The Fabulous Fifties: Back to the Fifties

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley 3.8 2:44
2 Don't Forbid Me
Pat Boone 2:15
3 Dream Lover
Bobby Darin 3.5 2:29
4 When I Fall in Love
Nat King Cole 3:11
5 Tequila
The Champs 5 2:13
6 Mambo Italiano
Rosemary Clooney 2:33
7 Stranger in Paradise
Tony Bennett 3:06
8 Kansas City
Wilbert Harrison 2:28
9 El Paso
Marty Robbins 4:26
10 Catch a Falling Star
Perry Como 2:30
11 Melodie D'amour
The Ames Brothers 2:39
12 Lipstick on Your Collar
Connie Francis 2:22
13 On the Street Where You Live
Vic Damone 2:44
14 26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
The Four Preps 2:29
15 A Tear Fell
Teresa Brewer 2:36
16 Little Star
The Elegants 2:42
17 It's Not for Me to Say
Johnny Mathis 3:04
▼ CD 2
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Little Darling
The Diamonds 2:10
2 Personality
Lloyd Price 2:36
3 Come Softly to Me
The Fleetwoods 2:21
4 Great Pretender
The Platters 2:41
5 Oh Carol
Neil Sedaka 2:17
6 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Whrite Myself a Letter
Billy Williams 2:09
7 Banana Boat Song (Day-o)
Harry Belafonte with Tony Scott's Orchestra & Chorus 5 3:05
8 Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
The Impalas 2:35
9 Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Jimmie Rodgers 2:23
10 Wake Up Little Susie
The Everly Brothers 5 2:03
11 Tweedlee Dee
LaVern Baker 3:10
12 So Rare
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra 2:37
13 I Need You Now
Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra 2:31
14 A Woman in Love
Frankie Laine 2:23
15 Among My Souvenirs
Connie Francis 2:34
16 Chanson D'Amour
Art & Dotty Todd 2:53
▼ CD 3
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Lollipop
The Chordettes 2:11
2 (The) Story of My Life
Marty Robbins 2:32
3 Answer Me
Frankie Laine 2:41
4 Young Love
Sonny James 2:32
5 Seventeen
The Fontane Sisters 2:05
6 Butterfly
Andy Williams 2:23
7 It's All in the Game
Tommy Edwards 2:38
8 Greendoor
Jim Lowe 2:15
9 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
The Browns 2:39
10 Ain't That a Shame
Fats Domino 2:27
11 Only You
The Platters 2:38
12 Four Walls
Jim Reeves 2:50
13 Battle of New Orleans
Johnny Horton 2:32
14 Day the Rains Came
Jane Morgan 3:00
15 Venus
Frankie Avalon 5 2:23
16 If You Love Me
Kay Starr 2:50
17 Dance With Me Henry (The Wallflower)
Georgia Gibbs 2:18

