Adam Wade - Collection 1959-62 (CD)

Adam Wade is a singer in the Johnny Mathis mould who enjoyed a string of hits during the first years of the 1960's, and was a flagship artist for the Brill Building-based Coed label. This great-value 53-track collection comprises all the A and B sides of his singles for the Coed label and from 1962 for the Epic label, along with most of the tracks from his three album releases during these years, "And Then Came Adam" and "Adam & Evening" for Coed and "One Is A Lonely Number" for Epic. It features all his fifteen chart entries from this era - the majority of his career hits - including the Top 10 successes "Take Good Care Of Her", "The Writing On The Wall" and "As If I Didn't Know", in the years before he went on to become a high-profile TV presenter and actor. He is an artist whose pop career we do not hear much about these days, but this collection which showcases him performing across the pop spectrum, underlines that he was a versatile and classy vocalist.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Don't Cry My Love
2. Tell Her for Me
3. Ruby
4. Too Far
5. I Can't Help It
6. I Had the Craziest Dream
7. Speaking of Her
8. Black Out the Moon
9. For the Want of Your Love
10. In Pursuit of Happiness
11. Gloria's Theme
12. Dreamy
13. Take Good Care of Her
14. Sleepy Time Gal
15. The Writing on the Wall
16. Point of No Return
17. As If I Didn't Know
18. Playin' Around
19. Tonight I Won't Be There
20. Linda
21. Cold Cold Winter
22. Preview of Paradise
23. How Are Things in Lover's Lane
24. It's Good to Have You Back with Me
25. The Prisoner's Song
26. Them There Eyes
27. For the First Time in My Life

Disc: 2

1. Little Miss Lovely
2. I'm Climbing the Wall
3. They Didn't Believe Me
4. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
5. Here Comes the Pain
6. Tenderly
7. First Love
8. So in Love
9. Fascination
10. Just in Time
11. I'm Wise
12. Around the World
13. We Kiss in a Shadow
14. Canadian Sunset
15. I Have Dreamed
16. I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
17. For You
18. The Party's Over
19. One Is a Lonely Number
20. Love Letters
21. Where Are You
22. Someone Mentioned Your Name
23. C'est la Vie
24. I'll Never Be Free
25. What'll I Do
26. The Key to Love