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Americas Greatest Hits 1940 - The First Chart Year

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Americas Greatest Hits 1940 - The First Chart Year

Acrobat's highly popular "America's Greatest Hits" series has so far focused on the 1950s and '60s, but there is a clear demand for collections which address earlier years, and so this collection starts at the very beginning of the 1940s with what was the very first year of the record sales charts. In July 1940, Billboard began to publish the "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" Top 10 on a weekly basis, and this collection comprises every record which appeared in that chart from July through to December of 1940. Inevitably, it includes records by a number of the top swing orchestras of the day including Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and Charlie Barnet, along with their featured singers, notably Frank Sinatra's early hits with Tommy Dorsey, as well as hits by top vocalists like Bing Crosby, Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald. Alongside those are doowop records by Ink Spots, and some fine boogie-woogie hits as well, and the 47 titles featured make up a great-value 2-CD set which provide an entertaining snapshot of the dawn of the chart era. Once again, there are detailed background notes on every record in a 5,000 word bookle

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 2
Released January 15, 2016
EAN/UPC 0824046315320
Label ACROBAT ADDCD3153
Genre Jazz
Dimensions 125 × 141 × 10 mm   ·   99 g

Track list

  1. 1.   CD  

    1. I'll Never Smile Again Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank S
    2. The Breeze and I Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberl
    3. Imagination Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle (B
    4. Playmates Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Sully Mason & His
    5. Fools Rush in Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle
    6. Where Was I? Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra with Mary Ann MC
    7. Pennsylvania 6-5000 Glenn Miller & His Orch. (Bluebird 10754
    8. Imagination Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank Sinatra (Vic
    9. Sierra Sue Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & His Orch. (
    10. Make-believe Island Mitchell Ayres & His Fashions in Music W
    11. The Nearness of You Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eb
    12. When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano Ink Spots (Decca
    13. Make-believe Island Jan Savitt & His Orch. with Bon Bon (Dec
    14. Frenesi Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (Victor 26542)
    15. I'm Nobody's Baby Judy Garland (Decca 3174)
    16. Blueberry Hill Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle
    17. Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestr
    18. God Bless America Kate Smith (Victor 26198)
    19. When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano Glenn Miller & His
    20. Maybe Ink Spots (Decca 3258)
    21. Dolimite Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra (Bluebird 10812)
    22. Trade Winds Bing Crosby with Dick Mcintyre and His Harmony H
    23. Trade Winds Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank Sinatra (Vic
    24. Only Forever Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & His Orch.

  2. 2.   CD  

    1. Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) Pt. 1 Will Bradley & His or
    2. Crosstown Glenn Miller & His Orch. with Jack Lathrop (Blueb
    3. Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees) Ink Spots (Decca 325
    4. Practice Makes Perfect Bob Chester & His Orchestra with Al S
    5. We Three Ink Spots (Decca 3379)
    6. Only Forever Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Allan Storr (Vic
    7. Pompton Turnpike Charlie Barnet & His Orch. (Bluebird 10825)
    8. Ferry-boat Serenade Kay Kyser & His Orch. with Ginny, Harry,
    9. Our Love Affair Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank Sinatra
    10. Our Love Affair Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle
    11. The Call of the Canyon Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray
    12. Down Argentina Way Leo Reisman & His Orch. with Sara Horn (V
    13. We Three Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank Sinatra (Victor
    14. A Handful of Stars Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Ebe
    15. Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat Will Bradley & His Orchestr
    16. Ferry-boat Serenade (La Piccinina) Andrews Sisters with Vic
    17. Down Argentina Way Bob Crosby & His Orch. with Bonnie King
    18. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Glenn Miller & His Orc
    19. Down the Road a Piece Will Bradley Trio with Ray Mckinley (C
    20. There I Go Vaughn Monroe & His Orch. (Bluebird 10848)
    21. There I Go Will Bradley & His Orchestra Feat. Ray Mckinley
    22. Star Dust Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank Sinatra & the
    23. Five O'clock Whistle Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra