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Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America, Vol. 1, The Early Years, And Vol. 2, The Middle Years
: :When Stan Freberg released The United States of America in 1961, it was one of the first comedy concept albums ... and perhaps the funniest musical comedy never performed onstage. With a cast that included Jesse White and June Foray (as well as a dead-on Orson Welles impression by voice-over master Paul Frees), Freberg presented a madcap version of history that began with Christopher Columbus's insistence that 'It's a Round, Round World.' His crew, however, was unconvinced: Crazy kind of scheme It's a cockamamie dream If we don't sight land we're gonna scream. ...
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Her Life In Music: 1940-1966 (3CD)
:Album Description:60 classics on 3 CDs! originally released to coincide with her 80th birthday (she was born April 3rd, 1924). She was one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1950s and especially the 1960s. The Doris Day Show was a television success from 1968 to 1973. Because she has been in retirement and out of the public eye for the past two decades, many people forget that Doris Day was an altogether wonderful singer for such pop hits as `Secret Love' and her Oscar-winning `Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)', which ...
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The Best of James Bond 30th Anniversary
: :Released in 1992 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of Dr. No, this two-disc set still stands as the ultimate Bond music collection. Disc one includes all of the hit songs from the Bond films, including Shirley Bassey's 'Goldfinger,' Tom Jones's 'Thunderball,' Paul McCartney & Wings' 'Live & Let Die' and Sheena Easton's 'For Your Eyes Only.' Disc two includes Louis Armstrong's lovely 'We Have All the Time in the World,' as well as a nice collection of rarities (Anthony Newley's demo of 'Goldfinger'), lesser-known orchestral cuts from Goldfinger and Thunderball, ...
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The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters
: :This five-disc set was the first release in BMG's effort to present Elvis's recorded legacy in a manner befitting the most important musical artist of his time. The strategy was simple--showcase, in chronological order, remastered versions of the King's 1950s output, from his sessions with Sam Phillips at Sun Studios (where they arguably invented the very notion of rock & roll) through his 1958 Army induction. Not everything Elvis recorded in the '50s was great (just as not everything he recorded in Hollywood was rotten), but there are dozens of tracks here that, ...
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The Doo Wop Box
: :Born on street corners, doo wop came to symbolize a lush vision of idyllic teen romance. This comprehensive survey of doo wop music contains 101 vocal group gems and spans three decades. Among the classic sides are \''Sh-Boom,\'' \''Earth Angel,\'' \''Come Go With Me,\'' \''16 Candles,\'' \''Stay\'' and \''Why Do Fools Fall in Love?\''No Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: DOO WOP BOXTitle: DOO WOP BOXStreet Release Date: 05/17/1994DomesticGenre: OLDIES COLLECTIONS :The unwritten rules for doo-wop groups were deceptively simple: name your group after a bird (the Wrens, the Flamingos) or a car ...
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75 Chansons
: :Born on street corners, doo wop came to symbolize a lush vision of idyllic teen romance. This comprehensive survey of doo wop music contains 101 vocal group gems and spans three decades. Among the classic sides are \''Sh-Boom,\'' \''Earth Angel,\'' \''Come Go With Me,\'' \''16 Candles,\'' \''Stay\'' and \''Why Do Fools Fall in Love?\''No Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: DOO WOP BOXTitle: DOO WOP BOXStreet Release Date: 05/17/1994DomesticGenre: OLDIES COLLECTIONS :The unwritten rules for doo-wop groups were deceptively simple: name your group after a bird (the Wrens, the Flamingos) or a car ...
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The Reprise Collection
: :The pundits claim that Ol' Blue Eyes did his best work with Columbia in the '50s, but there's more great '60s and '70s stuff here than you can shake a stick at. After all, Sinatra wouldn't start his own label only to sing schlock. This four-CD set was released to celebrate The Chairman's 75th birthday and it traces the mellowing of that tremendous voice like the aging of a fine wine. It also adds eight unreleased tracks to a staggering song list highlighted by biggies like 'New York, New York,' 'My Way,' 'The ...
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Hairspray (2-Disc Collector's Edition Soundtrack)
from: New Line Records / Sunset Strategic Marketing (SSM)
: :What fun! This soundtrack of the film adaptation of the Broadway musical overflows with glossy, ol' fashioned '60s-style pep. It won't win any awards for innovation, but it may well be one of the most feel-good releases of the year. While not quite as super-energetic as the original Broadway cast, the new crew ain't too shabby: Nikki Blonsky delivers as Tracy Turnblad and Zac Efron (High School Musical) makes for a devoted boyfriend, and the supporting cast gleefully embraces the show's silly-but-generous spirit. John Travolta (who gets to utter the particularly ironic ...
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The Ultimate Collection
:Album Details:2006 Issued Digitally Remastered Anthology of Recordings from the Three-time Grammy Award Winner, Whose International Success Spans Four Decades. She Has Has Performed for the Queen, Five United States Presidents, Wartime Soldiers in Vietnam and Sold-out Audiences around the World. She Has Worked in Radio, Television, Film and Theatre. This Box Set Highlights the Very Best of her Singing Talents. Carr Herself Helped Compile the Set and it Includes Some Very Rare Recordings, Previously Unreleased Songs as Well as her Hits, Foreign Language Songs and Some Classic Standards.
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Bing! His Legendary Years, 1931 to 1957
: :Bing Crosby was a laidback swinger, and this four-CD box spends a fair amount of its time reminding us of an era when the emphasis was as much on the swing as on the lazy-lidded attitude. Never as angst-ridden as Sinatra could be, and consequently not as multilayered, Crosby is nonetheless not a singer to be missed. The quarter century surveyed here includes cultural touchstones ('White Christmas,' 'Don't Fence Me In') and obscurities. All deserve to be heard by fans of the American song book and stylish performances. --Rickey Wright
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