Roy Drusky - Singles & Albums Collection 1955-62 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ray Price was one of the most popular and respected singers in country music, with a fine baritone voice and a very wide vocal range, which gave him a reputation as one of the very best singers in country during the '50s and '60s. He came to fame during the early '50s as a contemporary of the likes of Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell, and during ac hart career that lasted forty years racked up more than 75 hits. This great-value 78-track 3-CD collection, which includes thirty-six of those chart entries, focuses on the first important decade and more of his career, and comprises every A & B side which he released from his 1950 debut through to 1962. It was an era when he enjoyed some of his biggest successes and made some of his most memorable records with No. 1 hits like InchCrazy ArmsInch, InchMy Shoes Keep Walking Back To YouInch, InchCity LightsInch and InchThe Same Old MeInch along with other landmark songs like InchHeartaches By The NumberInch and Inch MeInch. It is an entertaining and comprehensive overview of the formative and significant early career of one the country music's biggest names, and a fine showcase for his distinctive vocal style.

Ferlin Husky was a prolific country hitmaker for more than two decades from the '50s through to the mid-'70s, racking up more than 40 hits, including his No. 1 debut hit duetting with Jean Shepard on InchA Dear John LetterInch and his country No. 1s InchGoneInch and InchWings Of A DoveInch, which also crossed over into the pop charts, all of which are featured here. He did not only record under his own name but started his career using the name of Terry Preston, as well as performing and recording humorous country material under his alter ego of Simon Crum, a hayseed character with a hillbilly slant on life. This great-value 80-track 3-CD set selects A & B sides from his singles released on Capitol during this period, including records released under the Terry Preston and Simon Crum identities. It features all the hits he had during this period, including Top 10 hits like InchI Feel Better All OverInch, InchLittle TomInch and InchA Fallen StarInch. He was a highly distinctive and versatile artist, and this collection provides an entertaining cross-section of a significant era in his career when he enjoyed his biggest hits.

Roy Hamilton was one of the truly individual and innovative performers of the R&B and pop scene during the 1950s and early '60s as he combined his classically-trained vocal style and his roots in black gospel music to bring another dimension to interpretations of contemporary pop and R&B material as well as to classics of the Great American Songbook to achieve a string of pop and R&B hits during these years. Along the way, he also provided inspiration for R&B and soul singers who followed in his wake, most notably Brook Benton, for whom he was a significant mentor, and Sam Cooke, encouraging him to turn towards secular music. Elvis Presley also credited him with influencing his ballad-singing style, while the Righteous Brothers also drew on his hit repertoire. This great-value 80-track 3-CD set comprises almost all his A & B sides recorded for the Epic tag during this era, and features all his sixteen career hits he achieved before his untimely death from illness in 1969, including the R&B No. 1s InchYou'll Never Walk AloneInch and InchUnchained MelodyInch, and the Top 10 classics InchEbb TideInch, InchHurtInch, InchIf I Loved YouInch, InchDon't Let GoInch and InchYou Can Have HerInch. It's a comprehensive introduction to an artist who has not received the attention or recognition over the years that his influence and success merits, and it offers a substantial and enjoyable showcase for a highly distinctive