It's an entertaining and evocative tribute to an artist who was regarded very much as one of the nation's sweethearts.

Ruby Murray was a singer from Northern Ireland who became one of the most popular artists in the UK, becoming ubiquitous on television variety shows as she racked up ten UK hits between 1954 and '59, and making chart history when she had five records in the Top 20 in the same week in March 1955. Making her TV debut in Ireland in 1947 at the age of 12, she toured the UK in a revue in 1954, which brought her a regular spot on UK TV, and a recording contract with EMI. This 58-track 2-CD collection comprises most of the A and B sides of her singles during this era on EMI's Columbia label (some B sides were omitted through lack of space). It features all her hits, including the UK No. 1 'Softly, Softly' and the Top 10 entries 'Heartbeat', 'Happy Days And Lonely Nights', 'Let Me Go Lover', 'Evermore', 'I'll Come When You Call' and 'Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye' and 'If Anyone Finds This I Love You' on which she duets with Anne Warren. It includes performances with the orchestras of Ray Martin, Norrie Paramor, Eric Jupp and Frank Barber, and recordings alongside Diana Decker, Ray Burns, and Ronnie Harris plus duet recordings with Norman Wisdom and Brendan O'Dowda. It's an entertaining and evocative tribute to an artist who was regarded very much as one of the nation's sweethearts.

Track Listing

• Get Well Soon
• Two Kinds Of Tears
• Heartbeat
• He's A Pal Of Mine
• Softly, Softly
• What Could Be More Beautiful
• Spring, Spring, Spring
• Goin' Co'tin'
• Happy Days And Lonely Nights
• Let Me Go Lover
• If Anyone Finds This, I Love You
• Before We Know It
• Evermore
• Bambino
• I'll Come When You Call
• It's The Irish In Me
• The Very First Christmas Of All
• Slowly With Feeling
• Two Rivers
• For Now, For Ever
• (Oh Please) Make Him Jealous
• Please Hold Me Tightly
• I Know I'm Home
• You Are My First Love
• Honestly, I Do
• It Only Hurts For A Little While
• True Love
• In Love

• O'Malley's Tango
• Mr. Wonderful
• Pretty, Pretty
• Scarlet Ribbons
• Passing Strangers
• Little White Lies
• I'll Remember Today
• Ain't That A Grand And Glorious Feeling
• Forgive Me My Darling
• Keep Smiling At Trouble
• In My Life
• Real Love
• Little One
• Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)
• Who Knows
• Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye
• A Pretty Irish Girl
• A Message From Jimmy
• A Voice In The Choir
• Congratulations
• Forever
• My Little Corner Of The World
• Sweetheart Of All My Dreams
• Living For The Day
• Goodbye Is The Loneliest Word I Know
• Tammy Tell Me True
• Pianissimo
• The Diamond
• How Did He Look?
• As Simple As That

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Run Time: 140 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 11/29/24

UPC: 824046353124