The Best of the Larks

A comprehensive collection by the early-'50s' , who are considered one of the top groups of all time. didn't leave any significant tracks off this compilation of songs recorded during the two-year span the group was together. (They were issued, however, over a five-year period, from 1950 to 1955, by and .) Embraced are their debut, a sweet that was back-sided by member 's written while he was incarcerated in a North Carolina prison for allegedly raping a white woman; he was pardoned in 1949 by the governor. Also on the project is a classic that demonstrates their advanced skills; two takes of which made the national chart; and the humorous ~ Andrew Hamilton