America's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4: 1953

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Overview

Acrobat's fourth volume of America's Greatest Hits spotlights 1953 with 25 songs by the original artists. Along with favorites by Les Paul & Mary Ford, Perry Como, Teresa Brewer, Patti Page, and the Ames Brothers are lesser-heard oldies by Joni James, Pee Wee Hunt, and Tony Bennett. Those who appreciate this era of pop music should find this a welcome addition to their collection at a decent price. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	08/04/2017
Label:	Acrobat Music
UPC:	0824046711429
Rank:	104933

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes  -  Perry Como With the Ramblers  - Slim Willet
2. Why Don't You Believe Me  - Lew Douglas  - Joni James  - King Laney  - Roy Rodde
3. Till I Waltz Again With You  - Teresa Brewer  - Sidney Prosen
4. Keep It a Secret  - Jessie Mae Robinson  - Jo Stafford
5. Oh Happy Day  - Don Howard  - Don Koplow  - Nancy Reed
6. Why Don't You Believe Me  - Lew Douglas  - King Laney  - Patti Page  - Roy Rodde
7. Tell Me You're Mine  - Umberto Bertini  -  Gaylords  - Domenico Ravasini
8. Have You Heard  - Lew Douglas  - Joni James  - Frank LaVere  - Roy Rodde
9. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me  - Karen Chandler  - Harry Noble
10. Bye Bye Blues  - David Bennett  - Mary Ford  - Chauncey Gray  - Fred Hamm  - Bert Lown  - Les Paul
11. My Baby's Coming Home  - Sherman Feller  - Mary Ford  - John Grady  - William Leavitt  - Les Paul
12. Mister Tap Toe  - Doris Day  - Richard Dehr  - Terry Gilkyson  - Frank Miller
13. Pretend  - Lew Douglas  - Frank LaVere  -  Marterie  - Cliff Parman
14. Oh Happy Day  - Don Koplow  - Nancy Reed  -  Welk
15. Even Now  - Richard Adler  - Eddie Fisher  - Dan Howell  - Jerry Ross
16. Oh Happy Day  -  Four Knights  - Don Koplow  - Nancy Reed
17. Hot Toddy  - Ralph Flanagan  -  Flanagan  - Herb Hendler
18. Side by Side  - Kay Starr  - Harry Woods
19. Doggie in the Window  - Bob Merrill  - Patti Page
20. Anywhere I Wander  - Julius La Rosa  - Frank Loesser
21. Wild Horses  - Perry Como  - Robert Schumann
22. Pretend  - Nat King Cole  - Lew Douglas  - Frank LaVere  - Cliff Parman
23. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I  - Jo Stafford  - William Trader
24. She Wears Red Feathers  - Bob Merrill  - Guy Mitchell
25. I Believe  - Ervin Drake  - Irvin Graham  - Frankie Laine  - Jimmy Shirl  - Al Stillman
26. Your Cheatin' Heart  - Joni James  - Hank Williams
27. Downhearted  - Eddie Fisher  - Bob Hilliard  - Dave Mann
28. No Help Wanted  - Bill Carlisle  - Rusty Draper

