Arlene Smith - HE KNOWS I LOVE HIM TOO MUCH (Bell Sound Studios) (1961)

Описание: NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Big Top 3073) After having spent a nearly three year stint as the lead vocalist of the girl group, the Chantels, nineteen year old Arlene Smith embarked on a solo career with this Big Top Records single to be her debut outing. Composed by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and entitled, 'He Knows I Love Him Too Much', it was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City in March 1961. Produced by then twenty-one year old Phil Spector who slathered the track with swirling strings, kettle drums and dramatic echo the marvelously atmospheric would unfortunately not achieve hit status. At that same point in time, Spector was just embarking on his relationship with Lester Sill out in Los Angeles where he would record a string of records by the Paris Sisters that were issued on the Sill and Lee Hazlewood label, Gregmark Records. 'He Knows I Love Him Too Much' would resurface a few months later in January 1962 by the Paris Sisters who would take the record to #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the Fall of 1961, Spector and Sill started Philles Records which would open a new, exciting an innovative chapter in popular American music and the rest was history.