Paul Anka

The Beatle

Abba

The Beach Boys

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - The Beach Boys

1) Surfin' Safari
2) 409
3) Surfin' U.S.A.
4) Shut Down
5) Surfer Girl
6) Little Deuce Coupe
7) Catch a Wave
8) Be True to Your School
9) Fun, Fun, Fun
10) I Get Around
11) Dance, Dance, Dance
12) Do You Wanna Dance
13) Help Me, Rhonda
14) California Girls
15) Barbara Ann
16) Sloop John B.
17) Wouldn't It Be Nice
18) God Only Knows
19) Good Vibrations
20) Kokomo

Tears in Heaven

Would you know my name
　　If I saw you in heaven?
　　Would you be the same
　　If I saw you in heaven?
　　I must be strong and carry on,
　　Because I know I don''t belong here in heaven.
　　Would you hold my hand
　　If I saw you in heaven?
　　Would you help me stand
　　If I saw you in heaven?
　　I''ll find my way through night and day,
　　Because I know I just can''t stand here in heaven.
　　Time can bring you down,
　　Time can bend your knees,
　　Time can break your heart.
　　Have you begging please,
　　Begging please.
　　Beyond the door there''s peace I''m sure
　　And I know there''ll be no more tears in heaven.
　　Would you know my name
　　If I saw you in heaven?
　　Would you be the same
　　If I saw you in heaven?
　　I must be strong and carry on,
　　Because I know I don''t belong here in heaven

Creedence Clearwater Revival

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1. Susie Q Listen Listen 2. I Put A Spell On You Listen Listen 3. Proud Mary Listen Listen 4. Bad Moon Rising Listen Listen 5. Lodi Listen Listen 6. Green River Listen Listen 7. Commotion Listen Listen 8. Down On The Corner Listen Listen 9. Fortunate Son Listen Listen 10. Travelin' Band Listen Listen 11. Who'll Stop The Rain Listen Listen 12. Up Around The Bend Listen Listen 13. Run Through The Jungle Listen Listen 14. Lookin' Out My Back Door Listen Listen 15. Long As I Can See The Light Listen Listen 16. I Heard It Through The Grapevine Listen Listen 17. Have You Ever Seen The Rain? Listen Listen 18. Hey Tonight Listen Listen 19. Sweet Hitch-Hiker Listen Listen 20. Someday Never Comes Listen Listen

John Denver

John Denver's Greatest Hits

Listen to Samples

1. Take Me Home, Country Roads Listen Listen 2. Follow Me Listen Listen 3. Starwood In Aspen Listen Listen 4. For Baby (For Bobbie) Listen Listen 5. Rhymes And Reasons Listen Listen 6. Leaving, On A Jet Plane Listen Listen 7. The Eagle And The Hawk Listen Listen 8. Sunshine On My Shoulders Listen Listen 9. Goodbye Again Listen Listen 10. Poems, Prayers And Promises Listen Listen 11. Rocky Mountain High Listen Listen

Thanks for recommending so many pretty good songs.

Beatles: First Radio Interview, 10/28/62

Beatles: First RadAccording to reknown Beatles author Mark Lewisohn, this is the Beatles' first-ever radio interview. Lewisohn accurately describes it as rare and fascinating, not just for historical importance, but also because it's wonderfully intriguing.

Scarborough Fair

Sarah Brihtman

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Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt

(Oh the sides of a hill in the deep forest green)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
(Tracing of sparrow on the snow crested brown)
Without no seams nor needless work

(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Then she’ll be a true love of mine

(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
Tell her to find me on acre of land

(On the side of a hill a sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strand

(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
[Then she’ll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather

(War bellows blazing in scarlet battalion)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Generals order their soldiers to kill
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
(And to fight for a cause they’ve long ago forgotten)
Then she’ll be a true love of mine

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She once was a true love of mine

Top Hits Of The Fifties: 1956

1. Early In The Morning Listen Listen 2. 500 Miles Listen Listen 3. Lemon Tree Listen Listen 4. If I Had A Hammer (Single Version) Listen Listen 5. Where Have All The Flowers Gone Listen Listen 6. Puff, The Magic Dragon Listen Listen 7. The Cruel War Listen Listen 8. This Land Is Your Land Listen Listen 9. Blowin’ In The Wind Listen Listen 10. Stewball Listen Listen 11. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right Listen Listen 12. For Lovin’ Me Listen Listen 13. For Baby (For Bobbie) Listen Listen 14. The Times They Are A Changin’ (Live) Listen Listen 15. Early Mornin’ Rain Listen Listen 16. Leaving On A Jet Plane Listen Listen 17. I Dig Rock And Roll Music Listen Listen 18. Too Much Of Nothing Listen Listen 19. The Great Mandala (The Wheel Of Life) Listen Listen 20. Day Is Done (Live/Single Version) Listen Listen

