This exclusive 4-CD collection brings together every Number One in the British charts from the launch of NME's first record sales chart in November 1952 through to the end of 1959. It includes all the NME No. 1s plus those that made No. 1 in the other music magazine charts that launched during the 50s (Melody Maker, Record Mirror & Disc). The 105 tracks chart the course of a momentous decade in popular music with the familiar domain of the traditional artists of dance bands, variety, radio and the movies being overtaken by the rock 'n' roll phenomenon, as mass media gave the baby boom generation a voice while the world emerged from post-war austerity. It's an extraordinary, fascinating and hugely entertaining kaleidoscope of popular music, especially in the later years as Tin Pan Alley's bosses simultaneously tried to exploit, deny, accommodate and manipulate the 'passing fad' of rock 'n' roll. Some, inevitably also prompt the question 'did we really buy that'' Needless to say, it features some of the biggest names and landmark recordings of the post-war era, and will be a fantastic souvenir to remind those of a certain age of their musical roots.

Track Listing

• Al Martino - Here In My Heart
• Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me
• Kay Starr - Comes Along A-Love
• Eddie Fisher - Outside Of Heaven
• Perry Como - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
• Guy Mitchell - She Wears Red Feathers
• Stargazers - Broken Wings
• Lita Roza - How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
• Frankie Laine - I Believe
• Eddie Fisher - I'm Walking Behind You
• Mantovani - Moulin Rouge
• Guy Mitchell - Look At That Girl
• Frankie Laine - Hey Joe
• David Whitfield - Answer Me
• Frankie Laine - Answer Me
• Eddie Calvert - Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)
• Stargazers - I See The Moon
• Doris Day - Secret Love
• Johnnie Ray - Such A Night
• David Whitfield/Mantovani - Cara Mia
• Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot
• Frank Sinatra - Three Coins In The Fountain
• Don Cornell - Hold My Hand
• Vera Lynn - My Son My Son
• Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House

• Winifred Atwell - Let's Have Another Party
• Dickie Valentine - Finger Of Suspicion
• Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano
• Dean Martin - Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
• Ruby Murray - Softly Softly
• Tennessee Ernie Ford - Give Me Your Word
• P?rez Prado - Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White)
• Tony Bennett - Stranger In Paradise
• Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White)
• Jimmy Young - Unchained Melody
• Alma Cogan - Dreamboat
• Slim Whitman - Rose Marie
• Jimmy Young - The Man From Laramie
• Johnston Brothers - Hernando's Hideaway
• Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
• Dickie Valentine - The Christmas Alphabet
• Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
• Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This
• The Dreamweavers - It's Almost Tomorrow
• Kay Starr - Rock And Roll Waltz
• Winifred Atwell - The Poor People Of Paris
• Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love
• Pat Boone - I'll Be Home
• Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
• Doris Day - Que Sera Sera
• Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms

• Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love
• Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' In The Rain
• Guy Mitchell - Singin' The Blues
• Tommy Steele - Singin' The Blues
• Frankie Vaughan - Garden Of Eden
• Tab Hunter - Young Love
• Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap
• Guy Mitchell - Rock-A-Billy
• Andy Williams - Butterfly
• Johnnie Ray - Yes Tonight Josephine
• Lonnie Donegan - Gamblin' Man
• Lonnie Donegan - Putting On The Style
• Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
• Paul Anka - Diana
• Elvis Presley - Party
• The Crickets - That'll Be The Day
• Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
• Johnny Otis Show - Ma He's Making Eyes At Me
• Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
• Michael Holliday - The Story Of My Life
• Perry Como - Magic Moments
• Perry Como - Catch A Falling Star
• Marvin Rainwater - Whole Lotta Woman
• Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now
• Vic Damone - On The Street Where You Live
• Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream

• Everly Brothers - Claudette
• Kalin Twins - When
• Connie Francis - Carolina Moon
• Connie Francis - Stupid Cupid
• Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
• Tommy Edwards - It's All In The Game
• Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon
• Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
• Jane Morgan - The Day The Rains Came
• Elvis Presley - One Night
• Elvis Presley - I Got Stung
• Shirley Bassey - As I Love You
• The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
• Russ Conway - Side Saddle
• Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
• Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I
• Elvis Presley - I Need Your Love Tonight
• Russ Conway - Roulette
• Bobby Darin - Dream Lover
• Cliff Richard - Living Doll
• Craig Douglas - Only Sixteen
• Jerry Keller - Here Comes Summer
• Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
• Cliff Richard - Travellin' Light
• Cliff Richard - Dynamite
• Adam Faith - What Do You Want
• Emile Ford & the Checkmates - What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Pop/Rock

Release Date: 11/08/11

UPC: 824046703028