Disc 2

29. Seven Lonely Days  - Marshall Brown  - Georgia Gibbs  - Alden Shuman  - Earl Shuman
30. Tell Me a Story  - Jimmy Boyd  - Terry Gilkyson  - Frankie Laine
31. Caravan  - Duke Ellington  -  Marterie  - Irving Mills  - Juan Tizol
32. Gomen-Nasai [Forgive Me]  -  Columbia Orchestra  - Raymond Hattori  - Benedict Mayers
33. I'm Sitting on Top of the World  - Mary Ford  - Ray Henderson  - Samuel Lewis  - Les Paul  - Joseph Young
34. I Believe  - Ervin Drake  - Jane Froman  - Irvin Graham  - Jimmy Shirl  - Al Stillman
35. April in Portugal  -  Baxter  - Raul Ferrao  - Jose Galhardo  - Jimmy Kennedy
36. The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)  - Georges Auric  - William Engvick  -  Faith  - Jacques Larue
37. Say It With Your Heart  - Bob Carroll  - Norman Kaye  - Steve Nelson
38. Ruby  -  Hyman  - Mitchell Parish  - Heinz Roemheld
39. Somebody Stole My Gal  - Johnnie Ray  - Leo Wood
40. Say You're Mine Again  - Dave Heisler  -  Nathan  -  Perry Como With the Ramblers
41. April in Portugal  - Raul Ferrao  - Jose Galhardo  -  Hyman  - Jimmy Kennedy
42. Anna (El Negro Zumbon)  - Franco Giordano  - Silvana Mangano  - Roman Vatro
43. Ramona  -  Gaylords  - Louis Wolfe Gilbert  - Mabel Wayne
44. Almost Always  - Lew Douglas  - Joni James  - Frank LaVere  - Kathleen Lichty
45. The Ho Ho Song  - Red Buttons  - Joe Darion  - Jack Wolf
46. April in Portugal  - Vic Damone  - Raul Ferrao  - Jose Galhardo  - Jimmy Kennedy
47. I'm Walking Behind You  - Billy Reid  - Frank Sinatra
48. Strange Things Are Happening (Ho, Ho, Hee,...)  - Red Buttons  - Elliott Lawrence  - Allan Walker
49. I'm Walking Behind You  - Eddie Fisher  - Billy Reid
50. The Moulin Rouge Theme (Where Is Your Heart)  - Georges Auric  - William Engvick  - Jacques Larue  -  Orchestra
51. Crazy Man Crazy  - Bill Haley  -  Haley
52. Big Mamou  - Link Davis  - Pete Hanley
53. April in Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)  - Raul Ferrao  - Jose Galhardo  - Jimmy Kennedy  -  Martin
54. My Flaming Heart  - Nicholas Brodszky  - Nat King Cole  - Leo Robin
55. Swedish Rhapsody (Midsummer Vigil)  - Hugo Alfven  -  Faith

Disc 3

56. My One and Only Heart  - Robert Allen  - Perry Como  - Al Stillman
57. Ruby  -  Baxter  - Mitchell Parish  - Heinz Roemheld
58. Terry's Theme From Limelight  -  Chacksfield  - Charlie Chaplin
59. Uska Dara: A Turkish Tale  - Eartha Kitt  - Stella Lee  -  Traditional
60. Just Another Polka  - Milton Delugg  - Eddie Fisher  - Frank Loesser
61. The Breeze (That's Bringing My Honey to Me)  - Al Lewis  - Trudy Richards  - Tony Sacco  - Dick Smith
62. No Other Love  - Perry Como  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - Richard Rodgers
63. Vaya Con Dios [May God Be With You]  - Mary Ford  - Inez James  - Les Paul  - Buddy Pepper  - Larry Russell
64. Gambler's Guitar  - Rusty Draper  - Jim Lowe
65. Half a Photograph  - Bob Russell  - Harold Stanley  - Kay Starr
66. P.S. I Love You  -  Hilltoppers  - Gordon Jenkins  - Johnny Mercer  - Jimmy Sacca
67. I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)  -  Hilltoppers  - Jimmy Sacca  - Beasley Smith  - Billy Vaughn  - Randy Wood
68. Allez Vous en  - Cole Porter  - Kay Starr
69. You You You  -  Ames Brothers  - Robert Mellin  - Lotar Olias  - Walter Rothenburg
70. With These Hands  - Benny Davis  - Eddie Fisher  - Abner Silver
71. Butterflies  - Bob Merrill  - Patti Page
72. Crying in the Chapel  - Rex Allen  - Artie Glenn
73. C'est Si Bon [It's So Good]  - Henri Betti  - Andre Hornez  - Eartha Kitt  - Jerry Seelen
74. Oh  - Byron Gay  -  Hunt  - Arnold Johnson
75. Crying in the Chapel  - Artie Glenn  - Darrell Glenn
76. Crying in the Chapel  - Artie Glenn  - June Valli
77. Hey, Joe  - Boudleaux Bryant  - Frankie Laine
78. My Love, My Love  - Nick Acquaviva  - Bob Haymes  - Joni James
79. Dragnet  -  Anthony  - Miklos Rozsa  - Walter Schumann
80. Crying in the Chapel  - Artie Glenn  -  Orioles
81. God Bless Us All  - Tony Burrello  - Tom Murray  - Brucie Weil