Chuck Berry

1. Let's Boogie Listen Listen 2. Mean Old World Listen Listen 3. I Will Not Let You Go Listen Listen 4. London Berry Blues Listen Listen 5. I Love You Listen Listen 6. Reelin' & Rockin' Listen Listen 7. My Ding-A-Ling Listen Listen 8. Johnny B. Goode Listen Listen

Phil Collins

David Bowie

This excellent compilation draws from the albums The Man Who Sold The World, Space Oddity, Hunky Dory, Pin-Ups, Aladdinsane, Diamond Dogs and his opus magnum Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. It thus provides some of his best work with producer Tony Visconti plus a wide variety of different musical styles. There's the wistful pop of Space Oddity and Starman, the pre-punk aggro of Jean Genie (supposedly written about Iggy Pop), the anthemic rock of Rebel Rebel, the 60s pop of Sorrow and Oh You Pretty Things (This was a hit for Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits in 1971). There's also the heavy rock of Man Who Sold The World (a hit for Lulu in the late 1960s) and All The Young Dudes (a hit for Mott The Hoople in 1973), the bleak ballad Drive-In Saturday, his fast and aloof interpretation of Let's Spend The Night Together and the phenomenal and breathtaking Life On Mars with its gripping arrangement and poetic lyrics. Other favorites of mine include the catchy Prettiest Star and Changes with its interesting wordplay, plus the magnificent Diamond Dogs with its howling hound sounds. The choice of tracks is highly intelligent and although these things are always subjective, I do for once agree with the selection of the compilers. Of course, Bowie had a novelty hit in 1973, The Laughing Gnome, but it would have been out of place on this album so I won't complain of the omission, and it was recorded long before 1969. Bowie's early work has stood the test of time very well. These are all strong, melodic songs that still evoke vivid images and emotions. This album well and truly deserves its five stars.

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1. The Jean Genie Listen Listen 2. Space Oddity Listen Listen 3. Starman Listen Listen 4. Ziggy Stardust Listen Listen 5. John, I'm Only Dancing Listen Listen 6. Rebel Rebel Listen Listen 7. Let's Spend The Night Together Listen Listen 8. Suffragette City Listen Listen 9. Oh! You Pretty Things Listen Listen 10. Velvet Goldmine Listen Listen 11. Drive-In Saturday Listen Listen 12. Diamond Dogs Listen Listen 13. Changes Listen Listen 14. Sorrow Listen Listen 15. The Prettiest Star Listen Listen 16. Life On Mars? Listen Listen 17. Aladdin Sane Listen Listen 18. The Man Who Sold The World Listen Listen 19. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide Listen Listen 20. All The Young Dudes Listen Listen

The Beatles
1967-1970

The "Red" and "Blue" Beatles CDs are testament to the genius of the band's music and are an excellent overview and a great place to start for those uninitiated (if there are such people) with the greatest band in history.
1962-1966 ("Red") covers the Beatles' Merseybeat era, a time when the Beatles were considered a singles "teenybopper" band. Among the best cuts on the first CD are "Please Please Me", "She Loves You", "Eight Days a Week", and "Ticket to Ride".

Their progression from teenyboppers to "serious band" begins to show in the songs from 1965's Rubber Soul, including "Norwegian Wood", featuring George Harrison on the sitar, and John Lennon's introspective "In My Life", which hints at the band's glorious and more complex studio work that was to follow.

The Red CD collection ends with two songs from 1966's Revolver, a record that placed the band on even higher creative ground: Paul McCartney's masterpiece "Eleanor Rigby" is the first time a string quartet accompanied a rock and roll record, and "Yellow Submarine" was one in a line of catchy, childlike songs written for resident jester and drummer extrodinaire Ringo Starr.


