New Mexican Rose
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| "New Mexican Rose" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Four Seasons | ||||
| from the album Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others | ||||
| B-side | "That's the Only Way (from the same album)" | |||
| Released | September 1963 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Vee-Jay Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Crewe Charles Calello | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Crewe | |||
| The Four Seasons singles chronology | ||||
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"New Mexican Rose" is a song by the American rock band
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The record was released at a time in which a Vee-Jay management shakeup triggered a sequence of events which involved accusations by The Four Seasons involving the label's purporting to withhold royalties from record sales and Vee-Jay's accusing The Four Seasons of breach of contract (as they were starting to stockpile song recordings - such as "Dawn (Go Away)" - and withholding them from release by the record company). In the interim, Vee-Jay started repackaging already-released recordings by the group and selling them as "new" albums. While the lawsuit was not to be settled until early 1965, the group officially left Vee-Jay by the end of 1963, and "Dawn" became their first single on Philips Records in January 1964.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 238.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 28, 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, 3rd edition (Billboard Books, 1992) ISBN 0-8230-8298-9
- Joe Sasfy, Liner notes to Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons: 1962-1967 (Warner Special Products, 1987: Time-Life Music The Rock 'N' Era 2RNR-15)
- Jay Warner, American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today (Hal Leonard Books, 2006) ISBN 0-634-09978-7
- Label, "New Mexican Rose"/"That's the Only Way", Vee-Jay single VJ 562