The Toys Soundtrack
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'A Lover's Concerto' is a pop song written by American songwriters, Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. Their version of the song was a major hit in both the United States and the UK during 1965. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number two. Critic Dave Thompson wrote, 'Few records are this perfect. Riding across one of the most deceptively hook-laden melodies ever conceived 'A Lover’s Concerto' marks the apogee of the Girl Group sound.'
The song also had an unusual structure that blurred the differen. The Toys was an American R&B girl group from Jamaica, New York which was formed in 1961 and disbanded in 1968. The Toys were discovered at a talent show by manager Vince Marc, who introduced them to songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell. Linzer and Randell wrote most of the songs recorded by them, including their Number 2 hit single 'A Lover's Concerto', and also produced the group's 1965-66 recordings on Bob Crewe's DynoVoice Records record label.
In 1967 the group changed labels and producers, but charted only one more minor single (a cover of Bri.