America's Greatest Hits, Vol. 10: 1959

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Overview

Acrobat's tenth volume of America's Greatest Hits spotlights 1959 with 100 songs by the original artists on four CDs. Along with favorites by Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Neil Sedaka, Bobby Darin, and Paul Anka are lesser heard oldies by Connie Francis, Jack Scott, the Bell Notes, and Edward Byrnes. Those who appreciate this era of pop music should find this a welcome addition to their collection at a decent price. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	02/19/2013
Label:	Acrobat Music
UPC:	0824046705022
Rank:	120063

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Chipmunk Song  - Ross Bagdasarian  -  Chipmunks  - David Seville
2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes  - Otto Harbach  - Jerome Kern  -  Platters
3. To Know Him Is to Love Him  - Phil Spector  -  Teddy Bears
4. One Night  - Dave Bartholomew  - Pearl King  - Elvis Presley  - Anita Steiman
5. Problems  - Boudleaux Bryant  - Felice Bryant  -  Everly Brothers
6. Tom Dooley  -  Kingston Trio  - Alan Lomax  - John A. Lomax  - Frank Proffitt  -  Traditional  - Frank Warner
7. Lonesome Town  - Baker Knight  - Rick Nelson
8. Beep Beep  - Carl Cicchetti  - Donald Claps  -  Playmates
9. A Lover's Question  - Brook Benton  - Clyde McPhatter
10. Whole Lotta Loving  - Dave Bartholomew  - Fats Domino
11. My Happiness  - Borney Bergantine  - Connie Francis  - Betty Peterson
12. Gotta Travel On  - Larry Ehrlich  - Ronnie Gilbert  - Billy Grammer  - Lee Hayes  - Fred Hellerman
13. Donna  - Ritchie Valens
14. Sixteen Candles  -  Crests  - Luther Dixon  - Allyson R. Khent
15. Stagger Lee  - Harold Logan  - Lloyd Price
16. Lonely Teardrops  - Billy Davis  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Gwendolyn Gordy  - Jackie Wilson
17. Goodbye Baby  - Jack Scott
18. The All American Boy  - Orville Lunsford  - Bill Parsons
19. Manhattan Spiritual  - Pauline Kaufman  - Billy Maxted  -  Owen
20. Charlie Brown  -  Coasters  - Jerry Leiber  - Mike Stoller
21. I Cried a Tear  - LaVern Baker  - Alfred Julia
22. Tall Paul  -  Afterbeats  - Annette Funicello  - Bob Roberts  - Richard M. Sherman  - Robert B. Sherman
23. Petite Fleur  -  Barber  - Sidney Bechet
24. Peter Gunn  -  Anthony  - Henry Mancini
25. Venus  - Frankie Avalon  - Ed Marshall  - Ed Marshall

Disc 2

26. Alvin's Harmonica  - Ross Bagdasarian  -  Chipmunks  - David Seville
27. I've Had It  -  Bell Notes  - Carl Bonura  - Raymond Ceroni
28. It's Just a Matter of Time  - Brook Benton  - Belford Hendricks  - Clyde Otis
29. Tragedy  - Fred Burch  -  DeLons  - Gerald Nelson  - Thomas Wayne
30. Never Be Anyone Else But You  - Baker Knight  - Rick Nelson
31. Come Softly to Me  - Gretchen Christopher  - Barbara Ellis  -  Fleetwoods  - Gary Troxel
32. Pink Shoelaces  - Micki Grant  - Dodie Stevens
33. It's Late  - Dorsey Burnette  - Rick Nelson
34. Guitar Boogie Shuffle  - Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith  -  Virtues
35. (Now and Then) There's a Fool Such as I  - Elvis Presley  - William Trader
36. I Need Your Love Tonight  - Elvis Presley  - Bix Reichner
37. The Happy Organ  - David Clowney  - Dave "Baby" Cortez  - James Kriegsmann
38. Tell Him No  - Travis Pritchett  -  Travis & Bob
39. Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)  - Aristides Giosasi  -  Impalas  - Arthur Zwirn
40. Turn Me Loose  -  Fabian  - Doc Pomus  - Mort Shuman
41. Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb  - Edd "Kookie" Byrnes  - Connie Stevens  - Irving Taylor
42. Kansas City  - Wilbert Harrison  - Jerry Leiber  - Mike Stoller
43. A Teenager in Love  -  Dion & The Belmonts  - Doc Pomus  - Mort Shuman
44. Dream Lover  - Bobby Darin
45. The Battle of New Orleans  - Jimmie Driftwood  - Johnny Horton  -  Traditional
46. Quiet Village  - Les Baxter  - Martin Denny
47. Personality  - Harold Logan  - Lloyd Price
48. Only You  - Al Dubin  - Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles  - Harry Warren
49. Tallahassee Lassie  - Freddy Cannon  - Bob Crewe  - Frederick A. Picariello  - Frank Slay
50. Lonely Boy  - Paul Anka

