The Four Lads - Singles Collection 1952-62 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Four Lads were one of several male vocal quartets who enjoyed their heyday in the early years of the 1950s which some nostalgia buffs regard as the golden age of popular music before rock 'n' roll changed the pop landscape for ever. The Canadian quartet began their careers singing at the same Toronto church as members of The Crew Cuts, and originally came to the fore providing vocal back-up for Johnnie ray on his landmark hit InchCryInch as well as several later hits. They forged a hit career for themselves in their own right, recording for Columbia, scoring their first hits in 1952, and going on to achieve more than twenty-five hits during the 1950s. This great-value 57-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of their singles during the era for the Okeh, Columbia, Kapp and Dot labels and features all their 'solo' chart entries from the era, including the Top 10 hits InchMoments To RememberInch, InchNot MuchInch, Standing On The CornerInch, InchSkokiaanInch, InchPut A Light In The WindowInch, and InchWho Needs YouInch. They were very much a group who epitomised the musical spirit of their times, and in capturing the pop mood of those years, this collection offers an entertaining cross-section of their work Album Tracks 1. I May Hate Myself in the Morning 2. The Mocking Bird 3. Thanks to You 4. Somebody Loves Me 5. Blackberry Boogie 6. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder 7. He Who Has Love 8. Take Me Back 9. Down By the Riverside 10. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 11. I Should Have Told You Long Ago 12. Harmony Brown 13. Gotta' Go to the the Fais Do Do 14. Long John 15. Oh That'll Be Joyful 16. Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By the Sea 17. I Hear It Everywhere 18. Why Should I Love You So 19. Skokiaan 20. Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree 21. Dance Calinda 22. I've Been Thinking 23. Pledging My Love