Various Artists - American Heartbeat 1957-1962 (2015) [Official Digital Download]

The popular One Day Music series "American Heartbeat" brings tracks for your nostalgic entertainment. You will hear many of the well-known performers of the earlier years along with new sounds. As with all these compilations the transfers are from originals and to get the best value shop around.

The year of 1957 was probably the last one in which America would rule the rock'n'roll waves, but our compilation contains all the elements that would soon give the rest of the world the blueprint for writing their own chapters in the glorious history of pop music. This 2 disc set includes hits from the likes of the Everly Brothers, Frankie Laine, Debbie Reynolds, Buddy Holly and the Del-Vikings.

Tracklist:

01. Chuck Berry - School Day
02. Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter than Wine
03. The Diamonds - Little Darlin
04. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
05. The Platters - I'm Sorry
06. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
07. Ferlin Husky - Gone
08. The Crickets - That'll Be the Day
09. Fats Domino - Valley of Tears
10. Billy Williams - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
11. Tommy Sands - Teenage Crush
12. Gale Storm - Dark Moon
13. Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (day-o)
14. Jill Corey - Love Me to Pieces
15. Perry Como - Round and Round
16. Ricky Nelson - A Teenager's Romance
17. Buddy Knox - Party Doll
18. Sam Cooke - You Send Me
19. Andy Williams - I Like Your Kind of Love
20. The Del Vikings - 20] Come Go with Me
21. Frankie Laine - Moonlight Gambler
22. Mickey & Sylvia - Love is Strange
23. Johnny Mathis - Chances Are
24. The Hilltoppers - Marianne
25. Johnnie & Joe - Over the Mountain, Across the Sea
26. Jerry Lee Lewis - A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
27. Elvis Presley - Love Me
28. The Bobbettes - Mr. Lee
29. The Tune Weavers - Happy Happy Birthday Baby
30. Guy Mitchell - Rock-a-billy
31. Billy Ward & His Dominoes - Stardust
32. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
33. Tab Hunter - Ninety-nine Ways
34. Little Richard - Keep A-knockin'
35. Jimmy Bowen - I'm Stickin' With You
36. Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
37. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
38. The Coasters - Searchin'
39. Sal Mineo - Start Movin'
40. Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (and A Pink Carnation)
41. Charlie Gracie - Butterfly
42. Bill Justis - Raunchy
43. Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand
44. Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
45. Frank Sinatra - Hey! Jealous Lover
46. Paul Anka - Diana
47. Jimmy Dorsey - So Rare
48. Tab Hunter - Young Love
49. Patti Page - Old Cape Cod
50. The Rays - Silhouettes

Rock'n'roll was born in the United States - and 1958 was the year it was exported to the rest of the world. Buddy Holly, who kicks off our first disc with 'Rave On', hit British shores in March with the force of a musical hurricane. Following closely behind him were the like of The Chordettes, Bobby Day, The Everly Brothers and Connie Francis, all included here on this 2 disc compilation.

Tracklist:

01. Buddy Holly - Rave On
02. Elvis Presley - Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
03. The Platters - Twilight Time
04. Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
05. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to do is Dream
06. The Champs - Tequila
07. Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
08. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
09. Pat Boone - A Wonderful Time Up There
10. Kalin Twins - When
11. Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool
12. Peggy Lee - Fever
13. The Elegants - Little Star
14. Jimmie Rodgers - Secretly
15. Dean Martin - Return to Me
16. The Mcguire Sisters - Sugartime
17. Laurie London - He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
18. David Seville - Witch Doctor
19. The Four Preps - Big Man
20. The Chordettes - Lollipop
21. Bobby Freeman - Do You Wanna Dance
22. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
23. Cozy Cole - Topsy Ii
24. Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
25. The Silhouettes - Get a Job
26. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
27. Danny & The Juniors - At the Hop
28. Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
29. Elvis Presley - Don't
30. The Coasters - Yakety Yak
31. The Teddy Bears - To Know Him is to Love Him
32. Domenico Modugno - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu
33. Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
34. The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
35. The Monotones - Book Of Love
36. Tommy Edwards - It's All in the Game
37. Johnny Otis - Willie And the Hand Jive
38. Jack Scott - My True Love
39. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
40. Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now
41. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Think it Over
42. Jimmy Clanton - Just a Dream
43. Ricky Nelson - Believe What You Say
44. Andy Williams - Are You Sincere
45. The Playmates - Beep Beep
46. Perry Como - Catch a Falling Star
47. The Everly Brothers - Problems
48. Frank Sinatra - All the Way
49. Pérez Prado - Patricia
50. The Royal Teens - Short Shorts

In musical terms, 1959 was the year rock'n'roll lost its first great singer-songwriter. Buddy Holly perished when the single-engined Beechcraft light aircraft in which he was travelling fell to earth in a snowstorm near Mason City, Iowa. He was accompanied by fellow stars the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens; we feature 'Donna', the last hit released in Valens' lifetime. The pop world they left behind was one that represented every kind of music, both pre-rock and beyond. In 1959, the British Invasion was still a handful of years on the horizon, as were such earthshaking events as the Cuban missile crisis and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Enjoy the soundtrack to 12 rock 'n' rolling months.

