Description
DESCRIPTION
A consistent feature of the pop charts during the early 1950s was the popularity of vocal groups, ideally suited to the easy-going style of the time, and providing a ready vehicle for the songs regularly emerging from the Tin Pan Alley production line. One of the most popular of the vocal quartets of that time were The Four Aces, a group of ex-US Navy personnel from Philadelphia, who scored a million-selling hit with their first record, released on their lead singer Al Alberts' own label because they couldn't get a deal. Signed to Decca, they racked up around fifty hits over the next decade in the Billboard, Cash Box and UK charts - they achieved significant success in the UK charts, with several Top 10 hits - before rock 'n' roll and it's aftermath overtook them and the group broke up not long after Al Alberts left in the late '50s. This great-value 52-track 2-CD set comprises all of those hits, plus a few bonus A sides which were popular airplay records. It naturally includes all of their landmark No. 1 hits "It's No Sin", "Stranger in Paradise", "Three Coins in the Fountain", "Mister Sandman", "Melody Of Love" and "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing", and many other memorable classics. It's a thorough overview of their chart career, capturing both the essence of their distinctive appeal and the nostalgic musical zeitgeist of the era
(It's No) Sin (Victoria 101) 1951
Tell Me Why (Decca 27860, Brunswick 04883) 1951
A Garden in the Rain (Decca 27860, Brunswick 04883) 1952
Perfidia (Decca 27987) 1952
Two Little Kisses (Flash 103) 1952
My Hero (Decca 28073, Brunswick 04993) 1952
I'm Yours (Decca 28162, Brunswick 04949) 1952
Should I (Decca 28323) 1952
Heart and Soul (Decca 28390, Brunswick 04993) 1952
Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Decca 28390) 1952
Ti-Pi-Tin (Decca 28392) 1952
La Rosita (Decca 28393) 1952
I'll Never Smile Again (Decca 28391) 1952
You Fooled Me (Decca 28560) 1952
Organ Grinder's Swing (Decca 28691) 1953
Honey in the Horn (Decca 28691) 1953
False Love (Decca 28744) 1953
Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) (Decca 28843) 1953
Stranger in Paradise (Decca 28927, Brunswick 05418) 1953
The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart (Decca 28927) 1953
Amor (The Four Aces) (Decca 29036) 1954
So Long (The Four Aces) (Decca 29036) 1954
Three Coins in the Fountain (Decca 29123, Brunswick 05308) 1954
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine) (Decca 29123) 1954
Dream (Decca 29217) 1954
It Shall Come to Pass (Decca 29217) 1954
It's a Woman's World (Decca 29269, Brunswick 05348) 1954
Mister Sandman (Decca 29344, Brunswick 05355) 1954
I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time (Decca 29344) 1954
Melody of Love (Decca 29395, Brunswick 05379) 1954
There's a Tavern in the Town (Decca 29395, Brunswick 05379) 1954
There Goes My Heart (Decca 29435) 1955
Heart (Decca 29476) 1955
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Decca 29625, Brunswick 05480) 1955
Shine on Harvest Moon (Decca 29625) 1955
A Woman in Love (Decca 29725, Brunswick 05589) 1955
Of This I'm Sure (Decca 29725) 1955
If You Can Dream (Decca 29809) 1956
The Gal with the Yaller Shoes (Decca 29809) 1956
To Love Again (Decca 29889) 1956
Dreamer (Decca 29989) 1956
I Only Know I Love You ('Na Voce 'Na Chitarra E's Poco 'E Luna) (Decca 29989) 1956
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) (Decca 30041, Brunswick 05623) 1956
You Can't Run Away from It (Decca 30041) 1956
Someone to Love (Seul Un Homme Peut Faire Ca) (Decca 30123) 1956
Written on the Wind (Decca 30123) 1956
Bahama Mama (Decca 30242) 1957
You're Mine (Decca 30242) 1957
Rock and Roll Rhapsody (Decca 30575) 1958
Roses of Rio (Decca 30721) 1958
The World Outside (The Four Aces) (Decca 30764, Brunswick 05773) 1958
No Other Arms, No Other Lips (The Four Aces) (Decca 30822) 1959