"1967-1970" (or the "Blue" album) compiles singles, Number One hits, and key album cuts from the "Sgt. Pepper," "The Beatles," "Abbey Road," and "Let it Be" albums. Unlike "1," which excludes important tracks that didn't top the chart, the Blue album is a more comprehensive survey of the group's later work. There's the deliciously trippy "Strawberry Fields Forever," the impossibly catchy "Revolution," George Harrison's masterpiece "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and a personal favorite of mine, the bluesy b-side "Don't Let Me Down." Another gem is John Lennon's strikingly beautiful "Across the Universe" pulled from the "Let it Be" album. Haunting and surreal, it's a nice segueway into the closing track, the Number One hit "The Long and Winding Road." Arguably one of the most vital greatest hits albums on the market, "1967-1970" is required listening.

The Beatles
1967-1970

Definitive Ray Charles

[ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

There are plenty of Ray Charles compilations to choose from - some focusing on a particular era or a particular aspect of Ray's career. This particular compilation is the first to combine his fifties music (recorded for Atlantic) and his sixties music (recorded for ABC-Paramount) on one collection - it also includes a few tracks from more recent times.

The most famous of his early songs is probably the often-covered Hallelujah I love her so. What'd I say and I've got a woman are among the other great songs from Ray's fifties music that are included here. All those three were written by Ray, although he also recorded songs written by others even then. Fans of Ray's fifties music will need to buy a compilation devoted to those recordings - on this set, there are just 15 tracks from this era (about right for this compilation).

It is the sixties with which Ray will be forever associated and which is most strongly represented here. Despite Ray's ability to write his own songs, the two songs for which he is best remembered are both covers. Georgia on my mind is a Hoagy Carmichael song from 1931, while I can't stop loving you is a country song written by Don Gibson. In both cases, Ray did them his own way, broadening their appeal considerably.

I can't stop loving you was one of many country songs that Ray adapted to the R+B style. Some of his fans deserted him, but these recordings gained him more fans than he lost. What Ray showed was the main difference between different styles of music was the presentation - not the songs themselves. His re-interpretations of country songs are represented here by tracks 1 to 7 and track 9 of CD 2. Actually, he'd dabbled with the idea in the fifties, as his cover of I'm movin' on (CD 1, track 13) shows.

Definitive Ray Charles

[ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Definitive Ray Charles, sure is the definitive collection of

this great singer.

Track Listings

THE EVERLY BROTHERS DUOGRAPHY

It all started in Kentucky, U.S.A. Isaac Donald (b.2/1/1937) and Phillip (b.1/19/1939) Everly were raised in a musical family, steeped in one of the oldest musical traditions in America. The atmosphere of the coal mining towns of Kentucky and the songs which are the voice of the culture formed the Everly Brothers' sound which has endured for more than thirty years. Don and Phil are the sons of Ike and Margaret Everly, who, like their parents before them, were folk and country singers from central Kentucky. Their late father was one of the few "authentic" guitarists in American music. The influence of his thumb picking style can be heard in the music of players such as Merle Travis, Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler.

   

The Complete Cadence Recordings: 1957-1960
Everly Brothers

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Doris Day

Doris Day

Tea for Two/Lullaby of Broadway

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Overview

This five-disc set was the first release in BMG's effort to present Elvis's recorded legacy in a manner befitting the most important musical artist of his time. The strategy was simple--showcase, in chronological order, remastered versions of the King's 1950s output, from his sessions with Sam Phillips at Sun Studios (where they arguably invented the very notion of rock & roll) through his 1958 Army induction. Not everything Elvis recorded in the '50s was great (just as not everything he recorded in Hollywood was rotten), but there are dozens of tracks here that, quite simply, can make a bad day seem all that much better. Which surely still makes him the king of something. Suffice it to say this is one box set that lives up to its title. --Bill Holdship

Listen to Samples

To hear a song sample, click on "Listen" by that sample. Visit our  for more information.1. My Happiness Listen 2. That's All Right Listen 3. I Love You Because Listen 4. Harbor Lights Listen See all 30 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2 1. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy Listen 2. Shake, Rattle And Roll Listen 3. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Listen 4. Hound Dog Listen See all 29 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3 1. That's When Your Heartaches Begin Listen 2. Take My Hand, Precious Lord Listen 3. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) Listen 4. Blueberry Hill Listen See all 31 tracks on this disc
Disc: 4 1. Treat Me Nice Listen 2. My Wish Came True Listen 3. Don't Listen 4. Danny Listen See all 24 tracks on this disc
Disc: 5 Disc: 1 1. That's When Your Heartaches Begin Listen 2. Fool, Fool, Fool Listen 3. Tweedle Dee Listen 4. Maybellene Listen

Louis Armstrong

Lois Armstrong, London c. 1934

Louis Armstrong was born in a poor section of New Orleans known as “the Battlefield” on August 4, 1901. By the time of his death in 1971, the man known around the world as Satchmo was widely recognized as a founding father of jazz – a uniquely American art form. His influence, as an artist and cultural icon, is universal, unmatched, and very much alive today.