Disc 3

51. Along Came Jones  -  Coasters  - Jerry Leiber  - Mike Stoller
52. Lipstick on Your Collar  - Connie Francis  - George Goehring  - Edna Lewis
53. Waterloo  - Stonewall Jackson  - John D. Loudermilk  - Marijohn Wilkin
54. Bobby Sox to Stockings  - Frankie Avalon  - Richard DiCicco  - Russell Faith  - Clarence Kehner
55. Frankie  - Connie Francis  - Howard Greenfield  - Neil Sedaka
56. Tiger  -  Fabian  - Ollie Jones
57. My Heart Is an Open Book  - Hal David  - Carl Jr. Dobkins  - Lee Pockriss
58. A Boy Without a Girl  - Frankie Avalon  - Sidney Jacobson  - Ruth Sexter
59. A Big Hunk of Love  - Elvis Presley  - Aaron Schroeder  - Sidney Wyche
60. There Goes My Baby  -  Drifters  - Jerry Leiber  - Benjamin Nelson  - Lover Patterson  - George Treadwell
61. Forty Miles of Bad Road  - Al Casey  - Duane Eddy
62. Lavender Blue  - Eliot Daniel  - Larry Morey  -  Traditional  - Sammy Turner
63. Sweeter Than You  - Baker Knight  - Rick Nelson
64. What a Difference a Day Makes  - Stanley Adams  - Maria Grever  - Dinah Washington
65. What's I Say  - Ray Charles
66. The Three Bells  -  Browns  - Bert Reisfeld  - Jean Villard
67. Just a Little Too Much  - Johnny Burnette  - Rick Nelson
68. Sea of Love  - Phillip Baptiste  - George Khoury  - Phil Phillips  -  Twilights
69. Sleep Walk  - Ann Farina  - John Farina  - Santo Farina  -  Santo & Johnny
70. I Want to Walk You Home  - Fats Domino
71. I'm Gonna Get Married  - Harold Logan  - Lloyd Price
72. Red River Rock  -  Johnny & the Hurricanes  - Tom King  - Fred Mendelsohn  - John Paris  -  Traditional
73. ('Til) I Kissed You  -  Everly Brothers  - Don Everly
74. Broken Hearted Melody  - Hal David  - Sherman Edwards  - Sarah Vaughan
75. Mack the Knife  - Marc Blitzstein  - Bertolt Brecht  - Bobby Darin  - Kurt Weill

