Pat Boone - 40 Golden Classics (CD)

In the era following the rock 'n' roll explosion and before the British Invasion, Pat Boone was second only to Elvis Presley as the USA's most popular and successful male artist, racking up over 50 hits in the half dozen years following his chart debut in 1955. He was a marvellously versatile singer as well as a successful movie actor, equally at home with rock 'n' roll songs and romantic ballads, his warm and relaxed voice giving him an appeal across the pop spectrum, and it enabled him to score several landmark No. 1s in the US and UK with memorable hits like "I'll Be Home", "Love Letters In The Sand", "April Love", "Speedy Gonzales" and "Moody River", among others. This 40-track 2-CD collection brings together the biggest hits and many of his best-known songs from the era, including all his 28 UK chart entries, with the others all being US hits. It's a comprehensive and hugely enjoyable overview of his UK chart career during the first crucial decade of what has become a distinguished half century in the music business, and in public life, and we are sure it will appeal to a huge number of pop fans and collectors.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I'll Be Home
2. Don't Forbid Me
3. Speedy Gonzales
4. Why Baby Why
5. I Almost Lost My Mind
6. April Love
7. Gee But It's Lonely
8. Ain't That a Shame
9. At My Front Door
10. Remember You're Mine
11. Tutti Frutti
12. Sugar Moon
13. Two Hearts, Two Kisses
14. For a Penny
15. Chains of Love
16. If Dreams Came True
17. Bernadine
18. No Other Arms
19. Moody River
20. Friendly Persuasion

Disc: 2

1. Love Letters in the Sand
2. A Wonderful Time Up There
3. There's a Goldmine in the Sky
4. It's Too Soon to Know
5. Twixt Twelve and Twenty
6. Long Tall Sally
7. I'll Remember Tonight
8. Gee Whittakers!
9. With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair
10. (Welcome) New Lovers
11. I'll See You in My Dreams
12. I'm Waiting Just for You
13. Walking the Floor Over You
14. White Christmas
15. Quando Quando Quando
16. Big Cold Wind
17. Fools Hall of Fame
18. For My Good Fortune
19. The Main Attraction
20. Johnny Will