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The Singles Collection 1952-62

The Four Lads
Styles: Easy Listening, Pop
Catalogue Number: ADDCD3228

The Four Lads were one of several male vocal quartets who enjoyed their heyday in the early years of the 1950s which some nostalgia buffs regard as the golden age of popular music before rock ‘n’ roll changed the pop landscape for ever. The Canadian quartet began their careers singing at the same Toronto church as members of The Crew Cuts, and originally came to the fore providing vocal back-up for Johnnie ray on his landmark hit “Cry” as well as several later hits. They forged a hit career for themselves in their own right, recording for Columbia, scoring their first hits in 1952, and going on to achieve more than twenty-five hits during the 1950s. This great-value 57-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of their singles during the era for the Okeh, Columbia, Kapp and Dot labels and features all their ‘solo’ chart entries from the era, including the Top 10 hits “Moments To Remember”, “Not Much”, Standing On The Corner”, “Skokiaan”, “Put A Light In The Window”, and “Who Needs You”. They were very much a group who epitomised the musical spirit of their times, and in capturing the pop mood of those years, this collection offers an entertaining cross-section of their work.

Disk 1:
Track	Title	Artist
1	I May Hate Myself In The Morning	Four Lads
2	The Mocking Bird	Four Lads
3	Thanks To You	Four Lads
4	Somebody Loves Me	Four Lads
5	Blackberry Boogie	Four Lads
6	I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder	Four Lads
7	He Who Has Love	Four Lads
8	Take Me Back	Four Lads
9	Down By The Riverside	Four Lads
10	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Four Lads
11	I Should Have Told You Long Ago	Four Lads
12	Harmony Brown	Four Lads
13	Gotta' Go To The The Fais Do Do	Four Lads
14	Long John	Four Lads
15	Oh That'll Be Joyful	Four Lads
16	Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea	Four Lads
17	I Hear It Everywhere	Four Lads
18	Why Should I Love You So	Four Lads
19	Skokiaan	Four Lads
20	Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree	Four Lads
21	Dance Calinda	Four Lads
22	I've Been Thinking	Four Lads
23	Pledging My Love	Four Lads
24	Too Much Baby Baby	Four Lads
25	Dream On, My Love Dream On	Four Lads
26	Moments To Remember	Four Lads
27	No, Not Much	Four Lads
28	I'll Never Know	Four Lads
29	My Little Angel	Four Lads
Disk 2:
Track	Title	Artist
1	Standing On The Corner	Four Lads
2	A House With Love In It	Four Lads
3	The Bus Stop Song (A Paper Of Pins)	Four Lads
4	Who Needs You	Four Lads
5	It's So Easy To Forget	Four Lads
6	Golly	Four Lads
7	I Just Don't Know	Four Lads
8	His Invisible Hand	Four Lads
9	Things We Did Last Summer	Four Lads
10	Put A Light In The Window	Four Lads
11	There's Only One Of You	Four Lads
12	Blue Tattoo	Four Lads
13	Enchanted Island	Four Lads
14	Guess What The Neighbors Will Say	Four Lads
15	Woncha' Give Me Something In Return	Four Lads
16	The Mocking Bird	Four Lads
17	Girl On Page Forty-Four	Four Lads
18	The Fountain Of Youth	Four Lads
19	Together Wherever We Go	Four Lads
20	Got A Locket In My Pocket	Four Lads
21	Happy Anniversary	Four Lads
22	You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You	Four Lads
23	Two Other People	Four Lads
24	Just Young	Four Lads
25	I Should Know Better	Four Lads
26	Don't Fly Away Flamingo	Four Lads
27	Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall	Four Lads
28	Beyond My Heart (I Couldn't See)	Four Lads