Various Artists - America's Number One's of the 50's [CD] USA import

MVD (Generic)

Various Artists - America's Number One's of the 50's [CD]

Artist: Various Artists

Title: America's Number One's of the 50's

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2011

Label: MVD (Generic)

UPC: 824046750121

Genre: Jazz

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
2. The Andrews Sisters - I Can Dream, Can't I'
3. The Ames Brothers - Rag Mop
4. Red Foley - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
5. Teresa Brewer - Music! Music! Music!
6. Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)
7. Anton Karas - Theme from 'The Third Man'
8. Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
9. Gordon Jenkins and the Weavers - Goodnight, Irene
10. Sammy Kaye - Harbour Lights
11. Phil Harris - the Thing
12. Patti Page - the Tennessee Waltz
13. Perry Como - If
14. Mario Lanza - Be My Love
15. Les Paul and Mary Ford - How High the Moon
16. Nat King Cole - Too Young
17. Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House
18. Tony Bennett - Because of You
19. Tony Bennett - Cold, Cold Heart
20. Eddy Howard - (It's No) Sin
21. Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads - Cry
22. Kay Starr - Wheel of Fortune
23. Leroy Anderson - Blue Tango
24. Al Martino - Here in My Heart
25. Percy Faith - Delicado

DISC 2:
1. Vera Lynn - Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart
2. Jo Stafford - You Belong to Me
3. Patti Page - I Went to Your Wedding
4. Johnny Standley - It's in the Book (Parts 1 & 2)
5. Joni James - Why Don't You Believe Me'
6. Jimmy Boyd - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
7. Perry Como - Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
8. Teresa Brewer - Till I Waltz Again with You
9. Patti Page - the Doggie in the Window
10. Percy Faith - the Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
11. Eddie Fisher - I'm Walking Behind You
12. Les Paul and Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)
13. Stan Freberg - St. George and the Dragonet
14. Tony Bennett - Rags to Riches
15. Eddie Fisher - Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)
16. Doris Day - Secret Love
17. Jo Stafford - Make Love to Me
18. Perry Como - Wanted
19. Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean a Lot
20. The Crew-Cuts - Sh-Boom
21. Rosemary Clooney - Hey There
22. Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House
23. Eddie Fisher - I Need You Now
24. The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman

DISC 3:
1. Joan Weber - Let Me Go, Lover
2. Fontane Sisters - Hearts of Stone
3. McGuire Sisters - Sincerely
4. Bill Hayes - the Ballad of Davy Crockett
5. P?Rez Prado - Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White)
6. Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around the Clock
7. Mitch Miller - the Yellow Rose of Texas
8. Four Aces - Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing
9. Roger Williams - Autumn Leaves
10. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
11. Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This
12. Kay Starr - Rock and Roll Waltz
13. The Platters - the Great Pretender
14. Nelson Riddle - Lisbon Antigua
15. Les Baxter - the Poor People of Paris
16. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
17. Gogi Grant - the Wayward Wind
18. Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
19. The Platters - My Prayer
20. Pat Boone - I Almost Lost My Mind
21. Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
22. Jim Lowe - Green Door
23. Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
24. Guy Mitchell - Singing the Blues
25. Elvis Presley - Too Much

DISC 4:
1. Pat Boone - Don't Forbid Me
2. Tab Hunter - Young Love
3. Andy Williams - Butterfly
4. Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids - Party Doll
5. Perry Como - Round and Round
6. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
7. Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand
8. Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear
9. Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
10. Paul Anka - Diana
11. The Crickets - That'll Be the Day
12. Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb
13. Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
14. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
15. Sam Cooke - You Send Me
16. Pat Boone - April Love
17. Danny & the Juniors - at the Hop
18. Elvis Presley - Don't
19. The Silhouettes - Get a Job
20. The Champs - Tequila
21. The Platters - Twilight Time
22. David Seville - Witch Doctor
23. Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
24. Sheb Wooley - the Purple People Eater
25. Elvis Presley - Hard Headed Woman

DISC 5:
1. The Coasters - Yakety Yak
2. Perez Prado - Patricia
3. Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool
4. Domenico Modugno - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)
5. The Elegants - Little Star
6. Tommy Edwards - It's All in the Game
7. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
8. The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
9. The Teddy Bears - to Know Him Is to Love Him
10. The Chipmunks with David Seville - the Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)
11. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
12. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
13. Frankie Avalon - Venus
14. The Fleetwoods - Come Softly to Me
15. Dave "Baby" Cortez - the Happy Organ
16. Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
17. Johnny Horton - the Battle of New Orleans
18. Paul Anka - Lonely Boy
19. Elvis Presley - a Big Hunk O' Love
20. The Browns - the Three Bells
21. Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
22. Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife
23. The Fleetwoods - Mr. Blue
24. Guy Mitchell - Heartaches By the Number
25. Frankie Avalon - Why

This exclusive 5-CD collection brings together every Number One in the US record charts of the 1950s as published in Billboard. It uses the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart as well as the Top 100 and Hot 100 when they were launched. The 124 tracks chart the course of a momentous decade in popular music with the familiar domain of the traditional artists of dance bands, variety, radio and the movies being overtaken by the rock 'n' roll phenomenon, as mass media gave the baby boom generation a voice while the world emerged from post-war austerity. It's an extraordinary, fascinating and hugely entertaining kaleidoscope of popular music. For British and European audiences, it highlights both the influence the US charts had over what happened in the UK and also some of the differences between the markets, offering not only insight into the eclectic melting-pot of musical genres in the USA, but also some collectable tracks that never saw the light of day in Britain. Needless to say, it features some of the biggest names and landmark recordings of the post-war era, and will be a fantastic souvenir to remind those of a certain age of their wider musical roots.