• developed a way of playing jazz, as an instrumentalist and a vocalist, which has had an impact on all musicians to follow;
• recorded hit songs for five decades, and his music is still heard today on television and radio and in films;
• wrote two autobiographies, more than ten magazine articles, hundreds of pages of memoirs, and thousands of letters;
• appeared in over 30 films as a gifted actor with superb comic timing and an unabashed joy of life;
• composed dozens of songs that have become jazz standards;
• performed an average of 300 concerts each year, with his frequent tours to all parts of the world earning him the nickname “Ambassador Satch”; and
• became one of the first great celebrities of the twentieth century.

Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

--"Mrs. Nixon and I share the sorrow of millions of Americans at the death of Louis Armstrong. One of the architects of an American art form, a free and individual spirit, and an artist of worldwide fame, his great talents and magnificent spirit added richness and pleasure to all our lives."-- President Richard Nixon

Listen to Samples

Disc: 1 1. What A Wonderful World [Disc 1] ListenListen 2. Cabaret [Disc 1] ListenListen 3. A Kiss To Build A Dream On [Disc 1] ListenListen 4. Hello, Dolly [Disc 1] ListenListen 5. Makin' Whoopee [Disc 1] ListenListen 6. Stormy Weather [Disc 1] ListenListen 7. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues [Disc 1] ListenListen 8. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen [Disc 1] ListenListen 9. Georgia On My Mind [Disc 1] ListenListen 10. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) [Disc 1] ListenListen 11. Bucket's Got A Hole In It [Disc 1] ListenListen 12. Your Cheatin' Heart [Disc 1] ListenListen 13. Blueberry Hill [Disc 1] ListenListen 14. I Wonder [Disc 1] ListenListen 15. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dear) You Rascal, You [Disc 1] ListenListen 16. Lazy 'Sippi Steamer [Disc 1] ListenListen 17. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) [Disc 1] ListenListen 18. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [Disc 1] ListenListen 19. I'm In The Mood For Love [Disc 1] ListenListen 20. When The Saints Go Marching In [Disc 1] ListenListen
Disc: 2 1. When It's Sleepy Time Down South [Disc 2] ListenListen 2. Mack The Knife [Disc 2] ListenListen 3. Summer Song [Disc 2] ListenListen 4. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue? [Disc 2] ListenListen 5. Ain't Misbehavin' [Disc 2] ListenListen 6. Yellow Dog Blues [Disc 2] ListenListen 7. Beale Street Blues [Disc 2] ListenListen 8. I Want A Little Girl [Disc 2] ListenListen 9. Joseph n' His Brudders [Disc 2] ListenListen 10. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? [Disc 2] ListenListen 11. The Blues Are Brewin' [Disc 2] ListenListen 12. Rockin' Chair [Disc 2] ListenListen 13. Someday You'll Be Sorry [Disc 2] ListenListen 14. Mississipi Basin [Disc 2] ListenListen 15. I've Got The World On A String [Disc 2] ListenListen 16. All Of Me [Disc 2] ListenListen 17. Stardust [Disc 2] ListenListen 18. I Surrender, Dear [Disc 2] ListenListen 19. When Your Lover Has Gone [Disc 2] ListenListen 20. Lazy River [Disc 2] ListenListen
Disc: 3 1. Someday You'll Be Sorry [DVD] 2. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen [DVD] 3. When The Saints Go Marching In [DVD] 4. When It's Sleepy Time Down South [DVD] 5. High Society Calypso [DVD] 6. Basin Street Blues [DVD] 7. Blueberry Hill [DVD] 8. Mack The Knife [DVD] 9. Now You Has Jazz [DVD] 10. St. Louis Blues [DVD] 11. Ole Miss Blues/Tiger Rag [DVD] 12. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dear) You Rascal, You [DVD] 13. Shine [DVD] 14. I Cover The Waterfront [DVD] 15. Dinah [DVD] 16. Tiger Rag [DVD]

AIR SUPPLY

Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock first met in 1974, during an Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar, in which they had both secured roles as apostles. On break time between rehearsals, Graham would sit by himself and play his guitar. It didn’t take long before a curious Russell wandered over and began to sing along with Graham’s tunes, and the two quickly discovered a smooth musical harmony as well as a friendship that would endure over the years.

