Chart Toppers: Rock Hits of the 50s (1998)

About this title: Priority's Chart Toppers series is an excellent budget-line collection, offering a strong selection of 15 original hits, grouped by a specific theme and decade, on each disc. Chart Toppers: Rock Hits of the 50's combines rock & roll, doo wop, rockabilly and R&B hits -- an eclectic bunch, to say the least, but the variety helps capture the feeling of the decade. A few of the songs haven't dated well, but for the most part, the selection of songs is terrific, albeit a little predictable. Among the highlights on the disc are Roy Orbison's "Ooby Dooby," Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash," Ritchie ... read more

Tracks:

1. Ooby Dooby [Moore/Orbison/Penne]
2. Splish Splash [Darin/Kaufman]
3. Come on, Let's Go [Valens]
4. Bird Dog [Bryant]
5. Rockin' Robin [Thomas]
6. Teen Beat [Egnoian/Nelson]
7. The Peter Gunn Theme [Mancini]
8. Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay [White]
9. See You Later, Alligator [Guidry]
10. Breathless [Blackwell]
11. Poison Ivy [Leiber/Stoller]
12. Red River Rock [King/Paris/Mendelso]
13. Rebel Rouser [Eddy/Hazlewood]
14. Susie-Q [Hawkins/Lewis/Broad]
15. Sh-Boom [Feaster/Keyes/Feast]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.