The Chordettes - Chordettes Collection 1951-62 (CD)

The Chordettes were one of the female vocal groups who epitomised the style and atmosphere of early '50s popular music but who continued to have pop hits through into the rock 'n' roll era following their landmark No. 1 in 1954 with "Mr. Sandman". Formed in Wisconsin just after WWII, they moved from singing folk music to performing barbershop harmony, and in 1949 made a winning appearance on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts radio show leading to their making a number of records for Columbia, without kickstarting their career in a major way. When Archie Bleyer, the musical director of Talent Scouts, launched the Cadence label in 1953, he signed The Chordettes, and they hit the No. 1 spot with their second record for the label "Mr. Sandman", the first of fifteen chart entries they had through to 1961. This great-value 60-track 2-CD set comprises their early 78s for Columbia along with all of the A and B sides for Cadence through to 1962, by which time their chart career was over, plus selected titles from their various albums on Columbia and Cadence during this era, "Close Harmony", "Sing Your Requests", "Drifting And Dreaming" and "Never On Sunday". It naturally features all their hits, including "Mr. Sandman" and the Top 5 classics "Born To Be With You" and "Lollipop". It's an enjoyable and evocative showcase for their distinctive talent.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Runnin' Wild
2. Alice Blue Gown
3. Love Me and the World Is Mine
4. Lonesome That's All
5. Moonlight on the Ganges
6. Let the Rest of the World Go By
7. World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
8. Love's Old Sweet Song
9. True Love Goes on and on
10. It's You, It's You I Love
11. Mr. Sandman
12. I Don't Wanna See You Cryin'
13. Lonely Lips
14. The Dudelsack Song (Play to Me My Darling)
15. Humming Bird
16. I Told a Lie
17. The Wedding
18. I Don't Know, I Don't Care (Souvenir D'italie)
19. Eddie My Love
20. Whistling Willie (Our Melody)
21. Born to Be with You
22. Love Never Changes
23. Lay Down Your Arms
24. Teenage Goodnight
25. (Fifi's) Walking the Poodle
26. Come Home to My Arms
27. Echo of Love
28. Like a Baby
29. Just Between You and Me

Disc: 2

1. Soft Sands
2. Baby of Mine
3. Photographs
4. Lollipop
5. Baby, Come-A Back-A
6. Zorro
7. Love Is a Two-Way Street
8. No Other Arms, No Other Lips
9. We Should Be Together
10. A Girl's Work Is Never Done
11. No Wheels
12. A Broken Vow
13. All My Sorrows
14. Never on Sunday
15. A Faraway Star
16. The Exodus Song
17. Theme from Goodbye Again (Say No More - It's Goodbye)
18. Around the World
19. Fascination
20. White Rose of Athens
21. Adios (Goodbye My Love)
22. In the Deep Blue Sea
23. (When It's) Darkness in the Delta
24. Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)
25. Oh How I Miss You Tonight
26. Watermelon Weather
27. Drifting and Dreaming
28. Tammy
29. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
30. The Song from Moulin Rouge
31. Theme from a Summer Place