The Fabulous Fifties - Various Artists

The Fabulous Fifties

Compilation by Various Artists

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Cassette 1: 1950 – 1951
1
Mule Train
Frankie Laine
2:36
2
I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
Merv Griffin with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra
2:52
3
The Wedding Samba
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra
2:51
4
I Remember the Cornfields
Anne Shelton
3:20
5
You’re Breaking My Heart
Vic Damone
3:20
6
The Old Piano Roll Blues
Frankie Vaughan
2:32
7
The French Can‐Can Polka
Billy Cotton & His Band
2:16
8
Sentimental Me
The Squadronaires
2:53
9
Bewitched
Doris Day
2:44
10
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
Gene Autry
2:52
3.0 ★
11
If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake
Gracie Fields
2:56
12
Tenessee Waltz
Patti Page
3:03
13
Cherry Stones
Joy Nichols
2:31
14
Let’s Do It Again
Dick James
2:26
15
Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra & Bob Dale
2:16
16
Christmas in Killarney
Dennis Day with The Mellomen & Henri René & His Orchestra
2:13
17
Ferry Boat Inn
Benny Lee
2:32
18
On Top of Old Smokey
Percy Faith Orchestra & Burl Ives
2:16
19
Any Time
Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
2:41
20
Too Young
Jimmy Young with Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra
2:47
21
Jezebel
Frankie Laine
3:11
22
The Petite Waltz
The Three Suns
2:53
23
My Heart Cries for You
Jo Stafford & Gene Autry
2:51
24
Because of You
Tony Bennett
2:58
4.0 ★
25
The Roving Kind
Guy Mitchell
2:49
26
Shrimp Boats
Jo Stafford
2:52
27
Cold, Cold Hearts
Tony Bennett with The Percy Faith Orchestra
2:42
28
Mary Rose
Stanley Black & His Orchestra with Dick James, The Stargazers & George Mitchell Singers
2:40
29
Come On‐A My House
Rosemary Clooney
1:57
4.0 ★
30
My Truly, Truly Fair
Guy Mitchell
2:47
31
Rose, Rose, I Love You
Billy Cotton & His Band
3:09
32
Unless
Eddie Fisher
2:45
Cassette 2: 1952 – 1953
1
Some Enchanted Evening From 'South Pacific'
Ezio Pinza
3:06
2
There's Always Room at Our House
Billy Cotton & His Band
2:51
3
We Won't Live in a Castle
Jimmy Young
3:02
4
Cry
Johnnie Ray
3:05
5
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
Frankie Laine
2:44
6
Blue Tango
Lee Lawrence
2:30
7
The Isle of Innisfree
Anne Shelton
3:04
8
Domino
Tony Martin
2:24
9
Allentown Jail
Lita Roza
3:35
10
The Homing Waltz
Dickie Valentine
3:02
11
At the End of the Day
Gracie Fields
2:55
12
Down Yonder
Del Wood
2:29
13
Be My Life's Companion
Rosemary Clooney
2:24
14
Sugarbush
Doris Day & Frankie Laine
2:02
15
Be Anything (But Be Mine)
Eddy Howard & His Orchestra with The Jack Halloran Choir
3:02
16
Kiss of Fire
Georgia Gibbs
2:34
17
Outside of Heaven
Eddie Fisher
2:42
18
She Wears Red Feathers
Guy Mitchell
3:11
19
(How Much Is) That Doggy in the Window?
Lita Roza
2:18
4.0 ★
20
Broken Wings
The Stargazers
2:57
21
Oh, Happy Day
The Johnston Brothers
2:12
22
Somebody Stole My Gal
Johnnie Ray
2:25
23
I Believe
Frankie Laine
2:15
24
In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)
Billy Cotton & His Band
3:20
25
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
Muriel Smith with Wally Stott & His Orchestra
2:36
26
The Song From 'Moulin Rouge' (Where Is You're Heart?)
Percy Faith Orchestra with Felicia Sanders
3:22
27
Hot Toddy
Ted Heath & His Orchestra
2:49
28
Let's Walk That-A-Way
Doris Day & Johnnie Ray
2:42
29
Answer Me
David Whitfield
2:30
30
Dragnet
Ted Heath & His Orchestra
2:15
31
Crying in the Chapel
Lee Lawrence
3:17
32
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Beverley Sisters, directed by Alyn Ainsworth
2:38
Cassette 3: 1954 -1955
1
Blowing Wild (The Ballad of Black Gold)
Frankie Laine
2:41
2
Cloud Lucky Seven
Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller & His Orchestra
2:31
3
Let’s Have Another Party (medley 1)
Winifred Atwell
2:52
4
Let’s Have Another Party (medley 2)
Winifred Atwell
2:40
5
I See the Moon
The Stargazers
2:41
2.0 ★
6
Skin Deep
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
7:00
7
Secret Love (From ‘Calamity Jane’)
Doris Day
3:45
8
Such a Night
Johnnie Ray
2:16
9
The Kid’s Last Fight
Frankie Laine
3:24
10
Friends and Neighbours
Billy Cotton & His Band
2:29
11
Cara Mia
David Whitfield
3:11
3.0 ★
12
The Little Shoemaker
Petula Clark
2:22
13