They began singing in the local coffeehouses in Australia, sometimes for their meals, and often performing soft, mellow love songs, which were contrary to ‘hard rock’ and ‘glam rock’, both of which were popular then.

Forming their own group, they dubbed it "AIR SUPPLY", a name that Graham says ‘came to him in a dream ... on a billboard.  He thought of their music as a "breath of fresh air", and it was indeed. It was also a hit!

After the completion of ‘Superstar’ in 1975, they joined up with Frank Esler-Smith (music director of ‘Superstar’) as well as Jeremy Paul, signed a contract with CBS records, and released their first big hit, Love & Other Bruises in 1976, which also saw them rank on the Australian music charts at a whopping #5!

They followed with a gold record from the self-titled album Air Supply, and in 1977, scored another big hit, Do What You Do, from their second album The Whole Thing’s Started. The same year, their good friend, Rod Stewart, asked them to join him on a tour through the United States and Canada. This opportunity provided the stepping stones that would enable Air Supply to begin its rise to fame in America.

Air Supply - The Definitive DVD Collection (2001)

This special DVD video represents the world debut of their first DVD ever released. It features rare live performance videos from their Hawaii concert and the appearance at Arista's 25th Anniversary special. Songs included are: "Lost in Love," "All out of Love," "Chances," "Every Woman in the World," "The One that You Love," "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I was Over You)," "Sweet Dreams," "I Want to Give it All," " Even the Nights are Better," "Now and Forever," "Young Love," "Two Less Lonely People in the World," "Taking the Chance," "Come What May," "Making Love Out of Nothing at All," "I Can Wait Forever," "Just As I Am," and "Lost in Love" (the unreleased Australian version). The duo formed in 1976 in Melbourne, Australia with vocalists Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell. They gained international exposure as opening act for Rod Stewart's North American tour. 90 min.

Here are the 15 tracks on the DVD version I own (the ones with an asterisk * are not listed in the product description):
1. Lost in Love
2. All Out of Love
3. Every Woman in the World
4. The One that You Love
5. Here I Am (Just When I Thought I was Over You)
6. Sweet Dreams (Live)
7. Even the Nights are Better
8. Young Love
9. Making Love Out of Nothing at All
10. Just As I Am
11. The Power of Love (You Are My Lady) *
12. Lonely is the Night *
13. Keeping the Love Alive *
14. One More Chance *
15. Now and Forever

Forever Love: Greatest Hits [IMPORT]

SHIRLEY BASSEY

Born on January 8, 1937, in a section of Cardiff, Wales that was then referred to as "Tiger Bay". Shirley Veronica Bassey was the seventh child of Henry and Eliza Bassey. At that time, Tiger Bay was a multi-ethnic, working-class community comprised of people from all over the world. Henry Bassey was a seaman of Nigerian ancestry and Eliza Bassey hailed from Northern England.

At age 15, young Shirley began working in a local factory. Having displayed an extraordinary talent for singing from a very early age, it was not long before Shirley began her professional career singing in working men's clubs. Throughout her youth, Shirley had been influenced by several American pop and jazz singers including Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan and, most significantly, Judy Garland. By Bassey's own admission, Garland had a profound influence on her professional craft. Garland is also the performer to whom Bassey has been most closely compared throughout her career. Though unable to read music, Bassey dazzled her earliest audiences with pitch-perfect renditions of Horne's "Stormy Weather" and Garland's "Over the Rainbow".

In 1959, Shirley hit the big time when she sent two singles; "Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me" and "As I Love You", to the top of the British charts, simultaneously. That was the beginning of a long, illustrious recording career. A string of hits followed as "Climb Every Mountain", "As Long As He Needs Me", "You'll Never Know", "I'll Get By" and "Reach For The Stars" all raced to the top of the British charts. In a few short years, she established herself as Britain's premier female vocalist. However, in America, success as a recording artist would prove somewhat more elusive. To be sure, she was a huge attraction on the American cabaret circuit. She was a headliner at top tier venues across the country, including the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan and the Cocoanut Grove of the former Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. However, her early recordings failed to crack the upper regions of the US Charts.

