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NEWSFLASH, 1/02/2005: After a long hiatus, I have added some new comments to these pages. I have expanded the Marvin Gaye duets page to comment on the entire album of his duets with Diana Ross.

All reviews were written by me, Collins Crapo, unless otherwise noted. Each review reflects the opinions of the writer alone, and not those of any other fan of the artist. Reviews have been completed for the following artists:

• The Animals
• Paul Anka
• The Association
• The Beach Boys
• The Beatles
• Chuck Berry
• Blood, Sweat and Tears
• The Box Tops
• The Buckinghams
• Johnny Burnette
• Jerry Butler
• The Byrds
• Chad and Jeremy
• Chubby Checker
• Lou Christie
• The Dave Clark Five
• Petula Clark
• The Classics IV
• The Coasters
• Eddie Cochran
• Sam Cooke
• The Cowsills (by Joseph Vance)
• Jim Croce
• The Crystals
• Jackie DeShannon
• Dick and Dee Dee
• Dion
• Lee Dorsey
• The Drifters (by Nick Millward and me)
• The Everly Brothers
• Tom Fogerty
• The Four Tops
• Aretha Franklin
• Harvey Fuqua and the Moonglows
• Marvin Gaye
  • Duets (updated 7/28/2005!)
• Gerry and the Pacemakers
• Lesley Gore
• The Grass Roots
• The Guess Who
• Herman's Hermits (various authors, including me)
• The Hollies
• Brenda Holloway
• Buddy Holly
• Brian Hyland
• Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five (by Jennifer Spengler)
• Tommy James and the Shondells
• Jan and Dean (one review by me and one by Trish Scarmuzzi)
• Jay and the Americans
• The Kinks
• Gladys Knight and the Pips
• Barbara Lewis
• Gary Lewis and the Playboys (one review by me and one by Michael Van Belle)
• Little Anthony and the Imperials
• Little Richard
• The Lovin' Spoonful
• The Mamas and the Papas
• Manfred Mann
• The Marvelettes
• Don McLean
• Ricky Nelson
• Roy Orbison
• Peter and Gordon
• Wilson Pickett
• Gene Pitney
• Elvis Presley
• Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
• The Rascals
• Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
• Paul Revere and the Raiders
• Johnny Rivers
• Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
• The Ronettes
• Diana Ross and the Supremes (various authors, including me)
• Billy Joe Royal
• Sam and Dave
• Del Shannon
• The Shirelles
• Simon and Garfunkel
• Sonny and Cher
• Dusty Springfield
• The Temptations (one review by me and one by No One Important)
• Tammi Terrell
• The Turtles
• Ritchie Valens
• Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
• Bobby Vee
• The Velvelettes
• The Vogues
• Mary Wells
• Kim Weston
• Frank Zappa (by Daniel Rose)
• The Zombies
• Various artists:
  • One- and Few-Hit Wonders (vocals)
  • Instrumentals
  • Miscellaneous (vocals; these artists had plenty of hits, but I like one to several songs by each)

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