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Americas Greatest Hits 1948

America's Greatest Hits 1948 / Various

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Americas Greatest Hits 1948

We complete our popular and successful series devoted to the biggest chart records of each calendar year in the early chart era as we focus on 1948, the eighth full calendar year of the Billboard Best Sellers chart which was launched in July 1940. Acrobat now boasts a complete series of these collections from 1940 through to 1962. This great value 103-track 4-CD set comprises just about every record which peaked in the Top 15 of the Billboard Best Sellers chart or in the Top 15 of the Cash Box chart during the year. For reasons of space, it excludes those records were still in the chart at the start of the year, but which peaked in the Top 10 in 1947, and so are included in our existing 1947 collection. It was a big year for solo vocalists, who were starting to dominate as the big swing bands declined in the era of post-war austerity and the burgeoning medium of television offered new promotional opportunities, although the "sweet" orchestras with their featured singers continued to hold sway, and the year had it's customary smattering of novelty songs, often in jazzy R&B or country styles. Eight different records made No. 1 in the Best Sellers, with some having lengthy chart runs. As usual, there were also quite a number of highly collectable records by some artists we don't hear too much about these days. It makes for an intriguing and very entertaining musical snapshot of the music scene during a period of creative transition as the world finally settled down after the turbulent years of conflict. It includes a 15,000+ word booklet with a commentary on every record as well as full discographical and chart information.

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 4
Released January 7, 2022
EAN/UPC 0824046716127
Label ACROBAT ACQCD7161
Genre Rock
Dimensions 125 × 142 × 24 mm   ·   432 g

Track list

  1. 1.   CD  

    1. I'll Dance at Your Wedding - Ray Noble & His Orch. with Budd
    2. Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) - Jack Smith with the Cla
    3. Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
    4. How Soon - Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
    5. Ballerina - Buddy Clark
    6. Papa, Won't You Dance with Me? - Doris Day
    7. How Soon - Vaughn Monroe & His Orch.
    8. Pass That Peace Pipe - Margaret Whiting
    9. Ballerina - Bing Crosby
    10. Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig & His Orch.
    11. A Fellow Needs a Girl - Frank Sinatra
    12. I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover - Art Mooney and His Orc
    13. Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
    14. Manana - Peggy Lee
    15. I'm My Own Grandpaw - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
    16. Two Loves Have I (J'ai Deux Amours) - Buddy Clark & Ray Nobl
    17. Now is the Hour - Gracie Fields
    18. (I'm A-comin' A-courtin') Corabelle - Frankie Carle Orch.
    19. (The Treasure Of) Sierra Madre - Ray Noble & His Orch. with
    20. Your Red Wagon - Ray Mckinley & Orch.
    21. Beg Your Pardon - Frankie Carle & His Orch.
    22. Now is the Hour - Eddy Howard & His Orch.
    23. In a Little Book Shop - Dinah Shore
    24. I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover - Russ Morgan & His Orch
    25. I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover - Uptown String Band

  2. 2.   CD  

    1. Slap 'er Down Again, Paw - Arthur Godfrey & the Too Fat Trio
    2. Now is the Hour - Margaret Whiting
    3. Pianissimo - Perry Como
    4. I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover - the Three Suns & Artie
    5. Beg Your Pardon - Larry Green & His Orch.
    6. Because - Perry Como
    7. But Beautiful - Frank Sinatra
    8. Thoughtless - Vic Damone
    9. Shine - Frankie Laine
    10. The Thousand Islands Song - Arthur Godfrey & the Too Fat Tri
    11. Baby Face - Art Mooney and His Orch.
    12. Sabre Dance - Woody Herman & His Orch.
    13. Sabre Dance Boogie - Freddy Martin & His Orch.
    14. You Can't Be True, Dear - Ken Griffin with Jerry Wayne
    15. Little White Lies - Dick Haymes
    16. Haunted Heart - Perry Como
    17. St. Louis Blues March - Tex Beneke & His Orch.
    18. Nature Boy - Nat King Cole
    19. Matinee - Vaughn Monroe & His Orch.
    20. Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) - Andrews Sisters
    21. Laroo Laroo Lili Bolero - Peggy Lee
    22. The Dickie Bird Song - Freddy Martin & His Orch.
    23. Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) - Vaughn Horton & His
    24. My Happiness - Jon and Sondra Steele
    25. Tell Me a Story - Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye
    26. Just Because - Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks

  3. 3.   CD  

    1. The Peanut Vendor - Stan Kenton & Hisorch.
    2. Woody Woodpecker - Kay Kyser & His Orch.
    3. Love Somebody - Buddy Clark & Doris Day
    4. You Can't Be True, Dear - Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners
    5. Deck of Cards - "T". Texas Tyler
    6. William Tell Overture - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
    7. You Can't Be True, Dear - the Sportsmen
    8. My Happiness - Pied Pipers
    9. A Fella with an Umbrella - Bing Crosby
    10. Heartbreaker - Andrews Sisters
    11. You Call Everybody Darlin' - Al Trace & His New Orch., Vocal
    12. Twelfth Street Rag - Pee Wee Hunt
    13. My Happiness - Ella Fitzgerald with the Song Spinners
    14. You Can't Be True, Dear - Ken Griffin at the Organ
    15. Tea Leaves - Jack Smith & the Clark Sisters
    16. Woody Woodpecker - the Sportsmen & Mel Blanc
    17. Better Luck Next Time - Perry Como
    18. Confess - Doris Day & Buddy Clark
    19. Maybe You'll Be There - Gordon Jenkins & His Orch.charles La
    20. The Majarajah of Magador - Vaughn Monroe & His Orch.
    21. Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon - Nat King Cole Trio
    22. A Tree in the Meadow - Margaret Whiting
    23. Rambling Rose - Perry Como
    24. Underneath the Arches - Primo Scala's Banjo & Accordion Orch
    25. Bluebird of Happiness - Art Mooney and His Orch.
    26. It's Magic - Dick Haymes

  4. 4.   CD  

    1. You Call Everybody Darlin' - Anne Vincent
    2. Cool Water - Vaughn Monroe & His Orch.
    3. You Call Everybody Darlin' - Jack Smith with the Clark Siste
    4. Until - Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
    5. It's Magic - Tony Martin
    6. You Came a Long Way (From St. Louis) - Ray Mckinley & Some O
    7. Underneath the Arches - Andrews Sisters
    8. Every Day I Love You - Dick Haymes
    9. Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore & Her Happy Valley Boys
    10. Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue - Gordon Macrae
    11. Lillette - Vic Damone
    12. You Were Only Fooling - the Blue Barron Orch.
    13. Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart - Jo Stafford & Gordo
    14. That Certain Party - Benny Strong & His Orch.
    15. On a Slow Boat to China - Kay Kyser Orch.
    16. Buttons and Bows - the Dinning Sisters
    17. Cuanto La Gusta - Carmen Miranda & the Andrews Sisters
    18. Life Gits Tee-jus Don't It - Carson Robison & Pleasant Valle
    19. On a Slow Boat to China - Freddy Martin & His Orch.
    20. My Darling, My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon Macrae
    21. On a Slow Boat to China - Benny Goodman Orch.
    22. On a Slow Boat to China - Eddy Howard & His Orch.
    23. My Darling, My Darling - Doris Day & Buiddy Clark
    24. All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones
    25. A Little Bird Told Me - Paula Watson
    26. Down Among the Sheltering Palms - Swing & Sway with Sammy Ka

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