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Title: Four by Four - Classic Vocal Groups of the 50's (2CD)

Label: Acrobat

Cat No:ADDCD3071
Format:CD

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• Vocal groups have been with us since – well since forever – but the ones of today bear little resemblance to those of yesteryear, and probably the greatest years for groups, when they consisted of competent vocalists who may or may not have provided their own instrumental accompaniment, was during the Fifties.

• A lot of those groups – all of them featured in this set are American - consisted of four guys, usually comprising a tenor, baritone, bass and a lead singer. And when they were looking for a group name, well, they often weren’t that imaginative and a lot of them became some variant of The Four Somethings, and many enjoyed significant chart success on both sides of the Atlantic.

• Compiled by ’50s collector and expert, Ossie Dales, this 2-CD collection comprises 52 tracks, made up of four tracks, or in some cases two tracks, by each of 16 different “Fours”. Some were huge hits and absolute classics – The Four Preps “Big Man”, The Four Aces “Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing”, for example – while others are magnificent obscurities.

• All of them are a celebration of a genre of popular music that was very much of its time, and which largely got run out of town by rock ‘n’ roll (some of them going on to success in the new era, like The Four Seasons). It’s a highly entertaining listen, and it is sure to find an audience amongst the lovers of classic ‘50s pop.

Track Listing for Four by Four - Classic Vocal Groups of the 50's (2CD)
CD1
1. The Four Aces - Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
2. The Four Aces - Three Coins In The Fountain
3. The Four Aces - There Goes My Heart
4. The Four Aces - You’ll Always Be The One (For Me)
5. The Four Coins - The World Outside
6. The Four Coins - My One Sin
7. The Four Coins – Magnolia
8. The Four Coins - Story Untold
9. The Four Coquettes - In This World
10. The Four Coquettes - Sparkle And Shine
11. The Four Esquires - Love Me Forever
12. The Four Esquires - Steam Heat
13. The Four Esquires - The Sphinx Won’t Tell
14. The Four Esquires - Three Things (A Man Must Do)
15. The Four Freshmen – Charmaine
16. The Four Freshmen - Graduation Day
17. The Four Freshmen - Malaya
18. The Four Freshmen - It Never Occurred To Me
19. The Four Guys - Oh How I Love-A You
20. The Four Guys - This Must Be The Place
21. The Four Joes - Sometimes (When I’m Alone)
22. The Four Joes - These Are The Things I Remember
23. The Four Knights - Oh Baby Mine I Get So Lonely
24. The Four Knights - Oh Happy Day
25. The Four Knights - Gratefully Yours
26. The Four Knights – Me

CD2
1. The Four Lads - Moments To Remember
2. The Four Lads - Standing On The Corner
3. The Four Lads - Goona Goona
4. The Four Lads - The Real Thing
5. The Four Lovers - (You’re The) Apple Of My Eye
6. The Four Lovers - The Girl In My Dreams
7. The Four Populaires - Mobile
8. The Four Populaires - Too Pooped To Pop
9. The Four Populaires - I’ll Never Smile Again
10. The Four Populaires - 42 Barrels Of Oil
11. The Four Preps - Twenty Six Miles (Santa Catalina)
12. The Four Preps - Big Man
13. The Four Preps - Kaw-Liga
14. The Four Preps - The Sand And The Sea
15. The Four Tophatters - 45 Men In A Telephone Booth
16. The Four Tophatters - Wild Rosie
17. The Four Tunes - I Understand Just How You Feel
18. The Four Tunes - The Ballad Of James Dean
19. The Four Tunes - Let Me Go Lover
20. The Four Tunes – Sayonara
21. The Four Vagabonds - Comin’ In On A Wing And A Pray’r
22. The Four Vagabonds - Rosie The Riveter
23. The Four Voices - Every Hour Every Day Of My Life
24. The Four Voices - You Know I Do
25. The Four Voices - The Ties That Bind
26. The Four Voices - I’m Dreaming Of Wedding Bells

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