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Fabulous Fifties Crooners Sing Their Hard To Find Hits

Hit Parade Records
Fabulous Fifties Crooners

Sing Their Hard To Find Hits

Hit Parade CD #12302     $9.98      Add to cart

Legend has it that back in the good old days, men were men – strong, silent, and true. By that measure, crooners were a new breed of man. This suave generation of stylists were born in the halcyon, pre-war days of Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby, and a young Frank Sinatra, and they were masculine to their core. But, they were sensitive, too, and ladies swooned at the sound of their velvet voices. By the early 1950s, the crooner was king.

Soon, rockers like Elvis Presley super-charged the crooner mystique and made millions, driving the traditional crooners from the airwaves. But, before that happened, countless crooning classics were committed to wax. Now, Hit Parade Records presents over twenty of these manly gems on one CD, Fabulous Fifties Crooners Sing Their Hard To Find Hits. Every single one of these songs was a Top 40 hit, and no less than 14 were Top 10 – including two #1 smashes! Each rare track has been digitally remastered for the highest quality sound and is presented in its original single version – just the way you heard them on the radio.

Crooners are usually cast as handsome devils pitching seductive ballads, but they were, in fact, a diverse group of singers with a varied repertoire. Witness Fabulous Fifties Crooners, which runs the gamut from Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong’s sweet New Orleans jazz to Stuart Hamblen’s convivial country. Betwixt those two extremes you’ll find the biggest names of the era (Eddie Fisher, Nat “King” Cole, Sammy Davis, Jr.) and a host of nearly-forgotten stars like Nick Noble, Mitch Torok, and Georgie Shaw. Nearly forgotten, that is, until now!

Hit Parade Records is a new Canadian label dedicated to finding, restoring, and preserving lost treasures like these, and they employ many of the same creative folks who lovingly compile those great Eric CDs – including Greg Adams, whose detailed liner notes will fascinate you for nearly as long as the 65-plus minutes of music contained on Fabulous Fifties Crooners! And, don’t miss Hit Parade’s feminine companion album Fabulous Fifties Divas.

– ALL TRACKS MONO / ORIGINAL 45 RPM SINGLE VERSIONS –
– DIGITALLY REMASTERED FOR HIGHEST QUALITY SOUND –

Track Title Artist Chart Date
1. SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE Sammy Davis, Jr. #9 6/55
2. A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON Louis Armstrong #16 11/51
3. WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH Louis Armstrong #19 1/52
4. I APOLOGIZE Billy Eckstine #6 3/51
5. A BLOSSOM FELL Nat “King” Cole #2 5/55
6. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY Nat “King” Cole #8 5/52
7. RareTAKE MY HEART Al Martino #12 6/52
8. HERE Tony Martin #5 3/54
9. NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU (No Other Arms) Pat Boone #26 10/55
10. WANTED Perry Como #1 3/54
11. TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Eddie Fisher #8 9/51
12. HOLD MY HAND Don Cornell #2 9/54
13. CD DebutIT’S ALMOST TOMORROW Snooky Lanson #20 11/55
14. WISH YOU WERE HERE Eddie Fisher #1 7/52
15. RareTILL WE TWO ARE ONE Georgie Shaw #7 1/54
16. CD DebutDREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Jack Owens #14 9/50
17. CD DebutTHE BIBLE TELLS ME SO Nick Noble #22 8/55
18. RareHE Al Hibbler #4 10/55
19. RareCRYING IN THE CHAPEL Rex Allen #8 8/53
20. RareTHE SHIFTING, WHISPERING SANDS Rusty Draper #3 10/55
21. RareTHIS OLE HOUSE Stuart Hamblen #26 10/54
22. RareCARIBBEAN Mitchell Torok #26 8/53
23. RareGAMBLER’S GUITAR Rusty Draper #6 7/53

Chart positions taken from Joel Whitburn’s Record Research series of Billboard chart books.

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