The Very Best of The Ventures

~ Release by The Ventures (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Walk Don’t Run
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1960 (number: 39)
cover recording of:
Walk, Don’t Run
composer:
Johnny Smith (jazz guitarist)
publisher:
Forshay Music, Inc., On Board Music (publisher), Peer Music (“Peermusic—the global independent”) and Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
4.252:07
2Wipe Out
cover recording of:
Wipe Out
composer:
Bob Berryhill, Patrick Connolly, Jim Fuller (surf rock guitarist) and Ron Wilson (drummer of The Surfaris)
publisher:
Miraleste Music and Robin Hood Music Co.
2:59
3Perfidia
instrumental cover recording of:
Perfidia
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
2:05
4Ram Bunk Shush
1:45
5Telstar
cover recording of:
Telstar
composer:
Joe Meek
publisher:
Ivy Music Ltd.
2:39
6Delilah
instrumental cover recording of:
Delilah (Tom Jones song)
lyricist:
Barry Mason (English songwriter)
composer:
Les Reed
publisher:
Donna Music Ltd. (publisher)
2:39
7Apache
cover recording of:
Apache
composer:
Jerry Lordan
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
3:09
8Mission Impossible
cover recording of:
Mission: Impossible
composer:
Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
publisher:
Famous Music Corp. (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:29
9Batman Theme
cover recording of:
Batman Theme (Batman, 1966 TV series)
lyricist and composer:
Neal Hefti
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
music quoted on:
Main Title From “The Pink Panther Strikes Again”
part of:
Batman (1966 TV series)
2:17
10Secret Agent Man
instrumental cover recording of:
Secret Agent Man
writer:
Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
2:03
11Cruel Sea
cover recording of:
The Cruel Sea
writer and composer:
Mike Maxfield
2:20
12Fever
instrumental cover recording of:
Fever
writer:
Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (songwriter Otis Blackwell)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Chrysalis Songs, Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Jay & Cee Music, Lark Music Ltd., Trio Music (publisher), Trio Music Co., Inc. and Trio Music Company
part of:
The Adjustment Bureau
2:42
13Eleanor Rigby
instrumental cover recording of:
Eleanor Rigby
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
2:40
14I Feel Fine
instrumental cover recording of:
I Feel Fine
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
2:11
15La Bamba
instrumental cover recording of:
La bamba (additional lyrics by Ritchie Valens)
additional lyricist:
Ritchie Valens
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
version of:
La bamba
2:25
16Let’s Twist Again
instrumental cover recording of:
Let’s Twist Again
lyricist:
Kal Mann
composer:
Dave Appell
publisher:
Kalmann Music Inc.
2:15
17Lolita Ya Ya
cover recording of:
Lolita Ya-Ya
writer:
James B. Harris (US film producer & screenwriter) and Nelson Riddle
part of:
Lolita (1962 film soundtrack)
2:09
18Hang on Sloopy (My Girl Sloopy)
instrumental cover recording of:
Hang On Sloopy
writer:
Bert Russell Berns and Wes Farrell
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Morris Music Inc and Robert Mellin Music, Inc.
2:34
19Jambalaya
instrumental cover recording of:
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-07-28)
3:40
20Classical Gas
cover recording of:
Classical Gas
composer:
Mason Williams (US classical guitarist, composer, writer, comedian & poet)
2:50
21Green Onions
cover recording of:
Green Onions
composer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones and Lewie Steinberg
publisher:
Al Jackson Jr. Music, Carlin Music Corporation, East/Memphis Music Corp. and Irving Music (BMI)
2:10
22Happy Together
instrumental cover recording of:
Happy Together
writer:
Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon (American songwriter who co-wrote The Turtles' hit "Happy Together")
publisher:
Alley Music Corp., The Hudson Bay Music Co. (publisher) and Trio Music Co., Inc.
part of:
Freaky Friday (2003)
2:40
23Frankie and Johnny
2:26
24Love Potion No. 9
instrumental cover recording of:
Love Potion No. 9
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
publisher:
Freddy Bienstock Music Co., Quintet Music (Leiber & Stoller) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:04
25Man From U.N.C.L.E.
1:46
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