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America's Greatest Hits 1955 (Expanded Edition)
America's Greatest Hits 1955 (Expanded Edition)

Various Artists
Styles: America's Greatest Hits, Pop
Catalogue Number: ACQCD7087

We continue our highly popular and successful America’s Greatest Hits series as we work back through the 1950s, this time with an expanded 4-CD set edition to sit alongside the existing single CD 1955 edition (ACRCD222) originally released in 2006 before we introduced the 4-CD format in recent years. This great-value 109-track collection comprises every record that peaked in the Top 15 of the Billboard Best Sellers In Stores Chart or the Cash Box Chart, and any other records which peaked in the Top 10 of any of the Billboard Component Charts (Most Played In Juke Boxes, Most Played By Jockeys, or the Honor Roll of Hits). It omits certain records which peaked in 1956 and which have already appeared in our America’s Greatest Hits 1956 collection. As with all these collections it features all the biggest hits of the year, but also includes a number of lesser known records which are not heard very often and which have not been readily available on CD. As always, it includes a substantial 12,000-word booklet with a commentary on every track., and it’s a must for collectors of our completist chart-based anthologies.


Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 Mr. Sandman The Chordettes
2 Let Me Go, Lover Joan Weber
3 Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane Ames Brothers
4 This Ole House Rosemary Clooney
5 Count Your Blessings Eddie Fisher
6 I Need You Now Eddie Fisher
7 Teach Me Tonight De Castro Sisters
8 Hearts of Stone Fontane Sisters
9 Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como
10 Let Me Go, Lover Teresa Brewer with The Lancers
11 Mister Sandman Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
12 Shake, Rattle, and Roll Bill Haley & The Comets
13 Make Yourself Comfortable Sarah Vaughan
14 Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) Bill Haley & The Comets
15 Hearts of Stone The Charms
16 Melody of Love Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra
17 That's All I Want From You Jaye P. Morgan
18 Melody of Love Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
19 Sincerely The McGuire Sisters
20 (My Baby Don't Love Me) No More De John Sisters
21 Earth Angel Penguins
22 Melody of Love David Carroll & His Orchestra
23 Ko Ko Mo Perry Como
24 Tweedle Dee Georgia Gibbs
25 Earth Angel Crew Cuts
26 Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) Crew Cuts
27 The Crazy Otto (Medley) Johnny Maddox And The Rhythmasters
28 Rock Love Fontane Sisters
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Open Up Your Heart ( And Let The Sunshine In) Cowboy Church Sunday School
2 How Important Can It Be Joni James
3 Ballad Of Davy Crockett Bill Hayes
4 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells Eddie Fisher
5 Blue Mirage (Don't Go) Ralph Marterie & Orchestra
6 Ballad Of Davy Crockett Fess Parker
7 Pledging My Love Johnny Ace
8 Play Me Hearts And Flowers (I Wanna Cry) Johnny Desmond
9 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Perez "Prez" Prado and his Orchestra, The King Of The Mambo
10 There Goes My Heart Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
11 It May Sound Silly The McGuire Sisters
12 Dance With Me, Henry (Wallflower) Georgia Gibbs
13 Nobody Perry Como
14 Ballad Of Davy Crockett Tennessee Ernie Ford
15 Danger! Heartbreak Ahead Jaye P. Morgan
16 Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup Nat King Cole
17 The Breeze And I (Andalucia) Caterina Valente
18 Unchained Melody Al Hibbler
19 Unchained Melody Les Baxter, His Chorus & Orchestra
20 Two Hearts Pat Boone
21 Whatever Lola Wants Sarah Vaughan
22 Unchained Melody Roy Hamilton
23 Don't Be Angry Crew Cuts
24 Heart Eddie Fisher
25 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Alan Dale
26 Honey Babe Art Mooney and his Orchestra
27 Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley & The Comets
Disk 3:
Track Title Artist
1 A Blossom Fell Nat "King" Cole
2 If I May Nat "King" Cole and The Four Knights
3 Hey, Mr. Banjo The Sunnysiders
4 Learnin' The Blues Frank Sinatra
5 Something's Gotta Give Sammy Davis, Jr.
6 Love Me Or Leave Me Sammy Davis, Jr.
7 It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Somethin' Smith & the Redheads
8 Something's Gotta Give McGuire Sisters
9 Hard To Get Gisele MacKenzie
10 Alabama Jubilee Ferko String Band
11 Sweet And Gentle (Me Lo Dijo Adela) Alan Dale
12 A Story Untold Nutmegs
13 I'll Never Stop Loving You Doris Day
14 Ain't That A Shame Pat Boone
15 Seventeen Boyd Bennett And His Rockets
16 Razzle Dazzle Bill Haley & The Comets
17 House of Blue Lights Chuck Miller
18 Hummingbird Les Paul & Mary Ford
19 Ain't That A Shame Fats Domino
20 Domani Julius Larosa
21 The Man In The Raincoat Priscilla Wright
22 The Longest Walk Jaye P. Morgan
23 Yellow Rose of Texas Johnny Desmond
24 Yellow Rose of Texas Mitch Miller
25 Wake The Town And Tell The People Les Baxter
26 Song Of The Dreamer Eddie Fisher
27 Maybelline Chuck Berry
28 Seventeen Fontane Sisters
Disk 4:
Track Title Artist
1 Tina Marie Perry Como
2 Fooled Perry Como
3 Autumn Leaves Roger Williams
4 Gum Drop Crew Cuts
5 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
6 I Want You To Be My Baby Georgia Gibbs
7 Moments To Remember Four Lads
8 Suddenly There's A Valley Gogi Grant
9 The Bible Tells Me So Don Cornell
10 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Don Cornell
11 Shifting, Whispering Sands (Parts I and II) Billy Vaughn Orchestra
12 Black Denim Trousers The Cheers
13 Shifting, Whispering Sands Rusty Draper
14 You Are My Love Joni James
15 My Bonnie Lassie Ames Brothers
16 At My Front Door The El Dorados
17 At My Front Door Pat Boone
18 He McGuire Sisters
19 Forgive My Heart Nat (King) Cole
20 Someone You Love Nat (King) Cole
21 Only You The Hilltoppers Featuring Jimmy Sacca
22 Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford
23 Cry Me A River Julie London
24 Croce D'Oro Patti Page
25 Daddy-O Fontane Sisters
26 Burn That Candle Bill Haley & The Comets
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