Damone,Vic Hits Collection 1947-62 CD

Vic Damone was one of the significant coterie of Italian American crooners to come to the fore in the post-war years to play a significant role in the popular music of the time - that group included the likes of Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Al Martino, Frankie Laine and Tony Bennett, so he was in illustrious company. Having got his break, like so many artists, on Arthur Godfreys' Talent Scouts show, he signed with Mercury in 1947 and over the next fifteen years racked up around fifty hits in the Billboard, Cash Box and UK charts, scoring a US No. 1 in 1949 with "You're Breaking My Heart" and a UK No. 1 in 1956 with "On The Street Where You Live" after he had moved to the Columbia label. This great value 50-track 2-CD set features 48 tracks which are listed as having made the charts, with many making the Top 10, including "I Have But One Heart", "Again", "My Heart Cries For You", "Here In My Heart" and many more. It's a great showcase for a talented and highly successful vocalist whose records captured the essence of the popular music of the times.

1. I Have But One Heart (O Marinariello) 2. You Do 3. Thoughtless 4. My Fair Lady 5. It's Magic 6. Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart (With Patti Page) 7. Again 8. You're Breaking My Heart 9. Four Winds and Seven Seas 10. My Bolero 11. Why Was I Born? 12. Sitting By the Window 13. God's Country 14. Vagabond Shoes 15. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena 16. I Love That Girl 17. Just Say I Love Her 18. Cincinnati Dancing Pig 19. Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!) 20. Marshmallow World 21. Music By the Angels 22. My Heart Cries for You 23. If 24. Tell Me You Love Me 25. My Truly, Truly Fair 26. My Life's Desire 27. Longing for You 28. Wonder Why (With Jane Powell) 29. Calla Calla 30. Jump Through the Ring 31. Here in My Heart 32. Take My Heart 33. Rosanne 34. Sugar 35. April in Portugal 36. Eternally (The Song from 'Limelight') 37. Ebb Tide 38. A Village in Peru 39. Stranger in Paradise 40. The Breeze and I 41. The Sparrow Sings 42. Por Favor 43. On the Street Where You Live 44. War and Peace 45. Do I Love You (Because You're Beautiful) 46. An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) 47. Gigi 48. The Only Man on the Island 49. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 50. What Kind of Fool Am I?