We continue our highly popular and successful America's Greatest Hits series as we work back through the 1950s, this time with an expanded 4-CD set edition to sit alongside the existing single CD 1954 edition (ACRCD198) originally released in 2006 before we introduced the 4-CD format in recent years. This great-value 109-track collection comprises every record which charted in the Top 15 of the Billboard or Cash Box Sellers, or the Billboard Honor Roll of Hits, or in the Top 10 Top of Billboard's Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes during 1954 (it omits certain records which peaked in 1955 and which have already appeared in our America's Greatest Hits 1955 collection and some which were big hits in 1953, and had already peaked, so will appear in that collection). As with all these collections it features all the biggest hits of the year, but also includes a number of lesser known records which are not heard very often and which have not been readily available on CD. As always, it includes a substantial 12,000-word booklet with a commentary on every track, and it's a must for collectors of our completist chart-based anthologies
15 The Little Shoemaker (Hugo Winterhalter and a Friend);
16 I'm a Fool to Care (Les Paul & Mary Ford);
17 Joey (Betty Madigan);
18 The High and the Mighty (Leroy Holmes & His Orchestra);
19 Cinnamon Sinner (Tony Bennett);
20 I Cried (Patti Page);
21 The High and the Mighty (Victor Young & His Singing Strings);
22 Dream (Four Aces);
23 The High and the Mighty (Les Baxter);
24 What a Dream (Patti Page);
25 This Ole House (Rosemary Clooney);
26 Italian Hucklebuck (Lou Monte);
27 They Were Doin' the Mambo (Vaughn Monroe);
28 Skokiaan (Four Lads);
- Disc 4 -
1 Hey, There (Sammy Davis, Jr.);
2 Skokiaan (Ralph Marterie);
3 Smile (Nat King Cole);
4 Sway (Dean Martin);
5 Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Bill Haley & His Comets);
6 If I Give My Heart to You (Doris Day);
7 I Need You Now (Eddie Fisher);
8 Smile (Sunny Gale);
9 Hold My Hand (Don Cornell);
10 If I Give My Heart to You (Denise Lor);
11 If I Give My Heart to You (Connee Boswell);
12 Oop Shoop (Crew Cuts);
13 Cara Mia (David Whitfield);
14 Papa Loves Mambo (Perry Como);
15 The Things I Didn't Do (Perry Como);
16 Whither Thou Goest (Les Paul & Mary Ford);
17 Teach Me Tonight (Decastro Sisters);
18 Mister Sandman (The Chordettes);
19 Hajji Baba, a Persian Lament (Nat King Cole);
20 Muskrat Ramble (McGuire Sisters);
21 Mambo Italiano (Rosemary Clooney);
22 The Mama Doll Song (David Whitfield);
23 Mister Sandman (Perry Como);
24 It's a Woman's World (Perry Como);
25 Count Your Blessings (Les Paul & Mary Ford);
26 I Need Your Lovin' Bazoom (Decastro Sisters);
27 Let Me Go, Lover (The Chordettes);
28 There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays (Nat King Cole)
We continue our highly popular and successful America's Greatest Hits series as we work back through the 1950s, this time with an expanded 4-CD set edition to sit alongside the existing single CD 1954 edition (ACRCD198) originally released in 2006 before we introduced the 4-CD format in recent years. This great-value 109-track collection comprises every record which charted in the Top 15 of the Billboard or Cash Box Sellers, or the Billboard Honor Roll of Hits, or in the Top 10 Top of Billboard's Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes during 1954 (it omits certain records which peaked in 1955 and which have already appeared in our America's Greatest Hits 1955 collection and some which were big hits in 1953, and had already peaked, so will appear in that collection). As with all these collections it features all the biggest hits of the year, but also includes a number of lesser known records which are not heard very often and which have not been readily available on CD. As always, it includes a substantial 12,000-word booklet with a commentary on every track, and it's a must for collectors of our completist chart-based anthologies
