VA - The Pye Girls Coloured My World (32 Brit Girl Tunes Of The Swinging Sixties) (2020)

originally a british manufacturer of televisions and radios, pye records was formed in 1959 with a vision to release pop music by british artists. pye was the last of the major record companies to release a 45rpm single, but once it finally embraced the format in 1960 both pye and it’s little sister, piccadilly records, gave these british girls their voice and spawned a host of fantastic femme-pop 45s that provided the soundtrack to the colourful, confident and downright fun place that was swinging sixties britain, and it is in these companies catalogues that we find our inspiration for this compilation of some of the finest british female pop ever recorded. it includes hits & obscure songs from petula clark, tawny reed, val mckenna, the caravelles, sandra barry and many more.

1 petula clark - gotta tell the world
2 sandra barry - stop! thief
3 val mckenna - now that you have made up your mind
4 the baker twins - words written on water
5 the ferris wheel - b.a.b.y.
6 mally page - you can be wrong about boys
7 tawny reed - my heart cries
8 billie davis - no other baby
9 nita rossi - something to give
10 helen shapiro - silly boy (i love you)
11 the caravelles - the other side of love
12 sharon tandy - now that you’ve gone
13 jackie trent - you baby
14 jan panter - put yourself in my place
15 val mckenna - don’t hesitate
16 peanut - thank goodness for the rain
17 the breakaways - that’s how it goes
18 sandra barry - we were lovers (when the party began)
19 the paper dolls - something here in my heart (keeps a-tellin’ me no)
20 antoinette - there he goes (the boy i love)
21 baby do it - val mckenna
22 tawny reed - needle in a haystack
23 barbara ruskin - song without end
24 glenda collins - something i’ve got to tell you
25 two of each - colour my world
26 petula clark - the life and soul of the party
27 nita rossi - untrue unfaithful (that was you)
28 simone jackson - tell me what to do
29 judy cannon - the very first day i met you
30 glo macari - he knows i love him too much
31 shirley abicair - i will be there
32 tammy st john - dark shadows and empty hallways