Tommy Sands - Collection 1951-61 (CD)

Tommy Sands was initially a country singer and guitarist who made his first records in the early '50s when he was a young teenager and was "discovered" by Col. Tom Parker, but shot to fame when he appeared in an episode of "Kraft Television Theater" in 1957 as 'The Singin' Idol' performing "Teen-Age Crush" which was his debut No. 2 US hit. His teen idol looks also brought him a screen career, and he married Nancy Sinatra, although his divorce from her in 1965 seemed to stop his career in it's tracks. This great-value 58-track 2-CD set comprises the A and B of his early releases on the Freedom and RCA labels, and his singles for Capitol through to 1961, as well as his duets with Annette Funicello from the Disney movie "The Parent Trap" released on Buena Vista. It features all his ten career chart entries, including the No. 2 "Teen-Age Crush", and the Top 30 hits "Going Steady", "Sing, Boy, Sing" and "The Old Oaken Bucket", his biggest UK hit. It's a comprehensive trawl across the decade which comprised the core of his career as a recording artist.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Love Pains
2. Syrup Soppin' Blues
3. Love Pains
4. Transfer
5. Roses Speak Louder Than Words
6. Spanish Coquita
7. Life Is So Lonesome
8. A Dime and a Dollar
9. Never Let Me Go
10. I Know About the Bees
11. Don't Drop It
12. A Place for Girls Like You
13. Hankerin'
14. Don't You Know I Love You'
15. Something's Bound to Go Wrong
16. Kissin' Ain't No Fun
17. Teen-Age Crush
18. Hep Dee Hootie (Cutie Wootie)
19. My Love Song
20. Ring-A-Ding-Ding
21. Goin' Steady
22. Ring My Phone
23. Let Me Be Loved
24. Fantastically Foolish
25. Man, Like Wow!
26. A Swingin' Romance
27. Sing Boy Sing
28. Crazy 'Cause I Love You
29. Teen-Age Doll

Disc: 2

1. Hawaiian Rock
2. After the Senior Prom
3. Big Date
4. Blue Ribbon Baby
5. I Love You Because
6. The Worryin' Kind
7. Bigger Than Texas
8. Is It Ever Gonna Happen
9. I Ain't Gittin' Rid of You
10. Sinner Man
11. Bring Me Your Love
12. I'll Be Seeing You
13. That's the Way I Am
14. You Hold the Future
15. I Gotta Have You
16. That's Love
17. Crossroads
18. The Old Oaken Bucket
19. These Are the Things You Are
20. On and on
21. Doctor Heartache
22. The Parent Trap
23. Let's Get Together
24. I Love My Baby
25. Love in a Goldfish Bowl
26. Remember Me (To Jennie)
27. Rainbow
28. Jimmy's Song
29. Wrong Side of Love