Shirley Bassey - The Greatest Hits

The Remix Album: Diamonds Are Forever
Shirley Bassey

1. Where Do I Begin (AwayTeam Mix) ListenListen 2. Goldfinger (Propellerheads Mix) ListenListen 3. Light My Fire (Kenny Dope Remix) ListenListen 4. Diamonds Are Forever (Mantronik 007 Mix) ListenListen 5. Easy Thing To Do (Nightmares On Wax) ListenListen 6. Never Never Never (Groove Armada Mix) ListenListen 7. Big Spender (Wild Oscar Mix) ListenListen 8. Spinning Wheel (DJ Spinna Remix) ListenListen 9. Light My Fire (Twelftree's Lady Mix) ListenListen 10. If You Go Away (DJ Skymoo Mix) ListenListen 11. Moonraker (Superfunk Mix) ListenListen 12. Diamonds Are Forever (Mantronik Diamond Cut Club Mix) ListenListen 13. Light My Fire (Twelftree's Full Mix) ListenListen

• "When I Kissed The Teacher" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:01
• "Dancing Queen" (Andersson, Stig Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:50 Listen (help·info)
• "My Love, My Life" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:51
• "Dum Dum Diddle" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:53
• "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:01 Listen (help·info)

• "Money, Money, Money" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:06
• "That's Me" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15
• "Why Did It Have To Be Me" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:20
• "Tiger" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:55
• "Arrival (instrumental)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:00

• "Fernando" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:12

• "Happy Hawaii" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:25
  • Early version of "Why Did It Have To Be Me".

Babys (John Waite)

The Complete John Waite, Vol. 1: Falling Backwards

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Spotlight Reviews

John Waite has the same problem fellow singer Paul Carrack has--they both have been in several bands across several record labels and done solo work. This makes for a challenge when compiling key tracks from their careers. John Waite did five albums with The Babys 1976-1980. Then he did four solo albums 1982-1987. Then he did two albums with Bad English 1989-1991. Now, as of this review, he has done four more solo albums 1995-2003. In order for "Falling Backwards" to be a complete experience it should include songs from all of those albums. I realize that this is volume one, but why not just put out a two disc anthology and leave it at that? Also, where's the single "These Times Are Hard For Lovers" from 1987?? The sticker on the front states that John put this compilation together--so...what, he didn't think that song was good enough to put on a best of? In this day and age where I can make my own compilation, it just seems that the record companies should get it right. Other than this gripe, this compilation is the better of the two that John has. I see this compilation was produced in 1996, so it's about time for a digitally remastered, two-disc anthology for John--maybe in 2006???

Engelbert Humperdinck
1854-1921

Humperdinck received the Frankfurt Mozart Prize in 1876, and with its help he was able to travel to Munich. There, Humperdinck continued to take classes to develop his talent in music, finding many opportunities to gain experience both composing and performing. For over ten years he met many important composers such as Franz Lachner, Giovanni Sgambati, and Richard Wagner and heard their works. He eventually became one of Wagner's most important students and assistants, and eventually became music tutor to the great composer's son, Siegfried Wagner. Humperdinck subsequently held various teaching positions of distinction and enjoyed a long and fruitful collaboration in the theatre with the great playwright and director Max Reinhardt, providing incidental music for a number of Shakespearean productions in Berlin.While in Berlin, as any good uncle would.

Engelbert Humperdinck - His Greatest Hits

Engelbert Humperdinck, who at the circa 1968 height of his career shared a manager with fellow hunk Tom Jones, has never enjoyed the campy appreciation that has come to Jones in recent years--mostly because he's way too earnest compared to the teasingly all-man singer of "What's New Pussycat" and "She's a Lady." Humperdinck certainly deserves a place on some space-age bachelor's mix tape with the quietly ebullient "Quando Quando Quando," the quietly invitational "Winter World of Love," and the quietly fatalistic "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize"--maybe yours. Or at least your dad's. --Rickey Wright

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1. Release Me ListenListen 2. Quando Quando Quando ListenListen 3. Les Bicyclettes De Belsize ListenListen 4. Spanish Eyes ListenListen 5. Am I That Easy To Forget ListenListen 6. A Man Without Love ListenListen 7. There Goes My Everything ListenListen 8. The Way It Used To Be ListenListen 9. Winter World Of Love ListenListen 10. The Last Waltz ListenListen

