America'S Greatest Hits 1951 / Various America'S Greatest Hits 1951 / Various CD

We continue our highly popular and successful America's Greatest Hits series as we work back through the 1950s, this time with an expanded 4-CD set edition to sit alongside the existing single CD 1951 edition (ACRCD177) originally released in 2006 before we introduced the 4-CD format in recent years. This great-value 105-track collection comprises every record which charted in the Top 15 of the Billboard Best Sellers and Cash Box chart during 1951, along with all those that made the Top 10 of the Juke Box and Disc Jockey charts (it omits certain records which peaked in 1952 and which have already appeared in our America's Greatest Hits 1952collection and some which were big hits in 1950, and had already peaked, so will appear in that collection). As with all these collections it features all the biggest hits of the year and all the biggest names in American pop of that era, so it very much captures the spirit of the times, but also includes a number of lesser known records which are not heard very often and which have not been readily available on CD. As always, it includes a substantial 15,000-word booklet with a commentary on every track, and it's a must for collectors of our completist chart-based anthologies.

1. Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz 2. Guy Mitchell - My Heart Cries for You 3. Mario Lanza - Be My Love 4. Gordon Jenkins ; His Orchestra ; the Weavers - So Long (It's Been Good to Know Ya) 5. Guy Mitchell - the Roving Kind 6. Dinah Shore - My Heart Cries for You 7. Les Paul ; Mary Ford - Tennessee Waltz 8. Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians - Tennessee Waltz 9. Perry Como ; the Fontane Sisters - (I Wonder Why) You're Just in 10. Perry Como - If 11. Vic Damone - My Heart Cries for You 12. Jimmy Wakely - My Heart Cries for You 13. Dinah Shore - Nobody's Chasing Me 14. The Weavers - the Roving Kind 15. Mel Blanc (As Tweety Pie ; Sylvester) - I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat 16. Patti Page - Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) 17. Jo Stafford - If 18. Debbie Reynolds ; Carleton Carpenter - Aba Daba Honeymoon 19. Eddie Fisher - Bring Back the Thrill 20. Georgia Gibbs - I Still Feel the Same About You 21. Perry Como - Zing Zing Zoom Zoom 22. Les Paul ; Mary Ford - Mockin' Bird Hill 23. Guy Mitchell - Sparrow in the Tree Top 24. Patti Page - Mockin' Bird Hill 25. Bill Kenny - It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) 26. Tiny Hill ; His Orchestra - Hot Rod Race 27. Billy Eckstine - If 28. Rosemary Clooney - Beautiful Brown Eyes 29. Tony Martin ; Dinah Shore - a Penny a Kiss, a Penny a Hug 30. Billy Eckstine - I Apologise 31. Terry Gilkyson ; the Weavers - on Top of Old Smoky 32. Richard Hayes ; Kitty Kallen - Aba Daba Honeymoon 33. Les Paul ; Mary Ford - How High the Moon 34. The Pinetoppers with Beaver Valley Sweethearts - Mockin' Bird Hill 35. Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra with Stuart Foster - Across the Wide 36. Florian Zabach - the Hot Canary 37. Bing Crosby ; the Andrews Sisters - Sparrow in the Tree Top 38. Doris Day ; Harry James Orch. - Would I Love You (Love You, Love 39. Mario Lanza - the Loveliest Night of the Year 40. Nat King Cole - Too Young 41. Vaughn Monroe - Sound Off 42. Bing ; Gary Crosby - Moonlight Bay 43. Bing ; Gary Crosby - When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues 44. Leroy Anderson - the Syncopated Clock 45. Frankie Laine - Jezebel 46. Vaughn Monroe ; His Orchestra - Old Soldiers Never Die 47. Frankie Laine - Rose Rose I Love You 48. Vaughn Monroe ; His Orchestra - on Top of Old Smoky 49. Arthur Godfrey ; Laurie Anders - I Like the Wide Open Spaces 50. Burl Ives with Percy Faith and His Orchestra ; Chorus - on Top of Old 51. Patti Page - Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts 52. Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra - Rose, Rose I Love You 53. Patti Page - Mister and Mississippi 54. Guy Mitchell - My Truly Truly Fair 55. Eddie Fisher - Unless 56. Dennis Day - Mister and Mississippi 57. Vic Damone - My Truly Truly Fair 58. Tony Martin - I Get Ideas 59. Henri Rene ; His Orch. with April Stevens - I'm in Love Again 60. Jo Stafford ; Frankie Laine - Pretty Eyed Baby 61. Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House 62. Dinah Shore - Sweet Violets 63. Margaret Whiting - Hello Young Lovers 64. Tony Bennett - Because of You 65. Doris Day - (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai 66. Les Paul - Josephine 67. Patti Page - Detour 68. Tony Bennett - Cold Cold Heart 69. Kay Starr - Come On-A My House 70. Tommy Edwards - the Morningside of the Mountain 71. Guy Mitchell - Belle Belle My Liberty Belle 72. Tony Bennett - I Won't Cry Anymore 73. Les Baxter - Because of You 74. Henri Rene ; His Orch. with April Stevens - Gimme a Little Kiss 75. Don Cherry - Vanity 76. Les Paul - Whispering 77. Del Wood - Down Yonder 78. Bing Crosby ; Jane Wyman - in the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening 79. Georgia Gibbs - While You Danced, Danced, Danced 80. Les Paul ; Mary Ford - the World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 81. Frank Sinatra ; Harry James - Castle Rock 82. The Four Aces - (It's No) Sin 83. Vic Damone - Longing for You 84. Patti Page - and So to Sleep Again 85. Eddy Howard ; His Orchestra - (It's No) Sin 86. Louis Armstrong - (When We Are Dancing) I Get Ideas 87. Eddie Fisher - Turn Back the Hands of Time 88. Savannah Churchill - (It's No) Sin 89. Ames Brothers ; Les Brown - Undecided 90. Joe "Fingers" Carr - Down Yonder 91. Tony Martin - Domino 92. Les Paul ; Mary Ford - Just One More Chance 93. Tony Bennett - Blue Velvet 94. Frankie Laine - Jealousy (Jalousie) 95. Jo Stafford ; Frankie Laine - Hey, Good Lookin' 96. Vic Damone - Calla Calla 97. Pee Wee King ; Redd Stewart - Slow Poke 98. Nat King Cole - Unforgettable 99. Tommy Edwards - It's All in the Game 100. Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - Undecided 101. Jo Stafford ; Frankie Laine - Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady) 102. Mantovani - Charmaine 103. Johnnie Ray ; the Four Lads - Cry 104. Richard Hayes - Out in the Cold Again 105. Tony Bennett - Solitaire