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. This 3-CD set is the companion product to our existing 1953 British Hit Parade (ACTRCD 9000) and features the B sides of the tracks on that collection, excluding the ones which appeared on the original collection as Double A-side hits. In this pre-rock 'n' roll era, B sides tended not be afterthoughts dashed off at the end of a session, and were generally afforded exactly the same time and treatment as the A sides, with full orchestral arrangements and productions, so these are high quality recordings, featuring some of the illustrious names from what was often called the golden age of popular music. As ever, it's an eclectic snapshot of an ignored but fascinating aspect of the pop business, including in-depth 10-000+ word booklet with background notes on every record
22 Frank Chacksfield's Tunesmiths - Roundabouts and Swings
23 Frankie Laine - Your Cheatin' Heart
24 Johnnie Ray - Glad Rag Doll
- Disc 2 -
1 Guy Mitchell - Horn Belt Boogie
2 Kay Starr - Too Busy!
3 Dickie Valentine - the Homing Waltz
4 Nat King Cole - Funny (Not Much)
5 Eddie Fisher - Am I Wasting My Time on You
6 Billy Cotton & His Band - Coronation Bells March
7 Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd - the Little Boy and the Old Man
8 Muriel Smith - I'd Love to Fall Asleep (And Wake Up in Your Arms)(Le Soir)
9 Winifred Atwell - Bounce the Boogie
10 Ron Goodwin and His Orchestra - the Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
11 Eddie Fisher - Hold Me
12 Frank Chacksfield - Limelight 'Incidental Music from the Film (Ballet Introduction, Reunion, the Waltz)'
13 Mantovani and His Orchestra - Vola Colomba
14 Dickie Valentine - the Windsor Waltz
15 Vera Lynn - the Lambeth Waltz
16 Dorothy Squires - Is There Any Room in Your Heart'
17 Ted Heath and His Music - Strike Up the Band
18 Al Martino - One Lonely Night
19 Vivian Blaine - Luck Be a Lady
20 Gisele MacKenzie - Till I Waltz Again with You
21 Doris Day & Johnnie Ray - Candy Lips
22 June Hutton - the Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart')
23 Nat King Cole - Small Towns Are Smile Towns
24 Jimmy Young - Is It Any Wonder
25 Guy Mitchell - Wise Man or Fool
- Disc 3 -
1 Frankie Laine - I Let Her Go
2 Nat King Cole - My Flaming Heart
3 Dean Martin - There's My Lover
4 Winifred Atwell - Golden Tango
5 David Whitfield - I'm the King of Broken Hearts
6 Frankie Laine - Sittin' in the Sun (Countin' My Money)
7 David Whitfield - Dance, Gypsy, Dance
8 Mantovani and His Orchestra - Jamaican Rumba
9 Diana Decker - If I Had a Golden Umbrella
10 Ted Heath and His Music - Sloppy Joe
11 Frankie Laine - Ramblin' Man
12 Guy Mitchell - Hannah Lee (High Are the Gallows)
13 Eddie Fisher - a Fool Was I
14 Les Paul & Mary Ford - Deep in the Blues
15 Lee Lawrence - to Live My Life with You
16 Jimmy Boyd - Little Train A-Chuggin' in My Heart
17 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Bye Bye Baby
18 The Beverley Sisters - Triplets
19 Winifred Atwell and Her "Other" Piano - Let's Have a Party (Medley) Part 2
20 Ray Martin & His Concert Orchestra - Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
21 Joan Regan - Merry-Go-Rounds and Swings
22 David Whitfield - Mardi Gras
23 Eddie Calvert - Mystery Street
24 Billy Cotton and His Band - the Queen's Highway
25 Guy Mitchell - Sippin' Soda
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. This 3-CD set is the companion product to our existing 1953 British Hit Parade (ACTRCD 9000) and features the B sides of the tracks on that collection, excluding the ones which appeared on the original collection as Double A-side hits. In this pre-rock 'n' roll era, B sides tended not be afterthoughts dashed off at the end of a session, and were generally afforded exactly the same time and treatment as the A sides, with full orchestral arrangements and productions, so these are high quality recordings, featuring some of the illustrious names from what was often called the golden age of popular music. As ever, it's an eclectic snapshot of an ignored but fascinating aspect of the pop business, including in-depth 10-000+ word booklet with background notes on every record