Tracklist:

01. Elvis Presley - A Fool Such as I
02. Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
03. Connie Francis - Lipstick on Your Collar
04. Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen
05. The Everly Brothers - ('Till) I Kissed You
06. Marty Robbins - El Paso
07. Jimmy Jones - Handy Man
08. Duane Eddy - Forty Miles of Bad Road
09. The Crests - Sixteen Candles
10. Frankie Avalon - Venus
11. The Fleetwoods - Come Softly to Me
12. Dodie Stevens - Pink Shoelaces
13. Impalas - Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
14. Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens - Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)
15. Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo
16. Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's
17. Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
18. Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife
19. Paul Anka - Put Your Head on My Shoulder
20. Fats Domino - Be My Guest
21. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
22. Guy Mitchell - Heartaches By the Number
23. Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
24. Toni Fisher - The Big Hurt
25. Della Reese - Don't You Know
26. Bill Parsons - The All-American Boy
27. Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans
28. Ricky Nelson - It's Late
29. Sandy Nelson - Teen Beat
30. Johnny Preston - Running Bear
31. Ritchie Valens - Donna
32. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
33. The Coasters - Charlie Brown
34. Dave 'Baby' Cortez - The Happy Organ
35. Jerry Keller - Here Comes the Summer
36. Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else
37. Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager in Love
38. Carl Dobkins Jnr - My Heart Is An Open Book
39. The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
40. Sammy Turner - Lavender Blue
41. Rock A Teens - Woo-Hoo
42. Thomas Wayne With The Delons - Tragedy
43. Phil Phillips With The Twilights - Sea Of Love
44. Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
45. The Browns - The Three Bells
46. Ernie Fields Orchestra - In the Mood
47. Chuck Berry - Little Queenie
48. Fabian - Tiger
49. Martin Denny - Quiet Village
50. Brook Benton - It's Just a Matter of Time

The world is changing. The old era is ending. The old ways will not do… The problems are not all solved and the battles are not all won. We stand today on the edge of a New Frontier - the frontier of the Sixties. A frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. The words came from President John F. Kennedy, whose election as President of the United States in November 1960 promised a brave new world. It seemed the era of grey postwar austerity, in which rock'n'roll had shone like a beacon, would be transformed. The teenager, invented in the Fifties, could look forward to a brighter future. As Neil Sedaka, Dion, Chubby Checker, Bobby Ridell and the Drifters - all artists included here - starred in the Brooklyn's Theatre's Christmas Rock 'n' Roll Show, John F. Kennedy contemplated his forthcoming inauguration. An eventful decade was just beginning…

Tracklist:

01. The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
02. Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem
03. Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely
04. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
05. Buddy Holly - True Love Ways
06. Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
07. Dion & The Belmonts - Where Or When
08. Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
09. The Crests - Step By Step
10. Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
11. Gene Pitney - I Wanna Love My Life Away
12. Duane Eddy - Because They're Young
13. Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much
14. Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen
15. Gary U.S. Bonds - New Orleans
16. Bobby Rydell - Volare
17. Jackie Wilson - Night
18. Jimmy Jones - Good Timin'
19. Percy Faith - The Theme From A Summer Place
20. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay
21. The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues
22. Larry Verne - Mr. Custer
23. Paul Anka - Puppy Love
24. The Platters - Harbor Lights
25. Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)
26. Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion
27. The Hollywood Argyles - Alley-Oop
28. Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl
29. Billy Bland - Let The Little Girl Dance
30. Dion - Lonely Teenager
31. Chubby Checker - The Twist
32. The Everley Brothers - When Will I Be Loved
33. Henry, Clarence 'frogman' - (I Don't Know Why) But I Do
34. Mark Dinning - Teen Angel
35. Jack Scott - What In The World's Come Over You
36. Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her
37. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight
38. Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland By Night
39. The Chimes - Once In A While
40. Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
41. Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons
42. The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run
43. Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go
44. Kathy Young & The Innocents - A Thousands Stars
45. Ferrante & Teicher - Exodus
46. Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
47. Jimmy Charles - A Million To One
48. Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
49. Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismark
50. Floyd Cramer - Last Date

In 1961 a new era was dawning with John F. Kennedy taking office, it was also the year Brylcreem-coiffed young guns like Dion, Ricky Nelson and Bobby Vee all gave Elvis and Roy a run for their money. The year may have ended on a negative note with the conflict in North Vietnam, but in pop 1961 was definitely another winner. Featured artists include Dion, Jimmy Dean, Ral Donner, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Bobby Vee, Chris Kenner, Del Shannon, Brenda Lee, The Jive Five, Ricky Nelson, The Marcels, Bobby Lewis, The Capris, Shep And The Limelites, Connie Francis and many others.

