Funny How Love Can Be - Kit Kats, Carter, John [2]
Cotton Fields
Cold Walls
Oh My Angel
My Favorite Things - Kit Kats, Hammerstein, Oscar
Can't Live Without Her
Nut Rocker
You've Got to Know
Find Someone
Won't Find Better Than Me
Liza Jane
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
Won't Find Better Than Me
Won't Find Medley: Need You/Oh My Angel
Puddin 'N' Tain
From Here on In
You're So Good to Me
Money Game
Distance
Hey Saturday Noon
Love of the Common People - Kit Kats, Hurley, John
Look Away
He Was a Friend of Mine
Radio Spots
For three years in the 1960s, the Kit Kats' star shone brightly on the rock horizon on the East Coast - their songs Won't Find Better Than Me & Let's Get Lost On A Country Road became anthems to a generation familiar w... more »ith their radio play. This 2-CD set contains the band's best songs as well as an interactive program with a live video performance.« less
For three years in the 1960s, the Kit Kats' star shone brightly on the rock horizon on the East Coast - their songs Won't Find Better Than Me & Let's Get Lost On A Country Road became anthems to a generation familiar with their radio play. This 2-CD set contains the band's best songs as well as an interactive program with a live video performance.
CD Reviews
The time Is finally here
Ralph McCurdy | Louisville, Kentucky | 12/14/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It's been a long time coming to hear the Kit Kats singing all of their hits in stereo. They were one of the best groups, ever, local to the Philadelphia area. It brings back wonderful memories of a time past, listening to "Won't Find Better than Me", "That's The Way", "You Got to Know", "Let's Get Lost On A Country Road" and "Sea Of Love" (In my opinion, the best version ever recorded). They presented music that made you feel good just to hear. Ballads that talked about love, uptempo songs that made you want to hum along. New Jersey had "Eddie & The Cruisers", we were luckier, we had and continue to have the Kit Kats, the best there is"
First Find This CD, Then "FIND SOMEONE" to listen with!
Ralph McCurdy | 03/25/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Growing up in Philly, I was a huge music fan, and my one goal in life was to join a group and become a band musician. Even before I was a teenager, there were certain songs, certain bands that I connected with, and The Kit Kats and their big hit, "Let's Get Lost On A Country Road" just knocked me over! I would wait by the radio to hear that song and back then it received a lot of airplay! SHAME on the local oldies stations here in Philly for neglecting this great song while playing "Heatwave" and some of their other *favored* songs 200 time a day!! (Another great local blockbuster of a song, one by Chubby Checker called "Rosie" is very neglected also! Remember that one folks? Shame on you oldies stations, and on you DJ's who play only what you have on your national song lists! That stinks!!!) Anyway, I was so crazy about The Kit Kats' song, "Let's Get Lost" that my brother bought it for me for my birthday!! Now that was a great gift. I considered that record a treasure. Being a music nut, I'd always check the "B" sides. (I'll bet some of you young whipper-snappers don't even know what a "b-side" is. OH well, I'm writing this for the crowd my age anyway.)As much as I liked "Let's Get Lost", my favorite song, of the two sides on this single quickly became the flipside, "Find Someone". People, let me tell you. I would play that song, over and over and over every day! I would sing along with it playing air banjo/air guitar thinking ahead to when I'd be in a great band like the Kit Kats. (Singing, "Don't sit there and stew, cause if you do..." To this day, I don't know if I got those lyrics right!) Both sides of that single truly helped to inspire me to go after my dream of being a musician in a band, and by the 70's sure enough I was in my own band, playing at... wow remember the club called Penny Lane in Jersey? How about The Bird's Nest in Manyunk owned by The Flyers' Don Seleski?! And remember The Old Tavern in Margate? And Roman Palace with the go-go girls! Those days were great fun, and The Kit Kats and their great music were an important part of my going on to become a musician. Really. Later I became a music instructor and began training tomorrow's band musicians (mini Kit Kats?), which I still do. But the lyrics on the Kit Kats' songs also, well, come on, you know, as a young man begin to notice girls and you need just the right words and music to go along with all of that. Pick up this great CD and you'll take a trip back to your own youth, to your past dreams to be lived all over again. Plus you'll have a bunch more great songs of The Kit Kats to listen to than the two I was able to fit in this small space to brag about... and really they are worth all the bragging! Listen for yourself, and then join me in calling and emailing our local radio stations and demand, "WE WANT THE KIT KATS!""
Song that should have been a number 1 hit
Ralph McCurdy | 05/22/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It was summer 1970. I was just a kid. Kept hearing this great song on the radio all summer. The song has looped through my memory since then and I never knew who sang it or exactly what the name of the song was. I determined to find the song on the net recently armed only with "Wont Find Better". I found the song and the Kit Kats. It came in the mail today, I'm listening to it now and am floating back to summer 1970....SWEET!"
A Classic Philadelphia-Area Group!
lisadiva | 05/16/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I wasn't even born yet when the Kit Kats were around, but my parents were (and still are, of course!) huge fans. We have been desperately searching for a Kit Kats CD for years now, and the wait has finally paid off! This is a phenomenal CD -- if you are a Kit Kats fan, you will be thrilled to hear "Let's Get Lost on a Country Road" as well as "Won't Find Better Than Me" along with dozens of other tracks -- cover songs and originals. If you are not familiar with the Kit Kats, this is just a purely great, fun CD -- it will bring you back to summers at the beach and lazy days at the shore -- they are the ultimate bar band of the 60's! I am a huge fan of "oldies" music so I got just what I was looking for when I ordered this. If you are also an "oldies" fan, you will thoroughly enjoy this CD! You will definitely listen to this and wonder why the Kit Kats never "made it big" . . . If you are from the Philadelphia area or frequent the Jersey (or Delaware) shore, you will be reminded of bar bands like Love Seed Mama Jump (one of my all-time faves), Mr. Greenjeans, etc. etc. etc. The Kit Kats started it all and they continue to be one of the best ever. Buy this CD! You will not be disappointed!"
Wonderful 60's Pop, even if you're not from Philly!
Somewhere in Texas | Planet Texas | 05/07/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have a good friend who wrote a review and article for Goldmine magazine and I decided to take a chance on this 2-CD set. When I saw the cover I thought they would be a raw rough R&B-influenced East Coast "Garage Band" like The Young Rascals or Barry & The Remains...who were these guys? I grew up in the Southwest and I NEVER heard them on any oldies station or show.
Well, what a surprise! Wonderful falsetto harmonies, excellent in-band pop songwriting, fine musicanship plus an inspired and fun choice of "bar band" covers. Karl Hausman's unique piano playing is a highlight of almost every song on these CD's.
My favorite cut from the many songs is the thunderous "Thats The Way" which sounds like the 4 Seasons or The Tokens locked inside Phil Spector's echo chamber. "Lets Get Lost on a Country Road" is a beautiful goose-bump inducing track that all fans of 60's "Soft Pop" will die for.
I don't know why Jamie Records couldn't break this band across the USA. The Kit Kats were much better than many bands on larger labels. This is a excellent sounding and well put together compilation for all fans of 60's Pop, even if you didnt grow up in the Philly or New Jersey area."
Track Listings (17) - Disc #1