The Gaylords - Gaylords Collection 1953-61 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Gaylords were an Italian-American vocal trio formed in Detroit in 1949, it's members being Ronald Fredianelli, Bonaldo Bonaldi and Don Rea, with Fredianelli also making solo records under the name of Ronnie Gaylord. They made a record privately to be sold in Ronnie's father's store and the engineer on the session was so impressed he got them a deal with Mercury, and that record InchTell Me You're MineInch was their first and a No. 2 hit in 1952. Performing sentimental ballads and novelty material, partly in English and partly in Italian, it proved a commercial formula in tune with the times, and they rattled up a string of ten hits before the advent of rock 'n' roll changed the make-up of the charts, although they partly adapted to the new idioms and recorded through into the 1960s. This great-value 61-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from the nearly 50 singles they released on or Mercury during this era by The Gaylords and Ronnie Gaylord as a solo artist. It features all their twelve career hits in the Billboard charts, including the Top 10 entries InchTell Me You're MineInch, InchFrom The Vine Came The GrapeInch and InchThe Little ShoemakerInch, plus Ronnie Gaylord's solo hit InchCuddle MeInch. It's a substantial and representative trawl across their primary decade or so as recording artists and an entertaining showcase for their highly distinctive style Album Tracks 1. Tell Me You're Mine 2. Cuban Love Song 3. Aye Aye Aye 4. Spinning a Web 5. Ramona 6. My Heart Is Free Again 7. I Won't Believe It 8. Tell Me That You Love Me 9. Coquette 10. Marcheta 11. The Strings of My Heart 12. Cuddle Me 13. Stolen Moments 14. Patzo for Pizza 15. From the Vine Came the Grape 16. Isle of Capri 17. Love I You (You I Love) 18. Wow! 19. The Little Shoemaker 20. Mecque, Mecque 21. Vieni-Vidi-Vici 22. Kiss to Cal