Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1956
List Price:
Our Price: $14.99
You Save: $3.50 (19%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $8.65 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Performer: Various ArtistsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-23
Music Label: Hit Parade
Soundtracks:
- The Green Door - Jim Lowe (#1 - 9/56)
- Black Denim Trousers - The Cheers (Rare on CD) (#6 - 9/55)
- The House of Blue Lights - Chuck Miller (Rare on CD) (#9 - 6/55)
- Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine (#3 - 12/56)
- In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town (Single Version) - Somethin' Smith & Redheads (CD Debut) (#27 - 6/56)
- It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Somethin' Smith & Redheads (Rare on CD) (#7 - 4/55)
- City of Angels - The Highlights (CD Debut in USA) (#19 - 10/56)
- It's Almost Tomorrow - The Dream Weavers (Rare on CD) (#7 - 11/55)
- True Love (STEREO) - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly (Rare on CD) (#3 - 9/56)
- On the Street Where You Live - Vic Damone (#4 - 4/56)
- Two Different Worlds - Don Rondo (Rare on CD) (#11 - 10/56)
- From the Candy Store On the Corner to the Chapel On the Hill - Tony Bennett (CD Debut) (#11 - 8/56)
- Can You Find It in Your Heart - Tony Bennett (Rare on CD) (#16 - 4/56)
- Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody - Jerry Lewis (Rare on CD) (#10 - 11/56)
- Moonglow & Theme from 'Picnic' (Stereo Single Version) - Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra (CD Debut) (#1 - 4/56)
- Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience & Prudence (#4 - 8/56)
- I Dreamed - Betty Johnson (Rare on CD) (#9 - 11/56)
- White Silver Sands - The Owen Bradley Quintet (CD Debut) (#18 - 7/57)
- Cinco Robles (Five Oaks) - Russell Arms (CD Debut) (#22 - 12/56)
- Cindy, Oh Cindy - Vince Martin featuring The Tarriers (Rare on CD) (#9 - 10/56)
- Wringle Wrangle - Fess Parker (CD Debut) (#12 - 12/56)
- Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group (#8 - 3/56)
- My Boy - Flat Top - Dorothy Collins (CD Debut) (#16 - 11/55)
- Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr (#1 - 1/56)
Free Music Notes for Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1956
Free Music Review: give them ALL a spotlight--Jerry Lewis excepted, of course...
Hit: 5 Stars
Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1956 is one of those precious CDs that give us so much great music that is sadly overlooked or just plain forgotten these days. There is a lot of music that never made it from vinyl to CD and this CD proves a lot more music should have made the move to CD long ago. The quality of the sound is excellent and the artwork is very nicely done, too.
Jim Lowe's "The Green Door" starts things off; this catchy tune has a great melody that's very playful. Jim and his buddies harmonize to perfection; and Jim never sounded better! You just may recognize this oldie once you hear it; the name didn't ring a bell with me but when I heard it I recognized it instantly. "The Green Door" is an excellent song. Chuck Miller contributes "The House of Blue Lights;" "The House of Blue Lights" is a peppy little tune with great early rock and roll sounds mixed with just a touch of doo wop to make this number shine! "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" by Somethin' Smith & The Redheads really sounds great; the guitar work is excellent and these guys give this tune the royal treatment for sure! I love it.
The Dream Weavers sing and play "It's Almost Tomorrow" with great sensitivity; and this tune moves me with its message and its beauty. The Dream Weavers were quite a group and this torch song is absolutely wonderful. Why doesn't this get more attention these days? It's another excellent tune. "True Love" is presented her in stereo; Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly sing this sweetly and the melody fits well with the lyrics to the song. Similarly, Vic Damone does a great job with "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady. Listen also for "Can You Find It in Your Heart" by a young Tony Bennett; Tony sings this with grace; his excellent diction and his uncanny sense of timing impresses me and the music makes good use of the brass. On the other hand, Jerry Lewis' "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is sinful; they should have omitted this awful rendition from this CD. Ouch! Thank goodness the rest of the numbers are sublime.
"Tonight You Belong to Me" by Patience and Prudence is a remarkably pretty tune that I have always enjoyed; these two young sisters sang on a few albums together during their brief career in show business. "White Silver Sands" by The Owen Bradley Quintet has a fine arrangement and I really like "White Silver Sands." There's also "Cindy, Oh Cindy;" this tune by Vince Martin and The Tarriers has an early rock flavor mixed with folk rock to create a very special effect. "Rock Island Line" by Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group has a distinctly country feel to it; and the CD ends very strong with Kay Starr singing "The Rock And Roll Waltz." "The Rock And Roll Waltz" is an excellent tune and Kay Starr never sounded better!
Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1956 gives us much to enjoy. This is great for people who like the "oldies" and early rock and roll music. It's also great for people who want to have a more complete library of great music from the 1950s.
Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1956 Poster
With so many labels and so many CD's, you'd think it would be easy to find all the top hits from the fabulous 50's. Not so! To remedy this musical misfortune, Hit Parade Records inaugurates their new year-by-year CD series with Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1956. This exciting, audiophile-quality disc is bulging with 24 classic pop, vocal group, folk, and early rock 'n' roll hits. All these platters made the Top 40 - sixteen hit the Top 10, three made it all the way to #1 - but just try and find these terrific songs today!Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1956 includes eight songs never available on CD till now, including Fess Parker's "Wringle Wrangle" (#12), Dorothy Collins' "My Boy - Flat Top" (#15), and the stereo single version of Morris Stoloff's #1 smash, "Moonglow & Theme from 'Picnic'." Others, like the Cheers' tragicomic "Black Denim Trousers" (featuring Bert Convey) or Tony Bennett's rapturous "Can You Find It In Your Heart " are very difficult - if not impossible - to find on CD these days.
Hit Parade Records is a new Canadian label dedicated to finding, restoring, and preserving lost treasures like these. Exclusively distributed in the United States by Eric Records, Hit Parade employs many of the same creative folks who lovingly compile those great Eric CD's - including Greg Adams, whose detailed liner notes with biographies of all the artists will fascinate you for almost as long as the full hour it will take you to listen to Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1956! And, don't miss Hit Parade's other great collections, Fabulous Fifties Divas and Fabulous Fifties Crooners as well as The Complete Original Hits Of Georgia Gibbs.
Pop Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Popular Music 1956: C-G
Patti Page - Keep Me in MindRelease date: 2007-03-19; Music CD
Best price: $11.52
Price in other shops:
The Wilburn Brothers - Greatest Hits-The Wilburn BrothersRelease date: 2005-10-11; Music CD
Best price: $10.27
Price in other shops:
Perry Como - LegendsRelease date: 2006-05-22; Music CD
Best price: $14.49
Price in other shops:
Joni James - Platinum & Gold: Mgm YearsRelease date: 2002-10-08; Music CD
Best price: $20.93
Price in other shops:
Dimitri Tiomkin - The Alamo: The Essential Film Music CollectionRelease date: 2004-07-13; Music CD
Best price: $28.52
Price in other shops:
Don Cherry - Best of Columbia & Monument SidesRelease date: 1999-10-19; Music CD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
My Fair Lady (1956 Original Broadway Cast)Release date: 2002-05-28; Music CD
Best price: $6.58
Price in other shops:
1957 British Hit Parade, Pt. 1Release date: 2008-02-19; Music CD
Best price: $12.79
Price in other shops:
Happy Hunting (1956 Original Broadway Cast)Release date: 2008-04-29; Music CD
Best price: $11.11
Price in other shops:
Jane Morgan - An American Songbird in ParisRelease date: 2007-09-10; Music CD
Best price: $10.28
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Hard To Find 45s On CD, Volume 2: 1961-1964Release date: 1996-09-15; Music CD
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops:
Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 6: More 60's ClassicsRelease date: 2001-10-30; Music CD
Best price: $11.01
Price in other shops:
Hard To Find 45s on CD, Volume 7: More 60's ClassicsRelease date: 2001-10-16; Music CD
Best price: $11.01
Price in other shops:
The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 11Release date: 2007-08-28; Music CD
Best price: $13.78
Price in other shops:
Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1957: Rhythm & RockRelease date: 2008-02-19; Music CD
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops:
Fabulous Fifties Crooners Sing Their Hard-to-Find HitsRelease date: 2006-04-25; Music CD
Best price: $11.40
Price in other shops:
Fabulous Fifties Divas Sing Their Hard-To-Find HitsRelease date: 2006-04-25; Music CD
Best price: $12.30
Price in other shops:
Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 10: 1960-1965Release date: 2007-04-17; Music CD
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops:
Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1957: Pop GoldRelease date: 2008-02-19; Music CD
Best price: $10.23
Price in other shops:
Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 9: 1957-1959Release date: 2007-04-17; Music CD
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops: