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Americas Greatest Hits 1948
America's Greatest Hits 1948 / Various
Americas Greatest Hits 1948
America's Greatest Hits 1948 / Various
We complete our popular and successful series devoted to the biggest chart records of each calendar year in the early chart era as we focus on 1948, the eighth full calendar year of the Billboard Best Sellers chart which was launched in July 1940. Acrobat now boasts a complete series of these collections from 1940 through to 1962. This great value 103-track 4-CD set comprises just about every record which peaked in the Top 15 of the Billboard Best Sellers chart or in the Top 15 of the Cash Box chart during the year. For reasons of space, it excludes those records were still in the chart at the start of the year, but which peaked in the Top 10 in 1947, and so are included in our existing 1947 collection. It was a big year for solo vocalists, who were starting to dominate as the big swing bands declined in the era of post-war austerity and the burgeoning medium of television offered new promotional opportunities, although the "sweet" orchestras with their featured singers continued to hold sway, and the year had it's customary smattering of novelty songs, often in jazzy R&B or country styles. Eight different records made No. 1 in the Best Sellers, with some having lengthy chart runs. As usual, there were also quite a number of highly collectable records by some artists we don't hear too much about these days. It makes for an intriguing and very entertaining musical snapshot of the music scene during a period of creative transition as the world finally settled down after the turbulent years of conflict. It includes a 15,000+ word booklet with a commentary on every record as well as full discographical and chart information.
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 4 |
Released | January 7, 2022 |
EAN/UPC | 0824046716127 |
Label | ACROBAT ACQCD7161 |
Genre | Rock |
Dimensions | 125 × 142 × 24 mm · 432 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- I'll Dance at Your Wedding - Ray Noble & His Orch. with Budd
- Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) - Jack Smith with the Cla
- Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
- How Soon - Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
- Ballerina - Buddy Clark
- Papa, Won't You Dance with Me? - Doris Day
- How Soon - Vaughn Monroe & His Orch.
- Pass That Peace Pipe - Margaret Whiting
- Ballerina - Bing Crosby
- Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig & His Orch.
- A Fellow Needs a Girl - Frank Sinatra
- I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover - Art Mooney and His Orc
- Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
- Manana - Peggy Lee
- I'm My Own Grandpaw - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
- Two Loves Have I (J'ai Deux Amours) - Buddy Clark & Ray Nobl
- Now is the Hour - Gracie Fields
- (I'm A-comin' A-courtin') Corabelle - Frankie Carle Orch.
- (The Treasure Of) Sierra Madre - Ray Noble & His Orch. with
- Your Red Wagon - Ray Mckinley & Orch.
- Beg Your Pardon - Frankie Carle & His Orch.
- Now is the Hour - Eddy Howard & His Orch.
- In a Little Book Shop - Dinah Shore
- I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover - Russ Morgan & His Orch
- I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover - Uptown String Band
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2. CD
- Slap 'er Down Again, Paw - Arthur Godfrey & the Too Fat Trio
- Now is the Hour - Margaret Whiting
- Pianissimo - Perry Como
- I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover - the Three Suns & Artie
- Beg Your Pardon - Larry Green & His Orch.
- Because - Perry Como
- But Beautiful - Frank Sinatra
- Thoughtless - Vic Damone
- Shine - Frankie Laine
- The Thousand Islands Song - Arthur Godfrey & the Too Fat Tri
- Baby Face - Art Mooney and His Orch.
- Sabre Dance - Woody Herman & His Orch.
- Sabre Dance Boogie - Freddy Martin & His Orch.
- You Can't Be True, Dear - Ken Griffin with Jerry Wayne
- Little White Lies - Dick Haymes
- Haunted Heart - Perry Como
- St. Louis Blues March - Tex Beneke & His Orch.
- Nature Boy - Nat King Cole
- Matinee - Vaughn Monroe & His Orch.
- Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) - Andrews Sisters
- Laroo Laroo Lili Bolero - Peggy Lee
- The Dickie Bird Song - Freddy Martin & His Orch.
- Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) - Vaughn Horton & His
- My Happiness - Jon and Sondra Steele
- Tell Me a Story - Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye
- Just Because - Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks
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3. CD
- The Peanut Vendor - Stan Kenton & Hisorch.
- Woody Woodpecker - Kay Kyser & His Orch.
- Love Somebody - Buddy Clark & Doris Day
- You Can't Be True, Dear - Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners
- Deck of Cards - "T". Texas Tyler
- William Tell Overture - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
- You Can't Be True, Dear - the Sportsmen
- My Happiness - Pied Pipers
- A Fella with an Umbrella - Bing Crosby
- Heartbreaker - Andrews Sisters
- You Call Everybody Darlin' - Al Trace & His New Orch., Vocal
- Twelfth Street Rag - Pee Wee Hunt
- My Happiness - Ella Fitzgerald with the Song Spinners
- You Can't Be True, Dear - Ken Griffin at the Organ
- Tea Leaves - Jack Smith & the Clark Sisters
- Woody Woodpecker - the Sportsmen & Mel Blanc
- Better Luck Next Time - Perry Como
- Confess - Doris Day & Buddy Clark
- Maybe You'll Be There - Gordon Jenkins & His Orch.charles La
- The Majarajah of Magador - Vaughn Monroe & His Orch.
- Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon - Nat King Cole Trio
- A Tree in the Meadow - Margaret Whiting
- Rambling Rose - Perry Como
- Underneath the Arches - Primo Scala's Banjo & Accordion Orch
- Bluebird of Happiness - Art Mooney and His Orch.
- It's Magic - Dick Haymes
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4. CD
- You Call Everybody Darlin' - Anne Vincent
- Cool Water - Vaughn Monroe & His Orch.
- You Call Everybody Darlin' - Jack Smith with the Clark Siste
- Until - Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
- It's Magic - Tony Martin
- You Came a Long Way (From St. Louis) - Ray Mckinley & Some O
- Underneath the Arches - Andrews Sisters
- Every Day I Love You - Dick Haymes
- Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore & Her Happy Valley Boys
- Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue - Gordon Macrae
- Lillette - Vic Damone
- You Were Only Fooling - the Blue Barron Orch.
- Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart - Jo Stafford & Gordo
- That Certain Party - Benny Strong & His Orch.
- On a Slow Boat to China - Kay Kyser Orch.
- Buttons and Bows - the Dinning Sisters
- Cuanto La Gusta - Carmen Miranda & the Andrews Sisters
- Life Gits Tee-jus Don't It - Carson Robison & Pleasant Valle
- On a Slow Boat to China - Freddy Martin & His Orch.
- My Darling, My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon Macrae
- On a Slow Boat to China - Benny Goodman Orch.
- On a Slow Boat to China - Eddy Howard & His Orch.
- My Darling, My Darling - Doris Day & Buiddy Clark
- All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones
- A Little Bird Told Me - Paula Watson
- Down Among the Sheltering Palms - Swing & Sway with Sammy Ka
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