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America's Greatest Hits 1962 - Vol. 13 (4CD)

Name: America's Greatest Hits 1962 - Vol. 13 (4CD)
Brand: Acrobat
SKU: ACQCD7057
Price: 19.00 GBP
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America's Greatest Hits 1962 - Vol. 13 (4CD)

£19.00

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This release is the latest in the series of Americas Greatest Hits which over the years has provided annual collections of the biggest hits of each year in the Billboard pop charts. The collection for 1962 is an excellent value 115-track 4-CD set which includes every record that appeared in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during the year. Many of the tracks are, inevitably, well-known hits, which went on to score chart success in the UK, but there are no less than 53 tracks which did not make it into the UK charts despite their major US success, including classic tracks by well-known artists alongside more obscure hits by artists that never made any kind of impression in the UK Barbara George, Don & Juan, The Sensations, Claudine Clark, Dickey Lee, Bent Fabric, Marcie Blane and others. The whole collection is a highly entertaining trawl through the American music scene of the times, a rather different musical experience from listening to our British Hit Parades collections from the UK charts, which naturally feature a high proportion of home-grown talent.

It captures the essence of the strands of musical creativity that were active at the time, including early Motown hits from the likes of Mary Wells, The Marvelettes and The Contours, many fine R&B records, plus hits in genres as diverse as teen angst, pure country and complete musical novelties. As ever, it includes comprehensive booklet notes with commentary on every track as well as the distinctive series packaging. It is likely to appeal to the many collectors who enjoy these completest anthologies, and will hopefully provide useful programming for the specialist radio programmes which feature pop nostalgia.

Disc 1
Track	Title	Artist
1	Goodbye Cruel World	James Darren
2	Walk On By	Leroy Van Dyke
3	The Twist	Chubby Checker
4	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tokens
5	Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen	Neil Sedaka
6	Run To Him	Bobby Vee
7	Peppermint Twist	Joey Dee & The Starlighters
8	Can't Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley
9	When I Fall In Love	The Lettermen
10	Unchain My Heart	Ray Charles & His Orchestra
11	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Barbara George
12	When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart)	Connie Francis
13	Norman	Sue Thompson
14	The Wanderer	Dion
15	Baby It's You	The Shirelles
16	Duke Of Earl	Gene Chandler
17	Break It To Me Gently	Brenda Lee
18	Dear Lady Twist	Gary US Bonds
19	A Little Bitty Tear	Burl Ives
20	Crying In The Rain	The Everly Brothers
21	Hey! Baby	Bruce Channel
22	Midnight In Moscow	Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
23	Chip Chip	Gene McDaniels
24	Don't Break The Heart That Loves You	Connie Francis
25	What's Your Name	Don & Juan
26	Let Me In	The Sensations
27	Her Royal Majesty	James Darren
28	Percolator (Twist)	Billy Joe & The Checkmates
29	Slow Twistin'	Chubby Checker

Disc 2
Track	Title	Artist
1	Dream Baby	Roy Orbison
2	Twistin' The Night Away	Sam Cooke
3	Johnny Angel	Shelley Fabares
4	Good Luck Charm	Elvis Presley
5	Mashed Potato Time	Dee Dee Sharp
6	Young World	Ricky Nelson
7	Love Letters	Ketty Lester
8	Lover Please	Clyde Mc Phatter
9	Stranger On The Shore	Mr. Acker Bilk
10	Soldier Boy	Shirelles
11	Shout (Part 1)	Joey Dee & The Starlighters
12	Twist, Twist Senora	Gary US Bonds
13	P.T. 109	Jimmy Dean
14	Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)	Ernie Maresca
15	Old Rivers	Walter Brennan
16	She Cried	Jay And The Americans
17	Everybody Loves Me But You	Brenda Lee
18	Funny Way Of Laughin'	Burl Ives
19	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ray Charles
20	Lovers Who Wander	Dion
21	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Gene Pitney
22	The One Who Really Loves You	Mary Wells
23	Palisades Park	Freddy Cannon
24	It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin	Johnny Tillotson
25	Playboy	The Marvelettes
26	Second Hand Love	Connie Francis
27	The Stripper	David Rose & His Orch.
28	Cindy's Birthday	Johnny Crawford
29	That's Old-Fashioned	The Everly Brothers

Disc 3
Track	Title	Artist
1	Roses Are Red (My Love)	Bobby Vinton
2	Al-Di-La	Emilio Pericoli
3	Wolverton Mountain	Claude King
4	Johnny Get Angry	Joanie Sommers
5	Snap Your Fingers	Joe Henderson
6	The Wah Watusi	The Orlons
7	Sealed With A Kiss	Brian Hyland
8	Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)	Dee Dee Sharp
9	Speedy Gonzales	Pat Boone
10	Ahab The Arab	Ray Stevens
11	The Loco-motion	Little Eva
12	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Neil Sedaka
13	Theme From Dr Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)	Richard Chamberlain
14	Things	Bobby Darin
15	You'll Lose A Good Thing	Barbara Lynn
16	You Don't Know Me	Ray Charles
17	Little Diane	Dion
18	Sheila	Tommy Roe
19	She's Not You	Elvis Presley
20	Party Lights	Claudine Clark
21	Vacation	Connie Francis
22	Ramblin' Rose	Nat King Cole
23	Teen Age Idol	Rick Nelson
24	Sherry	The Four Seasons
25	Patches	Dickey Lee
26	Green Onions	Booker T. & The MGs
27	Rinky Dink	Baby Cortez
28	Let's Dance	Chris Montez
29	You Beat Me To The Punch	Mary Wells

Disc 4
Track	Title	Artist
1	You Belong	The Duprees
2	Monster Mash	Bobby Boris Pickett &The Crypt-Kickers
3	Alley Cat	Bent Fabric & His Piano
4	I Remember You	Frank Ifield
5	Venus In Blue Jeans	Jimmy Clanton
6	Do You Love Me	The Contours
7	If I Had A Hammer	Peter, Paul & Mary
8	He's A Rebel	The Crystals
9	Only Love Can Break A Heart	Gene Pitney
10	All Alone Am I	Brenda Lee
11	Gina	Johnny Mathis
12	Limbo Rock	Chubby Checker
13	Big Girls Don't Cry	Four Seasons
14	Return To Sender	Elvis Presley
15	Next Door To An Angel	Neil Sedaka
16	Popeye (The Hitchhiker)	Chubby Checker
17	Bobby's Girl	Marcie Blane
18	Don't Hang Up	The Orlons
19	The Cha-Cha-Cha	Bobby Rydell
20	Ride	Dee Dee Sharp
21	The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro)	The Tijuana Brass
22	Telstar	Tornadoes
23	Release Me	Esther Phillips "Little Esther"
24	Go Away Little Girl	Steve Lawrence
25	You Are My Sunshine	Ray Charles
26	Love Came To Me	Dion
27	Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah	Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans
28	Hotel Happiness	Brook Benton