Tommy Edwards - Singles Collection 1951-62 (CD)

Tommy Edwards was a sophisticated R&B vocalist, best-known for his landmark US and UK No. 1 "It's All In The Game", but who also had many other pop and R&B hits, and released many singles which showcased the sophisticated ballad style which characterised much of his work, although he was a versatile artist, releasing a country-flavoured album before Ray Charles began interpreting the genre. He first achieved success as a songwriter, co-writing the big 1946 Louis Jordan hit "That Chick's Too Young To Fry", but he eventually got his first recording contract in 1949. This great value focuses on his singles releases for MGM during the period when he achieved all his chart successes, naturally featuring all his nineteen pop and R&B hits, and selecting A and B sides from across his output during that time to provide what we hope is an entertaining and representative cross-section of his work and a worthy showcase for his extraordinary voice and his unique way with a song. Tommy died tragically young in 1969, so this collection certainly comprises his main career highlights. We have, by way of fascinating comparison, included both versions of "It's All In The Game" with which he made the charts in 1951 and 1958, and done the same with his two versions of "Please Mr. Sun", hits in 1952 and 1959, and "Morning Side Of The Mountain", a hit in 1951 and 1959.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Once There Lived a Fool
2. A Friend of Johnny's
3. The Morning Side of the Mountain
4. Christmas Is for Children
5. It's All in the Game
6. All Over Again
7. Please, Mr. Sun
8. Forgive Me
9. My Girl
10. You Win Again
11. Sinner and Saint
12. Now and Then, There's a Fool Such As I
13. Take These Chains from My Heart
14. Baby, Baby, Baby
15. So Little Time
16. It's Christmas Once Again
17. Secret Love
18. That's All
19. Wall of Ice
20. Linger in My Arms
21. If You Would Love Me Again
22. You Walk By
23. I Have That Kind of Heart
24. Welcome to My Heart
25. Teardrop on a Rose

Disc: 2

1. Baby, Let Me Take You Dreaming
2. My Sweetheart
3. Love Is a Child
4. My Ship
5. We're Not Children Anymore
6. It's All in the Game 1958 Version
7. Please Love Me Forever
8. Love Is All We Need
9. Mr. Music Man
10. Please, Mr. Sun 1959 Version
11. The Morning Side of the Mountain 1959 Version
12. My Melancholy Baby
13. It's Only the Good Times
14. I've Been There
15. I Looked at Heaven
16. New in the Ways of Love
17. Honestly and Truly
18. Don't Fence Me in
19. I'm Building Castles Again
20. I Really Don't Want to Know
21. It's Not the End of Everything
22. Blue Heartaches
23. Vaya Con Dios
24. The Golden Chain
25. That's the Way with Love
26. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
27. Tables Are Turning