Chiffons - He's So Fine - LLP 2018 - 1963 Vinyl LP Chiffons He's So Fine LLP 201
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Description
Chiffons
He's So Fine
LLP 2018
Original 1963 US pressing of The Chiffons' "He's So Fine" LP on the Laurie label.
Grading:
Sleeve: VG Solid, flaking on seams, no splits, legible spine
Vinyl: VG Sounds good, but has a few scattered light background crackles
Notes:
The Chiffons were originally a trio of schoolmates hailing from The Bronx, who had a reigional hit under the name The Four Pennies. The title track of their debut LP "He's So Fine" was written by Ronald Mack, an acquaintance of the Chiffons' members who set himself up as their manager after overhearing them sing in their high school's lunch room. Mack elicited the interest of Bright Tunes Corporation, a production company run by the Tokens (of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" fame) who produced the Chiffons singing "He's So Fine" and two other Mack compositions at Capitol Recording Studios. The Tokens themselves — who had never previously played on a recording session — provided the instrumentation on the track.
Originally, "Oh, My Lover", one of the two other songs, was considered the potential hit but the completed track for "He's So Fine" with its now-classic 'Doo-lang doo-lang doo-lang' background vocal seemed an obvious smash, although Capitol Records (for whom the Tokens were house producers) rejected the track as "too trite...too simple". The Tokens shopped "He's So Fine" to ten labels before placing it with Laurie Records.
"He's So Fine" hit No. 1 in the United States, selling over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The Chiffons immediately released their first LP He's So Fine (which charted at #97) and began a round of touring around the US. Within a few months, the group released their second LP, "One Fine Day".
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