Hard to Find Jukebox Classics
Fabulous Fifties Instrumentals & More
Hit Parade CD #12310 (Import) $9.98
Back in the ’50s when radio really was king, the competition was so fierce you could hear a single great melody by as many as half-a-dozen artists – all vying for supremacy of the airwaves. Such was the bounty that the weekly Billboard and Cash Box charts became battlegrounds watched with rapt fascination by young music lovers. To the victors go the spoils, however, and today it’s hard to find anything but the winners of those battles on CD – the versions ordinary record labels perceive as the most popular. No longer!
On Hard To Find Jukebox Classics: Fabulous Fifties Instrumentals & More, over 15 of these so-called “cover” versions make their long overdue CD DEBUT along with 14 more charting pop and orchestral instrumentals of the era – many in stereo, which was brand new at the time. There hasn’t been an album release in a decade with as many Top 40 songs that have never before been on CD!
In this incredible DOUBLE-LENGTH CD packed with over 72 minutes of truly fabulous music, you’ll discover honky-tonk, Dixieland, stirring marches and sweeping cinematic scores. The performances include beautiful trumpet, clarinet and piano solos, plus swelling vocal choruses – thus the “and more” in the CD title.
Fabulous Fifties Instrumentals & More features a generous lineup of choice hits (15 of them Top 20). But Hit Parade Records also pairs up artists’ hits so you don’t have to buy multiple collections to get the songs you want. Fabulous Fifties Instrumentals includes two of Mitch Miller’s biggest hits, Crazy Otto’s only two hits, and three of David Carroll’s biggest (including his Top 10 “Melody Of Love”).
Terrific value + superb, audiophile digital quality remastering! An incomparable selection of 29 songs lasting over 72 minutes and a fact- and photo-filled 12-page booklet featuring a 3,500 word essay by music writer Greg Adams. Hard To Find Jukebox Classics: Fabulous Fifties Instrumentals & More is a must-own CD if you love instrumentals!
– 22 CD DEBUTS! – ALL TRACKS MONO EXCEPT AS NOTED –
– DIGITALLY REMASTERED FOR HIGHEST QUALITY SOUND –
– DIGITALLY REMASTERED FOR HIGHEST QUALITY SOUND –
Track Listing — Disc #1 · 29 Songs · Various Artists · Hit Parade Records
| Track | Title | Artist | Chart Peak | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reg Owen & Orchestra | #10 | 12/58 | |
| 2 | Mitch Miller & Orchestra | #20 | 1/58 | |
| 3 | Mitch Miller & Orchestra & Chorus | #1 | 8/55 | |
| 4 |
CD DEBUT
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Les Baxter & Orchestra & Chorus | #63 | 10/56 |
| 5 |
RARE ON CD
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Art Mooney & Chorus | #6 | 4/55 |
| 6 | Cyril Stapleton & Orchestra | #13 | 12/58 | |
| 7 |
CD DEBUT IN U.S.
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Bill Haley & His Comets | #46 | 12/58 |
| 8 |
CD DEBUT IN U.S.
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Crazy Otto | #21 | 2/55 |
| 9 |
CD DEBUT IN U.S.
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Crazy Otto | #19 | 3/55 |
| 10 |
CD DEBUT
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Joe Darensbourg & His Dixie Flyers | #43 | 1/58 |
| 11 |
CD DEBUT
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The Mickey Mozart Quintet | #30 | 12/58 |
| 12 |
CD DEBUT
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Dick Jacobs & Orchestra & Chorus | #22 | 3/56 |
| 13 |
CD DEBUT
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Dick Jacobs & Orchestra & Chorus | #16 | 10/56 |
| 14 |
CD DEBUT
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Richard Hayman & Jan August | #11 | 2/56 |
| 15 |
RARE ON CD
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Jacky Noguez & Orchestra | #24 | 12/58 |
| 16 |
CD DEBUT IN U.S.
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Cyril Stapleton & Orchestra | #25 | 9/56 |
| 17 |
RARE ON CD
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Helmut Zacharias | #12 | 9/56 |
| 18 |
CD DEBUT
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Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music | #17 | 3/56 |
| 19 |
CD DEBUT
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Lawrence Welk & His Sparkling Strings | #17 | 2/56 |
| 20 |
CD DEBUT
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Eddie Barclay & Orchestra | #18 | 7/55 |
| 21 |
CD DEBUT
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Lou Busch & Orchestra & Chorus | #35 | 2/56 |
| 22 |
CD DEBUT
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Lou Stein | #31 | 3/57 |
| 23 |
CD DEBUT
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Steve Allen with George Cates & Orchestra | #35 | 11/55 |
| 24 |
CD DEBUT
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Mantovani & Orchestra | #12 | 6/57 |
| 25 |
CD DEBUT
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Otto Cesana & Orchestra | bonus | 1953 |
| 26 |
CD DEBUT
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Otto Cesana & Orchestra | bonus | 1953 |
| 27 |
CD DEBUT
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David Carroll & Orchestra | #56 | 9/57 |
| 28 |
CD DEBUT
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David Carroll & Orchestra & Chorus | #20 | 11/55 |
| 29 |
CD DEBUT
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David Carroll & Orchestra | #8 | 1/55 |