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Britain's Greatest Hits 1961
Britain's Greatest Hits 1961

Various Artists
Styles: Fabulous, Britain's Greatest Hits
Catalogue Number: FADCD2034
This great value 2-CD set features 40 original artist recordings which were Top Ten Hits during 1961, including sixteen No. 1s. It is one of a series of ten collections covering each year from 1953 to 1962. For anyone who grew up through that momentous musical decade, every single track brings the memories flooding back, and they are hugely entertaining as well as being a great souvenir of a very special time.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 You're Sixteen Johnny Burnette
2 Are You Lonesome Tonight Elvis Presley
3 Rubber Ball Marty Wilde
4 Sailor Petula Clark
5 Walk Right Back Everly Brothers
6 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles
7 Wheels The String-a-Longs
8 Are You Sure The Allisons
9 Where The Boys Are Connie Francis
10 Lazy River Bobby Darin
11 Gee Whiz It's You Cliff Richard
12 You're Driving Me Crazy The Temperance Seven
13 Blue Moon The Marcels
14 On The Rebound Floyd Cramer
15 A Hundred Pounds Of Clay Craig Douglas
16 Theme From Dixie Duane Eddy
17 Runaway Del Shannon
18 What'd I Say Jerry Lee Lewis
19 But I Do Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
20 Halfway To Paradise Billy Fury
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Running Scared Roy Orbison
2 Well I Ask You Eden Kane
3 Hello Mary Lou Ricky Nelson
4 You Don't Know Helen Shapiro
5 Quarter To Three Gary 'U.S.' Bonds
6 Cupid Sam Cooke
7 Climb Ev'ry Mountain Shirley Bassey
8 Johnny Remember Me John Leyton
9 Kon-Tiki The Shadows
10 Michael Row The Boat Ashore The Highwaymen
11 Bless You Tony Orlando
12 Hit The Road Jack Ray Charles
13 Big Bad John Jimmy Dean
14 Take Good Care Of My Baby Bobby Vee
15 Moon River Danny Williams
16 Midnight In Moscow Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
17 Tower Of Strength Frankie Vaughan
18 Stranger On The Shore Mr. Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale
19 Let There Be Drums Sandy Nelson
20 Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen Neil Sedaka
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