Disc 4

76. Baby Talk  -  Jan & Dean  - Melvin Schwartz
77. Put Your Head on My Shoulder  - Paul Anka
78. Teen Beat  - Arthur Egnoian  - Sandy Nelson
79. Mr. Blue  - DeWayne Blackwell  -  Fleetwoods
80. Poison Ivy  -  Coasters  - Jerry Leiber  - Mike Stoller
81. Just Ask Your Heart  - Frankie Avalon  - Pete Damato  - Diane DeNota  - Joe Ricci
82. Lonely Street  - Carl Belew  - Kenny Sowder  - William "Mickey" Stevenson  - Andy Williams
83. Don't You Know  - Della Reese  - Bobby Worth
84. Primrose Lane  - George Callender  -  Jewels  - Wayne Shanklin  - Jerry Wallace
85. Deck of Cards  - Wink Martindale  - T. Texas Tyler
86. Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat  - Paul Evans  - Bob Hilliard  - Lee Pockriss
87. Heartaches by the Number  - Harlan Howard  - Guy Mitchell
88. So Many Ways  - Brook Benton  - Bobby Stevenson
89. In the Mood  - Ernie Fields  - Joseph Garland  - Andy Razaf
90. We Got Love  - Bernie Lowe  - Kal Mann  - Bobby Rydell
91. Be My Guest  - Tommy Boyce  - Fats Domino  - John Marascalco
92. Oh! Carol  - Howard Greenfield  - Neil Sedaka
93. Danny Boy  -  Traditional  - Conway Twitty  - Frederick Edward Weatherly
94. Why  - Frankie Avalon  - Peter DeAngelis  - Robert Marcucci
95. It's Time to Cry  - Paul Anka
96. The Big Hurt  - Miss Toni Fisher  - Wayne Shanklin
97. El Paso  - Marty Robbins
98. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans  - Freddie Cannon  - Henry Creamer  - Turner Layton
99. Among My Souvenirs  - Connie Francis  - Edgar Leslie  - Horatio Nicholls
100. Hound Dog Man  -  Fabian  - Doc Pomus  - Mort Shuman

