The Capitols
were a middling
soul
group who got very lucky with
"Cool Jerk."
A listen to their 1966 album
Dance the Cool Jerk
reveals a group with more enthusiasm than talent.
contains
"Cool Jerk,"
a bunch of self-penned attempts to recreate the sound and feel of
and remakes of
classics like
"Good Lovin',"
"My Girl,"
"Please Please Please,"
and
"Love Makes the World Go Round."
Their versions of these songs are pretty pointless; much better are the originals like
"Zig Zaggin'"
"Tired of Running From You."
While the vocals, especially
Donald Norman Storballs
' leads, are ragged and not very tuneful, at least these songs have some spark of life. They probably put on a great show in a club, but on record their act falls flat. ~ Tim Sendra