latin music market as Elena Madera.\u003cbr\u003eDespite making records for a decade and a half, very little is known about Carmen Taylor.\u003cbr\u003eNo photos of her from the 1950s are known to exist, and most people with whom she would have worked are no longer around to share their memories of her.\u003cbr\u003eFortunately music lasts longer than memories and \u003cem\u003eOh Please!\u003c\/em\u003e brings together all the surviving masters that Carmen is known to have cut between 1950 and 1962, for the first time in one collection.\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Carmen never scored a hit – and when you heard some of the recordings here you will wonder why that was so – but at her considerable best she could hold her own with any of her more successful contemporaries such as Atlantic Recrds label mates Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker.\u003cbr\u003eA quality 27 track collection from a quality artist who deserved a far greater level of success than she achieved, and a must for all fans of great female rhythm and blues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"Carmen Taylor - Oh Please (Apollo) 1956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Z0SrDviVBk?list=RD_Z0SrDviVBk\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCAN'T UNDERSTAND IT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCRY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eALL OVER AGAIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLEASE TELL ME WHY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLET ME KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e LOOKIN' FOR YOU\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'M COMIN' BACK TO YOU\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLOVIN' DADDY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDING DONG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBIG MAMOU DADDY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMAMA ME AND JOHNNY FREE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFREDDIE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOOH!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNO MORE NO LESS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLET ME GO LOVER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eREALLY TRUE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIT TAKES TWO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYOU NEVER REALLY LOVED ME\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLOVE IS EVERYTHING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI WAS ONLY IN YOUR MIND BUT NOT YOUR HEART\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE BRIDE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTEENAGE BALL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOH PLEASE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWHY DID YOU LEAVE ME ALONE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSO WHAT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWILLIE B\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLOVE ME BABY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Carmen Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54208534380873,"sku":"0604988329520 JASMCD3295","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1008\/3427\/9753\/files\/carmen-taylor-oh-please-complete-as-bs-1951-1962.jpg?v=1776343385","url":"https:\/\/www.raucousrecords.com\/products\/carmen-taylor-oh-please-complete-as-bs-1951-1962","provider":"Raucous Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}