Various Artists - 60's Premium Best / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

As adjuncts to our highly popular InchAmerica's Greatest HitsInch series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early '60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in the Billboard charts - InchThe First Top 100 Nov. 1955Inch (ACQCD7062) and InchThe First Hot 100 Aug. 1958Inch (ACQCD7083). This collection highlights another musical landmark with the very first Hot 100 chart of the 1960s, the dawn of a momentous decade in the annals of popular music. It simply comprises every record in that chart, published by Billboard on 4th January 1960, from No. 1 (Marty Robbins' InchEl PasoInch) to No. 100 (Rod Bernard's InchOne More ChanceInch, capturing the musical zeitgeist of the era, as pop music made the transition from the rock 'n' roll era into a period which would see equally iconoclastic developments in the genre. Alongside the major names there are a host of obscure and collectable records - minor one-hit wonders on relatively unknown labels which are not generally available on CD and which give a fascinating insight into the music of the time. It contains a 10,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record. Album Tracks 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) - Marty Robbins 2. Why (Frankie Avalon) - Frankie Avalon 3. The Big Hurt (Toni Fisher) - Toni Fisher 4. Running Bear (Johnny Preston) - Johnny Preston 5. Way Down Yonder I New Orleans (Freddie Cannon) - Freddy Cannon 6. Heartaches By the Number (Guy Mitchell) - Guy Mitchell 7. It's Time to Cry (Paul Anka) - Paul Anka 8. Among My Souvenirs (Connie Francis) - Connie Francis 9. Pretty Blue Eyes (Steve Lawrence) - Steve Lawrence 10. Go Jimmy Go (Jimmy Clanton) - Jimmy Clanton 11. We Got Love (Bobby Rydell) - Bobby Rydell 12. Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin) - Bobby Darin 13. The Village of St. Bernadette (Andy Williams) - Andy Williams 14. Uh! Oh! Part

Album Tracks 1. I'm Sorry 2. Alley-Oop 3. Everybody's Somebody's Fool 4. Only the Lonely 5. Because They're Young 6. That's All You Gotta Do 7. Mule Skinner Blues 8. When Will I Be Loved 9. Tell Laura I Love Her 10. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini 11. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) 12. My Home Town 13. Walkin to New Orleans 14. Image of a Girl 15. Please Help Me, I'm Falling 16. Cathy's Clown 17. Wonderful World 18. Josephine 19. Burning Bridges 20. Alley-Oop 21. Love You So 22. Look for a Star 23. Paper Roses 24. Pennies from Heaven 25. Mission Bell 26. Trouble in Paradise 27. Jealous of You 28. Happy-Go-Lucky Me 29. Look for a Star 30. There Is Something on Your Mind (PTS. 1 & 2) 31. (Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey 32. Runaround 33. Theme from the Unforgiven (The Need for Love) 34. Is a Bluebird Blue 35. Question 36. This Bitter Earth 37. Don't Come Knockin' 38. Look for a Star 39. Look for a Star 40. Feel So Fine 41. I'm Getting Better 42. Sticks and Stones 43. It's Now or Never 44. I Really Don't Want to Know 45. Swinging School 46. Something Happened 47. One of Us (Will Weep Tonight) 48. Clap Your Hands 49. Hey Little One 50. Where Are You 51. Mack the Knife 52. Good Timin' 53. Train of Love 54. All I Could Do Was Cry 55. Young Emotions 56. Lonely Weekends 57. Ding-A-Ling 58. Wake Me, Shake Me 59. Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) 60. In My Little Corner of the World 61. (You Were Made for) All My Love 62. Another Sleepless Night 63. I Can't Help It 64. Bad Man's Blunder 65. Is There Any Chance 66. All the Love I've Got 67. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere No. 2 (The Ballad of Francis G. Powers) 68. Johnny Freedom 69. Heartbreak (It's Hurting Me) 70. Do You Mind

Welcome to this live-from-the-stage retrospective recording through five decades of Christmas Revels productions, capturing the adventurous spirit and flavor of these legendary performances. Revels productions are rich smorgasbords of choral and solo singing, traditional folk dances and stories, children's songs and games, and a brilliant brass ensemble. The selections on this 2-album Setare sequenced according to musical connections rather than by nationality or time period. A Russian non-sense song segues easily into an Appalachian hoedown, a 14th-century France art song into a 20th-century Cajun toe-tapper. It is our way of illustrating how vocal and instrumental styles - and the range of human experience that expresses itself through music - transcend geopolitical boundaries and find common ground in unexpected places.