Description
DESCRIPTION
James Darren was an actor who got his first movie contract with Columbia when he was twenty years old in 1956, appearing in several films and TV series until making his first record in 1958, and scoring his first hit early in 1959 when he sang the title song of the surf movie "Gidget", in which he starred with Sandra Dee - for the first couple of years he was called Jimmy Darren on his record labels. His screen and recording careers then went hand in hand, until in 1961 he had the biggest hit of his career with the US No. 3 "Goodbye Cruel World", following it up with the No. 6 "Her Royal Majesty" and "Conscience" a No. 11. This excellent-value 57-track 2-CD set comprises all his US A & B sides on the Colpix label during these years along with all the tracks from his albums "James Darren No. 1", "Sings the Movies", "Love Among the Young" and "Sings for All Sizes" not otherwise released on singles. It naturally includes all the big hits mentioned above along with all his other chart entries from this era. It's a comprehensive collection that brings together all his outings on record during the first five years of his recording career which established him as a top-class performer, and it's a substantial showcase for that talent.
Mighty Pretty Territory
There's No Such Thing
Gidget
You
Angel Face
I Don't Wanna Lose Ya
I Ain't Sharin Sharon
Love Among the Young
Teenage Tears
Let There Be Love
You Are My Dream
Your Smile
Because They're Young
Tears in My Eyes
Traveling Down a Lonely Road
P S I Love You
All the Young Men
How Sweet You Are
Come on My Love
Man About Town
Goodbye My Lady Love
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Gotta Have Love
Fool's Paradise
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Wild About That Girl
Hand in Hand
Goodbye Cruel World
Valerie
Her Royal Majesty
If I Could Only Tell You
Conscience
Dream Big
Mary's Little Lamb
The Life of the Party
Hail to the Conquering Hero
Too Young to Go Steady
Hear What I Wanna Hear
I'll Be Loving You
Let's Fall in Love
Sophisticated Lady
The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
Sweet Lorraine
Emaline
Does Your Heart Beat for Me?
Not Mine
Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Hello Young Lovers
Too Young
You Make Me Feel So Young
Only the Very Young
Young at Heart
While We're Young
Too Young to Be True
Young World
Blame It on My Youth
Young and Warm and Wonderful
