While this single-disc distillation of the Platters' biggest hits is superb, it's almost identical to Rhino's 1998 comp Enchanted: The Best of the Platters, except that the Rhino disc actually has everything here plus three additional tracks. None of those three extra songs are among the group's more familiar numbers, though, so in all honesty All ...
Surprisingly, The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 50s features more actual rock & roll than either of the volumes of the series devoted to the '60s or the '70s, including early rock classics like Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock," "Heartbreak Hotel," and "Hound Dog"; Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode"; and Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba." The rest of ...
A double-disc, 50-track extravaganza from one of the paragons of smooth soul, The Magic Touch: An Anthology is the most complete look at the Platters, barring only Bear Family's 1994 box set Four Platters and One Lovely Dish. Between 1955 and 1962, the quintet recorded 36 entries that reached the pop charts and they're all here, led by the ones ...
Rhino's first box set of doo wop classics was obviously successful enough to bring about a second, four-CD set. This time around, with all of the hits covered on the first box, the compilers have dug deep into the genre's history to put together a selection of some of the music's great sides, lesser-known hits, and rarities. Highlights on disc one ...
I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of the '50s is an excellent mid-line collection that contains 20 hits. Although the packaging is a little skimpy, all of the recordings are the original hit versions, which makes the compilation an excellent choice for casual listeners and the budget-minded. Among the highlights on Hits of the '50s are Jerry Lee Lewis' ...
This holiday collection, which clocks in at just less than 30 minutes in length, was originally released in this same sequence in 1963 as Christmas With the Platters, and has been reissued several times since in slightly different configurations and under varying titles. If you bear in mind that the Platters only did one Christmas session, then it ...
Oldies but Goodies, Vol. 3 collects 17 memorable pop and rock hits spanning three decades including the Monkees' "I'm a Believer," Lesley Gore's "It's My Party," the Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari," the Penguins' "Memories of El Monte," and Tony Orlando & Dawn's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree." Equally strong chart-toppers by the ...
For those unable or unwilling to shell out for Rhino's exemplary four-disc Doo Wop Box, Street Corner Serenade: Greatest Doo Wop Hits of the '50s and '60s is a terrific single-disc substitute, featuring 22 of the very biggest hits and especial highlights from that set. In fact, it's arguably the best single-disc doo wop compilation on the market, ...
Rhino's four-disc collection The Doo Wop Box may not contain every classic doo wop single ever recorded, but it comes damn close. Featuring 100 tracks, superb sound, and amazingly detailed liner notes, the set is one of the best various-artist box sets ever assembled; although these four discs will be all the doo wop some listeners will ever need, ...
An instantly recognizable bargain bin staple since the late '70s, thanks to their colorful comic book covers tracing the romantic life of an Everycouple named Peg and Eddie, the Cruisin' series of discs are built on a brilliant concept: each disc is devoted to a single year, with hit songs, local commercials, station jingles, and news headlines, ...
This three-CD box set contains 66 tracks taken from various schools of the first decade (or so) of rock & roll: doo wop, girl group, rockabilly, early soul, light pop/rock, New Orleans R&B, and more. For the most part they were big hits, though one or two things you'll rarely if ever hear on oldies radio are thrown in, like Little Richard's "True, ...
Jukebox Hits of 1967, Vol. 1 collects some of the year's most memorable pop and rock hits, including the Monkees' "Daydream Believer," Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is," Brenton Wood's "Gimme a Little Sign," the Left Banke's "Pretty Ballerina," and Leslie Gore's "California Nights." Songs by Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Dionne Warwick, Tom Jones, ...
20 Greatest Hits 1968 collects some of the year's most memorable pop and rock hits, including B.J. Thomas' "Hooked on a Feeling," the Classics Four's "Stormy," Archie Bell's "Tighten Up," the O'Kasions' "Girl Watcher," and Desmond Dekker's "Israelites." Songs by Clarence Carter, Lou Christie, Gary Puckett, and the Box Tops complete this ...
Time-Life Music's Rock 'n' Roll Era: Vintage Hits features 12 classic rock & roll hits, including "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by the Platters, "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins, "Wake Up Little Susie" by the Everly Brothers, "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home" by the Impalas and "La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens. These ...
Time-Life's Fabulous Fifties series spotlights 15 of the era's top pop hits, embracing country, traditional pop, and vocal harmony groups. Among the highlights are "Sixteen Tons" (Tennessee Ernie Ford), "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (Perez Prado Orchestra), and "Memories Are Made of This" (Dean Martin) in addition to strong tracks by the ...
20 Greatest Hits 1959 collects some of the year's most memorable pop and rock hits, including the Platters' "Twilight Time," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Breathless," Dee Clark's "Just Keep It Up," the Drifters' "Dance With Me," and the Crests' "Step by Step." Songs by Ace Cannon, Larry Williams, Bobby Lewis, and Frankie Ford complete this retrospective of ...
The Fabulous Fifties: Those Wonderful Years is the first disc in a four-CD box set that is itself the first of two sets making up a total of eight CDs surveying the non-rock popular music of the 1950s. (Just to be confusing, there is also a nine-CD version of the package, divided into three triple-CD sets.) Assembled by Time-Life Music's Heartland ...
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