1991 Rickie Lee Jones – Pop Pop
Pop Pop is an album by American singer Rickie Lee Jones, released in September 1991. It was produced by David Was from Was (Not Was).
The album contains cover versions, ranging from jazz and blues standards to Tin Pan Alley to Jimi Hendrix’s “Up from the Skies”. It reached No. 8 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums, but was her least commercially successful in her career to that point, reaching No. 121 on the Billboard 200. The cover artwork resembles a package of bang snaps.
Tracks
1 My One And Only Love (Guy Wood; Robert Mellin) 05:54
2 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman; Tommy Wolf) 03:56
3 Hi-Lili Hi-Lo (Bronislaw Kaper; Helen Deutsch) 03:38
4 Up From The Skies (Jimi Hendrix) 04:30
5 Second Time Around (Sammy Cahn; Jimmy Van Heusen) 04:50
6 Dat Dere (Bobby Timmons; Oscar Brown Jr) 04:07
7 I’ll Be Seeing You (Irving Kahal; Sammy Fain) 03:14
8 Bye Bye Blackbird (Mort Dixon; Ray Henderson) 02:22
9 The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (Fran Landesman; Tommy Wolf) 04:21
10 I Won’t Grow Up (Carolyn Leigh; Moose Charlap) 03:11
11 Love Junkyard (George Davis Weiss; John Keller) 04:11
12 Comin’ Back To Me (Marty Balin) 05:35
Biography
Musicians
1 My One And Only Love
| Bass | Charlie Haden |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Bandoneon | Dino Saluzzi |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
2 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
| Bass | Charlie Haden |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
3 Hi-Lili Hi-Lo
| Bass | Charlie Haden |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Bandoneon | Dino Saluzzi |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
4 Up From The Skies
| Bass | John Leftwich |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Acoustic Guitar | Michael O’Neill |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
5 Second Time Around
| Bass | John Leftwich |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Violin | Steve Kindler |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
6 Dat Dere
| Bass | John Leftwich |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Sax | Joe Henderson |
| Bongos | Walfredo Reyes |
| Snare | Walfredo Reyes |
| Background Vocals | David Was |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
7 I’ll Be Seeing You
| Bass | John Leftwich |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Clarinet | Bob Sheppard |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
8 Bye Bye Blackbird
| Bass | John Leftwich |
| Brushes | Walfredo Reyes |
| Sax | Joe Henderson |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
9 The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
| Bass | Charlie Haden |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Bandoneon | Dino Saluzzi |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
10 I Won’t Grow Up
| Bass | Charlie Haden |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Background Vocals | Terry Bradford |
| Background Vocals | Donny Gerrard |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
11 Love Junkyard
| Bass | John Leftwich |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robben Ford |
| Acoustic Guitar | Michael O’Neill |
| Sax | Bob Sheppard |
| Bongos | Walfredo Reyes |
| Shaker | Walfredo Reyes |
| Vibes | Charles Shoemake |
| Percussion | David Was |
| Background Vocals | April Gay |
| Background Vocals | Arnold McCuller |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
12 Comin’ Back To Me
| Bass | John Leftwich |
| Acoustic Guitar | Rickie Lee Jones |
| 12 String Guitar | Rickie Lee Jones |
| Glass Harmonica | Michael Greiner |
| Hurdy Gurdy | Michael Greiner |
| Vocals | Rickie Lee Jones |
Liner Notes
Producer – David Was, Rickie Lee Jones
Producer (Assistant) – Patty Wicker
Engineer – Greg Penny (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12)
Engineer – Jon Ingoldsby (Tracks 4)
Engineer – John Eden (Tracks 5, 7, 11)
Engineer (Second) – Luis Quine
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Joel Moss
Art Direction, Design – Kevin Reagan
Photography – Annalisa
Recorded At Skyline Recording
Phonographic Copyright The David Geffen Company
Copyright The David Geffen Company