Cat. No. VV 1258: SAL MINEO ~ MAKE BELIEVE BABY. STAR-CLUB JAN 33-8029.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
SAL MINEO WAS ONE OF THE POPULAR STARS IN THE 1950s. HIS EARLY AMBITIONS WAS TO BECOME A BASEBALL PLAYER, HOWEVER, HIS PARENTS HAD OTHER IDEAS AND ENROLLED SAL IN A SCHOOL FOR THEATRE. WHILE WORKING ONE DAY, HE WAS SPOTTED BY A TALENT SCOUT AND SIGNED FOR A BROADWAY PART - HIS FIRST. HE FEATURED IN SEVERAL MORE THEATRE PLAYS BEFORE GRADUATING TO TELEVISION AND MOVIES. HE APPEARED IN HIS FIRST MOVIE "SIX BRIDGES TO CROSS" IN 1955. THEN CAME "REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE" FOR WHICH HE WON AN OSCAR NOMINATION - AND A STAR ROLE IN "ROCK PRETTY BABY". IN 1957, HE WON AN EXHIBITOR'S LAUREL AWARD AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN NEW PERSONALITIES. HE IS ALSO BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING THE PART OF GENE KRUPA IN "THE GENE KRUPA STORY" A PART WHERE HE HAD TO LEARN TO PLAY DRUMS.
THEN HIS FANS WANTED HIM TO RECORD AND HE SIGNED WITH EPIC RECORDS AND HIS FIRST RELEASE "START MOVIN'" BECAME A MILLION SELLER WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF IT'S RELEASE, REACHING #10 ON THE CHARTS AND STAYED FOR 19 WEEKS. THREE MONTHS LATER HE RECORDED HIS SECOND SINGLE "LASTING LOVE" WHICH REACHED #35. HIS THIRD SINGLE "PARTY TIME" REACHED #47 AND STAYED IN THE LISTS FOR 7 WEEKS. SAL FOLLOWED THIS UP WITH "LITTLE PIGEON" WHICH ALMOST REPLICATED HIS PREVIOUS RELEASE ALSO REACHING #47 AND STAYING ON THE LISTS FOR 8 WEEKS. SAL RELEASED FOUR MORE SINGLES FOR EPIC BEFORE THE END OF 1959 BUT NONE WERE SUCCESSFUL AND HIS CONTRACT WAS NOT RENEWED. IN OCTOBER, 1964 SAL RELEASED ANOTHER RECORD ON THE DECCA LABEL BUT NOTHING HAPPENED AND HIS SINGING CAREER WAS AT AN END. SAL WAS MURDERED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA IN FEBRUARY 1976.
THIS SELECTION WAS RELEASED BY SWEDISH REISSUE LABEL, STAR-CLUB IN 1987. THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH THE ONLY SIGNS OF WEAR BEING MINOR WEAR ON SEVERAL EDGES BUT NOTHING TOO DRASTIC AND A CREASE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER WHERE IT MAY HAVE BEEN DROPPED OR ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED AGAINST SOMETHING BUT AGAIN NOTHING TO DRASTIC. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Start Movin' / Make Believe Baby / Party Time / Little Pigeon / Cuttin' In / Blue Eyed Baby / Lasting Love. Side 2 - You Shouldn't Do That / Seven Steps To Love / The Words That I Whisper / A Couple Of Crazy Kids / Young As We Are / Love Affair.
12" VINYL RECORD
