Four Aces Hits Collection: 1951-59 CD

A consistent feature of the pop charts during the early 1950s was the popularity of vocal groups, ideally suited to the easy-going style of the time, and providing a ready vehicle for the songs regularly emerging from the Tin Pan Alley production line. One of the most popular of the vocal quartets of that time were The Four Aces, a group of ex-US Navy personnel from Philadelphia, who scored a million-selling hit with their first record, released on their lead singer Al Alberts' own label because they couldn't get a deal. Signed to Decca, they racked up around fifty hits over the next decade in the Billboard, Cash Box and UK charts - they achieved significant success in the UK charts, with several Top 10 hits - before rock 'n' roll and it's aftermath overtook them and the group broke up not long after Al Alberts left in the late '50s. This great-value 52-track 2-CD set comprises all of those hits, plus a few bonus A sides which were popular airplay records. It naturally includes all of their landmark No. 1 hits "It's No Sin", "Stranger in Paradise", "Three Coins in the Fountain", "Mister Sandman", "Melody Of Love" and "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing", and many other memorable classics. It's a thorough overview of their chart career, capturing both the essence of their distinctive appeal and the nostalgic musical zeitgeist of the era

1. (It's No) Sin (Victoria 101) 1951 2. Tell Me Why (Decca 27860, Brunswick 04883) 1951 3. A Garden in the Rain (Decca 27860, Brunswick 04883) 1952 4. Perfidia (Decca 27987) 1952 5. Two Little Kisses (Flash 103) 1952 6. My Hero (Decca 28073, Brunswick 04993) 1952 7. I'm Yours (Decca 28162, Brunswick 04949) 1952 8. Should I (Decca 28323) 1952 9. Heart and Soul (Decca 28390, Brunswick 04993) 1952 10. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Decca 28390) 1952 11. Ti-Pi-Tin (Decca 28392) 1952 12. La Rosita (Decca 28393) 1952 13. I'll Never Smile Again (Decca 28391) 1952 14. You Fooled Me (Decca 28560) 1952 15. Organ Grinder's Swing (Decca 28691) 1953 16. Honey in the Horn (Decca 28691) 1953 17. False Love (Decca 28744) 1953 18. Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) (Decca 28843) 1953 19. Stranger in Paradise (Decca 28927, Brunswick 05418) 1953 20. The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart (Decca 28927) 1953 21. Amor (The Four Aces) (Decca 29036) 1954 22. So Long (The Four Aces) (Decca 29036) 1954 23. Three Coins in the Fountain (Decca 29123, Brunswick 05308) 1954 24. Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine) (Decca 29123) 1954 25. Dream (Decca 29217) 1954 26. It Shall Come to Pass (Decca 29217) 1954 27. It's a Woman's World (Decca 29269, Brunswick 05348) 1954 28. Mister Sandman (Decca 29344, Brunswick 05355) 1954 29. I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time (Decca 29344) 1954 30. Melody of Love (Decca 29395, Brunswick 05379) 1954 31. There's a Tavern in the Town (Decca 29395, Brunswick 05379) 1954 32. There Goes My Heart (Decca 29435) 1955 33. Heart (Decca 29476) 1955 34. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Decca 29625, Brunswick 05480) 1955 35. Shine on Harvest Moon (Decca 29625) 1955 36. A Woman in Love (Decca 29725, Brunswick 05589) 1955 37. Of This I'm Sure (Decca 29725) 1955 38. If You Can Dream (Decca 29809) 1956 39. The Gal with the Yaller Shoes (Decca 29809) 1956 40. To Love Again (Decca 29889) 1956 41. Dreamer (Decca 29989) 1956 42. I Only Know I Love You ('Na Voce 'Na Chitarra E's Poco 'E Luna) (Decca 29989) 1956 43. Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) (Decca 30041, Brunswick 05623) 1956 44. You Can't Run Away from It (Decca 30041) 1956 45. Someone to Love (Seul Un Homme Peut Faire Ca) (Decca 30123) 1956 46. Written on the Wind (Decca 30123) 1956 47. Bahama Mama (Decca 30242) 1957 48. You're Mine (Decca 30242) 1957 49. Rock and Roll Rhapsody (Decca 30575) 1958 50. Roses of Rio (Decca 30721) 1958 51. The World Outside (The Four Aces) (Decca 30764, Brunswick 05773) 1958 52. No Other Arms, No Other Lips (The Four Aces) (Decca 30822) 1959