This Ole House
Rosemary Clooney
2:26
14
Oh, Mein Papa
Eddie Fisher
3:21
15
Make Love to Me
Jo Stafford
2:48
16
Finger of Suspicion
Dickie Valentine
2:53
17
I Need You Now
Eddie Fisher
2:37
18
Mambo Italiano
Rosemary Clooney
2:34
19
Tomorrow
Johnny Brandon
2:59
20
Earth Angel
The Crew-Cuts
2:54
3.0 ★
21
Ready, Willing and Able
Doris Day
2:30
22
I Wonder
Dickie Valentine
2:42
23
Everywhere
David Whitfield
2:44
24
Stranger in Paradise
Tony Bennett
3:21
25
Cool Water
Frankie Laine
2:53
26
Blue Star
The Cyril Stapleton Orchestra
3:13
27
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Mitch Miller
3:01
28
Hey There (From ‘The Pajama Game’)
Johnnie Ray
2:58
29
The Man From Laramie
Jimmy Young
2:24
4.0 ★
30
Hernando’s Hideaway (From ‘The Pajama Game’)
The Johnston Brothers
2:35
31
Twenty Tiny Fingers
The Stargazers
2:29
32
Suddenly There’s a Valley
Petula Clark
2:42
Cassette 4: 1956 – 1957
1
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
Bill Hayes
2:29
2
Robin Hood
Gary Miller with Tony Osborne & His Orchestra & The Beryl Stott Chorus
2:25
3
Band of Gold
Don Cherry
2:38
4
Memories Are Made of This
Dave King
2:07
5
My September Love
David Whitfield
2:49
6
Lost John
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
2:44
7
The Theme From ‘The Threepenny Opera’ (Mack the Knife)
Louis Armstrong
3:27
8
Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins
2:23
9
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que sera, sera)
Doris Day
3:00
10
The Great Pretender
The Platters
2:42
11
Lay Down Your Arms
Anne Shelton with Wally Stott & His Orchestra & Chorus
3:00
12
Giddy‐Up a Ding Dong
Freddie Bell & the Bell Boys
2:03
13
Woman in Love
Frankie Laine
2:24
14
The Green Door
Frankie Vaughan with Wally Stott & His Orchestra & Chorus
2:50
15
Just Walkin’ in the Rain
Johnnie Ray
2:43
4.0 ★
16
Rip It Up
Little Richard
2:25
17
The Garden of Eden
Frankie Vaughan with Wally Stott & His Orchestra & Chorus
2:37
18
Don’t You Rock Me Daddy‐O
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
1:44
19
The Adoration Waltz
David Whitfield
2:40
20
Look Homeward Angel
Johnnie Ray
2:51
21
The Banana Boat Song
Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra & Chorus
2:51
22
Freight Train
Nancy Whiskey & Charles McDevitt Skiffle Group
2:21
23
Rock‐A‐Billy
Guy Mitchell
2:16
24
We Will Make Love
Russ Hamilton
2:43
25
Little Darlin’
The Diamonds
2:14
26
Gamblin’ Man
Lonnie Donegan
3:20
27
Island in the Sun
Harry Belafonte
3:29
28
Diana
Paul Anka & Joe Sherman
2:29
29
With All My Heart
Petula Clark
2:43
30
I Love You Baby
Paul Anka
2:12
31
Wake Up Little Susie
The Everly Brothers
2:04
4.5 ★
32
Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis
1:56
Cassette 5: 1958 – 1959
1
Bony Maronie
Larry Williams
3:08
2
You Are My Destiny
Paul Anka
2:48
3
Story of My Life
Gary Miller
2:45
4
Love Me Forever
Marion Ryan
2:59
5
Nairobi
Tommy Steele
2:03
6
Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
Ted Heath & His Orchestra
2:50
7
Grand Coulee Dam
Lonnie Donegan
2:42
8
A Certain Smile
Johnny Mathis
2:51
3.0 ★
9
Breathless
Jerry Lee Lewis
2:46
4.0 ★
10
Twilight Time
The Platters
2:49
11
On the Street Where You Live (From ‘My Fair Lady’)
Vic Damone
2:48
12
Endless Sleep
Marty Wilde & The Wild Cats
2:23
13
Lollipop
The Chordettes
2:12
4.0 ★
14
Bird Dog
The Everly Brothers
2:16
1.0 ★
15
Tom Dooley
Lonnie Donegan
3:23
4.0 ★
16
Hoots Mon
Lord Rockingham’s XI
2:19
17
As I Love You (From ‘the Big Beat’)
Shirley Bassey & Wally Stott & His Orchestra
2:56
3.0 ★
18
High School Confidential
Jerry Lee Lewis
2:32
19
Petite Fleur
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band & Monty Sunshine
2:47
20
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The Platters
2:41
3.8 ★
21
Donna
Marty Wilde
2:16
22
The Little Drummer Boy
The Beverley Sisters
3:06
23
I’ve Waited So Long
Anthony Newley
2:47
24
The Battle of New Orleans
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
3:14
25
The Heart of a Man
Frankie Vaughan & Wally Stott & His Orchestra & Chorus
2:22
2.0 ★
26
Someone
Johnny Mathis
3:00
27
Broken‐Hearted Melody
Sarah Vaughan
2:25
4.0 ★
28
Till I Kissed You
The Everly Brothers
2:26
29
Red River Rock
Johnny and the Hurricanes
2:13
3.0 ★
30
Makin’ Love
Floyd Robinson
2:00
31
Mr Blue
David Macbeth
2:42
32
Heartaches by the Number
Guy Mitchell
2:46

