Various Artists - Liverpool Sounds: 75 Classics From The Singing City (2015)

As you drive into Liverpool you will see a sign Liverpool 'Home Of The Beatles', which is absolutely true, but the city's contribution to popular music is far greater than that, covering the years before the Beatles, the Beatle years themselves, and more recent times. The Wall of Fame in Mathew Street salutes Liverpool's number 1 hit-makers and there is plenty of space for further additions. Compiled and annotated by author and BBC Radio Merseyside broadcaster Spencer Leigh, Liverpool Sounds presents 75 tracks which, by and large, relate to the pre-Beatles area. There are great songs, great comedy and great performances, and every track is here for a reason. There are many hit singles and several number 1s. Even if the Beatles had been born elsewhere, the city would still have made an enormous contribution to modern popular music.

Tracklist:

CD1

01 Love Me Do (The Beatles) 02:25
02 Give Me The Moonlight Give Me The Girl (Frankie Vaughan) 02:45
03 Halfway To Paradise (Billy Fury) 02:28
04 Lover Please (The Vernons Girls) 02:09
05 We Will Make Love (Russ Hamilton) 02:43
06 The Story Of My Life (Michael Holliday) 02:15
07 Love Is Like A Violin (Ken Dodd) 02:13
08 Be Mine (Lance Fortune) 01:52
09 Whip Jamboree (The Spinners) 03:18
10 Last Night Was Made For Love (Billy Fury) 02:18
11 Starry Eyed (Michael Holliday) 02:24
12 Hey There (Lita Roza) 03:43
13 The Boll Weevil Song (Wailin Howie Casey And The Seniors) 02:16
14 Chicago Buzz (The Merseysippi Jazz Band) 02:50
15 Frankie And Johnny (George Melly) 04:11
16 Get Out And Get Under (Clinton Ford With The Merseysippi Jazz Band) 02:10
17 Never On Sunday (Lyn Cornell) 02:54
18 Theme From Danger Man (Red Price Combo) 02:09
19 Allentown Jail (Lita Roza) 03:03
20 Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (Gerry And The Pacemakers) 02:32
21 Angela Jones (Michael Cox) 02:36
22 The Rose Tattoo (Michael Holliday) 02:34
23 Make Me A Miracle (Mal Perry) 02:15
24 Daddy Rolling Stone (Earl Preston S Realms) 02:44
25 In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Lita Roza) 03:03

CD2

01 Billy Fury - Wondrous Place 02:26
02 Frankie Vaughan - The Garden Of Eden 02:34
03 The Vernons Girls - You Know What I Mean 02:16
04 Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers (Beatles) - My Bonnie 02:44
05 The Beat Brothers (Beatles) - Cry For A Shadow 02:26
06 The Crescents - Wrong 01:59
07 Howie Casey & The Seniors - I Ain't Mad At You 02:42
08 King Size Taylor & The Dominoes - Roll Over Beethoven 02:59
09 Frankie Vaughan - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine 02:18
10 Ken Dodd - Pianissimo 03:05
11 The De Laine Sisters - It Might As Well Rain Until September 02:03
12 The Spinners - The Champion Of The Seas 01:49
13 Michael Allen - Trains & Boats & Planes 02:16
14 Billy Fury - Jealousy 02:48
15 Clinton Ford & The Merseysippi Jazz Band - Oh By Jingo 02:16
16 George Melly & Mick Mulligan's Magnolia Jazz Band - After You've Gone 01:55
17 The Spinners - Johnny Todd 01:47
18 Alma Warren - Young At Heart 02:47
19 Lita Roza - (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window 02:17
20 Arthur Askey - The Bee Song 02:40
21 Michael Holliday - The Runaway Train 02:12
22 Red Price - The Sneeze 02:09
23 Norman Vaughan - Swinging In The Rain 02:47
24 Michael Holliday - Four Feather Falls 02:10
25 Russ Hamilton - Little One 02:40

CD3

01 The Green Door (Frankie Vaughan) 02:49
02 The Loco-Motion (The Vernons Girls) 02:08
03 What'd I Say (Gerry And The Pacemakers) 03:17
04 This Love I Have For You (Lance Fortune) 02:26
05 I'd Never Find Another You (Billy Fury) 02:39
06 Tower Of Strength (Frankie Vaughan) 02:10
07 Have A Bit Of Pity On The Crooner (Arthur Askey) 03:09
08 Dear Hearts And Gentle People (Michael Holliday) 02:30
09 The Man In The Raincoat (Lita Roza) 03:02
10 Rainbow (Russ Hamilton) 02:47
11 Collette (Billy Fury) 01:53
12 Fury's Tune (Billy Fury) 02:11
13 Baby, Baby, Baby (The Crescents) 02:16
14 That's When Your Heartaches Begin (Mal Perry) 02:41
15 Sweet Little Sixteen (Michael Cox) 02:20
16 The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (Lyn Cornell) 02:58
17 Greedy Landlord (Stan Kelly With Leon Rosselson) 02:55
18 Gonna Find Me A Bluebird (Russ Hamilton) 02:30
19 Keep Your Heart (Michael Holliday) 02:28
20 Stealin (Alma Warren) 02:23
21 Incurably Romantic (Frankie Vaughan And Marilyn Monroe) 05:07
22 Funny All Over (The Vernons Girls) 02:03
23 Wendy (Johnny Gentle) 02:35
24 Talks About Writing I've Just Fallen For Someone (Johnny Gentle) 01:35
25 I've Just Fallen For Someone (Darren Young) 01:52
26 Ps I Love You (The Beatles) 02:04