The Fabulous Fifties

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Tracklist

1▶Cassette: 1950 – 1951
2▼Cassette: 1952 – 1953
#TitleArtistRatingLength
C1Some Enchanted Evening From 'South Pacific'
recording of:
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Ezio Pinza3:06
C2There's Always Room at Our House
recording of:
There's Always Room at Our House
lyricist and composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
Billy Cotton & His Band2:51
C3We Won't Live in a Castle
recording of:
We Won't Live in a Castle
lyricist and composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
Jimmy Young3:02
C4Cry
cover recording of:
Cry
lyricist and composer:
Churchill Kohlman
Johnnie Ray3:05
C5High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
cover recording of:
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (on 1952-05-15)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
The 25th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1952 winner)
Frankie Laine2:44
C6Blue Tango
cover recording of:
Blue Tango
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1951-06-28)
version of:
Blue Tango (original instrumental version)
Lee Lawrence2:30
C7The Isle of Innisfree
recording of:
The Isle of Innisfree
lyricist and composer:
Dick Farrelly (songwriter)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
Anne Shelton3:04
C8Domino
recording of:
Domino (André Claveau song)
lyricist:
Jacques Plante
composer:
Louis Ferrari (musette accordionist and composer)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Tony Martin2:24
C9Allentown Jail
cover recording of:
Allentown Jail
lyricist and composer:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter) (in 1951)
Lita Roza3:35
C10The Homing Waltz
recording of:
The Homing Waltz
writer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter) and Johnny Johnston
Dickie Valentine3:02
C11At the End of the Day
recording of:
At the End of the Day
writer:
Donald O'Keefe
Gracie Fields2:55
C12Down Yonder
recording of:
Down Yonder
lyricist and composer:
L. Wolfe Gilbert
Del Wood2:29
C13Be My Life's Companion
cover recording of:
Be My Life’s Companion
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
Milton DeLugg
Rosemary Clooney2:24
C14Sugarbush
recording of:
Sugarbush (Based on a the Afrikaans melody Suikerbossie)
arranger:
Josef Marais (South African singer, songwriter)
Doris Day & Frankie Laine2:02
C15Be Anything (But Be Mine)
recording of:
Be Anything (But Be Mine)
writer:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
Eddy Howard & His Orchestra with The Jack Halloran Choir3:02
C16Kiss of Fire
recording of:
Kiss of Fire
lyricist:
Lester Allen (wrote “Kiss of Fire”) and Robert Hill (wrote “Kiss of Fire”)
composer:
Ángel Villoldo (Argentinian musician, lyricist and poet)
version of:
El choclo (Villoldo's original version, written circa 1898–1903)
Georgia Gibbs2:34
D1Outside of Heaven
recording of:
Outside of Heaven
writer:
Chester Conn and Sammy Gallop
Eddie Fisher2:42
D2She Wears Red Feathers
recording of:
She Wears Red Feathers
composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl) (in 1952)
Guy Mitchell3:11
D3(How Much Is) That Doggy in the Window?
cover recording of:
(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?
lyricist and composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
publisher:
Golden Bell Songs and Joy Music Inc.
Lita Roza42:18
D4Broken Wings
recording of:
Broken Wings
writer:
Bernard Grun and John Jerome (Collaborative songwriting alias)
The Stargazers2:57
D5Oh, Happy Day
recording of:
Oh, Happy Day
writer:
Don Howard Koplow and Nancy Reed
The Johnston Brothers2:12
D6Somebody Stole My Gal
cover recording of:
Somebody Stole My Gal
lyricist and composer:
Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929) (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter
sub-publisher:
Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag
Johnnie Ray2:25
D7I Believe
cover recording of:
I Believe
writer:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter), Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl (Songwriter) and Al Stillman
publisher:
Adaken Music, Cromwell Music, Inc., Gentlemen Jim Music Corp., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., L and S Freedom Music, Lindabet Music Corporation, Tadzio Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild, The Stillman Song Company and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
Frankie Laine2:15
D8In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)
recording of:
In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)
Billy Cotton & His Band3:20
D9Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
cover recording of:
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
lyricist and composer:
Harry Noble (in 1952)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
Muriel Smith with Wally Stott & His Orchestra2:36
D10The Song From 'Moulin Rouge' (Where Is You're Heart?)
cover recording of:
The Song From Moulin Rouge (aka “Where Is Your Heart”)
lyricist:
William Engvick
composer:
Georges Auric (composer)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
part of:
Moulin Rouge (1952 film)
Percy Faith Orchestra with Felicia Sanders3:22
D11Hot Toddy
cover recording of:
Hot Toddy
writer:
Ralph Flanagan (Band leader, songwriter) and Herb Hendler
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Valley Entertainment Enterprises
Ted Heath & His Orchestra2:49
D12Let's Walk That-A-Way
recording of:
Let's Walk That-A-Way
writer:
Kay Twomey, Ben Weisman and Fred Wise
Doris Day & Johnnie Ray2:42
D13Answer Me
cover recording of:
Answer Me, My Love
lyricist:
Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman and Gerhard Winkler
composer:
Fred Rauch and Gerhard Winkler
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
translated version of:
Mütterlein
David Whitfield2:30
D14Dragnet
recording of:
Dragnet
composer:
Miklós Rózsa (composer) and Walter Schumann
part of:
Dragnet (American radio, TV, and motion-picture series)
Ted Heath & His Orchestra2:15
D15Crying in the Chapel
cover recording of:
Crying in the Chapel
lyricist and composer:
Artie Glenn (in 1953)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Morris Ltd., Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Mijac Music
Lee Lawrence3:17
D16I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
cover recording of:
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
lyricist and composer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly, E. H. Morris & Co. Ltd., Herman Music, Inc., Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Regent Music (BMI)
The Beverley Sisters, directed by Alyn Ainsworth2:38
3▶Cassette: 1954 -1955
4▶Cassette: 1956 – 1957
5▶Cassette: 1958 – 1959