Your Hit Parade - 1948 [Single]

Various Artists (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Time Life Music
• ASIN: B000BDCEAU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,124 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Assorted Artists. 24 Songs Total.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Track List, December 15, 2006

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Trading Pages (McNeil, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Hit Parade - 1948 (Audio CD)

Track Title
1. Manana -- Peggy Lee
2. On a Slow Boat to China -- Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, Harry Babbit, Gloria Wood
3. Because -- Perry Como
4. Sabre Dance -- Woody Herman And His Orchestra
5. You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love) -- The Ink Spots
6. Maybe You'll Be There -- Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, Charles La Vere and Chorus
7. Love Somebody -- Doris Day & Buddy Clark
8. I Beg Your Pardon -- Francis Craig and His Orchestra, Bob Lamm
9. Little White Lies -- Dick Haymes, Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, Four Hits and a Miss
10. A Tree in the Meadow -- Margaret Whiting
11. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover -- Art Mooney And His Orchestra, Mike Pingatore, Ensemble
12. Nature Boy -- Nat King Cole
13. Twelfth Street Rag -- Pee Wee Hunt And His Orchestra
14. I'll Dance at Your Wedding -- Ray Noble and his Orchestra, Buddy Clark
15. Golden Earrings -- Peggy Lee
16. Serenade of the Bells -- Sammy Kaye And Swing And Sway Orchestra And Don Cornell & the Kaydets And Choir
17. You Can't Be True, Dear -- Ken Griffin
18. Buttons And Bows -- Dinah Shore And The Happy Valley Boys
19. Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue -- Gordon MacRae & The Starlighters
20. Toolie Oolie Doolie (the Yodel Polka) -- The Andrews Sisters
21. Baby Face -- Art Mooney & His Orchestra
22. Until -- Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Harry Prime, The Clark Sisters, The Town Criers
23. It's Magic -- Doris Day
24. Now is the Hour -- Bing Crosby And The Ken Darby Choir

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Changing Pop Scene, October 15, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Hit Parade - 1948 (Audio CD)

The heavily-promoted and massive Time-Life "mail order only" series of CDs of about 12-15 years ago constantly reminded you that "you can't get these in any store" and seemed intent, at the time, to corner the market on everything from the Big Band Era to Pop, Country, R&B, Soul and R&R. In addition to single artist releases, they put out year by year volumes covering the best hits of 1940 to (as far as I can tell) 1969, interspersed with theme releases such as The Unforgettable `50s, The Late `50s, and Golden Goofers (novelty tunes of the period).

Since there was little real competition in terms of sound quality and program notes at the time, I suppose quite a few bought into the hype, although it was quite an expensive venture since they also charged quite a bit more for each disc than the normal going rate. Now here we are with options like Ace Of London, Eric Records, Jasmine, Bear Family, Collectables, Collector's Choice, Rhino, Varese-Sarabande, Razor & Tie, etc., and suddenly these Time-Life releases are popping up for sale all over the place, and at prices considerably less than when they were first issued.

This one presents 24 of the bigger hits from 1948, a time when male and female pop singers were gradually taking the focus away from the Big Bands that had held sway since the 1930s. Yes, there had always been featured vocalists with the bands, but on any record or juke box label it was the band's name that had usually been prominent. Now the roles began to be reversed, and in this volume you see half the contents featuring vocalists.

All here are original renditions and in the fold-out insert are three pages of background notes written by noted music historian and author Rich Kienzle, along with nice photos of Peggy Lee, The Ink Spots, and Margaret Whiting. There is also a discography of the contents showing label details but, unlike others in the series, no chart details.

Most of the 24 cuts here have been included in countless compilations since this volume first appeared, but none can claim to offer any better sound quality. Also, there are still a few included here that require a bit of digging to find in a quality setting, and in that category I include Love Somebody by Doris Day & Buddy Clark (# 1 Pop for five weeks that summer), I'll Dance At Your Wedding by Ray Noble & His Orchestra with Buddy Clark (# 3 late 1947/early 1948), Hair Of Gold, Eyes Of Blue by Gordon MacRae & The Starlighters (# 7 in late summer), Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) by The Andrews Sisters (# 3 early summer with The Vic Schoen Orchestra backing), and Until by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (# 4 that fall with vocals by The Clark Sisters and The Town Criers).

Any release in this massive series is a good buy if you're seeking certain selections to fill out your collection, or simply to enjoy some classic oldies.