Acrobat's British Hit Parade series has been established for over a decade as a unique range of completist original artists 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 record concerned have never been available on CD and are very rarely heard. These two great value 4-CD sets are companion products to our existing 1959 British Hit Parade Parts One & Two (ACQCD7028 & 7029), 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. As ever, it's an eclectic snapshot of an ignored but fascinating aspect of the pop business
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- Little Richard - I'll Never Let You Go
- Max Bygraves - Come To Our Coming Out Party
- Duane Eddy - Mason Dixon Lion
- Bobby Darin - Lost Love
- Ronnie Hilton - As I Love You
- Al Saxon - The Day The Rains Came (Le Jour La Pluie Viendra)
- The Platters - No Matter What You Are
- Pat Boone - The Mardi Gras March
- Buddy Holly - Well...All Right
- Elvis Presley - DOUBLE A SIDE
- Russ Conway - Love Like Ours
- The Everly Brothers - Love Of My Life
- Jerry Lee Lewis - Fools Like Me
- Rosemary June - Always A Bridesmaid
- Alma Cogan - Mama Says
- The Four Aces - The Christmas Tree
- Paul Anka - That's Love
- Joni James - I'm Sorry For You, My Friend
- Cliff Richard and The Drifters - Steady With You
- Slim Dusty - Once When I Was Mustering
- Frankie Vaughan - Love Is The Sweetest Thing
- Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group - Aunt Rhody (The Old Grey Goose)
- Lord Rockingham’s X1 - Lady Rockingham I Presume
- The Beverley Sisters - Strawberry Fair
Disc 2:
- Connie Francis - Happy Days And Lonely Nights
- Billy Eckstine - Trust In Me
- The Harry Simeone Chorale (The Voices of The Junior Chorale) - Die Lorelei (in German)
- Chris Barber - Bugle Boy March
- Robert Earl - The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Gigolo And Gigolette)
- Lloyd Price - You Need Love
- Russ Conway - Pixilated Penguin
- The Playmates - Your Love
- Perry Como - Kiss Me And Kiss Me And Kiss Me (Tre Volte Baciami)
- Michael Flanders (Sung by Donald Swann at the piano) - The Youth Of The Heart
- Buddy Holly - Raining In My Heart
- Billy Fury - Gonna Type A Letter
- Reg Owen And His Orchestra - Ritual Blues
- The Mudlarks - Abdul The Bul Bul Amer Cha Cha
- Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
- Eddie Cochran - Don't Ever Let Me Go
- Dickie Valentine - Where (In The Old Home Town)
- Marino Marini And His Quartet - Avevamo La Stessa Eta'
- Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson - If Only I Could Live My Life Again
- Marty Wilde - Love-A Love-A Love-A
- The Coasters - Three Cool Cats
- Conway Twitty - Make Me Know You're Mine
- Domenico Modugno - Resta Cu'mme
- Little Richard - Early One Morning
Disc 3:
- Duane Eddy - Detour
- Pat Boone - There's Good Rockin' Tonight
- Bill Parsons and His Orchestra - Rubber Dolly
- Frank Sinatra - Time After Time
- Poni Tails - Father Time
- The Fleetwoods - I Care So Much
- Neil Sedaka - Moon Of Gold
- The Crickets - Someone, Someone
- Frankie Avalon - I'm Broke
- Craig Douglas - Golden Girl
- Joan Regan - Have You Ever Been Lonely
- Anthony Newley - Sat'day Night Rock-A-Boogie
- Jerry Lee Lewis - Big Blon' Baby
- Frankie Vaughan And The Kaye Sisters - Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart
- The McGuire Sisters - Achoo-Cha-Cha (Gesundheit)
- Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group - Whoa Buck
- Anthony Newley - Idle Rock-A-Boogie
- Bert Weedon - Bert's Boogie
- Lloyd Price - Is It Really Love
- Russ Conway - Trampolina
Disc 4:
- Frank Sinatra - Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)
- The Virtues - Guitar In Orbit
- Conway Twitty - When I'm Not With You
- Fats Domino - I'm Ready
- Jane Morgan - To Love And Be Loved
- Pat Boone - Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango
- Ruby Wright - I Only Have One Lifetime
- Dodie Stevens - Coming Of Age
- Nat "King" Cole - I Must Be Dreaming
- Bobby Darin - Bullmoose
- Little Richard - She Knows How To Rock
- Marty Wilde - Danny
- Ruby Murray - The Humour Is On Me Now
- Anthony Newley - My Blue Angel
- Craig Douglas - The 39 Steps
- Johnny Kidd - Growl
- Lloyd Price and his Orchestra - Have You Ever Had The Blues
- Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group - Darling Corey
- Dion And The Belmonts - I've Cried Before
- Billy Fury - Don't Knock Upon My Door
- Johnny Horton - All For The Love Of A Girl
- Connie Francis - Frankie
- Cliff Richard and The Drifters - Apron Strings
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