The Top Ten Collection: The Late ’40s
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 1997
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Sentimental JourneyLes Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day3:15
- 2Till the End of TimePerry Como3:11
- 3Don’t Fence Me InBing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters3:083.5 ★
- 4On the Atchison, Topeka and the Sante FeJohnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers3:02
- 5There! I’ve Said It AgainVaughn Monroe & The Norton Sisters3:11
- 6Chickery ChickSammy Kaye, Nancy Norman, Billy Williams & The Kaye Choir2:20
- 7I’m Beginning to See the LightHarry James & Kitty Kallen3:15
- 8DreamThe Pied Pipers2:51
- 9Rum and Coca‐ColaThe Andrews Sisters3:12
- 10It’s Been a Long, Long TimeBing Crosby2:58
- 11SymphonyFreddy Martin & Clyde Rogers3:16
- 12The GypsyThe Ink Spots2:46
- 13Oh! What It Seemed to BeHelen Forrest & Dick Haymes2:58
- 14To Each His OwnEddy Howard3:02
- 15Doctor, Lawyer, Indian ChiefBetty Hutton3:07
- 16I Can’t Begin to Tell YouBing Crosby2:553.0 ★
- 17PersonalityJohnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers2:50
- 18Rumors Are FlyingFrankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes2:52
- 19The Old LamplighterSammy Kaye, Billy Williams & The Kaye Choir3:03
- 20Prisoner of LovePerry Como3:284.0 ★
- CD 2
- 12:59
- 2Managua NicaraguaFreddy Martin, Stuart Wade and The Martin Men2:51
- 3HeartachesTed Weems, Elmo Tanner & Whistler2:42
- 4LindaRay Noble & Buddy Clark3:17
- 5Mam’selleArt Lund3:21
- 6BallerinaVaughn Monroe3:28
- 7Peg o’ My HeartThe Harmonicats2:13
- 8Near YouFrancis Craig and Bob Lamb2:50
- 9Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)Tex Williams and His Western Caravan2:55
- 10Anniversary SongAl Jolson3:08
- 11I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf CloverArt Mooney2:27
- 12A Tree in the MeadowMargaret Whiting2:44
- 13You Call Everybody Darlin’Al Trace2:53
- 14Little White LiesDick Haymes3:15
- 15The Woody Woodpecker SongKay Kyser, Gloria Wood, Harry Babbitt & The Campus Kids3:06
- 16Maybe You’ll Be ThereGordon Jenkins, Charles Lavere & Chorus3:16
- 17Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour & The Brazilians2:56
- 18My HappinessThe Pied Pipers2:50
- 19Twelfth Street RagPee Wee Hunt2:52
- 20Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)Bing Crosby and The Ken Darby Singers3:06
- CD 3
- 1Some Enchanted EveningPerry Como3:32
- 2I Can Dream, Can’t I?The Andrews Sisters2:43
- 3Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)Vaughn Monroe3:01
- 4That Lucky Old SunFrankie Laine2:59
- 5Crusing Down the RiverBlue Baron2:55
- 6“A”, You’re AdorablePerry Como & The Fontane Sisters2:28
- 7Slippin’ AroundMargaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely2:133.0 ★
- 8AgainGordon Jenkins & Joe Graydon2:53
- 9Forever and EverRuss Morgan & The Skylarks2:52
- 10Room Full of RosesSammy Kaye, Don Cornell & The Kaydets3:18
- 11Old Buttermilk SkyKay Kyser, Michael Douglas & The Campus Kids3:07
- 12UntilTommy Dorsey, Harry Prime, The Clark Sisters & The Town Criers3:05
- 13Open the Door, RichardCount Basie, Harry Edison & Bill Johnson2:40
- 14So TiredRuss Morgan3:20
- 15On a Slow Boat to ChinaBenny Goodman & Al Hendrickson3:07
- 16Careless HandsSammy Kaye, Don Cornell & The Kaydets2:51
- 17Five Minutes MoreTex Beneke & The Glenn Miller Orchestra2:30
- 18Doin’ What Comes Natur’llyJimmy Dorsey & Dee Parker3:01
- 19Red Roses for a Blue LadyGuy Lombardo & Don Rodney2:47
- 20Bumble BoogieFreddy Martin2:49
- CD 4
- 1If I Loved YouBing Crosby3:23
- 2Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)The Mills Brothers2:59
- 3My Sugar Is So RefinedJohnny Mercer2:45
- 4That’s My DesireFrankie Laine2:49
- 5You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)The Ink Spots2:54
- 6I Wish I Didn’t Love You SoVaughn Monroe2:48
- 7SurrenderPerry Como3:13
- 8Night and DayFrank Sinatra3:05
- 9Sweet LorraineThe Nat King Cole Trio2:57
- 10Maybe It’s BecauseDick Haymes3:20
- 11Stuff Like That ThereBetty Hutton3:01
- 12Serenade of the BellsJo Stafford2:57
- 13Along the Navajo TrailDinah Shore3:09
- 14Golden EarringsPeggy Lee2:56
- 15Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)The Andrews Sisters2:51
- 16Faraway PlacesMargaret Whiting3:17
- 173:19
- 18ConfessPatti Page2:48
- 19CandyThe Four King Sisters2:51
- 20You’ll Never Walk AloneJudy Garland3:174.0 ★
Release credits
- spoken vocals [4], vocal [4]
- lead vocals [3, 16], vocal [16]
- lead vocals [4], spoken vocals [4], vocal [4]
- conductor [16], piano [16]
- performer [16]
- performing orchestra [16]
- vocal [11]
- performing orchestra [17]
- performing orchestra [16]
- conductor [2]
- performing orchestra [2]
- vocal [20]
- performer [15]
- performing orchestra [1]
- conductor [20]
- vocal [16]
- performing orchestra [1, 6]
- solo [2]
- vocal [17]
- vocal [4.7, 2.1, 1.2, 1.20, 3.1, 3.6]
- instrument [4], performing orchestra [4]
- performing orchestra [1.2, 1.20, 4.7]
- lead vocals [3], vocal [4.15, 1.9, 3.2]
- vocal [16]
- vocal [6]
- background vocals [1]
- vocal [6]
- conductor [3]
- performing orchestra [4.15, 1.3]
Issues
T1997