★★★★★
The Lettermen's 1967 album Spring! is like an adult contemporary year-in-review -- nearly all of its songs were heavily recorded by MOR artists at that time, and no fewer than four had appeared on Jim Nabors' albums in the previous year. The Association's "Cherish" and the Seekers' "Georgy Girl" were recent hits and obvious springboards for the Lettermen's harmony vocals, and "Volare" gave the Lettermen themselves a Top 20 hit on the adult contemporary charts...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Put Your Head on My Shoulder sounds like a 1960s AM radio signal channelled through a harmonizer. The Lettermen take a crazy assortment of cover songs--the Doors, Jeannie C. Riley, Paul Anka--and whip them into a creamy nougat that is not as sweet as Ray Conniff but is definitely heading in that direction. For a twist, and to break up the onslaught of peppy choral remakes, each Letterman is spotlighted during a solo turn: Jim Pike sings "Hey Jude," Tony Butala takes the lead on "Harper Valley P...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
The Lettermen were a forward-looking vocal group, but this hit album from 1963 found them in a nostalgic mood, recalling the sound of the mid-'50s vocal group Somethin' Smith & the Redheads...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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