Sure, the title of Mob Hits: Music from and a Tribute to Great Mob Movies sounds silly, but truth be told, it's a killer idea for a compilation. Face it, there are many, many people out there -- not just Gen-Xers, but Baby Boomers as well -- who fell in love with vocal pop through gangster movies. The Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino, and Donnie ...
Not many artists can claim a 20-year run of hits, much less be credited with writing the majority of them as well, but Paul Anka can. Starting out as a sawed-off Canadian teen idol, he rocketed to the top of the charts with fare like "Diana," "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," "Lonely Boy," and "Puppy Love" before moving into the '70s with more adult ...
"Newly recorded," forthrightly announces the cover of this album, on which Paul Anka revisits his ABC-Paramount hits on behalf of his new employer. And there's the rub. The re-recordings aren't bad, but who needs them? ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Having written a fair number of them, Paul Anka recognizes a contemporary standard when he hears one, even if it doesn't conform to the historical model as it's existed from the days of Tin Pan Alley to Broadway. And so his songbook of chestnuts plucked from the '80s and '90s rock canon, Rock Swings, fares much better than its closest contemporary ...
Paul Anka's Rock Swings was one of the best albums of its type, that being the sort where a swinging singer reimagines a set of contemporary songs in a radically different setting. There were far more successes than novelties, and it earned Anka -- deservedly -- his best reviews in at least a decade. Classic Songs: My Way includes 11 more that are ...
Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 12 collects 17 memorable pop and rock hits from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, including the Contours' "Do You Love Me," the Box Tops' "The Letter," the Chiffons' "One Fine Day," Dion & the Belmonts' "I Wonder Why," the Delfonics' "La-La (Means I Love You)," Peaches & Herb's "Reunited," the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is ...
The granddaddy of '50s and '60s rock and pop collections, Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 1 made its way to CD in 1987, when the technology used to transfer music from vinyl to compact disc was still rough enough that the compilation's sound quality suffered. Especially when compared to collections of remastered original recordings, this album's versions ...
Five Decades Greatest Hits is a 12-track, budget-priced collection that features some of Paul Anka's biggest hits (sometimes in re-recorded versions), including "Diana," "Lonely Boy," "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," "Puppy Love," "You're Having My Baby" and "I Don't Wanna Run Your Life." Although this isn't a bad budget-priced disc, there are ...
This discount-priced two-fer with bonus tracks chronicles Paul Anka's commercial comeback of 1974-1976, including his gold-selling 1974 album, Anka; its 1975 follow-up, Feelings; and the singles "Times of Your Life" and "Happier." The 32-year-old Anka had scored only one Top 40 hit in the previous decade when "(You're) Having My Baby" took off for ...
Rhino's Sirens of Song: Classic Torch Singers is an excellent collection of late-night, lovelorn vocals by some of the best singers of the century -- and yes, all of them are female, since a strict definition of torch singing (not to mention sirens) excludes males. The collection leads off with "Cry Me a River" by Julie London, the prototypical ...
Given the most confusing title for an album of newly recorded material since John Prine's The Missing Years, Paul Anka's A Body of Work, despite a name that makes it sound like a compilation, is actually the singer/songwriter's first new U.S. release since Walk a Fine Line in 1983. Following the international success of 1996's Spanish-language ...
Collectables' Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol. 3: WOGL Oldies 98.1 Philadelphia is another quirky mix of standards and relatively obscure holiday tunes. Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song," Perry Como's "Home for the Holidays," and Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" fall into the latter category, while the Impressions' "Amen," Mavis Staples' ...
This budget ten-song selection has much to recommend it, kicking off with Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" and featuring such notables as Santo & Johnny's evocative "Sleepwalk," Elvis' "A Big Hunk O' Love," and the Coasters' "Charlie Brown." Tracks from Lloyd Price, Paul Anka, Wilbert Harrison, the Crests, and Dave "Baby" Cortez round out this top ...
Jukebox Hits of 1957, Vol. 1 is a well-chosen and diverse 27-song collection that does a good job of bringing 1957 to life. The songs here come from rock & rollers like Fats Domino ("I'm Walkin'"), rockabilly cats like Eddie Cochran ("Sittin' in the Balcony"), R&B howlers like Roy Brown ("Let the Four Winds Blow"), doo wop groups like the Diamonds ...
Paul Anka Sings His Big 10, Vol. 1 collects ten tracks recorded by the singer in the late '50s and early '60s. These are the original versions of such classics as "Diana," "You Are My Destiny," and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder." For casual fans looking for all of Anka's hits on one CD, check out 30th Anniversary Collection on Rhino. ~ Al Campbell ...
The Mob Hits compilation albums are devoted to traditional crooners and pop singers of mostly Italian descent, whose work has frequently been used on the soundtracks of Mafia movies. Although not including any Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett cuts, the Mob Hits collections are entertaining samplers that may be viewed as highlighting Italian-Americans ...
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