Release credits

Al Ham
producer [1.29, 5.8]
Archie Bleyer
producer [13]
Billy Lee Riley
guitar [9]
Bob Dale
vocal [15]
Buck Ram
producer [20]
Burl Ives
arranger [18]
Cyril Stapleton & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [15]
Doris Day
vocal [9]
Earl Palmer
drums (drum set) [1]
Frank Carroll
double bass [29]
Jack Clement
producer [9]
Jack Rael
conductor [12]
Jack Rael and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [12]
Jay Brown
bass guitar [9]
Jerry Lee Lewis
piano [9], vocal [9]
Jewell Grant
baritone saxophone [1]
Jimmy Carroll
arranger [29]
Jimmy Crawford
drums (drum set) [29]
Jimmy Van Eaton
drums (drum set) [9]
John Bunch
piano [27]
John E. Oliveri
saxophone [1]
Johnnie Ray
vocal [15]
Larry Williams
piano [1], vocal [1]
Mitch Miller
producer [1.29, 5.8]
Monty Sunshine
performer [19]
Mundell Lowe
guitar [29]
Percy Faith
conductor [24]
Percy Faith and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [27]
Plas Johnson
tenor saxophone [1]
Ray Conniff, His Orchestra & Chorus
performing orchestra [15]
Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [8]
René Hall
guitar [1]
Roland Janes
guitar [9]
Rosemary Clooney
vocal [29]
Sam Phillips
producer [9]
Sarah Vaughan
vocal [27]
Shirley Bassey
vocal [17]
Stan Freeman
harpsichord [29]
Ted Brinson
bass [1]
The Platters
performer [20]
Tony Bennett
vocal [24, 27]
Tony Williams
lead vocals [20]
Wally Stott & His Orchestra & Chorus
performing orchestra [17]

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The Fabulous Fifties
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