The Four Aces - Hits Collection: 1951-59 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A consistent feature of the pop charts during the early 1950s was the popularity of vocal groups, ideally suited to the easy-going style of the time, and providing a ready vehicle for the songs regularly emerging from the Tin Pan Alley production line. One of the most popular of the vocal quartets of that time were The Four Aces, a group of ex-US Navy personnel from Philadelphia, who scored a million-selling hit with their first record, released on their lead singer Al Alberts' own tag because they couldn't get a deal. Signed to Decca, they racked up around fifty hits over the next decade in the Billboard, Cash Box and UK charts - they achieved significant success in the UK charts, with several Top 10 hits - before rock 'n' roll and it's aftermath overtook them and the group broke up not long after Al Alberts left in the late '50s. This great-value 52-track 2-CD set comprises all of those hits, plus a few bonus A sides which were popular airplay records. It naturally includes all of their landmark No. 1 hits InchIt's No SinInch, InchStranger in ParadiseInch, InchThree Coins in the FountainInch, InchMister SandmanInch, InchMelody Of LoveInch and InchLove Is a Many Splendored ThingInch, and many other memorable classics. It's a thorough overview of their chart career, capturing both the essence of their distinctive appeal and the nostalgic musical zeitgeist of the era Album Tracks 1. (It's No) Sin (Victoria 101) 1951 2. Tell Me Why (Decca 27860, Brunswick 04883) 1951 3. A Garden in the Rain (Decca 27860, Brunswick 04883) 1952 4. Perfidia (Decca 27987) 1952 5. Two Little Kisses (Flash 103) 1952 6. My Hero (Decca 28073, Brunswick 04993) 1952 7. I'm Yours (Decca 28162, Brunswick 04949) 1952 8. Should I (Decca 28323) 1952 9. Heart and Soul (Decca 28390, Brunswick 04993) 1952 10. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Decca 28390) 1952 11. Ti-Pi-Tin