Credits

CD 1

additional writer:
Vera Matson (1956) (track 1)
Elvis Presley (1956) (track 1)
assistant engineer:
Dan Milazzo (track 1)
Claudius Mittendorfer (track 1)
composer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist) (track 17)
George Goehring (track 12)
Frederick Loewe (track 13)
Victor Young (track 4)
Bobby Darin (track 3)
Chuck Rio (track 5)
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl) (track 6)
George R. Poulton (1861) (track 1)
Mike Stoller (1952) (track 8)
engineer:
Ray Bardani (track 1)
lead vocals:
Elvis Presley (1956-09-01) (track 1)
lyricist:
Bobby Darin (track 3)
Chuck Rio (track 5)
Edward Heyman (track 4)
Alan Jay Lerner (track 13)
Edna Lewis (track 12)
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl) (track 6)
Al Stillman (track 17)
Jerry Leiber (1952) (track 8)
Ken Darby (1956) (track 1)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (1957) (track 10)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (track 10)
The Mellomen (American singing quartet) (track 6)
The Ray Charles Singers (track 10)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (track 3)
Jerry Wexler (track 3)
vocals:
Teresa Brewer (track 15)
Connie Francis (track 12)
Jon Dodson (1956-09-01) (track 1)
Charles Prescott (1956-09-01) (track 1)
Rad Robinson (1956-09-01) (track 1)
Perry Como (American popular music singer and TV personality, 1912-2001) (1957) (track 10)
The Ray Charles Singers (1957) (track 10)
writer:
Dorian Burton (track 15)
Jerry Leiber (track 8)
Vito Picone (track 16)
Lee Pockriss (track 10)
Eugene Randolph (track 15)
Mike Stoller (track 8)
Paul Vance (track 10)
Arthur Venosa (track 16)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (track 12)
Chappell & Co Ltd. (track 13)
Chappell & Co. (track 4)
Chappell & Co., Inc. (track 4)
Chappell Music Ltd. (track 4)
Intersong-U.S.A., Inc. (track 4)
Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd. (track 3)
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (track 13)
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (track 4)
Elvis Presley Music (1956 –) (track 1)
remasters:
Love Me Tender (legacy edition remaster) by Elvis Presley (track 1)
remixes:
Little Star (Static Revenger mix) by The Elegants (track 16)
cover recording of:
Kansas City (track 8)
Mambo Italiano (track 6)
When I Fall in Love (track 4)
is the basis for:
Tequila (Terrorvision cover) (track 5)
Triologue no. 2: When I Fall in Love (track 4)
What Happened (Sublime) (track 5)
later parody versions:
Equestrian Wasteland (track 8)
later translated versions:
Dans la rue où tu vis (track 13)
Estima'm tendrament (track 1)
Gå min äskling (Love Me Tender) (track 1)
L'amour est dans ta rue (track 13)
La calle donde vive mi amor (track 13)
Mit dir leben! (track 1)
カラーに口紅 (track 12)
later versions:
J'ai rêvé (Dream Lover) (track 3)
Jouw tranen (track 15)
Kansas City Hey Hey Hey (track 8)
Läppstick på din krage (track 12)
part of:
My Fair Lady (full musical) (track 13)
recording of:
A Tear Fell (1956 song) (track 15)
Dream Lover (track 3)
It's Not for Me to Say (track 17)
Lipstick on Your Collar (track 12)
Little Star (track 16)
On the Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady) (track 13)
Tequila (track 5)
Love Me Tender (1956-09-01) (track 1)
Catch a Falling Star (1957) (track 10)
referred to in medleys:
Overture (track 10)
Perry Como Medley (track 10)
Marijuana, Assassin of Youth (track 5)
My Fair Lady Suite (track 13)
version of:
Aura Lea (track 1)

CD 2

drums:
Osie Johnson (1955-10-20) (track 7)
flute:
Herbert Levy (1955-10-20) (track 7)
guitar:
Millard Thomas (1955-10-20) (track 7)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (1955-10-20) (track 7)
congas:
Alexander Cambrelen (1955-10-20) (track 7)
Mario Castillo (1955-10-20) (track 7)
additional lyricist:
William Attaway (1955) (track 7)
Irving Burgie (1955) (track 7)
choir vocals:
Charles Colman (1955-10-20) (track 7)
J. Hamilton Grandison (1955-10-20) (track 7)
Joseph Lewis (1955-10-20) (track 7)
Lord Burgess (1955-10-20) (track 7)
Brock Peters (1955-10-20) (track 7)
Sherman Sneed (1955-10-20) (track 7)
Herbert L. Stubbs (1955-10-20) (track 7)
John White (50s US vocalist) (1955-10-20) (track 7)
Gloria Wynder (1955-10-20) (track 7)
composer:
Fred E. Ahlert (track 6)
Joel Newman (track 9)
Horatio Nicholls (track 15)
Buck Ram (track 4)
[traditional] (Special Purpose Artist) (track 7)
Frank Loesser (track 14)
Joe Young (US lyricist) (track 6)
conductor:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist) (1955-10-20) (track 7)
lead vocals:
Harry Belafonte (1955-10-20) (track 7)
lyricist:
Buck Ram (track 4)
Edgar Leslie (track 15)
Frank Loesser (track 14)
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers) (track 9)
Joe Young (US lyricist) (track 6)
orchestra:
Tony Scott's Orchestra & Chorus (1955-10-20) (track 7)
producer:
Herman Diaz, Jr. (track 7)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant (track 10)
Felice Bryant (track 10)
Harry Giosasi (track 8)
Arthur Zwirn (track 8)
publisher:
Bluewater Music UK (track 6)
Caribe Music Corp. (track 7)
Downtown Music Publishing LLC (track 6)
Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co. (track 7)
MPL UK Publishing (track 6)
Panther Music Corp (track 4)
Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (track 4)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States (1955-10-20) (track 7)
DJ-mixes:
Swing the Mood by Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers (track 10)
sampled by:
Takin’ What’s Mine by Busta Rhymes (track 9)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 21) (track 10)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 311) (track 10)
cover recording of:
Among My Souvenirs (track 15)
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (track 6)
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (track 9)
later parody versions:
Wake Up Talitha Cumi (track 10)
later translated versions:
Des yeux d'amoureuse (track 14)
Jag går i en dröm och låtsas (track 4)
Küsse süßer als Wein (track 9)
Ses baisers me grisaient (track 9)
バナナ・ボート (track 7)
part of:
Guys and Dolls (full musical) (track 14)
recording of:
A Woman in Love (1955 film "Guys and Dolls") (track 14)
Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) (track 8)
The Great Pretender (track 4)
Wake Up Little Susie (track 10)
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway version made famous by Harry Belafonte) (1955-10-20) (track 7)
referred to in medleys:
Swing the Mood (track 10)
version of:
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Original folk song) (track 7)

