Top Hits Of The Fifties Vol.1

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00008IALC
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,778 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

2. Just Walking In The Rain - Johnnie Ray

3. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

4. Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr

5. Standing On The Corner - The Four Lads

6. The Great Pretender - The Platters

7. Hot Diggity - Perry Como

8. Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell

9. Allegheny Moon - Patti Page

10. The Poor People Of Paris - Les Baxter

11. The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant

12. I Almost Lost My Mind - Pat Boone

13. Born To Be With You - The Chordettes

14. Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter

15. Dungaree Doll - Eddie Fisher

16. The Green Door - Jim Lowe

17. Ivory Tower - Cathy Carr

18. Band Of Gold - Don Cherry

19. Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle

20. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) - Doris Day

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific CD!, February 13, 2005

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Richard L. Sites (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Top Hits Of The Fifties Vol.1 (Audio CD)

I thought I already reviewed this CD but maybe I didn't save it. Basically this is a terrific CD with 20 songs at or near the top of the charts during 1956. However, this is not a compilation of 50's rock 'n roll--this is the gentler music your parents listened to on adult contemporary radio stations played on the kitchen or car radio while you were being a goofy kid. The sound quality is fine, better than through a 1956 car speaker. I don't understand why the Chordettes and Eddie Fisher songs were included, both deserving the lower chart positions as compared to the rest of the songs on the CD. The CD producer must also be faulted for the lack of meaningful CD notes. I initially gave this CD five stars, but maybe that illustrious rating should be reserved for a perfect collection--one with liner notes. Still, if this is the kind of fifties music you enjoy, this is one to buy.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good party music, January 9, 2007

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Ashleen O'Gaea "priestess and author" (Tucson, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Top Hits Of The Fifties Vol.1 (Audio CD)

For us, this was a substitute album, as the one in the series of '50's hits we were buying wasn't available. We were collecting music for a New Year's Eve party, the theme of which was "At the Hop." This album proved to be just fine, and we're happy to have it in our growing number of CD's.