We continue our highly popular and successful America's Greatest Hits series as we work back through the 1950s, this time with an expanded 4-CD set edition to sit alongside the existing single CD 1952 edition (ACRCD180) originally released in 2006 before we introduced the 4-CD format in recent years. This great-value 105-track collection comprises every record which charted in the Top 15 of the Billboard Best Sellers and Cash Box chart, or in the Top 10 of Billboard's Most Played by Jockeys, Most Played in Jukeboxes Charts or Honor Roll of Hits during 1952 (it omits certain records which peaked in 1953 and which have already appeared in our America's Greatest Hits 1953 collection and some which were big hits in 1951, and had already peaked, so will appear in that collection). As with all these collections it features all the biggest hits of the year and all the biggest names in American pop of that era, so very much captures the spirit of the times, but also includes a number of lesser known records which are not heard very often and which have not been readily available on CD. As always, it includes a substantial 12,000-word booklet with a commentary on every track, and it's a must for collectors of our chart-based anthologies.
4 I Should Care - Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
5 You Belong to Me - Dean Martin
6 High Noon - Tex Ritter
7 Lady of Spain - Eddie Fisher
8 Glow Worm - the Mills Brothers
9 Come A-Long A-Love - Kay Starr
10 It's in the Book (Parts 1 & 2) - Johnny Standley
11 Outside of Heaven - Eddie Fisher
12 Takes Two to Tango - Pearl Bailey
13 Yours - Vera Lynn
14 Why Don't You Believe in Me - Joni James
15 Lady of Spain - Les Paul and Mary Ford
16 My Favourite Song - Georgia Gibbs
17 I - Don Cornell
18 Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
19 Heart and Soul - the Four Aces
20 Why Don't You Believe Me - Patti Page
21 Blues in Advance - Dinah Shore
22 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd
23 Twas the Night Before Christmas - Rosemary Clooney & Gene Autry
24 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
25 Oh Happy Days - Don Howard
26 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Spike Jones
We continue our highly popular and successful America's Greatest Hits series as we work back through the 1950s, this time with an expanded 4-CD set edition to sit alongside the existing single CD 1952 edition (ACRCD180) originally released in 2006 before we introduced the 4-CD format in recent years. This great-value 105-track collection comprises every record which charted in the Top 15 of the Billboard Best Sellers and Cash Box chart, or in the Top 10 of Billboard's Most Played by Jockeys, Most Played in Jukeboxes Charts or Honor Roll of Hits during 1952 (it omits certain records which peaked in 1953 and which have already appeared in our America's Greatest Hits 1953 collection and some which were big hits in 1951, and had already peaked, so will appear in that collection). As with all these collections it features all the biggest hits of the year and all the biggest names in American pop of that era, so very much captures the spirit of the times, but also includes a number of lesser known records which are not heard very often and which have not been readily available on CD. As always, it includes a substantial 12,000-word booklet with a commentary on every track, and it's a must for collectors of our chart-based anthologies.