Acrobat's British Hit Parade series has been established for well over a decade as a unique range of completist original artist collections comprising every record that appeared in the UK record sales charts in every year since the charts began in 1952. In recent years Acrobat has introduced parallel collections which consist of the B sides of all the records included in the main compilations, and these have proved hugely popular with collectors, since many of the records concerned have never been available on CD and are very rarely heard. These two 4-CD sets are companion products to our existing 1957 British Hit Parade Parts One & Two (ACQCD7024 & 7025), and feature the B sides of the tracks on those anthologies, excluding the ones which appeared on the original collections as Double A-side hits. It also includes the B sides of records which were chart entries in the Melody Maker, Record Mirror and Record Retailer charts, and which were not included in the original sets, but appeared later on our "1950s British Hit Parades - The Hits We Missed" collection (ADDCD3078). As ever, it's an eclectic snapshot of an ignored but fascinating aspect of the pop business, with in-depth 10-000+ word booklets with background notes on every record.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- The Four Aces - Someone To Love
- Frankie Vaughan - Priscilla
- Pat Boone - Tennessee Saturday Night
- Pat Boone - Tutti Frutti
- Mitchell Torok - Havana Huddle
- Gary Miller - Since I Met You Baby
- Lonnie Donegan - I'm Alabamy Bound
- Alma Cogan - Three Brothers
- Dick James - I Accuse
- David Whitfield - If I Lost You
- Joe Valino - Caravan
- The Vipers Skiffle Group - 10.000 Years Ago
- Fats Domino - La La
- Pat Boone - Anastasia
- Bill Haley And His Comets - Yes Indeed!
- The Beverley Sisters - Mama From The Train (A Kiss, A Kiss)
- Fats Domino - Don't You Know
- Tab Hunter - Red Sails In The Sunset
- Jerry Lewis - Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Johnston Brothers - A Rose And A Candy Bar
- Bill Haley And The Comets - Calling All Comets
Disc 2:
- Sonny James - You're The Reason I'm In Love
- Guy Mitchell - Take Me Back Baby
- Shirley Bassey - Tra La La
- Elvis Presley - Love Me
- Winifred Atwell - Let’s Rock And Roll Pt. 2; Shake Rattle & Roll , Rock Around The Clock, Razzle Dazzle
- Tommy Steele and The Steelmen - Teenage Party
- Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell
- Patience And Prudence - The Money Tree
- Elvis Presley - Baby, Let's Play House
- The Tarriers - No Hidin' Place
- Jill Day - Give Her My Love When You Meet Her
- Norman Wisdom - Happy Ending
- Vera Lynn - The One Beside You
- Vipers Skiffle Group - Maggie May
- Dean Martin - I Know I Can't Forget
- Ronnie Carroll - Without Love
- Rosemary Clooney - All The Pretty Little Horses
- Alma Cogan - Lucky Lips
- Fats Domino - What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You
- Lonnie Donegan - Love Is Strange
Disc 3:
- Max Bygraves - In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
- The Hilltoppers - You're Wasting Your Time
- David Whitfield - I'd Give You The World
- Julie London - S'Wonderful
- Tab Hunter - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Chas McDevitt And Nancy Whiskey - The Cotton Song
- Slim Whitman - Careless Love
- Malcolm Vaughan - Now
- Fats Domino - I'm In The Mood For Love
- Nat King Cole - Calypso Blues
- Charlie Gracie - Ninety-Nine Ways
- Johnston Brothers - Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)
- Guy Mitchell - Got A Feeling
- Frankie Laine - There's Not A Moment
- Pat Boone - I'm Just Waiting For You
- Tommy Steele & The Steelmen - Cannibal Pot
- Jimmy Young - Walkin' After Midnight
- Johnnie Ray - No Wedding Today
- Elvis Presley - Playin' For Keeps
- Malcolm Vaughan - Guardian Angel
- Andy Williams - It Doesn't Take Very Long
- Teresa Brewer - When I Leave The World Behind
- Buddy Knox - My Baby's Gone
- The Platters - He's Mine
Disc 4:
- Victor Young & His Orchestra - Around The World
- Peggy Lee - The Gypsy With Fire In His Shoes
- Russ Hamilton - Rainbow
- King Brothers - Minne-Minnehaha!
- The Diamonds - Faithful And True
- The Vipers Skiffle Group - Railroad Steamboat
- Terry Dene - The Man In The Phone Booth
- Mantovani and His Orchestra - The Heart Of Budapest
- Elvis Presley - That's When Your Heartaches Begin
- Charlie Gracie - Just Lookin'
- Harry Belafonte - Cocoanut Woman
- The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group Feat. Nancy Whiskey - I'm Satisfied
- Gracie Fields - Far Away
- Jeri Southern - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Chuck Berry - Deep Feeling
- Andy Williams - Stop Teasin' Me
- Vera Lynn - Dear To Me (Amore Baciami)
- Tony Brent - The Game Of Love (A-One And A-Two)
- Leroy Anderson And His "Pops" Concert Orchestra - The Last Rose Of Summer
- Little Richard - Send Me Some Lovin'
- Pat Boone - Bernadine
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