You Can't Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos

You Can't Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos

Doc Pomus

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Label Omnivore Recordings Release date Format Digital Media

Tracklist 370:01

1 It's Great to Be Young and in Love (demo) 1:56
2 A Teenager in Love (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus' House Lynbrook, Long Island) 1:32
3 Love Roller Coaster (demo) 1:29
4 See That Girl (demo) 2:37
5 I Ain't Sharin' Sharon (demo) 2:12
6 Kiss and Make Up (Mort Shuman demo) 1:19
7 Kiss and Make Up (Rnb Records single) 2:19
8 Hushabye (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus' House Lynbrook, Long Island) 2:25
9 Foxy Little Mama (demo) 2:15
10 A Young Boy's Heart (demo) 2:17
11 Whatcha Really Thinkin' (demo) 2:00
12 This Magic Moment (Recorded 1961 Doc Pomus' House Lynbrook, Long Island) 1:17
13 Lovers Gotta Cry (Once in a While) (demo) 2:52
14 Miss In-Between (demo) 2:20
15 Forty-Seven Dollars (demo) 3:00
16 It Tears Me to Pieces (demo) 2:15
17 Deep Inside (demo) 2:33
18 Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight (demo) 1:47
19 Troubled Mind (demo) 2:17
20 Always Is a Long, Long Time (demo) 2:52
21 Suddenly We're Strangers (demo) 2:52
22 It's Been Nice (Goodnight) (demo) 1:23
23 Be Everything to Anyone You Love (demo) 2:29
24 Lonely Winds (demo) 3:49
25 Enough of This Stuff (demo) 2:18
26 What Am I to Do? (demo) 2:37
27 (We Got Love) Money Can't Buy (demo) 2:43
28 Be a Man (demo) 1:49
29 Dream Song (demo) 2:52
30 Ginny in the Mirror (demo) 2:08
31 Shall I Tell Him You're Not Here (demo) 1:41
32 Showdown (demo) 2:23
33 Run Fool Run (demo) 2:13
34 Give Her Lots of Love (demo) 2:10
35 You Never Talked About Me (demo) 2:20
36 Save a Dream (demo) 2:31
37 Made for Each Other (demo) 1:44
38 Fever and Headaches (demo) 1:44
39 Don't School a Fool (demo) 2:07
40 The Sweet Pain of Love (demo) 2:42
41 My Baby Wants to Be a Singer (demo) 2:17
42 Come Down to Earth (demo) 2:29
43 Hello World (demo) 1:35
44 The Ups and Downs of Love (demo) 1:43
45 If Ellie Doesn't Change (demo) 1:59
46 Shack on the Beach (demo) 1:44
47 Why Does the Dance Have to End? (demo) 2:09
48 He's Got Something (demo) 2:22
49 Who Stole My Dream (demo) 3:51
50 That's Me (demo) 2:13
51 Book of Time (demo) 2:30
52 How Can I Make Him Love Me? (demo) 2:00
53 It Only Takes a Minute (demo) 1:44
54 Low Down Blues (demo) 2:14
55 Brother, You Deserve Each Other (demo) 2:02
56 Half a Love Is Better Than None at All (demo) 1:52
57 Baby How Long Will It Be? (demo) 2:10
58 Shindig (demo) 2:09
59 Lucy (When Ya Comin' Home?) aka Lucy! (You Sure Did It This Time) (demo) 2:36
60 I'm Playing for Keeps (demo) 1:56
61 Have Yourself a Good Cry (demo) 2:22
62 Infatuation (demo) 1:48
63 It's a Man's World (demo) 3:02
64 Silly Boy (demo) 2:02
65 I've Been There Before (demo) 1:52
66 Bad Luck Blues (demo) 4:14
67 The Other Kind (demo) 1:54
68 Don't You Pass Me By (demo) 2:17
69 King Lonely the Blue (demo) 2:37
70 Love Is the Answer (demo) 2:31
71 I'm Gonna Cry Till My Tears Run Dry (demo) 2:45
72 Leave It to Me (demo) 3:16
73 I Lose Again (demo) 3:16
74 Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue) (demo) 2:35
75 (I've Been a) Bad Girl (demo) 2:28
