Four Lads Singles Collection 1952-62 CD

The Four Lads were one of several male vocal quartets who enjoyed their heyday in the early years of the 1950s which some nostalgia buffs regard as the golden age of popular music before rock 'n' roll changed the pop landscape for ever. The Canadian quartet began their careers singing at the same Toronto church as members of The Crew Cuts, and originally came to the fore providing vocal back-up for Johnnie ray on his landmark hit "Cry" as well as several later hits. They forged a hit career for themselves in their own right, recording for Columbia, scoring their first hits in 1952, and going on to achieve more than twenty-five hits during the 1950s. This great-value 57-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of their singles during the era for the Okeh, Columbia, Kapp and Dot labels and features all their 'solo' chart entries from the era, including the Top 10 hits "Moments To Remember", "Not Much", Standing On The Corner", "Skokiaan", "Put A Light In The Window", and "Who Needs You". They were very much a group who epitomised the musical spirit of their times, and in capturing the pop mood of those years, this collection offers an entertaining cross-section of their work

1. I May Hate Myself in the Morning 2. The Mocking Bird 3. Thanks to You 4. Somebody Loves Me 5. Blackberry Boogie 6. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder 7. He Who Has Love 8. Take Me Back 9. Down By the Riverside 10. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 11. I Should Have Told You Long Ago 12. Harmony Brown 13. Gotta' Go to the the Fais Do Do 14. Long John 15. Oh That'll Be Joyful 16. Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By the Sea 17. I Hear It Everywhere 18. Why Should I Love You So 19. Skokiaan 20. Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree 21. Dance Calinda 22. I've Been Thinking 23. Pledging My Love 24. Too Much Baby Baby 25. Dream on, My Love Dream on 26. Moments to Remember 27. No, Not Much 28. I'll Never Know 29. My Little Angel 30. Standing on the Corner 31. A House with Love in It 32. The Bus Stop Song (A Paper of Pins) 33. Who Needs You 34. It's So Easy to Forget 35. Golly 36. I Just Don't Know 37. His Invisible Hand 38. Things We Did Last Summer 39. Put a Light in the Window 40. There's Only One of You 41. Blue Tattoo 42. Enchanted Island 43. Guess What the Neighbors Will Say 44. Woncha' Give Me Something in Return 45. The Mocking Bird 46. Girl on Page Forty-Four 47. The Fountain of Youth 48. Together Wherever We Go 49. Got a Locket in My Pocket 50. Happy Anniversary 51. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You 52. Two Other People 53. Just Young 54. I Should Know Better 55. Don't Fly Away Flamingo 56. Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall 57. Beyond My Heart (I Couldn't See)