Hits of the Fifties

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Tracklist

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1Music! Music! Music!
recording of:
Music! Music! Music!
writer:
Bernie Baum and Stephan Weiss
Teresa Brewer?:??
2Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
recording of:
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy (Jack Stap didn't actually write "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" but is credited for it.)
writer:
Jack Stapp and Harry Stone (US songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1950-01-11)
Red Foley?:??
3Nola
recording of:
Nola
composer:
Felix Arndt (in 1915)
publisher:
Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co.
Les Paul?:??
4Sam’s Song
recording of:
Sam’s Song
lyricist:
John Elliot (1914-1972 US film songwriter mostly Westerns, aka Jack Ellott)
composer:
Lew Quadling
Gary Crosby & Bing Crosby?:??
5I Wanna Be Loved
recording of:
I Wanna Be Loved
lyricist:
Edward Heyman and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1932)
The Andrews Sisters?:??
6Goodnight Irene
The Weavers?:??
7The Ferry Boat Inn
The Beverley Sisters?:??
8Harbour Lights
Sammy Kaye?:??
9If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake
recording of:
If I Knew You Were Comin’ (I’d’ve Baked a Cake)
writer:
Clem Watts, Al Hoffman and Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
Eileen Barton?:??
10Bewitched
Doris Day?:??
11Rag Mop
recording of:
Rag Mop
writer:
Deacon Anderson (songwriter, vocalist, steel guitarist) and Johnnie Lee Wills
publisher:
Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated)
The Ames Brothers?:??
12No Other Love
recording of:
No Other Love (Chopin adaptation)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1950)
additional composer:
Paul Weston (in 1950)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer)
is based on:
Étude in E major, op. 10 no. 3: Lento ma non troppo
Jo Stafford?:??
13The Cry of the Wild Goose
recording of:
The Cry of the Wild Goose
lyricist and composer:
Terry Gilkyson
Frankie Laine?:??
14A Bushel and a Peck
recording of:
A Bushel and a Peck
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
Perry Como and Betty Hutton?:??
15Daddy’s Little Girl
recording of:
Daddy’s Little Girl
writer:
Horace C. Gerlach and Robert H. Burke
The Mills Brothers?:??
16Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Donald Peers?:??
17Hey Neighbour!
recording of:
Hey Neighbour
composer:
Ross Parker
Flanagan and Allen?:??
18Quicksilver
recording of:
Quicksilver
writer:
Edward Pola, Irving Taylor and George Wyle
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters?:??
19The Thing
recording of:
The Thing
lyricist and composer:
Charles R. Grean
Phil Harris?:??
20The Wedding Samba
recording of:
The Wedding Samba
writer:
Abraham Ellstein (American composer), Joseph Liebowitz and Alan Small
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra?:??
21Valencia
Tony Martin?:??
22Frosty the Snowman
recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man
writer:
Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”) and Walter E. Rollins (songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., 1968‐09‐19–1999‐11‐09), Chappell & Co. (in 1950) and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1950-06-02)
Gene Autry?:??
23The French Can Can Polka
recording of:
The French Can-Can Polka
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
is based on:
Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Scene 2. Galop Infernal (Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop, widely known as “Can-can”)
Billy Cotton & His Band?:??
24Hymne à l'amour
recording of:
Hymne à l’amour
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton
Édith Piaf?:??
25Girls in Grey
recording of:
Girls in Grey (BBC Newsreel theme)
composer:
Charles Williams (UK film music composer & conductor)
Charles Williams and His Concert Orchestra?:??
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