Billy Vaughn - Billy Vaughn - Singles & EPs Collection 1954-62 (CD)

Billy Vaughn was one of the most successful orchestra leaders, conductors and arrangers in the post-war era, scoring more instrumental successes in the singles charts than any of his contemporaries in that sector of the market during the '50s and '60s. His distinctive sound, featuring his signature saxophone styling, was unmistakable, his chart successes comprising not only his own compositions, but also adaptations of current hits for the middle-of-the-road market. He began his career as a pianist, coming to fame when he formed The Hilltoppers vocal group in 1952 as pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer, and after a number of hits with them jumped ship to become musical director at the group's record label Dot, for whom he arranged hits by many artists such as Pat Boone, Fontane Sisters, Gale Storm, Tab Hunter and Debbie Reynolds. However, he also recorded prolifically under his own name. This great value 96-track 3-CD set comprises the A & B sides of his US and UK singles during the period, plus selected tracks from six of his EPs, so is a comprehensive overview of his output on 45s from the era. It naturally features all the forty and more recordings which made some kind of chart showing, including the Top 10 hits "Melody Of Love", "Shifting, Whispering Sands" "Raunchy" and "Sail Along Silvery Moon", as he flew the flag for a sound which defied the revolution that was changing the face of pop during the mid-'50s Billy Vaughn - Singles & EPs Collection 1954-62

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Melody of Love
2. Joy Ride
3. Silver Moon
4. Baby O'Mine
5. The Waltz You Saved for Me
6. Billy Vaughn's Boogie
7. Shifting, Whispering Sands - Part 1
8. Shifting, Whispering Sands - Part 2
9. Moody Trudy
10. Shifting Whispering Sands
11. I'd Give a Million Tomorrows
12. Calico Cathy
13. Theme from "Three Penny Opera"
14. Little Boy Blue
15. Sleep
16. Till I Waltz Again with You
17. Autumn Concerto
18. Angel Angel
19. The Left Bank
20. Sweetheart Polka
21. When the White Lilacs Bloom Again
22. Spanish Diary
23. Petticoats of Portugal (Rapariga Do Portugal)
24. La la Colette
25. Sweet Leilani
26. Creole Love Call
27. Sugar Blues
28. Pennsylvania Waltz
29. The Ship That Never Sailed
30. Song of the Nairobi Trio
31. Tell My Love
32. Ve'borriquito
33. Johnny Tremain
34. Naughty Annetta
35. Sail Along Silvery Moon
36. Raunchy
37. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
38. Trying
39. Singing Hills
40. Chimes of Arcady
41. La Paloma
42. Here Is My Love
43. Cimarron (Roll on)
44. You're My Baby Doll
45. Blue Hawaii
46. Tico Tico
47. Hawaiian War Chant
48. Trade Winds
49. Your Cheatin' Heart
50. Lights Out
51. All Night Long
52. Blues Stay Away from Me
53. Morgen (One More Sunrise)
54. Wabash Blues
55. Carnival in Paris
56. (It's No) Sin
57. After Hours
58. Chop Sticks
59. You're the Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)
60. Skater's Waltz
61. Beg Your Pardon
62. Look for a Star
63. He'll Have to Go
64. Theme from "The Apartment"
65. The Sundowners
66. Old Cape Cod
67. Wheels
68. Orange Blossom Special
69. Blue Tomorrow
70. Red Wing
71. Down Yonder
72. Berlin Melody
73. Come September
74. Everyone's Twistin' in Mexico
75. Melody in the Night
76. Chapel By the Sea
77. One Love One Heartache
78. Born to Be with You
79. Continental Melody
80. A Swinging Safari
81. Indian Love Call
82. Blue Flame
83. Someone
84. I'm Waitin'
85. Words of Love
86. Halls of Ivy
87. Mexicali Rose
88. Estrellita
89. Fascination
90. Around the World
91. Jealous
92. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
93. Hawaiian Paradise
94. I Love You Truly
95. Theme from a Summer Place
96. Que Sera, Sera ^1.97