Hamilton,George Iv Collection 1956-62 CD

George Hamilton IV was a country singer and musician who started his professional life a teen idol pop singer with the 1956 Top 10 hit with his debut single "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" George Hamilton IV was a country singer and musician who started his professional life a teen idol pop singer with the 1956 Top 10 hit with his debut single "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" on the small Colonial label, immediately signing to ABC-Paramount for whom he had further hits as his style moved towards a blend of pop, country and rockabilly, as he had further notable hits including the Top 10 "Why Don't They Understand" and "I Know Where I'm Going", both of which also made the UK charts. By the end of the '50s he had become totally identified with country, moving to Nashville and becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and his hits after 1960 were almost all in the country charts, where he continued to have chart entries through to the late '70s. This great-value 58-track 2-CD set comprises almost all the A & B sides of his singles during this era for Colonial, ABC-Paramount and RCA, to whom he moved in 1961, plus selected titles from his albums for ABC "On Campus" and "Sing Me A Sad Song (Tribute To Hank Williams)" and his first RCA album "To You And Yours (From Me And Mine)". It naturally features all his fourteen pop, country and UK chart entries from these years, including, as well as those noted above, the Top 10 country hits "Before This Day Ends", "Three Steps To The Phone" and "If You Don't Know, I Ain't Gonna Tell You". It's a comprehensive overview of the key formative years of his career, and an intriguing insight into his musical development during this time, as well as being an entertaining showcase for his distinctive talent.

1. A Rose and a Baby Ruth 2. If You Don't Know 3. I've Got a Secret 4. Sam 5. Only One Love 6. If I Possessed a Printing Press 7. High School Romance 8. Everybody's Body 9. Why Don't They Understand 10. Even Tho' 11. Now and for Always 12. One Heart 13. I Know Where I'm Goin' 14. Who's Taking You to the Prom 15. When Will I Know 16. Your Cheatin' Heart 17. Lucy, Lucy 18. The Two of Us 19. The Teen Commandments 20. The Steady Game 21. Can You Blame Us 22. Gee 23. I Know Your Sweetheart 24. Why I'm Walkin' 25. Tremble 26. Before This Day Ends 27. Loneliness All Around Me 28. A Walk on the Wild Side of Life 29. It's Just the Idea 30. Three Steps to the Phone 31. The Ballad of Widder Jones 32. To You and Yours (From Me and Mine) 33. I Want a Girl 34. China Doll 35. Commerce Street and Sixth Avenue North 36. If You Don't Know, I Ain't Gonna Tell You 37. Where Nobody Knows Me 38. In This Very Same Room 39. If You Want Me to 40. When I Grow Too Old to Dream 41. Tell Me Why 42. Carolina Moon 43. You Tell Me Your Dream 44. Aura Lee 45. Girl of My Dreams 46. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 47. I Can't Help It 48. Half As Much 49. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle 50. Take These Chains from My Heart 51. Cold Cold Heart 52. You Win Again 53. The Wall 54. Rainbow 55. I Will Miss You When You Go 56. If You Don't Somebody Else Will 57. Baby Blue Eyes 58. Life's Railway to Heaven