Compact Hits

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 1990

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Tracklist

CD 1: Classic Hits of the 50’s & 60’s
1
Crystal Chandeliers
Vic Dana
2:53
2
Singing the Blues
Guy Mitchell
2:27
3
Jezebel
Frankie Laine
3:13
4
Oh Lonesome Me
Don Gibson
2:36
4.0 ★
5
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Jimmie Rodgers
2:16
4.0 ★
6
You Are My Destiny
Paul Anka
2:47
7
Moody River
Pat Boone
2:39
8
Running Bear
Johnny Preston
2:44
9
Wings of a Dove
Ferlin Husky
2:22
10
Kansas City
Wilbert Harrison
2:22
11
Tell Laura I Love Her
Ray Peterson
2:56
12
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Kris Kristofferson
2:16
4.5 ★
13
She’s Got You
Patsy Cline
2:59
14
All for the Love of a Girl
Johnny Horton
2:48
5.0 ★
15
Cool Water
Frankie Laine
2:51
16
Personality
Lloyd Price
2:26
17
The Birds and the Bees
Jewel Akens
2:09
18
The Swiss Maid
Del Shannon
2:04
19
Honeycomb
Jimmie Rodgers
2:15
20
Mecca
Gene Pitney
2:17
CD 2: Teen Idols
1
Sheila
Tommy Roe
2:11
2
Venus
Frankie Avalon
2:22
3
Run to Him
Bobby Vee
2:05
4
April Love
Pat Boone
2:43
5
Dream Lover
Bobby Darin
2:31
6
Runaway
Del Shannon
2:31
7
Fools Rush In
Brook Benton
2:20
8
Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)
Jackie Wilson
2:45
4.0 ★
9
Lonely Boy
Paul Anka
2:38
10
It Hurts to Be in Love
Gene Pitney
2:34
4.5 ★
11
Hey Little Girl in the High School Sweater
Dee Clark
1:54
12
If I Had a Hammer
Trini Lopez
3:01
13
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
B.J. Thomas
2:53
14
Just Walking in the Rain
Johnnie Ray
2:49
15
Oh Carol
Neil Sedaka
2:18
16
Only the Lonely
Roy Orbison
2:25
4.7 ★
17
Jean
Oliver
3:09
18
Forget Him
Bobby Rydell
2:11
19
Trains and Boats and Planes
Billy J. Kramer
2:33
20
Love Letters in the Sand
Pat Boone
2:16
CD 3: Hit Groups of the 50’s & 60’s
1
Under the Boardwalk
The Drifters
2:43
2
Blue Moon
The Marcels
2:10
3
Chapel of Love
The Dixie Cups
2:51
4.0 ★
4
The Great Pretender
The Platters
2:38
5
Yackety Yak
The Coasters
1:45
6
Mr. Blue
The Fleetwoods
2:30
7
Up on the Roof
The Drifters
2:36
8
The Letter
The Box Tops
1:54
4.2 ★
9
Poison Ivy
The Coasters
2:40
10
This Magic Moment
Jay & the Americans
2:44
11
Tell Him
The Exciters
2:25
12
Tobacco Road
The Nashville Teens
2:43
13
Young Girl
Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
3:02
14
Cherish
The Association
3:21
15
Midnight Train to Georgia
Gladys Knight & the Pips
4:40
16
Yellow Bird
The Mills Brothers
2:35
17
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
The Ink Spots
3:01
18
Paper Doll
The Mills Brothers
2:52
19
Whispering Grass
The Ink Spots
2:41
20
My Prayer
The Platters
2:43
CD 4: The Dance Tracks
1
The Hucklebuck
Chubby Checker
2:28
2
The Peppermint Twist
Joey Dee & the Starliters
2:03
3
Do You Wanna Dance
Barry Blue
3:51
4
The Monster Mash
Sha Na Na
2:40
5
Slow Twistin’
Chubby Checker
