This new 15-CD collection, 50 Years Of Pop, brings together over 250 different recordings from the '40s through to the '80s, appealing to all age...... more
This new 15-CD collection, 50 Years Of
Pop, brings together over 250 different recordings from the '40s through to the '80s, appealing to all age groups. Featuring over 100 number 1 hits (both in the USA & in Britain), 50 Years Of
Pop covers half a century of popular music, from the crooners and big bands of the Forties, through the arrival of rock and roll and the birth of the modern
pop music era. This collection traces the development of popular music as performed by such legendary names as Frank Sinatra & Tom Jones. CD 1 - features many million-selling recordings of the 1940s, by such legendary names as Bing Crosby, CD 2 - includes such million-selling recordings as Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock & The Platters' Only You CD 3 - kicks of with Al Hibbler's original version of Unchained Melody and Nat King Cole's Answer Me. CD 4 - Million-selling classics here include Billy J Kramer's Do You Want To Know A Secret? CD 5 - includes classic '60s hits by Pat Boone & Van Morrison CD 6 - continues the 'Swinging '60s' mood with hits by Helen Shapiro & Peter Sarstedt. They all made No.1 in the British
pop charts. CD 7 - features, from the '70s, Barry Blue (Dancing On A Saturday Night) CD 8 - features number 1 hits by Mud, Chicory Tip & Christie CD 9 - Smash hits of the decade by Brotherhood Of Man (Figaro and Angelo) & Tom Jones (Daughter Of Darkness) CD 10 - includes Top 10 hits by Tina Charles & The Rubettes CD 11 - moves into the 80s with smash hits by Kool & The Gang (Get Down On It) & Heaven 17(Come Live With Me) CD 12 - includes Paul Anka's (I've Been Waiting All My Life) & John Lennon's (Starting Over). CD 13 - Tom Jones & Dusty Springfield kick-start the musical proceedings with an electrifying version of Diana Ross' Upside Down CD 14 - showcases more '80s Top 10 hits including Heaven 17's Temptation CD 15 - rounds off the collection with dance-floor fillers by Gloria Gaynor & Imagination
... less