{"id":4326,"date":"2013-10-20T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T17:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2013-10-20T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-20T17:41:04","slug":"the-toys-cant-get-enough-of-you-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4326","title":{"rendered":"The Toys – Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download The Toys – Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to another week of soulful excellence here at Funky16Corners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is an old favorite of mine.<\/p>\n

Truth be told, the first verison I heard \u2013 and still one of my favorites \u2013 was by Question Mark and the Mysterians.<\/strong>
\n\u2018Can\u2019t Get Enough of You Baby\u2019 was a top 50 hit for Rudy<\/strong> and the boys in 1967.<\/p>\n

During the 1980s the song was covered by the UK group the Colour Field<\/strong> in a fairly faithful (to the Question Mark version) rendering.<\/p>\n

What I didn\u2019t know when I was spinning that one back in 1985, was that the song had a deeper history, having been recorded twice before the Mysterians got their hooks into it.<\/p>\n

Written by Denny Randell<\/strong> and Sandy Linzer<\/strong>, \u2018Can\u2019t Get Enough Of You Baby\u2019 was waxed twice in 1966, by the Four Seasons<\/strong>, and by the group I bring to you today, The Toys.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Known to most for their 1965 mega-hit \u2018A Lovers Concerto\u2019 (#4 R&B, #2 Pop), the Toys, Barbara Harris, June Montiero<\/strong> and Barbara Parritt<\/strong> had a run of singles from 1965 to 1968 for the Dynovoice and Musicor labels.<\/p>\n

Their version of \u2018Can\u2019t Get Enough Of You Baby\u2019 is taken at a slightly more relaxed pace that the Four Seasons version (with a much cooler, more restrained arrangement) with just enough kick to get the dancers moving.<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, if you listen closely you can hear some talking in the background at the beginning of the track.<\/p>\n

Since most subsequent recordings of the song were modeled on the Question Mark and the Mysterians arrangement, it was a little jarring at first not to hear the combo organ, but the throbbing bass and rhythmic piano more than make up for it.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, while \u2018Can\u2019t Get Enough Of You Baby\u2019 went nowhere, its flipside \u2018Silver Spoon\u2019 (like A Lovers Concerto, adapted from a classical piece, Beethoven\u2019s \u2018Pathetique Sonata\u2019) scraped the outer reaches of the Top 100 in 1966.<\/p>\n

The Toys last chart placing was a cover of Bryan Hyland\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Sealed With a Kiss\u2019 in 1968.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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