76 The Many Faces of Love (demo) 2:15
77 Out on Your Own (demo) 3:18
78 You Own My Heart (demo) 1:55
79 I'm Not Good Enough for You (demo) 2:14
80 Monday Morning (demo) 2:06
81 No Escape (demo) 1:25
82 Love at First Sight (demo) 2:15
83 Here Comes the Night (demo) 1:34
84 Icy Teardrops (demo) 2:11
85 Jazz Joint (demo) 2:30
86 Diamonds and Gold (demo) 2:13
87 Helplessly (demo) 2:09
88 I'm With You (demo) 1:29
89 Believe in Me (demo) 2:38
90 He's Got Everything (demo) 1:54
91 She's Got Soul (demo) 2:29
92 Your Conception of Love (demo) 2:30
93 I'm Gonna Make a Comeback (demo) 2:01
94 Night Life (demo) 2:49
95 My Baby's Quit Me (demo) 3:41
96 The Green-Eyed Monster (demo) 1:48
97 I'm Teasin' a Broken Heart (demo) 2:59
98 If I Were Only Free (demo) 2:37
99 The Grass Looked Greener Over There (demo) 1:41
100 Nothing Lasts Forever (demo) 2:37
101 Johnny Midnight (demo) 2:34
102 One Little Teardrop (Can Lead to Two Broken Hearts) (demo) 2:24
103 Destination Heartbreak (demo) 2:53
104 Our Love Will Overcome Everything (demo) 2:45
105 Give a Great Big Hand (To the Man Who Stole Her) (demo) 2:20
106 If I Knew Then What I Know Now (demo) 2:26
107 About Me (demo) 2:08
108 It's a Nothing World (demo) 2:53
109 It's Time to Make a Change (demo) 2:00
110 All for the Sake of Love (demo) 2:36
111 It Ain't Gonna Happen to Me No More (demo) 1:51
112 Turn Me Loose (demo) 2:18
113 A Mess of Blues (demo) 2:47
114 (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame (demo) 2:13
115 Kiss Me Quick (demo) 2:52
116 She's Not You (demo) 1:38
117 Gonna Get Back Home Somehow (demo) 2:38
118 Suspicion (demo) 2:46
119 Pot Luck (demo - Pomus/Shuman version) 3:14
120 Viva Las Vegas (demo) 2:22
121 Lady Luck (demo) 1:47
122 (It's a) Long Lonely Highway (demo) 2:21
123 Kissin' Cousins (demo) 2:14
124 I Need Somebody to Lean On (demo) 3:12
125 Girl Happy (demo) 2:03
126 One Way Ticket to the Blues (demo) 1:52
127 Pot Luck (demo - Pomus/Spector version) 1:44
128 Kissin' Fool (demo) 2:09
129 I Walk the Muddy Road to Love (demo) 2:04
130 What Every Woman Lives For (demo) 2:35
131 I Wish I Were in His Shoes (demo) 2:26
132 I'm a Man (demo) 0:33
133 Clambake (demo - version 1) 2:41
134 Double Trouble (demo - version 1) 3:13
135 Pot Luck (demo - Pomus/Jeffreys version) 2:02
136 Havin' a Ball (demo) 2:09
137 Double Trouble (demo - version 2) 2:14
138 Clambake (demo - version 2) 1:53
139 Bring My Poor Heart Back to Me (demo) 2:46
140 Headin' for a Heartache (demo) 2:01
141 Easy Come, Easy Go (demo) 2:19
142 "... Presley Liked Them" 2:07
143 When I First Met Lucille (demo) 2:40
144 Here Comes the Blues (The Musicale Club, Harlem, NY) 4:26
145 Fool All the Time (demo) 1:56
146 Moving Day Blues (demo) 2:05
147 Big Joe's Blues (demo) 2:03
148 Still in Love (demo) 2:28
149 Lonely Avenue (demo) 1:08
150 Boogie Woogie Country Girl (demo) 1:57
151 When Main Street Becomes Park Avenue (demo) 3:03
152 "... I Sing in My Sleep" 0:57
153 (Wake Up) Miss Rip Van Winkle (demo) 1:20
154 You Better Believe It (demo) 3:41
155 "... There's Always Ideas Deep Inside" 0:38
156 I'll Treat You Like a Woman (demo) 2:26
157 If I Should Fail (demo) 2:39
158 Just Another Memory (demo) 2:37
159 No One (demo) 1:44
160 "... I'm Only Doc Pomus When It's a Hit" 0:27
161 Bye Baby Bye (The Musicale Club, Harlem, NY) 2:21