Just about every track in this 91-track 3- CD set was a Top 100 or Hot 100 chart entry

Philadelphia was a hugely active, powerful and influential city in the pop music of the late 1950s and early '60s, partly reflecting the creative and commercial energy of the Italian-American community there. A number of successful independent record companies were established there, which mostly had one or two highly successful acts and a number of lesser-known ones, who also had hits. Acrobat has compiled two 3-CD collections to bring together all the hits from these labels during these years, and this first volume is devoted to the Swan label, with the songwriting and production team of Bob Crewe and Frank Slay at its core, the Chancellor label, whose founders and driving forces were Robert Marcucci and Peter De Angelis, and Guyden, a sister label of Jamie (see Vol. 2) plus the small imprints Landa and XYZ. Swan's biggest names, who had multiple hits, were Freddy Cannon, Danny & The Juniors, Dicky Doo & The Don'ts and Billy & Lillie, plus many who had one-off successes, while Chancellor's principal stars were Frankie Avalon and Fabian, along with Jodie Sands and many others with one or two hits. Just about every track in this 91-track 3- CD set was a Top 100 or Hot 100 chart entry, so it's a thoroughly entertaining insight into a particular aspect of the music scene of the time, with plenty of collectable obscurities alongside the big names.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Dicky Doo & The Don'ts - Click Clack
• Billy & Lillie - La Dee Dah
• Billy & Lillie - Happiness
• Dicky Doo & The Don'ts - Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu
• Dicky Doo & The Don'ts - Flip Top Box
• Dicky Doo & The Don'ts - Leave Me Alone
• Billy & Lillie - Lucky Ladybug
• The Quaker City Boys - Teasin'
• Dicky Doo & The Don'ts - Teardrops Will Fall
• Freddy Cannon - Tallahassie Lassie
• Billy & Lillie - Bells, Bells, Bells (The Bell Song)
• Freddy Cannon - Okefenokee
• Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
• Freddy Cannon - Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
• Freddy Cannon - California Here I Come
• Freddy Cannon - Indiana
• Freddy Cannon - The Urge
• Freddy Cannon - Jump Over
• Freddy Cannon - Happy Shades Of Blue
• Danny & The Juniors - Twistin' USA
• Freddy Cannon - Humdinger
• Freddy Cannon - Muskrat Ramble
• Danny & The Juniors - Pony Express
• Freddy Cannon - Buzz Buzz A-Diddle It
• Freddy Cannon - Transistor Sister
• Danny & The Juniors - Back To The Hop
• Freddy Cannon - For Me And My Gal
• Frank Slay And His Orchestra - Flying Circle
• Danny & The Juniors - Twistin' All Night Long
• Freddy Cannon - Teen Queen Of The Week

Disc 2:

• Danny & The Juniors - Doin' The Continental Walk
• Teddy & The Twilights - Woman Is A Man's Best Friend
• Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park
• Freddy Cannon - What's Gonna Happen When Summer's Gone
• Gabriel And The Angels - That's Life (That's Tough)
• Mark Valentino - The Push And Kick
• Freddy Cannon - If You Were A Rock And Roll Record
• The Rockin' Rebels - Wild Weekend
• Cozy Morley - I Love My Girl
• Jodie Sands - With All My Heart
• Frankie Avalon - Dede Dinah
• The Four Dates - I'm Happy
• Frankie Avalon - You Excite Me
• Frankie Avalon - Ginger Bread
• Jodie Sands - Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
• Frankie Avalon - I'll Wait For You
• Frankie Avalon - What Little Girl
• Fabian - I'm A Man
• Frankie Avalon - Venus
• Fabian - Turn Me Loose
• Frankie Avalon - A Boy Without A Girl
• Frankie Avalon - Bobby Sox To Stockings
• Fabian - Tiger
• Joseph Damiano - I Cried
• Frankie Avalon - Just Ask Your Heart
• Frankie Avalon - Two Fools
• Fabian - Come On And Get Me
• Fabian - Got The Feeling
• Fabian - Hound Dog Man
• Fabian - This Friendly World
• Frankie Avalon - Why
• Frankie Avalon - Swingin' On A Rainbow

Disc 3:

• Fabian - About This Thing Called Love
• Fabian - String Along
• Frankie Avalon - Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops
• Frankie Avalon - Tuxedo Junction
• Frankie Avalon - Togetherness
• Frankie Avalon - Don't Let Love Pass You By
• Fabian - Kissin' And Twistin'
• Frankie Avalon - A Perfect Love
• Frankie Avalon - The Puppet Song
• Frankie Avalon - All Of Everything
• Frankie Avalon - Call Me Anytime
• Frankie Avalon - Who Else But You
• Frankie Avalon - Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
• Frankie Avalon - True, True Love
• Frankie Avalon - You Are Mine
• The Five Satins - The Masquerade Is Over
• Claudine Clark - Party Lights
• Frankie Avalon - A Miracle
• Frankie Avalon - Don't Let Me Stand In Your Way
• Donnie Owens - Need You
• Nicky Dematteo - Suddenly
• Marion Worth - That's My Kind Of Love
• The Tree Swingers - Kookie Little Paradise
• Bill Forbes - Too Young
• The Sherrys - Pop-Pop-Pop-Eye
• Danny and the Juniors - Oo-La-La-Limbo
• Maureen Gray - Dancin' The Strand
• The Rays - Mediterranean Moon
• The Rays - Magic Moon (Clair De Lune)

Additional Details

Label: Big Bear

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 210 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/26/25

UPC: 824046917029