These Were Our Songs: The Early ’50s

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Golden Showcase of the 1950s

2▶CD: All‐Time Great Ballad Hits

3▶CD: 1950/51

4▶CD: 1951/52

5▼CD: 1952/53
#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Kiss of Fire	Georgia Gibbs	2:31
2	Because You’re Mine recording of: Because You’re Mine (Because You’re Mine) lyricist: Sammy Cahn composer: Nicholas Brodzsky publisher: EMI Music Publishing part of: The 25th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)	Nat King Cole	3:15
3	At Last, at Last	Lee Lawrence	3:01
4	Half as Much recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1951-08-23) producer: Al Ham and Mitch Miller vocals: Rosemary Clooney (on 1951-08-23) conductor: Percy Faith (on 1951-08-23) arranger: Jimmy Carroll cover recording of: Half as Much (on 1951-08-23) lyricist and composer: Curley Williams (in 1951) publisher: Fred Rose Music, Inc. (in 1951) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1951-10-17)	Rosemary Clooney	2:51
5	I’m Yours	Eddie Fisher	2:53
6	We Won’t Live in a Castle	Jimmy Young	3:03
7	Marching Strings	Ray Martin	2:45
8	Let’s Walk That‐A‐Way recording of: Let's Walk That-A-Way writer: Kay Twomey, Ben Weisman and Fred Wise	Doris Day and Johnnie Ray	2:42
9	Ricochet	Joan Regan	2:49
10	All the Time and Everywhere	Dickie Valentine	3:10
11	How Much Is That Doggie in the Window recording of: (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? lyricist and composer: Bob Merrill publisher: Golden Bell Songs and Joy Music Inc.	Patti Page	2:30
12	Ebb Tide	Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra	3:02
13	Oh Happy Day	The Johnston Brothers	2:15
14	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	The Beverley Sisters	2:34
15	Poppa Piccolino recording of: Poppa Piccolino (1952 Sanremo song; english lyrics) lyricist: Mario Panzeri composer: Vittorio Mascheroni translator: Bob Musel and Giuseppe Rastelli is based on: Papaveri e papere (1952 Sanremo song)	Diana Decker	3:01
16	Can’t I alto saxophone: Willie Smith (on 1953-01-14) bass: Jack Agee (on 1953-01-14) and Ralph Peña (on 1953-01-14) bongos and congas: Jack Costanzo (on 1953-01-14) clarinet and saxophone: Bob Dawes (on 1953-01-14) and Charles Deremo (on 1953-01-14) drums (drum set): John Markham (on 1953-01-14) guitar: John Collins (on 1953-01-14) piano: Cliff Fishback (on 1953-01-14) tenor saxophone: Richard Clay (on 1953-01-14) and Ted Nash (on 1953-01-14) trombone: Karl DeKarske (on 1953-01-14), Dick Nash (on 1953-01-14), Robert Reisiger (on 1953-01-14) and Si Zentner (on 1953-01-14) trumpet: Tony Facciuto (on 1953-01-14), Conrad Gozzo (on 1953-01-14), Jack H. Laubach (on 1953-01-14), Robert McKinzie (on 1953-01-14) and Andy Peele (on 1953-01-14) vocals: Nat King Cole (on 1953-01-14) orchestra: Billy May & His Orchestra (on 1953-01-14) conductor: Billy May (on 1953-01-14) arranger: Billy May recorded at: Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-01-14) cover recording of: Can’t I? (on 1953-01-14) lyricist and composer: Leroy Lovett Jr	Nat King Cole	3:17
17	If You Love Me organ: Charles Smart vocals: Vera Lynn conductor: Roland Shaw recorded at: Kingsway Hall in London, England, United Kingdom recording of: If You Love Me (Really Love Me) lyricist: Édith Piaf composer: Marguerite Monnot translator: Geoffrey Parsons publisher: Editions Edimarton and Raoul Breton Editions translated version of: Hymne à l’amour	Vera Lynn	2:58

6▶CD: 1953/54