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Title: The Crooners Rock! (2CD)

Label: Acrobat

Cat No:ADDCD3068
Format:CD

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Discovery Records
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50 Singers Of The Pre-Rock Era Try Their Hand At Rock 'n' Roll. In the early ‘50s, pop music was ruled by clean-cut singers making records for the whole family - romantic ballads, novelty songs, or hits from a musical. The fall of the big band era had made the singers the star, and the crooners ruled. Rock ‘n’ roll changed all that. The record industry was about survival of the fittest; the companies and their artists had to adapt or die, whatever they thought of the music. Hits were everything, and these fifty tracks show how the vocalists of the old guard on both sides of the Atlantic tried to get them by keeping up with the new craze. Some of the outings were enthusiastic but distinctly ill-advised and cringe-making; others proved that the crooners could rock, even if they didn’t really want to. Generally, neither their fans, nor the rock ‘n’ rollers, wanted to hear them do it, which meant that a high proportion of these tracks failed to chart, and were consigned to that highly collectable archive of rock ‘n’ roll curios, and are in many cases making their first outing on CD here. It’s a fascinating and entertaining insight into a strand of pop in one of music’s most exciting eras.

Track Listing for The Crooners Rock! (2CD)

CD1

Two HeartsTwo Kisses Frank Sinatra

Just Kiss Me Dean Martin

Jacques d’Iraque Sammy Davis Jr.

Close Your Eyes Tony Bennett

Kewpie Doll Perry Como

Rock and Roll Express Vaughn Monroe

Send For Me Nat King Cole

Tennessee Rock ‘n’ Roll Billy Eckstine

Ko Ko MoLouis Armstrong and Gary Crosby

Bull Moose Bobby Darin

Butterfly Andy Williams

Teenage Meeting Don Cornell

The Only Man on the Island Vic Damone

Rock -a-Billy Guy Mitchell

FlipFlop and Fly Johnnie Ray

Lovin' Up a Storm Frankie Laine

Whad'ja Put in That Kiss? Doris Day

I Got a Sweetie Jo Stafford

Rock and Roll Waltz Kay Starr

BabyBabyWait For Me Peggy Lee

Broken-Hearted Melody Sarah Vaughan

Honolulu Rock a Roll a Eartha Kitt

Just A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl Teresa Brewer

Great Balls of Fire Georgia Gibbs

My First Formal Gown Patti Page

CD2

Have Guitar Will Travel Matt Monro

Rock-a-Chicka Frankie Vaughan

A Teenager In Love Dickie Valentine

Walkin' After Midnight Jimmy Young

Don't Nobody Move Lee Lawrence

Hearts of Stone Tony Brent

Start Movin'Donald Peers

Dungaree Doll Sam Browne

Bye Bye Love Denny Dennis

Oh Boy Paul Rich

I Want You to Be My Baby Pearl Carr

Heartbreak Hotel Frances Day as “Gale Warning”

Ein Bisschen Gluck (It Isn’t Right) Vera Lynn

Seven Days Anne Shelton

Fibbin' Petula Clark

There’s Never Been a Night Shirley Bassey

Precious Love Dorothy Squires

I’m in Love Again Alma Cogan

I Need Somebody Lita Roza

Love Me to Pieces Joan Regan

Rock a Boogie Baby Diana Decker

Everybody's Buddy Billie Anthony

Where in the World is Billy Eve Boswell

I Hear You Knocking Jill Day

Old Enough to Know Beverley Sisters

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