Tony Martin - Hit Collection 1936-57 (CD)

SKU: ADDCD3191

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$ 16.99

Description

Crooner Tony Martin was one of the coterie of male vocalist like Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Tony Bennett

Crooner Tony Martin was one of the coterie of male vocalist like Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Al Martino and others who dominated the pop charts during the post-war decade (although, unlike those mentioned, he was not of Italian descent). He started his professional career as a Hollywood bit-part actor in movies like 'Follow The Fleet' in 1936, before becoming a big-band singer, having his first hits, including several with the Ray Noble Orchestra, in the late 30s and early 40s, before a break while he served in WWII, then joined the Mercury label in 1946. He became a regular hit-maker right through until his music was overtaken by the rock 'n' roll and teen pop explosion of the late'50s. The consistency of his success can be measured by the fact that this excellent value 50-track 2-CD set consists entirely of hits which he had in the Billboard and Cashbox charts - for reasons of space we could not include them all, but there are only a few which had to be omitted, so this represents a pretty thorough trawl across his most successful recordings. It naturally includes what are probably his best-known hits - 'Stranger In Paradise' and 'Walk Hand In Hand', along with other Top 5 biggies like 'Tonight We Love', 'To Each His Own' 'There's No Tomorrow', 'I Get Ideas' and 'Here'. He was very much a star who encapsulated the musical zeitgeist of his time, and this will be a must for lovers of '40s and '50s nostalgia.

Track Listing

Disc 1:
  • When Did You Leave Heaven'
  • The Moon of Manakoora
  • I Hadn't Anyone Till You
  • You Couldn't Be Cuter
  • My Walking Stick
  • Now It Can Be Told
  • South of the Border
  • It's a Blue World
  • Fools Rush In
  • Tonight We Love
  • To Each His Own
  • Rumors Are Flying
  • I'll Dance at Your Wedding
  • Hooray for Love
  • For Every Man There's a Woman
  • It's Magic
  • If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon
  • Circus
  • There's No Tomorrow
  • Marta
  • I Said My Pajamas (and Put on My Pray'rs)
  • Valencia
  • La Vie en rose
  • In Your Arms
Disc 2:
  • A Penny a Kiss
  • Would I Love You
  • I Get Ideas
  • I Apologize
  • The Musicians
  • Vanity
  • Over a Bottle of Wine
  • Domino
  • Kiss of Fire
  • Some Day
  • Luna Rossa
  • Dance of Destiny
  • Sleepy Time Gal
  • Don't Tempt Me
  • April in Portugal
  • Sorta on the Border
  • Caribbean
  • Relax
  • Stranger in Paradise
  • Here
  • Angels In the Sky
  • All of You
  • Do, Do, Do
  • Walk Hand in Hand
  • It's Better in the Dark
  • Do I Love You (Because You're Beautiful)

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 144 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/07/17

UPC: 824046319120

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