As adjuncts to our highly popular "America's Greatest Hits" series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early '60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in the Billboard charts - "The First Top 100 Nov. 1955" (ACQCD7062), "The First Hot 100 Aug. 1958" (ACQCD7083), "The First Hot 100 of the '60s" (ACQCD7097), "The 'Heartbreak Hotel' Top 100" (ACQCD7122)and "The Day The Music Died - Feb 3rd 1959 Hot 100" (ACQCD7134) each comprising all the records in the Top 100 for the date in question. This collection celebrates a landmark event of 1962, the launching of the first telecommunications satellite Telstar on July 10th, a multinational project involving the USA, UK and France, which revolutionised transatlantic TV broadcasting as well as telephone and other communications, and helped bring the world closer together. Within weeks the event had inspired the British band The Tornados to record Joe Meek's iconic instrumental composition and production " "Telstar" which made No. 1 in the UK in September and stayed there for five weeks. It entered the US Hot 100 while it was at No. 1 in the UK, and rose to make No. 1 in Christmas week. This collection comprises just about all the records in the Billboard Hot 100 of that week (a couple of records are unavailable for copyright reasons) and it provides a fascinating and evocative snapshot of the music scene at the end of an important and optimistic year. It's a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings of which even pop enthusiasts may not be too aware, and which will be welcome additions to their collections. It contains a 12,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record.
11 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - the Lonely Bull
12 Little Eva - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
13 Dee Dee Sharp - Ride!
14 Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness
15 Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts
16 Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
17 Johnny Crawford - Rumors
18 Marty Robbins - Ruby Ann
19 Routers - Let's Go
20 Cookies - Chains
21 Duane Eddy - (Dance with the) Guitar Man
22 Exciters - Tell Him
23 Lou Monte - Pepino the Italian Moue
24 Les Cooper - Wiggle Wobble
25 Mary Wells - Two Lovers:
- Disc 2 -
1 Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I
2 Paul Petersen - My Dad
3 Ray Charles - Your Cheating Heart
4 The Crystals - He's a Rebel
5 Gene McDaniels - Spanish Lace
6 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Desafinado
7 Harry Simeone Chorale - Little Drummer Boy
8 The Four Seasons - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
9 Bobby Vee - the Night Has a Thousand Eyes
10 Paul Anka - Eso Beso
11 Mark Valentino - the Push and Kick
12 Jerry Wallace - Shutters and Boards
13 Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby
14 Bobby (Boris) Pickett & the Crypt Kickers - Monsters' Holiday
15 The Drifters - Up on the Roof
16 Dickey Lee - I Saw Linda Yesterday
17 Bobby Vinton - Let's Kiss and Make Up
18 The Duprees - My Own True Love
19 Rick Nelson - It's Up to You
20 Bing Crosby - White Christmas
21 David Seville & the Chipmunks - the Chipmunk Song
22 Lavern Baker - See See Rider
23 Gene (Duke of Earl) Chandler - You Threw a Lucky Punch
24 Gabriel & the Angels - That's Life
25 Bobby Rydell - the Cha-Cha-Cha
- Disc 3 -
1 The Beach Boys - Ten Little Indians
2 Johnny Tillotson - I Can't Help It
3 Ray Stevens - Santa Claus Is Watching You
4 Gene Pitney - Half Heaven, Half Heartache
5 Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
6 The Excellents - Coney Island Baby
7 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
8 Chris Montez - Some Kinda Fun
9 Timi Yuro - the Love of a Boy
10 Bobby Vinton - Trouble Is My Middle Name
11 The Majors - a Little Bit Now
12 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
13 Connie Francis - I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter
14 Jimmie Rodgers - Rainbow at Midnight
15 Nat King Cole - the Christmas Song
16 The Belmonts - Diddle-De-Dum
17 Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr. - Me and My Shadow
18 Ben Colder - Don't Go Near the Eskimos
19 Brian Hyland - I May Not Live to See Tomorrow
20 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - the Ballad of Jed Clampett
21 Jimmy Dean - Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight
22 The Marvelettes - Strange I Know
23 The Earls - Remember Then
24 The Miracles - You've Really Got a Hold on Me
- Disc 4 -
1 Barbara Lynn - You're Gonna Need Me
2 Lonnie Russ - My Wife Can't Cook
3 John D. Loudermilk - Road Hog
4 Johnny Thunder - Loop de Loop
5 David Seville & the Chipmunks - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
6 Frank Ifield - Lovesick Blues
7 The Majors - She's a Troublemaker
8 The Contours - Shake Sherry
9 Vince Guaraldi Trio - Cast Your Fate to the Wind
10 The Emotions - Echo
11 David Seville & the Chipmunks - Alvin's Harmonica
12 The Drifters - White Christmas
13 Kitty Kallen - My Coloring Book
14 Booker T' & the MGS - Jelly Bread
15 Aretha Franklin - Trouble in Mind
16 Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker - Jingle Bell Rock
17 James Brown & the Famous Flames - Three Hearts in a Tangle
18 Andy Williams - Twilight Time
19 Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr. - Sam's Song
20 Bobby Goldsboro - Molly
21 Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt
22 Eddy Arnold - Does He Mean That Much to You
23 The Dells - the (Bossa Nova) Bird
24 Rick Nelson - I Need You
As adjuncts to our highly popular "America's Greatest Hits" series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early '60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in the Billboard charts - "The First Top 100 Nov. 1955" (ACQCD7062), "The First Hot 100 Aug. 1958" (ACQCD7083), "The First Hot 100 of the '60s" (ACQCD7097), "The 'Heartbreak Hotel' Top 100" (ACQCD7122)and "The Day The Music Died - Feb 3rd 1959 Hot 100" (ACQCD7134) each comprising all the records in the Top 100 for the date in question. This collection celebrates a landmark event of 1962, the launching of the first telecommunications satellite Telstar on July 10th, a multinational project involving the USA, UK and France, which revolutionised transatlantic TV broadcasting as well as telephone and other communications, and helped bring the world closer together. Within weeks the event had inspired the British band The Tornados to record Joe Meek's iconic instrumental composition and production " "Telstar" which made No. 1 in the UK in September and stayed there for five weeks. It entered the US Hot 100 while it was at No. 1 in the UK, and rose to make No. 1 in Christmas week. This collection comprises just about all the records in the Billboard Hot 100 of that week (a couple of records are unavailable for copyright reasons) and it provides a fascinating and evocative snapshot of the music scene at the end of an important and optimistic year. It's a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings of which even pop enthusiasts may not be too aware, and which will be welcome additions to their collections. It contains a 12,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record.