The Impalas - Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)

Cat. no: JASCD1130
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988113020
Release Date: 30 Jul 2021
Genre: Easy Listening

A multi-racial Doo Wop group from Brooklyn, The Impalas were all still in their mid-teens when they cut their first record, ‘Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)’, which became one of the biggest hits of 1959.

A wildly underrated group, they were unfortunately destined to break up less than two years later, although their trump card - lead singer, Joe “Speedo” Frazier - went on to record as a solo artist during the 60s.

This compilation reissues their LP, also titled “Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)”, which included their follow-up hit, ‘Oh, What A Fool’, plus their subsequent 45s, including their final release, on which they were billed as “Speedo & The Impalas”.

Also included, for reference purposes only, is a 45 by another, unrelated vocal group named The Impalas, which has provoked considerable debate and erroneously features in their discographies. Their non-album singles are particularly rare, and five of these tracks - including both sides of the “rogue” Impalas’ disc - make their CD debuts herein.

Tracks: Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) / Sandy Went Away / Woodchuck Song / Fool, Fool, Fool / She Belongs To Me / Cupid / Oh, What A Fool / The Loves We Share / Chum / All But The Memory Of You / Mommy-O / (You Want) Too Much Too Soon / Bye Everybody / Peggy Darling / When My Heart Does All The Talking / All Alone / Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) (Mono, Single Version) / I Was A Fool / First Date