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Seville   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Lloyd Price   Primary Artist
Rick Nelson   Primary Artist
Reg Owen & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Miss Toni Fisher   Primary Artist
Stonewall Jackson   Primary Artist
Wink Martindale   Primary Artist
Paul Anka   Primary Artist
The Bell Notes   Primary Artist
The Fleetwoods   Primary Artist
Bill Parsons   Primary Artist
Chris Barber's Jazz Band   Primary Artist
LaVern Baker   Primary Artist
Jack Scott   Primary Artist
Conway Twitty   Primary Artist
The Crests   Primary Artist
Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles   Primary Artist
Edd "Kookie" Byrnes   Primary Artist
Fabian   Primary Artist
Fats Domino   Primary Artist
Carl Dobkins, Jr.   Primary Artist
Clyde McPhatter   Primary Artist
Frankie Avalon   Primary Artist
Marty Robbins   Primary Artist
The Playmates   Primary Artist
The Platters   Primary Artist
Annette Funicello   Primary Artist
Phil Phillips   Primary Artist
Freddie Cannon   Primary Artist
Jan & Dean   Primary Artist
Johnny & the Hurricanes   Primary Artist
Sammy Turner   Primary Artist
Dinah Washington   Primary Artist
Dion & the Belmonts   Primary Artist
Ritchie Valens   Primary Artist
Sandy Nelson   Primary Artist
Santo & Johnny   Primary Artist
Martin Denny   Primary Artist
Neil Sedaka   Primary Artist
Jerry Wallace   Primary Artist
Brook Benton   Primary Artist
Dave "Baby" Cortez   Primary Artist
Thomas Wayne   Primary Artist
The Virtues   Primary Artist
The Browns   Primary Artist
Guy Mitchell   Primary Artist
The Everly Brothers   Primary Artist
Ray Charles   Primary Artist
Bobby Rydell   Primary Artist
The Impalas   Primary Artist
The Chipmunks   Primary Artist
Bobby Darin   Primary Artist
The Coasters   Primary Artist
Billy Grammer   Primary Artist
The Kingston Trio   Primary Artist
Jackie Wilson   Primary Artist
Connie Francis   Primary Artist
Connie Stevens   Primary Artist
The Drifters   Primary Artist
Dodie Stevens   Primary Artist
Duane Eddy   Primary Artist
Elvis Presley   Primary Artist
Freddy Cannon   Primary Artist
Della Reese   Primary Artist
Johnny Horton   Primary Artist
Ernie Fields   Primary Artist
Sarah Vaughan   Primary Artist
Wilbert Harrison   Primary Artist
Travis & Bob   Primary Artist
Paul Evans   Primary Artist
The Teddy Bears   Primary Artist
Andy Williams   Primary Artist
The Jewels   Featured Artist
DeLons   Featured Artist
The Twilights   Featured Artist
Afterbeats   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Jean Villard   Composer
Diane DeNota   Composer
Lloyd Price   Composer
Howard Greenfield   Composer
Marty Robbins   Composer
Carl Bonura   Composer
Donald Claps   Composer
Orville Lunsford   Composer
Edna Lewis   Composer
Anita Steiman   Composer
Robert Marcucci   Composer
William Trader   Composer
Arthur Egnoian   Composer
Ruth Sexter   Composer
Micki Grant   Composer
Melvin Schwartz   Composer
James Kriegsmann   Composer
Maria Grever   Composer
Frederick Edward Weatherly   Composer
Paul Watts   Liner Notes
John Farina   Composer
Frederick A. Picariello   Composer
Gwendolyn Gordy   Composer
George Callender   Composer
Alfred Julia   Composer
Aristides Giosasi   Composer
Arthur Zwirn   Composer
Pauline Kaufman   Composer
Raymond Ceroni   Composer
Ed Marshall   Composer,Composer
Bix Reichner   Composer
Bob Hilliard   Composer
Baker Knight   Composer
Bobby Darin   Composer
Bobby Stevenson   Composer
Billy Davis   Composer
Borney Bergantine   Composer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Irving Taylor   Composer
Larry Morey   Composer
Clyde Otis   Composer
Larry Ehrlich   Composer
Duane Eddy   Composer
Carl Belew   Composer
Russell Faith   Composer
Ross Bagdasarian   Composer
Kal Mann   Composer
Ollie Jones   Composer
Ann Farina   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Aaron Schroeder   Composer
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith   Composer
Henry Creamer   Composer
Marijohn Wilkin   Composer
Henry Mancini   Composer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Phil Spector   Composer
Stanley Adams   Composer
Paul Anka   Composer
Sidney Jacobson   Composer
Bobby Worth   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Bill Parsons   Composer
Al Dubin   Composer
Jack Scott   Composer
Conway Twitty   Composer
Clarence Kehner   Composer
Benjamin Nelson   Composer
Frank Slay   Composer
Felice Bryant   Composer
Marc Blitzstein   Composer
Fats Domino   Composer
Fred Burch   Composer
Barbara Ellis   Composer
Belford Hendricks   Composer
Fred Mendelsohn   Composer
Gary Troxel   Composer
Gretchen Christopher   Composer
Frank Warner   Arranger
Doc Pomus   Composer
David Clowney   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Billy Maxted   Composer
Betty Peterson   Composer
Eliot Daniel   Composer
Don Everly   Composer
Fred Hellerman   Composer
Luther Dixon   Composer
Edgar Leslie   Composer
Frank Proffitt   Arranger
Dorsey Burnette   Composer
John Marascalco   Composer
DeWayne Blackwell   Composer
Joe Ricci   Composer
T. Texas Tyler   Composer
Turner Layton   Composer
Allyson R. Khent   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Sherman Edwards   Composer
Pearl King   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Sidney Bechet   Composer
Bertolt Brecht   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Carl Cicchetti   Composer
George Goehring   Composer
Kenny Sowder   Composer
Phillip Baptiste   Composer
Lee Hayes   Composer
Bob Roberts   Composer
Travis Pritchett   Composer
Wayne Shanklin   Composer
John A. Lomax   Arranger
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
Horatio Nicholls   Composer
Joseph Garland   Composer
Lee Pockriss   Composer
Robert B. Sherman   Composer
Al Casey   Composer
Johnny Burnette   Composer
Santo Farina   Composer
Les Baxter   Composer
Pete Damato   Composer
Ritchie Valens   Composer
Richard DiCicco   Composer
Sandy Nelson   Composer
Jimmie Driftwood   Composer
Lover Patterson   Composer
Peter DeAngelis   Composer
Neil Sedaka   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Ronnie Gilbert   Composer
Richard M. Sherman   Composer
Brook Benton   Composer
George Treadwell   Composer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
Mort Shuman   Composer
John Paris   Composer
Alan Lomax   Arranger
Tom King   Composer
Tommy Boyce   Composer
George Khoury   Composer
Gerald Nelson   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Harold Logan   Composer
Ray Charles   Composer
Sidney Wyche   Composer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer
Bert Reisfeld   Composer
Bob Crewe   Composer
Bernie Lowe   Composer