CLASSIC VOCAL 78 ON THE UK CAPITOL LABEL FROM THE FOUR PREPS
The Four Preps formed in the early 50s in Hollywood, CA and consisted of founding members Bruce Belland, Glen Larson, Marvin Inabnett and Ed Cobb (d. 1999, Honolulu). Recording for Capitol Records, they placed 13 singles in the US charts between 1956 and 1964, two of which made the Top 5 in 1958.
The quartet began singing together during their high-school years, influenced by the Mills Brothers, Four Aces, and Four Freshmen acts. Impressed by a demo tape the group recorded Mel Shauer, manager of Les Paul And Mary Ford, took the group under his wing and arranged a recording contract with Capitol. Their first session, in late 1956, yielded "Dreamy Eyes", which was a minor US hit, but the follow-up, "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", written by Belland and Larson years earlier, reached number 2 in the US, and their next single, "Big Man", made number 3 in the US charts and No 2 in the UK.
BIG MAN b/w STOP, BABY
I was a big man yesterday but boy you oughta see me now
Well I talked big yesterday, but boy you oughta see me now
I bragged too long that your love was strong
There'd never be another guy
But you said more when you whispered your goodbye
I was a big man yesterday but boy you oughta see me now
I said that I was through with you
I didn't need you anyhow
I said I didn't need you then
But boy you oughta see me now
Those bragging words that you were mine
Of that there was no doubt
So empty now that half my life's walked out
Half my life left me yesterday
And boy you oughta see me now
If you will just forgive me dear
I'll never break another vow
I broke so many yesterday
And boy you oughta see me now
I couldn't see it yesterday
But now I know it's true
The only thing that made me big was you
I was a big man yesterday but boy you oughta see me now
If you could only see me now
You should see me now
Disc details
UK CAPITOL CL 14873 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
CONDITION - EX
GREAT STUFF!
TWO GREAT SIDES ON THIS FANTASTIC FOUR PREPS 78