Disc 4

82. Ebb Tide  -  Chacksfield  - Robert Maxwell  - Carl Sigman
83. Tropicana  -  Kelly  - Bernie Wayne
84. A Dear John Letter  - Billy Barton  - Fuzzy Owen  - Jean Shepard  - Lewis Tally
85. Eh, Cumpari  - Archie Bleyer  - Julius La Rosa
86. Rags to Riches  - Richard Adler  - Tony Bennett  - Jerry Ross
87. The Story of Three Loves  - Jerry Murad  - Sergey Rachmaninov
88. St. George and the Dragonet  - Daws Butler  - Stan Freberg  - Walter Schumann
89. Little Blue Riding Hood  - Daws Butler  - Stan Freberg  - Walter Schumann
90. Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)  - Teresa Brewer  - Larry Coleman  - Joe Darion  - Norman Gimbel
91. Love Walked in  - George Gershwin  - Ira Gershwin  -  Hilltoppers
92. Ebb Tide  - Vic Damone  - Robert Maxwell  - Carl Sigman
93. Many Times  -  Barnes  - Eddie Fisher  - Felix Stahl
94. To Be Alone  -  Hilltoppers  - Billy Vaughn
95. I See the Moon  -  Mariners  - Meredith Willson
96. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)  -  Four Lads  - Jimmy Kennedy  - Nat Simon
97. You Alone [Solo Tu]  - Robert Allen  - Perry Como  - Al Stillman
98. That's Amore  - Jack Brooks  - Dean Martin  - Harry Warren
99. I Love Paris  -  Baxter  - Cole Porter
100. The Velvet Glove  - Henri Rene  - Harold Spina  - Hugo Winterhalter
101. In the Mission of St. Augustine  - Jack Chiarelli  - Bob Horn  -  Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye
102. Changing Partners  - Larry Coleman  - Joe Darion  - Patti Page
103. The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart  - Don Cornell  - Alan Dale  - Johnny Desmond  - Ben Ryan
104. Santa Baby  - Joan Javits  - Eartha Kitt  - Philip Springer  - Tony Springer
105. Oh Mein Papa  - Juerg Amstein  - Paul Burkhard  - Eddie Calvert  - Erik Charell  - Robert Gilbert  - Geoffrey Parsons  - John Turner
106. Stranger in Paradise  - Al Alberts  - George Forrest  -  Four Aces  - Robert Wright
107. Changing Partners  - Larry Coleman  - Joe Darion  - Kay Starr
108. Off Shore  - Leo Diamond  - Michael H. Goldsen