Tracklist:

01. Dion - Runaround Sue
02. Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack
03. Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
04. Ral Donner - You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)
05. The Drifters - Please Stay
06. Roy Orbison - Crying
07. Van Dyke Leroy - Walk On By
08. Dick & Dee Dee - The Mountain's High
09. Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
10. Chubby Checker - Pony Time
11. Gene McDaniels - A Hundred Pounds Of Clay
12. Ernie K. Doe - Mother-In-Law
13. Clarence Frogman Henry - (I Don't Know Why) But I Do
14. The Mar Keys - Last Night
15. Please Mr. Postman
16. The Shirelies - You Still Love Me Tomorrow
17. Bobby Vee - Run To Him
18. Patsy Cline - Crazy
19. Adam Wade - The Writing On The Wall
20. The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
21. Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra - Calcutta
22. Joe Dowell - Wooden Heart
23. Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter To Three
24. Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That (Part 1)
25. Floyd Cramer - On The Rebound
26. Bobby Vee - [Take Good Care Of My Baby
27. Del Shannon - Runaway
28. Roy Orbison - Running Scared
29. Brenda Lee - Fool No. 1
30. Jorgen Ingmann - Apache
31. Dee Clark - Raindrops
32. Elvis Presley - Surrender
33. The Highwaymen - Michael (Row The Boat Ashore)
34. Gary U.S. Bonds - School Is Out
35. The Jive Five - My True Story
36. Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man
37. The Marcels - Blue Moon
38. The Shirelles - Dedicated To The One I Love
39. The Miracles - Shop Around
40. Bobby Lewis - Tossin' & Turnin'
41. Pat Boone - Moody River
42. The Capris - There's A Moon Out Tonight
43. The Dovells - Bristol Stomp
44. Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home
45. James Darren - Goodbye Cruel World
46. Marty Robbins - Don't Worry
47. Elvis Presley - I Feel So Bad
48. The String A Lomgs - Wheels
49. Brook Benton - The Boll Weevil Song
50. Connie Francis - Together

In 1962 Elvis was still king and retained his status as the top recording artist with a string of hits like 'Return To Sender', and 'Can't Help Falling In Love'. Male solo acts like Roy Orbison, Rick Nelson and Dion also maintained their chart supremacy with hits Dream Baby, Young World and The Wanderer, all included on this superb 2 disc compilation. Featured artists includes The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Dion, Roy Orbison, Tommy Roe, Freddy Cannon, Brenda Lee, Johnny Tillotson, The Tornados, Rick Nelson, Connie Francis and many others.

Tracklist:

01. The Beach Boys - Surfin Safari
02. The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry
03. Little Eva - The Loco-Motion
04. Elvis Presley - Return to Sender
05. Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You
06. Dion - The Wanderer
07. Roy Orbison - Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
08. The Sensations - Let Me in
09. Tommy Roe - Sheila
10. The Crystals - He's a Rebel
11. Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park
12. Gene Pitney - Only Love Can Break a Heart
13. Claudine Clark - Party Lights
14. Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up is Hard to Do
15. Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love)
16. Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Midnight in Moscow
17. Joey Dee & The Starliters - Peppermint Twist (Part 1)
18. Ray Stevens - Ahab The Arab
19. Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I
20. The Kingston Trio - Where Have All the Flowers Gone
21. Barbara George - I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
22. Frank Ifield - I Remember You
23. Brian Hyland - Sealed With a Kiss
24. Johnny Tillotson - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'
25. Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love
26. Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions
27. The Exciters - Tell Him
28. Bobby Darin - Things
29. The Tornados - Telstar
30. The Four Seasons - Sherry
31. Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl
32. Neil Sedaka - Next Door to an Angel
33. The Contours - Do You Love Me
34. Sue Thompson - Norman
35. Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock
36. Nat King Cole - Ramblin' Rose
37. The Orlons - The Wah-Watusi
38. Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm
39. Ray Charles - You Don't Know Me
40. Marcie Blane - Bobby's Girl
41. Rick Nelson - Young World
42. Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore
43. Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time
44. Chubby Checker & Dee Dee Sharp - Slow Twistin'
45. Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash
46. Bruce Channel - Hey! Baby
47. Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel
48. David Rose & His Orchestra - The Stripper
49. The Shirelles - Soldier Boy
50. Connie Francis - Don't Break the Heart that Loves You


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