Customer Reviews

Top Hits Of The Fifties Vol.1

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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.

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.