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Rock & Roll - The First 50 Years: The '50s 25 Top 10 Hits by Various Artists (CD - 04/27/2004)
 

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Rock & Roll - The First 50 Years: The '50s 25 Top 10 Hits by Various Artists (CD - 04/27/2004)
"Rock & Roll - The First 50 Years: The '50s 25 Top 10 Hits" (04/27/2004) Oldies Various Artists, Varese Sarabande (USA)Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl. Photographer: Billy Vera. Like numerous compilations on the Varese Sarabande label, this anthology of 1950s rock & roll hits seems geared toward the casual consumer who picks up oldies collections once in a while, not the more serious collector looking for the best overview of a genre or the best volumes for building a comprehensive library of a certain style. If you're not worried about such matters, however, this 26-track scoop of early rock & roll smashes is pretty good, though the three-CD The Golden Era of Rock 'n' Roll 1954-1963 is a much more definitive survey of the most essential early rock & roll hits, if you're inclined to dig deeper. But Rock & Roll - The First 50 Years: The '50s 25 Top 10 Hits certainly has a generous share of inarguable top-ranked classics, starting with Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes," Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," the Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love," Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally," the Coasters' "Yakety Yak," and Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops." There are also some of the greatest songs by early rockers known for only one or two hits: Wilbert Harrison's "Kansas City," Huey "Piano" Smith's "Don't You Just Know It," and Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin." There's also some diversity that goes a little beyond the most celebrated early rock & roll standards, including instrumentals (the Champs' "Tequila," Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk, Pt. 2," Bill Justis' "Raunchy"), teen idols (Freddy Cannon, Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Clanton), quality songs that are more pop than rock (Miss Toni Fisher's "The Big Hurt," Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife," Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues"), and even Boyd Bennett's Bill Haley-like "Seventeen," which was a Top Ten hit in 1955 though it eventually faded from popular memory. As a "bonus" track, there's also Sonny Dae & His Knights' original 1954 version of "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock," which is more boogie-oriented than (and considerably inferior to) the Haley cover that became the first massive rock & roll hit. ~ Richie Unterberger

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Top Hits Of The 50's
 

Top Hits Of The 50's

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"Top Hits of the '50s" (04/10/2001) Easy Listening Various Artists, Sony Music Distribution (USA)Sony Special Products' Top Hits of the 50's contains ten random vocal-pop and traditional pop hits from the '50s. There may not be many rhyme or reason to the selections, but they're all quite entertaining, making this a solid budget-line compilation. Among the featured tracks are Percy Faith's "Theme from a Summer Place," Patti Page's "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window," Doris Day's "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Que Sera)," Mitch Miller's "The Yellow Rose of Texas," Rosemary Clooney's "Hey There" and Tony Bennett's "Stranger in Paradise." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Top Hits Of The 50's
 

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Top Hits Of The 50's
"Top Hits of the '50s" (04/10/2001) Easy Listening Various Artists, Sony Music Distribution (USA)Sony Special Products' Top Hits of the 50's contains ten random vocal-pop and traditional pop hits from the '50s. There may not be many rhyme or reason to the selections, but they're all quite entertaining, making this a solid budget-line compilation. Among the featured tracks are Percy Faith's "Theme from a Summer Place," Patti Page's "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window," Doris Day's "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Que Sera)," Mitch Miller's "The Yellow Rose of Texas," Rosemary Clooney's "Hey There" and Tony Bennett's "Stranger in Paradise." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Top Hits of 1957 by Various Artists (CD - 03/14/2006)
 

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Top Hits of 1957 by Various Artists (CD - 03/14/2006)
"Top Hits of 1957" (03/14/2006) Oldies Various Artists, Collectables RecordsTop Hits of 1957 combines 20 tracks from traditional pop artists, including Doris Day, Frankie Laine, and Perry Como, alongside burgeoning rock & roll stars like Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard. It's not a definitive overview of pop hits of the era, but it's still a nice sampler of original hits, not re-recordings, from 1957. ~ Al Campbell

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Top Hits of 1956 by Various Artists (CD - 03/14/2006)
 

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Top Hits of 1956 by Various Artists (CD - 03/14/2006)
"Top Hits of 1956" (03/14/2006) Oldies Various Artists, Collectables RecordsTop Hits of 1956 contains 20 tracks from traditional pop artists who were big prior to the coming rock & roll outbreak. This collection includes only one certified rock & roll song ("Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins); the remainder includes Tennessee Ernie Ford, Eddie Fisher, Johnnie Ray, and the Kay Starr hit "Rock and Roll Waltz," which was anything but. It's not a definitive overview of pop hits of the era, but it's still a nice sampler of original hits, not re-recordings, from 1956. ~ Al Campbell

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