ALBUM: The Flamingo Kid (1984 soundtrack)
Soundtrack album I bought in a bargain bin to pluck songs for mixed tapes.
This was one of those where they had a beach-y type movie with Matt Dillon, early career, and needed some feel-good, finger-popping songs. So with Motown you can’t go wrong, right? Well.
These are tried and true, mostly great songs: ‘Heat Wave’ by Martha and the Vandellas, ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ by Little Richard, ‘It’s All Right’ by the Impressions (my favorite).
And there’s also ‘MySweet Lord’ oh I mean ‘She’s so Fine’ by the Chiffons. But there’s a little trick they play by dropping in a song or two that were actually new amid the time tested Top Motown Hits listed above.. With hopes of making it big as if the magic would transfer by being on the same disc.
On this album, that song is the lead song, , ‘Breakaway’ by Jesse Frederick. Never heard of it? Nor have many people. But there’s Dion chasing Runaround Sue.
Summed up, lots of good songs, but songs that are available on myriad compilations.