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frank Chacksfield   Primary Artist
Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye   Primary Artist
The Ames Brothers   Primary Artist
Silvana Mangano   Primary Artist
The Four Aces   Primary Artist
Bob Carroll   Primary Artist
Bill Haley & His Comets   Primary Artist
The Gaylords   Primary Artist
The Four Lads   Primary Artist
Jo Stafford   Primary Artist
Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music   Primary Artist
Eddie Fisher   Primary Artist
Frankie Laine   Primary Artist
Eartha Kitt   Primary Artist
Don Cornell   Primary Artist
Freddy Martin & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Doris Day   Primary Artist
Jean Shepard   Primary Artist
Vic Damone   Primary Artist
Johnny Desmond   Primary Artist
Jane Froman   Primary Artist
Rusty Draper   Primary Artist
Joni James   Primary Artist
Les Baxter   Primary Artist
Les Baxter & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Pee Wee Hunt   Primary Artist
Percy Faith & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Julius La Rosa   Primary Artist
June Valli   Primary Artist
Perry Como   Primary Artist
Hugo Winterhalter   Primary Artist
Nat King Cole   Primary Artist
Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Ray Anthony   Primary Artist
Red Buttons   Primary Artist
Georgia Gibbs   Primary Artist
Guy Mitchell   Primary Artist
Tony Bennett   Primary Artist
Teresa Brewer   Primary Artist
Trudy Richards   Primary Artist
The Four Knights   Primary Artist
Stan Freberg   Primary Artist
Patti Page   Primary Artist
Columbia Orchestra   Primary Artist
Frank Sinatra   Primary Artist
Eddie Calvert   Primary Artist
Dean Martin   Primary Artist
Johnnie Ray   Primary Artist
Les Paul   Primary Artist
The Hilltoppers   Primary Artist
Rex Allen   Primary Artist
Mitchell Ayres   Primary Artist
Alan Dale   Primary Artist
Darrell Glenn   Primary Artist
Henri Rene   Primary Artist
Monty Kelly & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Perry Como With the Ramblers   Primary Artist
Richard Hyman & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Mariners   Primary Artist
Kay Starr   Primary Artist
Leo Diamond   Primary Artist
Jerry Murad   Primary Artist
Don Howard   Primary Artist
Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Karen Chandler   Primary Artist
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Jimmy Boyd   Primary Artist
Mary Ford   Primary Artist
The Orioles   Primary Artist
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Mantovani & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Brucie Weil   Primary Artist
Pete Hanley   Primary Artist
Jimmy Sacca   Featured Artist
Al Alberts   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Steve Nelson   Composer
Walter Rothenburg   Composer
Robert Gilbert   Composer
Erik Charell   Composer
Raul Ferrao   Composer
King Laney   Composer
Sherman Feller   Composer
Roman Vatro   Composer
Paul Burkhard   Composer
Byron Gay   Composer
Roy Rodde   Composer
William Trader   Composer
Tony Sacco   Composer
Jessie Barnes   Composer
Don Koplow   Composer
Lotar Olias   Composer
Felix Stahl   Composer
Dave Heisler   Composer
Herb Hendler   Composer
Elliott Lawrence   Composer
Jose Galhardo   Composer
Allan Walker   Composer
Fred Hamm   Composer
Randy Wood   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Ralph Flanagan   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Lewis Tally   Composer
Domenico Ravasini   Composer
William Leavitt   Composer
Raymond Hattori   Composer
Kathleen Lichty   Composer
Tom Murray   Composer
Henri Betti   Composer
Dan Howell   Composer
Harold Spina   Composer
Robert Maxwell   Composer
Tony Burrello   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Slim Willet   Composer
Sidney Prosen   Composer
Terry Gilkyson   Composer
Harry Woods   Composer
Meredith Willson   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Robert Schumann   Composer
Philip Springer   Composer
Stan Freberg   Composer
Andre Hornez   Composer
Umberto Bertini   Composer
Richard Adler   Composer
Bob Fisher   Liner Notes
Bob Merrill   Composer
Billy Vaughn   Composer
Inez James   Composer
Jacques Larue   Composer
Jack Wolf   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Ervin Drake   Composer
Mabel Wayne   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Chauncey Gray   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Jimmy Shirl   Composer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Irvin Graham   Composer
Larry Coleman   Composer
Abner Silver   Composer
Archie Bleyer   Adaptation
Gordon Jenkins   Composer
Heinz Roemheld   Composer
Robert Wright   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Dick Smith   Composer
Joan Javits   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Franco Giordano   Composer
Nancy Reed   Composer
Stella Lee   Composer
Joseph Young   Composer
Michael H. Goldsen   Composer
Dr. Benedict Mayers   Composer
Charles Nathan   Composer
Nick Acquaviva   Composer
Leo Diamond   Composer
Walter Schumann   Composer
John Turner   Composer
Daws Butler   Composer
Juerg Amstein   Composer
Jim Lowe   Composer
Jack Chiarelli   Composer
Geoffrey Parsons   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Lew Douglas   Composer
Samuel Lewis   Composer
Jerry Ross   Composer
Richard Dehr   Composer
Marshall Brown   Composer
Jimmy Kennedy   Composer
Bob Haymes   Composer
Bernie Wayne   Composer
Hugo Alfven   Composer
Bill Carlisle   Composer
Bob Hilliard   Composer
Bob Horn   Composer
Bob Russell   Composer
Billy Barton   Composer
Billy Reid   Composer
Bill Haley   Composer
Joe Darion   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Louis Wolfe Gilbert   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Jack Brooks   Composer
Larry Graham   Composer
Larry Russell   Composer
Ben Ryan   Composer
Cliff Parman   Composer
Earl Shuman   Composer
Beasley Smith   Composer
Tony Springer   Composer
Benny Davis   Composer
Frank Miller   Composer
Frank LaVere   Composer
Nicholas Brodszky   Composer
Fuzzy Owen   Composer
John Grady   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Charlie Chaplin   Composer
Charlie LaVere   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Leo Wood   Composer
Robert Allen   Composer
Robert Mellin   Composer
Link Davis   Composer
Juan Tizol   Composer
Julius La Rosa   Composer,Adaptation
Nat Simon   Composer
Jerry Seelen   Composer
Red Buttons   Composer
Norman Kaye   Composer
Milton Delugg   Composer
Sergey Rachmaninov   Composer
Artie Glenn   Composer
Al Lewis   Composer
David Bennett   Composer
George Forrest   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
William Engvick   Composer
Miklos Rozsa   Composer
Dave Mann   Composer
Arnold Johnson   Composer
Al Stillman   Composer
Alden Shuman   Composer
Bert Lown   Composer
Buddy Pepper   Composer
Georges Auric   Composer
Harry Noble   Composer
Harold Stanley   Composer