Top Hits Of The 50'S:fabulous Hits (2008)

Product Summary Label: Collectables Records UPC: 00090431857427 Release Date: 7/29/2008 Buy.com Sku: 208343416 Item#: M492CJ Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins ~ Various Artists 2. Just Walking In the Rain - Johnnie Ray ~ Various Artists 3. Sixteen Tons - "Tennessee" Ernie Ford ~ Various Artists 4. Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr ~ Various Artists 5. Standing On the Corner - The Four Lads ~ Various Artists 6. Great Pretender, The - The Platters ~ Various Artists 7. Hot Diggity - Perry Como ~ Various Artists 8. Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell ~ Various Artists 9. Allegheny Moon - Patti Page ~ Various Artists 10. Poor People of Paris, The - Les Baxter ~ Various Artists 11. Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant ~ Various Artists 12. I Almost Lost My Mind - Pat Boone ~ Various Artists 13. Born To Be With You - The Chordettes ~ Various Artists 14. Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter ~ Various Artists 15. Dungaree Doll - Eddie Fisher ~ Various Artists 16. Green Door - Jim Lowe ~ Various Artists 17. Ivory Tower - Cathy Carr ~ Various Artists 18. Band of Gold - Don Cherry ~ Various Artists 19. Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle ~ Various Artists 20. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera Sera) - Doris Day ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Disc one of the Collectables label's Top Hits of the 50s collection features 20 "Fabulous Hits" from the era, with an emphasis on crooners like Perry Como ("Hot Diggity"), Pat Boone ("I Almost Lost My Mind"), and Kay Starr ("Rock and Roll Waltz"). There are a few moments of genuine electricity -- Carl Perkins' singing about his "Blue Suede Shoes" sounds positively demonic when surrounded by the likes of Hugo Winterhalter and Doris Day, and Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons" is darkness unleashed amidst the Chordettes' "Born to Be with You" and Patti Page's "Allegheny Moon" -- but for the most part, these Fabulous Hits aren't too far from the musical numbers in an Abbott & Costello film. ~ James Christopher Monger   Technical Info Release Date : 07/29/2008 Original Release Date : 2008 Catalog ID : 6846 Label : Collectables Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00090431857427    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray