1953 British Hit Parade: Britain’s Greatest Hits, Volume 2

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

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Faith Can Move Mountains
recording of:
Faith Can Move Mountains
lyricist:
Ben Raleigh
composer:
Guy B. Wood
Nat King Cole3:13
2Make It Soon
recording of:
Make It Soon
lyricist:
William Engvick
composer:
Henri Salvador
version of:
Le Loup, la Biche et le Chevalier (Une chanson douce)
Tony Brent2:34
3Outside of Heaven
Eddie Fisher2:39
4The Glow‐Worm
The Mills Brothers2:42
5Faith Can Move Mountains
Jimmy Young2:38
6Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
recording of:
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Slim Willet
Perry Como2:44
7Vanessa
Ted Heath3:08
8Got You on My Mind
Tony Brent3:13
9Now
Al Martino3:12
10Everything I Have Is Yours
recording of:
Everything I Have Is Yours
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Burton Lane
Eddie Fisher3:05
11She Wears Red Feathers
Guy Mitchell3:09
12Broken Wings
The Stargazers2:55
13Wonderful Copenhagen
Danny Kaye2:07
14Why Don’t You Believe Me
recording of:
Why Don't You Believe Me
writer:
Lew Douglas, Luther King Laney and Roy Rodde
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Joni James2:55
15How Much Is That Doggie in the Window
Lita Roza2:16
16All the Time and Everywhere
Dickie Valentine3:06
17Girl in the Wood
Frankie Laine3:07
18Night Train
Buddy Morrow3:09
19Broken Wings
Art & Dotty Todd2:49
20How Much Is That Doggie in the Window
Patti Page2:29
21Oh Happy Day
The Johnston Brothers2:11
22Little Red Monkey
Frank Chacksfield2:20
23I Believe
cover recording of:
I Believe
writer:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter), Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl (Songwriter) and Al Stillman
publisher:
Adaken Music, Cromwell Music, Inc., Gentlemen Jim Music Corp., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., L and S Freedom Music, Lindabet Music Corporation, Tadzio Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild, The Stillman Song Company and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
Frankie Laine2:09
24Ma Says Pa Says
recording of:
Ma Says, Pa Says
lyricist and composer:
Josef Marais (South African singer, songwriter)
Doris Day and Johnnie Ray2:50
25Somebody Stole My Gal
Johnnie Ray2:23
26Full Time Job
recording of:
A Full Time Job
writer:
Gerry Teifer
Doris Day and Johnnie Ray2:06
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie
Guy Mitchell2:36
2Side by Side
Kay Starr2:53
3Broken Wings
Dickie Valentine2:58
4Pretend
recording of:
Pretend
lyricist:
Lew Douglas, Frank Lavere and Cliff Parman
composer:
Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Frank Lavere and Cliff Parman
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Nat King Cole2:45
5Downhearted
Eddie Fisher2:26
6In a Golden Coach
Billy Cotton3:18
7Tell Me A Story
Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd2:14
8Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
Muriel Smith2:37
9Coronation Rag
Winifred Atwell2:21
10Terry’s Theme From “Limelight”
Ron Goodwin3:02
11I’m Walking Behind You
Eddie Fisher and Sally Sweetland3:07
12Terry’s Theme From “Limelight”
Frank Chacksfield2:24
13The Song From Moulin Rouge
Mantovani2:35
14In a Golden Coach
Dickie Valentine2:32
15Windsor Waltz
recording of:
The Windsor Waltz
writer:
Johnny May (songwriter) and Johnny Reine (songwriter)
Vera Lynn2:40
16I’m Walking Behind You
Dorothy Squires4:24
17Hot Toddy
Ted Heath2:48
18Rachel
Al Martino2:37
19Bushel and a Peck
cover recording of:
A Bushel and a Peck
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
part of:
Guys and Dolls (full musical)
Vivian Blaine1:33
20Seven Lonely Days
Gisele MacKenzie2:10
21Let’s Walk That a Way
recording of:
Let's Walk That-A-Way
writer:
Kay Twomey, Ben Weisman and Fred Wise
Doris Day and Johnnie Ray2:40
22Say You’re Mine Again
June Hutton2:42
23Can’t I
alto saxophone:
Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1953-01-14)
bass:
Jack Agee (on 1953-01-14) and Ralph Peña (on 1953-01-14)
bongos and congas:
Jack Costanzo (on 1953-01-14)
clarinet and saxophone:
Bob Dawes (on 1953-01-14) and Charles Deremo (on 1953-01-14)
drums (drum set):
John Markham (on 1953-01-14)
guitar:
John Collins (jazz guitarist) (on 1953-01-14)
piano:
Cliff Fishback (on 1953-01-14)
tenor saxophone:
Richard Clay (on 1953-01-14) and Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1953-01-14)
trombone:
Karl DeKarske (on 1953-01-14), Dick Nash (on 1953-01-14), Robert Reisiger (on 1953-01-14) and Si Zentner (on 1953-01-14)
trumpet:
Tony Facciuto (on 1953-01-14), Conrad Gozzo (on 1953-01-14), Jack H. Laubach (trumpeter) (on 1953-01-14), Robert McKinzie (on 1953-01-14) and Andy Peele (40s jazz trumpeter) (on 1953-01-14)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1953-01-14)
orchestra:
Billy May & His Orchestra (on 1953-01-14)
conductor:
Billy May (on 1953-01-14)
arranger:
Billy May
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-01-14)
cover recording of:
Can’t I? (on 1953-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Lovett Jr
Nat King Cole3:15
24Eternally
Jimmy Young2:22
25Look at That Girl
Guy Mitchell2:47
▼CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Where the Wind Blows
Frankie Laine2:33
2Mother Nature and Father Time
recording of:
Mother Nature and Father Time
writer:
Benjamin Weisman, Kathleen Twomey and Fred Wise
Nat King Cole3:12
3Kiss
cover recording of:
Kiss (Niagara)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie
composer:
Lionel Newman
Dean Martin2:24
4Flirtation Waltz
Winifred Atwell2:15
5Bridge of Sighs
David Whitfield2:56
6Hey Joe
cover recording of:
Hey Joe
lyricist:
Boudleaux Bryant
composer:
Boudleaux Bryant (in 1953)
Frankie Laine2:23
7Answer Me
David Whitfield2:37
8Swedish Rhapsody
Mantovani2:50
9Poppa Piccolino
Diana Decker2:53
10Dragnet
Ted Heath2:15
11Answer Me
recording of:
Answer Me, My Love
lyricist:
Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman and Gerhard Winkler
composer:
Fred Rauch and Gerhard Winkler
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
translated version of:
Mütterlein
Frankie Laine2:40
12Chicka Boom
Guy Mitchell2:43
13Wish You Were Here
recording of:
Wish You Were Here (1952 song from the musical “Wish You Were Here”)
lyricist and composer:
Harold Rome
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Wish You Were Here (1952 musical)
Eddie Fisher2:58
14Vaya Con Dios
cover recording of:
Vaya con Dios (original)
writer:
Inez James, Buddy Pepper and Larry Russell (Film composer)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Chappell Music Ltd. and Manuskript (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Les Paul & Mary Ford2:51
15Crying in the Chapel
Lee Lawrence3:15
16I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Jimmy Boyd2:32
17Dragnet
Ray Anthony2:51
18I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Beverley Sisters2:33
19Let’s Have a Party (medley)
Winifred Atwell2:15
20Swedish Rhapsody
Ray Martin and His Orchestra2:26
21Ricochet
Joan Regan2:46
22Rags to Riches
David Whitfield2:12
23Oh Mein Papa
trumpet:
Eddie Calvert
orchestra:
Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra
conductor:
Norrie Paramor
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1953)
instrumental cover recording of:
O mein Papa (… war eine wunderbare Clown) (in 1953-11)
lyricist:
Georg Schmidt
composer:
Paul Burkhard
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
part of:
Das Feuerwerk
recording of:
Oh! My Pa-Pa (English version of O mein Papa) (in 1953-11)
composer:
Paul Burkhard
translator:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd. and Peter Maurice Music Co.
translated version of:
O mein Papa (… war eine wunderbare Clown)
Eddie Calvert2:47
24I Swa Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Billy Cotton2:29
25Cloud Lucky Seven
Guy Mitchell2:26

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ASIN:UK: B0001VONOC [info]