Heartbreak Hotel Top 100 / Various Heartbreak Hotel Top 100 / Various CD

As adjuncts to our highly popular "America's Greatest Hits" series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early '60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in the Billboard charts - "The First Top 100 Nov. 1955" (ACQCD7062), "The First Hot 100 Aug. 1958" (ACQCD7083) and "The First Hot 100 of the '60s" (ACQCD7097), each comprising all the records in the Top 100 for the date in question. This collection highlights another musical landmark with the Top 100 on the date when Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" went to No. 1 in the first week of May in 1956. Although, contrary to popular wisdom, the advent of rock 'n' roll was much more of a musical progression than an explosion, the arrival of The King at the top of the charts was somehow an especially significant and iconic moment, which marked something of a watershed between the established order of the early '50s and the changing musical, social and political landscape of subsequent years. It comprises 100 records from the Billboard chart of May 5th 1956, from Elvis at No. 1 to Peggy Lee's "Joey, Joey, Joey" at No. 100, and as those two records imply, the chart encompasses strands of music of all kinds as the rock 'n' roll pioneers jostle for position with the crooners, divas, vocal groups and orchestras who had held sway for so long. It's a fascinating snapshot of a time when the music business and popular tastes were in transition, and every week there was something new to excite the baby-boomers. Alongside the major names there some obscure and often collectable records - minor one-hit wonders on relatively unknown labels which are not generally available on CD and which give a fascinating insight into the music of the time. It contains a 12,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record.

1. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 2. Hot Diggity - Perry Como 3. Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter 4. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins 5. Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle 6. Magic Touch - the Platters 7. A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer 8. No, Not Much - the Four Lads 9. I'll Be Home - Pat Boone 10. Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan 11. Why Do Fools Fall in Love (Feat. Frankie Lymon) - the Teenagers 12. Ivory Tower - Cathy Carr 13. Moonglow ; Theme from Picnic - Morris Stoloff 14. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 15. Moonglow ; Theme from Picnic - George Cates and His Orchestra 16. Main Title (From 'Man with the Golden Arm') - Richard Maltby Orchestra 17. Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr 18. Eddie My Love - the Fontane Sisters 19. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Gale Storm 20. Juke Box Baby - Perry Como 21. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - the Diamonds 22. Long Tall Sally - Pat Boone 23. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley 24. Happy Whistler - Don Robertson 25. Ivory Tower - Gale Storm 26. Mr. Wonderful - Peggy Lee 27. Eddie My Love - the Chordettes 28. Main Title ; Molly-O - Dick Jacobs 29. Standing on the Corner - the Four Lads 30. R-O-C-K - Bill Haley and His Comets 31. I Was the One - Elvis Presley 32. Wild Cherry - Don Cherry 33. Bo Weevil - Teresa Brewer 34. Theme from the Threepenny Opera (Moritat) - Dick Hyman Trio 35. Too Young to Go Steady - Nat King Cole 36. See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley and His Comets 37. Main Title (From 'Man with the Golden Arm') - Elmer Bernstein 38. Lovely One - the Four Voices 39. To You, My Love (Je Ne Sais Pas) - Nick Noble 40. Without You - Eddie Fisher 41. I'm in Love Again - Fats Domino 42. Poor People of Paris - Russ Morgan 43. I Want You to Be My Girl (Feat. Frankie Lymon) - the Teenagers 44. Innamorata - Dean Martin 45. Eddie My Love - Teen Queens 46. Can You Find It in Your Heart? - Tony Bennett 47. Church Bells May Ring - the Diamonds 48. The Great Pretender - the Platters 49. Held for Questioning - Rusty Draper 50. Port-Au-Prince - Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra 51. Saints Rock and Roll - Bill Haley and His Comets 52. Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant 53. Slippin' and Slidin' - Little Richard 54. Look Homeward Angel - the Four Esquires 55. Main Title (From 'Man with the Golden Arm') - Les Elgart ; His Orchestra 56. Walk Hand in Hand - Andy Williams 57. Mr. Wonderful - Sarah Vaughan 58. Too Close for Comfort - Eydie Gorme 59. A Crazy Little Palace (That's My Home) - Billy Williams 60. Little Girl of Mine - the Cleftones 61. Walk Hand in Hand - Tony Martin 62. My Little Angel - the Four Lads 63. On the Street Where You Live - Vic Damone 64. Rock Island Line - Don Cornell 65. To Love Again - the Four Aces 66. No Other One - Eddie Fisher 67. Main Title (From 'Man with the Golden Arm') - Billy May and His Orchestra 68. Delilah Jones - the McGuire Sisters 69. Tutti Frutti - Pat Boone 70. Rock Right - Georgia Gibbs 71. Lisbon Antigua (In Old Lisbon) - Mitch Miller 72. Winner Take All - the Platters 73. Flowers Mean Forgiveness - Frank Sinatra 74. Mr. Wonderful - Teddi King 75. It Only Hurts for a Little While - the Ames Brothers 76. Memories Are Made of This - Dean Martin 77. Rock and Roll Wedding - Sunny Gale 78. Forever Darling - the Ames Brothers 79. My Blue Heaven - Fats Domino 80. Innamorata - Jerry Vale 81. In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This) - Bing Crosby 82. I Woke Up Crying - Joni James 83. Church Bells May Ring - the Willows 84. Just As Long As I'm with You - Pat Boone 85. Eleventh Hour Melody - Lou Busch and His Orchestra 86. Our Love Affair - Tommy Charles 87. Never Let Me Go - Nat King Cole 88. Theme from the Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife) - Louis Armstrong ; His All Stars 89. A Little Love Can Go a Long Long Way - Dream Weavers 90. Eleventh Hour Melody - Al Hibbler 91. Hi Lili Hi Lo - Dick Hyman Trio 92. I Could Have Danced All Night - Dinah Shore 93. My First Formal Gown - Patti Page 94. Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song) - Chet Atkins 95. Main Title (From 'Man with the Golden Arm') - Buddy Morrow ; His Orchestra 96. Bo Weevil - Fats Domino 97. If You Can Dream (Feat. Al Alberts) - the Four Aces 98. Picnic - the McGuire Sisters 99. Joey, Joey, Joey - Peggy Lee