Massive Hits 50’s

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Dream Lover
Bobby Darin2:31
2The Great Pretender
Jimmy Parkinson2:23
3Mr. Sandman
recording of:
Mr. Sandman
lyricist and composer:
Pat Ballard
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc.
Max Bygraves2:31
4I Want You to Be My Girl
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 28)
recording of:
I Want You to Be My Girl (on 1956-02-16)
writer:
Richard Barrett and George Goldner
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers2:57
5That’s the Way It Goes
The Swinging Blue Jeans2:36
6Crying in the Chapel
cover recording of:
Crying in the Chapel (on 1953-06-30)
lyricist and composer:
Artie Glenn (in 1953)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Morris Ltd., Hill & Range Songs, Inc. and Mijac Music
Sonny Til & The Orioles3:03
7Oh What a Dream
Ruth Brown2:55
8Fools Fall in Love
The Drifters2:32
9A Thousand Miles Away
recording of:
A Thousand Miles Away (in 1956-08)
writer:
William Miller and James “Shep” Sheppard
publisher:
Nom Music, Inc.
The Heartbeats2:25
10The Story of My Life
cover recording of:
The Story of My Life
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
Michael Holliday2:15
11Suddenly There’s a Valley
Lee Lawrence2:40
12Pickin’ a Chicken
recording of:
Pickin’ a Chicken
writer:
Derek Bernfield, Garfield De Mortimer and Paddy Roberts
Eve Boswell2:13
13Look at That Girl
Frankie Vaughan2:24
14Sincerely
Jill Day2:51
15Dreamboat
vocals:
Alma Cogan
recording of:
Dreamboat (1955 song)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Hoffman
Alma Cogan1:46
16Arrivederci Darling
Anne Shelton2:58
17Around the World
recording of:
Around the World (Around the World in 80 Days)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson and Stella Unger
composer:
Victor Young
part of:
Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film soundtrack, main theme)
Ronnie Hilton2:26
18Children Go Where I Send You
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1959-04)
producer:
Hecky Krasnow
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1959-04)
arranger:
Robert Mersey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (in 1960)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (in 1959-04)
cover recording of:
Children Go Where I Send Thee (in 1959-04)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 133)
Nina Simone2:52
19Bewitched
Dorothy Squires2:51
20Don’t Laugh at Me (Cause I’m a Fool)
recording of:
Don’t Laugh At Me (Cause I’m A Fool)
writer:
June Tremayne and Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom3:34