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British Hit Parade 1962 - Part 1 Vol. 11 (4CD)

Name: British Hit Parade 1962 - Part 1 Vol. 11 (4CD)
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British Hit Parade 1962 - Part 1 Vol. 11 (4CD)

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Acrobat Music's series of British Hit Parade collections has become an essential annual purchase for a significant number of collectors and enthusiasts who wish to hear and own every record that entered the British record charts during each year. As the collections move into the 60s, the steady but inexorable shift in the balance of the music styles represented in the charts continues. As with the last two years, with the New Musical Express and Record Retailer charts extended to a Top 50, and including all the records which only charted in Melody Maker, Disc or Record Mirror, the number of titles in the complete anthology is just under 300.

Once again, we are also producing parallel collections of the B sides of these hits. Part One includes the original versions of every record that entered the charts mentioned between 1st January and the 3rd May (other 3rd May entries starts Part 2) in chronological order of chart entry, with nearly four hours of eclectic and fascinating entertainment. The charts of 1962 had a rather safe feel to the music whether this is just us knowing in hindsight the revolution that was about to happen or not, it was clear that Tin Pan Alley was well in charge, with dozens of solo artists guided by their recording managers and brilliant backroom songwriters making skilfully crafted but sometimes bland recordings. The bite and challenge that the advent of rock n roll had brought had been watered down.

That's not to say the music wasn't entertaining and interesting, and the commercial environment laid the way open for an eclectic mix of genres to be accommodated in the charts, with modern jazz, country and early soul music finding their niche alongside the always collectable offerings of the forgotten one-hit wonders. In Part 3, of course, the changing times were heralded with the first Beatles hit, but for now, Cliff and Elvis still ruled, and there was precious little hint of the storm brewing a few months ahead. We would point out once again that another company has made an opportunist attempt to mimic our series we like to think that Acrobats are the official version, and we offer the only complete, comprehensive, coherent annual series. We thank our customers for supporting our British Hit Parade releases, and are sure this will one will prove as popular as the rest.

Disc 1
Track	Artist	Title
1	Walk On By	Leroy Van Dyke
2	Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night	Doug Sheldon
3	Can't You Hear The Beat Of A Broken Heart	Iain Gregory
4	Revival	Chris Barber's Jazz band
5	The Young Ones	Cliff Richard
6	What A Crazy World We're Living In	Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
7	Twist Twist	Chakachas
8	Forget Me Not	Eden Kane
9	Crying In The Rain	Everly Brothers
10	Lonesome	Adam Faith
11	The Comancheros	Lonnie Donegan
12	Jeannie	Danny Williams
13	Peppermint Twist	Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks
14	Small Sad Sam	Phil McLean
15	Wimoweh	Karl Denver
16	A Little Bitty Tear	Burl Ives
17	Norman	Carole Deene
18	D-Darling	Anthony Newley
19	He's Old Enough To Know Better	The Brook Brothers
20	Rock A Hula Baby	Elvis Presley
21	Can't Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley
22	Little Bitty Tear	Miki And Griff
23	Pianissimo	Ken Dodd
24	Don't Stop Twist	Frankie Vaughan
25	Walk Away	Shane Fenton & The Fentones

Disc 2
Track	Title	Artist
1	Lonesome Number One	Don Gibson
2	Softly As I Leave You	Matt Monro
3	Peppermint Twist	Joey Dee and The Starlighters
4	It's A Raggy Waltz	The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5	I'm Counting On You	Petula Clark
6	Break It To Me Gently	Brenda Lee
7	Tell Me What He Said	Helen Shapiro
8	March Of The Siamese Children	Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
9	Hole In The Ground	Bernard Cribbins
10	The Wanderer	Dion
11	Tonight	Shirley Bassey
12	I''ll See You In My Dreams	Pat Boone
13	Lessons In Love	The Allisons
14	From Here To There To You	Hank Locklin
15	Never Goodbye	Karl Denver
16	Lesson One	Russ Conway
17	Walk With Me My Angel	Don Charles
18	Somebody To Love	Brad Newman
19	Babette	Tommy Bruce
20	Ring-a-ding Girl	Ronnie Carroll
21	Wonderful Land	The Shadows
22	Theme From Z Cars (Johnny Todd)	Johnny Keating
23	Theme From Dr. Kildare	Johnnie Spence And His Orchestra
24	Fanlight Fanny	Clinton Ford
25	Dream Baby	Roy Orbison

Disc 3
Track	Title	Artist
1	Twistin' The Night Away	Sam Cooke
2	Please Don't Ask About Barbara	Bobby Vee
3	Town Without Pity	Gene Pitney
4	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	Emile Ford & the Checkmates
5	I Ain't Got Nobody	Buddy Greco
6	Hey Little Girl	Del Shannon
7	Love Me Warm And Tender	Paul Anka
8	Letter Full Of Tears	Billy Fury
9	Lone Rider	John Leyton
10	Frankie And Johnny	Mr. Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band
11	Listen To Me	Buddy Holly
12	Duke Of Earl	Gene Chandler
13	Hey Baby	Bruce Channel
14	When My Little Girl Is Smiling	Craig Douglas
15	What Kind Of Fool Am I?	Sammy Davis Jr.
16	Gonna Build A Mountain	Sammy Davis Jr.
17	Drums Are My Beat	Sandy Nelson
18	Theme From Z-Cars	The Norrie Paramor Orchestra
19	Brazilian Love Song (Andorhina Preta)	Nat King Cole
20	Heaven's Plan	Mark Wynter
21	When My Little Girl Is Smiling	Jimmy Justice
22	Young World	Ricky Nelson
23	The Maigret Theme	Joe Loss And His Orchestra
24	Her Royal Majesty	James Darren

Disc 4
Track	Title	Artist
1	Jambalaya (On The Bayou)	Fats Domino
2	Speak To Me Pretty	Brenda Lee
3	The Party's Over	Lonnie Donegan
4	Everybody's Twisting	Frank Sinatra
5	Slow Twistin'	Chubby Checker
6	It's All over Now	Shane Fenton & The Fentones
7	When My Little Girl Is Smiling	The Drifters
8	Wonderful World Of The Young	Danny Williams
9	Honest I Do	Danny Storm
10	Nut Rocker	B. Bumble and the Stingers
11	Love Letters	Ketty Lester
12	King Of Clowns	Neil Sedaka
13	The Mexican	The Fentones
14	Teach Me To Twist	Chubby Checker and Bobby Rydell
15	Ave Maria	Shirley Bassey
16	Big Man In A Big House	Leroy Van Dyke
17	Don't Break The Heart That Loves You	Connie Francis
18	Johnny Angel	Shelley Fabares
19	She's Got You	Patsy Cline
20	Cutty Sark	The John Barry Seven And Orchestra
21	I'm Gonna Clip Your Wings	Frankie Vaughan
22	Tavern In The Town	Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
23	I Know Where I'm Going	The Countrymen
24	As You Like It	Adam Faith