{"product_id":"carmen-taylor-oh-please-the-complete-singles-as-bs-1951-1962-cd","title":"Oh Please: The Complete Singles As \u0026 Bs 1951-1962 [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe wrote hit songs for R\u0026amp;B giants the Clovers, Clyde McPhatter and the Cookies, she recorded with some of the best musicians and arrangers of her era, she recorded almost three dozen sides during the period covered by this Jasmine collection and she went on to enjoy a more successful second career in the Latin music market, as Elena Madera. Yet despite making records for a decade and a half, almost nothing definite is known about Carmen Taylor, whose early life is a succession of 'may have's. No photos of her from the 1950s are known to exist - our glamorous cover shot is from the early 60s - and sadly most people with whom she would have worked are no longer around to share their memories of her. Fortunately music lasts longer than memories and Jasmine's \"Oh Please!\" brings together all the surviving masters that Carmen is known to have cut between 1950 and 1962, for the first time in one collection. Carmen sadly never had a hit - and when you heard some of the recordings here you will have to wonder why that was so - but at her considerable best she could hold her own with any of her more successful contemporaries such as her former Atlantic label mates Ruth Brown and La Vern Baker. A quality 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 \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan't Understand It - Julian Dash and His Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCry - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll Over Again - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlease Tell Me Why - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet Me Know That You Love Me - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLookin' for You - Carmen Taylor with the Leroy Kirkland Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm Comin' Back to You - Carmen Taylor with the Leroy Kirkland Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLovin' Daddy - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDing Dong - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBig Mamou Daddy - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMama Me and Johnny Free - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreddie - Carmen Taylor and the Boleros\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOoh! - Carmen Taylor and the Boleros\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo More, No Less - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra Directed By Kelly Owens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet Me Go Lover - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra Directed By Kelly Owens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReally True - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Takes Two - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Never Really Loved Me - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove Is Everything - Carmen Taylor with Orchestra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Was Only in Your Mind But Not Your Heart - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bride Should Have Been Me - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeenage Ball - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOh Please - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Did You Leave Me Alone - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo What - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWillie B - Carman (Sic) Taylor with the 'Big Tootin' Buddy Lucas Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove Me Baby - Carmen Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 604988329520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jasmine Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.18.25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Carmen Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58253850443857,"sku":"67422","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/4439357-3413057.jpg?v=1759466988","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/carmen-taylor-oh-please-the-complete-singles-as-bs-1951-1962-cd","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}