CILLA BLACK

CILLA BLACK

CILLA BLACK

1. Anyone Who Had A Heart ListenListen 2. You’re My World (Il Mio Mondo) ListenListen 3. Love Letters ListenListen 4. One Little Voice (Uno Di Voi) ListenListen 5. Dancing In The Street ListenListen 6. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ ListenListen 7. There’s (No Place To Hide) 8. Baby I’m Yours ListenListen 9. A Lover’s Concerto ListenListen 10. Alfie ListenListen 11. Sing A Rainbow ListenListen 12. Follow The Path Of The Stars ListenListen 13. Yo-Yo ListenListen 14. A Man And A Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme) ListenListen 15. Step Inside Love ListenListen 16. It’ll Never Happen Again ListenListen 17. Liverpool Lullaby ListenListen 18. Forget Him ListenListen 19. Surround Yourself With Sorrow 20. Words ListenListen 21. Little Pleasure Acre ListenListen 22. On A Street Called Hope ListenListen 23. Rule Britannia ListenListen 24. Put A Little Love In Your Heart ListenListen 25. Quando Si Speza Un Grande Amore (Surround Yourself With Sorrow) ListenListen

Ricky Nelson

Ricky Nelson was a teen idol who had something more than good looks going for him - namely, talent. On television, he acted out his real-life role as the son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in the Fifties. As a rock-and-rolling teenager on The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, he practically grew up in the nation’s living rooms. In the recording studio, having landed a contract based on his TV stardom, he more than made the grade. No mere rock and roll pretender, Nelson was the real thing: a gentle-voiced singer/guitarist with an instinctive feel for the country-rooted side of rockabilly. And he had exquisite taste in musicians, utilizing guitarist James Burton (formerly a Dale Hawkins sideman, later an Elvis Presley accompanist) as his secret weapon in the studio.

Nelson’s first single - “A Teenager’s Romance” b/w “I’m Walkin’,” the latter a Fats Domino song - made the Top Ten shortly after its release in April 1957. He was sixteen years old at the time. The next year, he reached #1 with “Poor Little Fool” (which was written by Sharon Sheeley, who was Eddie Cochran’s girlfriend). His discerning taste in material - a rare talent in one so young - also led him to “Hello Mary Lou” (his signature song) and “Travelin’ Man,” both of which topped the charts. All totaled, Nelson scored an incredible 33 Top Forty hits in a seven-year period.

For his sixth album, titled Rick is 21, he dropped the “y” from his name. As the maturing Nelson’s appeal with the teen audience waned, he turned his attention to a more country-flavored sound. One of the first country-rockers, Nelson experienced a creative renaissance at the outset of the Seventies. He formed the Stone Canyon Band, whose sweet country-rock sound anticipated the laid-back likes of the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt. One of the biggest hits of his career, “Garden Party,” pointedly rejected the notion that he would allow himself to be relegated to a nostalgia act. Until his untimely death in a 1985 plane crash, Nelson remained a hard-working musician who performed up to 200 dates a year.

Ricky Nelson - 25 Greatest Hits

Cliff Richard

Biography

1940—1958: Childhood

Cliff Richard was born at the King English Hospital, Victoria Street, Lucknow, India in 1940 to parents Rodger and Dorothy (née Dazely) Webb. A year later his family moved to Calcutta. In 1947, following Indian independence, the family moved to Britain.

The Webbs moved from comparative wealth in India (with servants) to a much lower standard of living in England. For three years the Webbs did not have their own home and stayed with relatives. In 1951, they were awarded a council house in the town of Cheshunt. Richard has recalled his father having to make furniture from packing cases

1958—1963: Success and stardom

Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins

• Audio CD (February 4, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1972
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024YO

Marty Robbins - All-Time Greatest Hits

1. El Paso         
2. Streets Of Laredo        
3. Ribbon Of Darkness         
4. Love Is Blue         
5. Big Iron         
6. Devil Woman         
7. Don't Worry         
8. Tonight Carmen         
9. You Gave Me A Mountain         
10. Kaw-Liga        
11. My Woman, My Woman, My Wife         
12. Padre         
13. The Hanging Tree         
14. Red River Valley         
15. Joli Girl         
16. The Girl With Gardenias In Her Hair         
17. It's A Sin         
18. Maria (If I Could)         
19. I Walk Alone         
20. Aloha Oe (Farwell To Thee)         

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