VA - 1000 Original Hits Collection [1950-1959] (2001)

'' 1000 Original Hits '' is the title of a compilation series published by EMI Plus (Europe). This release contains portions of this series, released in 2001, containing works performed from 1950 to 1959.

Tracklist:

1950
01 - Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa.
02 - Dean Martin - I'll Always Love You (Day After Day).
03 - Jo Stafford - No Other Love.
04 - Louis Armstrong - C'est Si Bon.
05 - Kay Starr - Hoop Dee Doo.
06 - Teresa Brewer - Music! Music! Music!.
07 - Mel Torme - Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewilde.
08 - Dave Barbour & His Orchestra - Mambo Jambo (Instrumental).
09 - Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Count Every Star.
10 - Margaret Whiting With Bob Hope - Blind Date.
11 - Joe Fingers Carr - Sam's Song.
12 - Mario Lanza - Be My Love.
13 - Peggy Lee & Mel Torm - The Old Master Painter.
14 - Dotty O'Brien - I Wanna Be Loved By You.
15 - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - Dearie.
16 - Fats Domino - The Fat Man.
17 - The Andrews Sisters - Down In The Valley.
18 - Les Paul - Nola.
19 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Cry Of The Wild Goose.
20 - Anton Karas - Harry Lime Theme (Theme From The Third Man).
21 - Jo Stafford - Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend.
22 - Benny Strong & His Orchestra - If I Knew You Were Comin', I'd've Baked A Cake.
23 - Nat King Cole - Orange Colored Sky.
24 - Patti Page - The Tennessee Waltz.

1951
01 - Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Because Of You.
02 - Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon.
03 - Jo Stafford - Shrimp Boats.
04 - Joe Fingers Carr - Down Yonder.
05 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Shotgun Boogie.
06 - Mel Blanc - I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat.
07 - Guy Mitchell - My Heart Cries For You.
08 - Helen O'Connell - Slow Poke.
09 - Les Paul - Whispering.
10 - Jimmy Wakely & The Les Baxter Chorus & Orchestra - Beautiful Brown Eyes.
11 - Margaret Whiting & Lou Busch Orchestra - Good Morning, Mr. Echo.
12 - Les Paul & Mary Ford - Mockin' Bird Hill.
13 - Kay Starr & The Dave Cavanaugh Orchestra - Come On-A My House.
14 - Stan Kenton - September Song.
15 - Fats Domino - Rockin' Chair.
16 - Tennessee Ernie Ford & Joe (Fingers) Carr - Tailor Made Woman.
17 - Ray Anthony - Be My Love.
18 - Amos Milburn - Bad Bad Whiskey.
19 - The Four Knights - I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile.
20 - Stan Freberg - I've Got You Under My Skin.
21 - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan - Hot Rod Race.
22 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Hey Good Lookin'.
23 - Dean Martin - If.
24 - Billy May - Lulu's Back In Town.

1952
01 - Al Martino - Here In My Heart.
02 - Kay Starr - Comes A-long A-love.
03 - Ray Anthony - At Last.
04 - Bob Eberly - When I Dream.
05 - Jane Froman - I'll Walk Alone.
06 - Gisele MacKenzie - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes.
07 - Johnny Mercer - Glow Worm.
08 - Alma Cogan - Waltz Of Paree.
09 - Les Paul - Meet Mister Callaghan (Instrumental).
10 - Les Paul & Mary Ford - Tiger Rag.
11 - Tex Ritter - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me).
12 - Johnny Standley - It's In The Book (Parts 1 & 2).
13 - Kay Starr - Wheel Of Fortune.
14 - Skeets McDonald - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes.
15 - Ray Martin - Blue Tango.
16 - Max Bygraves - Cowpuncher's Cantata.
17 - Rosemary Clooney - Half As Much.
18 - Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call.
19 - Fats Domino - Goin' Home.
20 - The Four Freshmen - It's A Blue World.
21 - Al Martino - Take My Heart.
22 - Billy May & His Orchestra - Charmaine.
23 - Hank Thompson - The Wild Side Of Life.
24 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Blackberry Boogie.