2:44
6
The Stroll
The Diamonds
2:35
7
Let’s Twist Again
Chubby Checker
2:23
8
The Hippy Hippy Shake
The Swinging Blue Jeans
2:08
9
Bristol Stomp
The Dovells
2:22
10
Limbo Rock
Chubby Checker
2:28
11
At the Hop
Danny & the Juniors
2:39
12
Mash Potato
Dee Dee Sharp
2:39
13
La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
2:08
14
Shake Rattle & Roll
Bill Haley and His Comets
2:34
15
Twist & Shout
Brian Poole
2:21
16
Pony Time
Chubby Checker
2:29
17
Let the Little Girl Dance
Billy Bland
2:21
18
The Twist
Chubby Checker
2:34
19
Loco‐Motion
Little Eva
2:16
20
Save the Last Dance for Me
The Drifters
2:26
CD 5: The Instrumentals
1
Rebel Rouser
Duane Eddy
2:19
2
Red River Rock
Johnny and the Hurricanes
2:12
3
Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson
1:59
4
Telstar
The Tornados
2:43
5
Walk Don’t Run
The Ventures
2:08
6
Bombora
The Atlantics
3:06
7
Orange Blossom Special
Charlie McCoy
3:42
8
Tequilla
Ace Cannon
2:39
9
40 Miles of Bad Road
Duane Eddy
2:04
10
Always on My Mind
Floyd Cramer
3:28
11
Teen Beat
Sandy Nelson
2:22
12
Pipeline
The Chantays
2:13
13
Wipeout
The Surfaris
2:13
4.1 ★
14
Caravan
L.S.O.
2:49
15
Guitar Boogie Shuffle
The Ventures
2:34
16
Duelling Banjos
Grand Junction
2:01
17
Because They’re Young
Duane Eddy
1:58
18
Star Wars
L.S.O
4:52
19
Bumble Boogie
B. Bumble & the Stingers
2:05
20
Peter Gunn
Duane Eddy
2:27
CD 6: The British Invasion
1
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Gerry & the Pacemakers
2:26
2
Walkin’ Back to Happiness
Helen Shapiro
2:32
3
Silence Is Golden
The Tremeloes
3:13
4
Wishin & Hopin
The Merseybeats
2:33
5
You’ve Got Your Troubles
The Fortunes
3:24
6
Yellow River
Christie
2:38
5.0 ★
7
You Were Made for Me
Freddie & the Dreamers
2:22
1.0 ★
8
Hold Me
P.J. Proby
2:47
9
Sorrow
The Merseybeats
2:20
10
How Do You Do It
Gerry & the Pacemakers
1:56
11
I’m Telling You Now
Freddie & the Dreamers
2:11
12
Wild Thing
The Troggs
2:35
13
Ob La Di
Marmalade
3:02
14
I Understand
Freddie & the Dreamers
2:41
1.0 ★
15
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
Gerry & the Pacemakers
2:36
16
Suddenly You Love Me
The Tremeloes
3:20
17
Maria
P.J. Proby
3:35
18
If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
Freddie & the Dreamers
2:02
19
You’ll Never Walk Alone
Gerry & the Pacemakers
2:27
20
Somewhere
P.J. Proby
3:09

Release credits

Anita Kerr Singers
background vocals [16]
Bob Moore
double bass [16]
Boots Randolph
saxophone [16]
Buddy Harman
drums (drum set) [16]
Dan Penn
producer [8]
Don Law
producer [14]
Floyd Cramer
piano [16]
Fred Foster
producer [1.12, 2.16]
Hank Garland
guitar [16]
Harold Bradley
guitar [16]
Howard Carpenter
viola [16]
Jane Norris
violin [16]
Joe Melson
background vocals [16]
Kris Kristofferson
vocal [12]
Roy Orbison
vocal [16]
The Surfaris
producer [13]
Tommy Strong
engineer [12]
Vernal Richardson
violin [16]

Issues

C
Compact Hits
6x CD
1990