Edwards,Tommy Singles Collection 1951-62 CD

Tommy Edwards was a sophisticated R&B vocalist, best-known for his landmark US and UK No. 1 "It's All In The Game", but who also had many other pop and R&B hits, and released many singles which showcased the sophisticated ballad style which characterised much of his work, although he was a versatile artist, releasing a country-flavoured album before Ray Charles began interpreting the genre. He first achieved success as a songwriter, co-writing the big 1946 Louis Jordan hit "That Chick's Too Young To Fry", but he eventually got his first recording contract in 1949. This great value focuses on his singles releases for MGM during the period when he achieved all his chart successes, naturally featuring all his nineteen pop and R&B hits, and selecting A and B sides from across his output during that time to provide what we hope is an entertaining and representative cross-section of his work and a worthy showcase for his extraordinary voice and his unique way with a song. Tommy died tragically young in 1969, so this collection certainly comprises his main career highlights. We have, by way of fascinating comparison, included both versions of "It's All In The Game" with which he made the charts in 1951 and 1958, and done the same with his two versions of "Please Mr. Sun", hits in 1952 and 1959, and "Morning Side Of The Mountain", a hit in 1951 and 1959.

1. Once There Lived a Fool 2. A Friend of Johnny's 3. The Morning Side of the Mountain 4. Christmas Is for Children 5. It's All in the Game 6. All Over Again 7. Please, Mr. Sun 8. Forgive Me 9. My Girl 10. You Win Again 11. Sinner and Saint 12. Now and Then, There's a Fool Such As I 13. Take These Chains from My Heart 14. Baby, Baby, Baby 15. So Little Time 16. It's Christmas Once Again 17. Secret Love 18. That's All 19. Wall of Ice 20. Linger in My Arms 21. If You Would Love Me Again 22. You Walk By 23. I Have That Kind of Heart 24. Welcome to My Heart 25. Teardrop on a Rose 26. Baby, Let Me Take You Dreaming 27. My Sweetheart 28. Love Is a Child 29. My Ship 30. We're Not Children Anymore 31. It's All in the Game 1958 Version 32. Please Love Me Forever 33. Love Is All We Need 34. Mr. Music Man 35. Please, Mr. Sun 1959 Version 36. The Morning Side of the Mountain 1959 Version 37. My Melancholy Baby 38. It's Only the Good Times 39. I've Been There 40. I Looked at Heaven 41. New in the Ways of Love 42. Honestly and Truly 43. Don't Fence Me in 44. I'm Building Castles Again 45. I Really Don't Want to Know 46. It's Not the End of Everything 47. Blue Heartaches 48. Vaya Con Dios 49. The Golden Chain 50. That's the Way with Love 51. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 52. Tables Are Turning