1953
01 - Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Dragnet.
02 - Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios.
03 - Kay Starr - Side By Side.
04 - Ron Goodwin - Theme From Limelight.
05 - Eddie Calvert - O Mein Papa.
06 - Gisele MacKenzie - Seven Lonely Days.
07 - Molly Bee - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.
08 - Slim Whitman - North Wind.
09 - Bob Eberly - You Are Too Beautifull.
10 - The Four Knights - Oh Happy Day.
11 - Fats Domino - Please Don't Leave Me.
12 - Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra - Oh!.
13 - Betty Hutton - Goin' Steady.
14 - The Crows - Gee.
15 - Bob Manning - The Nearness Of You.
16 - Vicki Young - I Love You So Much.
17 - Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky - A Dear John Letter.
18 - Glen Gray - Opus One.
19 - Julius La Rosa - Anywhere I Wander.
20 - Kay Starr - Changing Partners.
21 - Tony Brent - Make It Soon.
22 - Al Martino - Now.
23 - Fats Domino - Going To The River.
24 - Hank Thompson - Rub-A-Dub-Dub.

1954
01 - Billie Anthony & Eric Jupp & His Orchestra - This ole house.
02 - The Chordettes - Mister Sandman.
03 - Al Martino - Wanted.
04 - The Four Knights - (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely.
05 - Alma Cogan - Little Things Mean A Lot.
06 - Archie Bleyer - Hernando's Hideaway.
07 - Ruby Murray - Heartbeat.
08 - Norman Wisdom - Don't Laugh At Me.
09 - Faron Young - If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin').
10 - Les Baxter & His Orchestra - The High And The Mighty.
11 - Tennessee Ernie Ford & Betty Hutton - The Honeymoon's Over.
12 - Andy Griffith - What It Was, Was Football (Parts 1 & 2).
13 - Vicki Young - Honey Love.
14 - Bobby Darin - All Of You.
15 - Slim Whitman - Rose Marie.
16 - Max Bygraves - Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer (Katzenellenbogen By The Sea).
17 - The Cheers - (Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin'.
18 - Four Freshmen - Mood Indigo.
19 - Hank Thompson - The New Green Light.
20 - Les Paul & Mary Ford - I Really Don't Want To Know.
21 - Kay Starr - If You Love Me (Really Love Me).
22 - Stan Freberg - Sh-Boom.
23 - Alma Cogan - Bell Bottom Blues.
24 - The Five Keys - Ling, Ting, Tong.

1955
01 - Les Paul & Mary Ford - Hummingbird.
02 - Alma Cogan - Dreamboat.
03 - Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Unchained Melody.
04 - Eartha Kitt - Under The Bridges Of Paris.
05 - Bill Hayes - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett.
06 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons.
07 - Faron Young - Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young.
08 - Marion Marlowe - The Man In The Raincoat.
09 - Les Baxter - Whatever Lola Wants.
10 - Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame.
11 - Eve Boswell - Pickin' A Chicken.
12 - Ruby Murray - Softly, Softly.
13 - The Four Freshmen - Charmaine.
14 - Nelson Riddle - Lisbon Antigua (Instrumental).
15 - Julie London - Cry Me A River.
16 - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Give Me Your Word.
17 - Max Bygraves - Meet Me On The Corner.
18 - Malcolm Vaughan - Every Day Of My Life.
19 - Anne Shelton - Arriverderci Darling.
20 - Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White.
21 - The Five Keys - Close Your Eyes.
22 - The El Dorados - At My Front Door.
23 - Fats Domino - All By Myself.
24 - Lou Busch & His Orchestra - Zambezi.

