The Four Aces - Hits Collection: 1951-59 (CD)

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

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. (It's No) Sin (Victoria 101) 1951
2. Tell Me Why (Decca 27860, Brunswick 04883) 1951
3. A Garden in the Rain (Decca 27860, Brunswick 04883) 1952
4. Perfidia (Decca 27987) 1952
5. Two Little Kisses (Flash 103) 1952
6. My Hero (Decca 28073, Brunswick 04993) 1952
7. I'm Yours (Decca 28162, Brunswick 04949) 1952
8. Should I (Decca 28323) 1952
9. Heart and Soul (Decca 28390, Brunswick 04993) 1952
10. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Decca 28390) 1952
11. Ti-Pi-Tin (Decca 28392) 1952
12. La Rosita (Decca 28393) 1952
13. I'll Never Smile Again (Decca 28391) 1952
14. You Fooled Me (Decca 28560) 1952
15. Organ Grinder's Swing (Decca 28691) 1953
16. Honey in the Horn (Decca 28691) 1953
17. False Love (Decca 28744) 1953
18. Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) (Decca 28843) 1953
19. Stranger in Paradise (Decca 28927, Brunswick 05418) 1953
20. The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart (Decca 28927) 1953
21. Amor (The Four Aces) (Decca 29036) 1954
22. So Long (The Four Aces) (Decca 29036) 1954
23. Three Coins in the Fountain (Decca 29123, Brunswick 05308) 1954
24. Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine) (Decca 29123) 1954
25. Dream (Decca 29217) 1954
26. It Shall Come to Pass (Decca 29217) 1954
27. It's a Woman's World (Decca 29269, Brunswick 05348) 1954

Disc: 2

1. Mister Sandman (Decca 29344, Brunswick 05355) 1954
2. I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time (Decca 29344) 1954
3. Melody of Love (Decca 29395, Brunswick 05379) 1954
4. There's a Tavern in the Town (Decca 29395, Brunswick 05379) 1954
5. There Goes My Heart (Decca 29435) 1955
6. Heart (Decca 29476) 1955
7. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Decca 29625, Brunswick 05480) 1955
8. Shine on Harvest Moon (Decca 29625) 1955
9. A Woman in Love (Decca 29725, Brunswick 05589) 1955
10. Of This I'm Sure (Decca 29725) 1955
11. If You Can Dream (Decca 29809) 1956
12. The Gal with the Yaller Shoes (Decca 29809) 1956
13. To Love Again (Decca 29889) 1956
14. Dreamer (Decca 29989) 1956
15. I Only Know I Love You ('Na Voce 'Na Chitarra E's Poco 'E Luna) (Decca 29989) 1956
16. Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) (Decca 30041, Brunswick 05623) 1956
17. You Can't Run Away from It (Decca 30041) 1956
18. Someone to Love (Seul Un Homme Peut Faire Ca) (Decca 30123) 1956
19. Written on the Wind (Decca 30123) 1956
20. Bahama Mama (Decca 30242) 1957
21. You're Mine (Decca 30242) 1957
22. Rock and Roll Rhapsody (Decca 30575) 1958
23. Roses of Rio (Decca 30721) 1958
24. The World Outside (The Four Aces) (Decca 30764, Brunswick 05773) 1958
25. No Other Arms, No Other Lips (The Four Aces) (Decca 30822) 1959