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Donnie Brooks' "Mission Bell" was a Top 10 hit in 1960 and the biggest hit by far of the handful of singles he charted for Era Records. His hits were in a teen idol vein, but Brooks started out recording some fierce rock & roll under the names Johnny Faire and Dick Bush. Greatest Hits 1958-1968 contains 34 recordings Brooks made for Era and Reprise in the '60s as well as a handful of early rockin' sides made under his Faire and Bush monikers. "Bertha Lou," a 1958 single for the Surf label that was credited to Faire, is a spectacular rock & roll obscurity that was immediately covered by, and became a minor hit for, Clint Miller. Dick Clark reportedly banned the song because of its suggestive lyrics ("Bertha Lou, I want to conjugate with you"), but it remains a lost classic. Brooks' '60s efforts are more twee, with cutesy background vocals and light material like the clever "Memphis" and the silly "Oh, You Beautiful Doll." "Up to My Ears in Tears" is a protest against the many hit songs of tragedy in the early '60s and "If I Never Get to Love You" borrows from Pat Boone's "Speedy Gonzales." The latest selection in the bunch, "Love Is Funny That Way" from 1968, reveals that Brooks followed a stylistic arch similar to that of Tommy Roe. Greatest Hits 1958-1968 shows that there was much more to Brooks than "Mission Bell."
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Donnie Brooks - Greatest Hits 1958-1968 2002

   1. Donnie Brooks - Bertha Lou                              [02:25]
   2. Donnie Brooks - Til the law says stop                   [02:14]
   3. Donnie Brooks - I fell for your line baby               [01:51]
   4. Donnie Brooks - Betcha I getcha                         [02:26]
   5. Donnie Brooks - Hollywood party                         [02:05]
   6. Donnie Brooks - Ezactly                                 [01:48]
   7. Donnie Brooks - White orchid                            [02:17]
   8. Donnie Brooks - Sway and move with the beat             [01:47]
   9. Donnie Brooks - The devil ain't a man                   [02:00]
  10. Donnie Brooks - How long                                [02:33]
  11. Donnie Brooks - Mission bell                            [02:27]
  12. Donnie Brooks - Doll house                              [02:24]
  13. Donnie Brooks - Round Robin                             [02:04]
  14. Donnie Brooks - Memphis                                 [02:03]
  15. Donnie Brooks - That's why                              [02:12]
  16. Donnie Brooks - Wishbone                                [02:21]
  17. Donnie Brooks - All I can give                          [02:24]
  18. Donnie Brooks - Boomerang                               [02:31]
  19. Donnie Brooks - Sweet Lorraine                          [02:30]
  20. Donnie Brooks - Up to my ears in tears                  [02:13]
  21. Donnie Brooks - Goodnite Judy                           [02:24]
  22. Donnie Brooks - My favourite kind of face               [02:39]
  23. Donnie Brooks - He stole Flo                            [02:09]
  24. Donnie Brooks - Oh you beautiful doll                   [02:01]
  25. Donnie Brooks - Just a bystander                        [02:00]
  26. Donnie Brooks - Memories are made of this               [02:18]
  27. Donnie Brooks - Twilight time                           [02:35]
  28. Donnie Brooks - P S I love you                          [02:07]
  29. Donnie Brooks - What'd I say                            [03:08]
  30. Donnie Brooks - Gone                                    [01:58]
  31. Donnie Brooks - Girl machine                            [02:04]
  32. Donnie Brooks - Can't help loving you                   [02:01]
  33. Donnie Brooks - If I never get to love you              [02:36]
  34. Donnie Brooks - Love is funny that way                  [02:03]
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Donnie Brooks - The Happiest 1993 

   1. Donnie Brooks - Mission Bell                            [02:23]
   2. Donnie Brooks - Memories Are Made Of This               [02:04]
   3. Donnie Brooks - That's Why                              [02:05]
   4. Donnie Brooks - How Long                                [02:24]
   5. Donnie Brooks - The Devil Ain't A Man                   [01:50]
   6. Donnie Brooks - Twilight Time                           [02:27]
   7. Donnie Brooks - Up To My Ears (In Tears)                [02:10]
   8. Donnie Brooks - Sweet Lorraine                          [02:26]
   9. Donnie Brooks - Goodnight Judy                          [02:22]
  10. Donnie Brooks - Wishbone                                [02:16]
  11. Donnie Brooks - Memphis                                 [01:56]
  12. Donnie Brooks - P.S. I Love You                         [02:00]
  13. Donnie Brooks - All I Can Give                          [01:47]
  14. Donnie Brooks - What'd I Say                            [02:54]
  15. Donnie Brooks - Doll House                              [02:17]
  16. Donnie Brooks - Round Robin                             [01:57]
  17. Donnie Brooks - Oh You Beautiful Doll                   [01:57]
  18. Donnie Brooks - Your Little Boy's Come Home             [02:59]
  19. Donnie Brooks - Just A Bystander                        [01:55]
  20. Donnie Brooks - Boomerang                               [02:32]
  21. Donnie Brooks - Did You Ever See A Dream Walking        [02:26]
  22. Donnie Brooks - Baby Where Are You                      [02:09]
  23. Donnie Brooks - The Question                            [02:16]
  24. Donnie Brooks - I Call Your Name                        [02:30]
  25. Donnie Brooks - Sway And Move With The Beat             [01:48]
  26. Donnie Brooks - Moon In Window                          [02:12]
  27. Donnie Brooks - Tell                                    [01:59]
  28. Donnie Brooks - Tavern Song                             [02:00]
  29. Donnie Brooks - Someday                                 [02:06]
  30. Donnie Brooks - Bertha Lou                              [02:23] 
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