1956
01 - Andy Williams - Canadian Sunset.
02 - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Be-Bop-A-Lula.
03 - Jimmy Parkinson - The Great Pretender.
04 - Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes.
05 - Sonny James - Young Love.
06 - Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill.
07 - The Chordettes - Born To Be With You.
08 - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two - I Walk The Line.
09 - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love.
10 - Dick James - Robin Hood.
11 - Billy May - Theme From The Man With The Golden Arm.
12 - Jill Day - Happiness Street.
13 - Louis Prima - Medley - Just A Gigolo - I Ain't Got Nobody.
14 - Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love.
15 - The Five Keys - Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind.
16 - Gogi Grant - The Wayward Wind.
17 - Fats Domino - I'm In Love Again.
18 - Cathy Carr - Ivory Tower.
19 - Les Baxter & His Chorus & Orchestra - The Poor People Of Paris.
20 - Vic Damone - On The Street Where You Live.
21 - Michael Holliday - Hot Diggity.
22 - Louis Prima - Oh Marie.
23 - Archie Bleyer - The Rockin' Ghost.
24 - Patsy Cline - Honky Tonk Merry Go Round.

1957
01 - Buddy Knox - Party Doll.
02 - Jimmie F. Rodgers - Honeycomb.
03 - Andy Williams - Butterfly.
04 - Jimmy Bowen - I'm Stickin' With You.
05 - The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie.
06 - Hugo & Luigi - Rockabilly Party.
07 - Tommy Sands - Teen-Age Crush.
08 - Ricky Nelson - Stood Up.
09 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire.
10 - Ferlin Husky - Gone.
11 - Bill Justis - Raunchy (Instrumental).
12 - Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'.
13 - Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight.
14 - Eddie Cochran - Sittin' In The Balcony.
15 - Bobby Day - Little Bitty Pretty One.
16 - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Goody Goody.
17 - The Chordettes - Just Between You And Me.
18 - Malcolm Vaughan - My Special Angel.
19 - Frankie Vaughan - Look At That Girl.
20 - The Dubs - Could This Be Magic.
21 - Jim Dale - Be My Girl.
22 - Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap.
23 - Jimmie F. Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine.
24 - Fats Domino - Blue Monday

1958
01 - Louis Prima - Buona Sera.
02 - Ritchie Valens - La Bamba.
03 - Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues.
04 - The Shirelles - I Met Him On A Sunday.
05 - Little Anthony & The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow.
06 - Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin.
07 - The Playmates - Beep Beep.
08 - The Chordettes - Lollipop.
09 - Andy Williams - The Hawaiian Wedding Song.
10 - Ritchie Valens - Donna.
11 - Michael Holliday - The Story Of My Life.
12 - Link Wray - Rumble (Instrumental).
13 - The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley.
14 - The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog.
15 - Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool.
16 - Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Lovin'.
17 - The Johnny Otis Show - Willie & The Hand Jive.
18 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless.
19 - Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why.
20 - Malcolm Vaughan - More Than Ever (Come Prima).
21 - Laurie London - He's Got The Whole World (In His Hands).
22 - Jimmie F. Rodgers - Oh Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again.
23 - The Four Preps - Big Man.
24 - Georgia Gibbs - The Hula Hoop Song.

1959
01 - Frankie Avalon - Venus.
02 - The Everly Brothers - ('Til) I Kissed You.
03 - Ronnie Hawkins - Ruby Baby.
04 - Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home.
05 - Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager In Love.
06 - Buddy Johnson - A Woman, A Lover, A Friend.
07 - Count Basie & Joe Williams - Shake Rattle And Roll.
08 - Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes.
09 - Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife.
10 - The Rock-A-Teens - Woo-Hoo (Instrumental).
11 - The Shirelles - Dedicated To The One I Love.
12 - Johnny & The Hurricanes - Red River Rock (Instrumental).
13 - Fabian - Tiger.
14 - The Addrisi Brothers - Cherrystone.
15 - Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody.
16 - Adam Faith - What Do You Want.
17 - Craig Douglas - Only Sixteen.
18 - Slim Dusty - A Pub With No Beer.
19 - The Avons - Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat.
20 - Shirley Bassey - I've Got You Under My Skin.
21 - Dinah Shore - Our Love Is Here To Stay.
22 - Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Orchestra - Chicago (That Todlin' Town).
23 - Dinah Shore - It Had To Be You.
24 - Russ Conway - Side Saddle.