CD 3

recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (1956-10-30) (track 4)
background vocals:
Gordon Stoker (1956-10-30) (track 4)
chorus master:
Peter de Angelis (track 15)
composer:
Bob Davie (track 8)
Jimmie Driftwood (track 13)
Ed Marshall (track 15)
Charles Dawes (1911) (track 7)
conductor:
Archie Bleyer (track 6)
Peter de Angelis (track 15)
lead vocals:
Sonny James (1956-10-30) (track 4)
lyricist:
Jimmie Driftwood (track 13)
Ed Marshall (track 15)
Marvin Moore (track 8)
Carl Sigman (1951) (track 7)
performer:
Frankie Avalon (track 15)
producer:
Archie Bleyer (track 1)
vocals:
Andy Williams (US pop/jazz vocalist) (track 6)
writer:
Ric Cartey (track 4)
Julius Dixson (tracks 1, 1)
Carole Joyner (track 4)
Bernie Lowe (track 6)
Kal Mann (track 6)
Buck Ram (track 11)
Ande Rand (track 11)
Beverly Ross (tracks 1, 1)
phonographic copyright by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (1955) (track 11)
Chancellor (1959 –) (track 15)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd. (tracks 1, 1)
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (track 7)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (track 11)
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (tracks 1, 1)
Larry Spier Inc. (track 7)
Majorsongs Ltd. (track 7)
Mayland-Presley (track 6)
Memory Lane Music Ltd. (track 7)
Music Sales Corporation (track 7)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. (track 4)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (track 4)
Sony/ATV Songs LLC (track 4)
remixes:
Lollipop (Ursula 1000 remix) by The Chordettes (track 1)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 40) (track 4)
cover recording of:
Lollipop (track 1)
The Battle of New Orleans (track 13)
Young Love (1956-10-30) (track 4)
is based on:
The 8th of January (track 13)
is the basis for:
Peter, komm heut' Abend zum Hafen (track 8)
later parody versions:
The Battle of Kookamonga (track 13)
later translated versions:
Lollipop (tracks 1, 1)
Oh, nur Du (track 11)
Only You (Immer du) (track 11)
Samo tij (track 11)
Sólo tú (track 11)
later versions:
C'est le jeu (It’s All in the Game) (track 7)
recording of:
Butterfly (track 6)
Green Door (track 8)
It’s All in the Game (track 7)
Lollipop (track 1)
Only You (And You Alone) (Platters song) (track 11)
Venus (track 15)
referred to in medleys:
Candy Medley (tracks 1, 1)
Raggarkungen (track 11)