Then 1955 / Various Then 1955 / Various CD

Digitally remastered collection. Although Then 1955 includes all UK and many US chart-toppers, the series is not constrained by chart position or label in it's aim of presenting the most memorable sounds of each year. Each volume in the Then series is compiled and annotated by eminent chart watcher Dave McAleer, the former chief consultant and contributor to the fondly remembered Guinness Book of British Hit Singles. 28 tracks.

1. Perez Prado: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White 2. Jimmy Young: Unchained Melody 3. Ruby Murray: Softly, Softly 4. Dickie Valentine: The Finger of Suspicion 5. Rosemary Clooney: Mambo Italiano 6. The Four Aces: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing 7. Tony Bennett: Stranger in Paradise 8. Alma Cogan: Dreamboat 9. The Johnston Brothers: Hernando's Hideaway 10. Cyril Stapleton: Blue Star 11. Frankie Vaughan: Happy Days and Lonely Nights 12. Joan Weber: Let Me Go Lover 13. The Central Band of the Raf: The Dam Busters March 14. Slim Whitman: Rose Marie 15. Frankie Laine: Cool Water 16. Jimmy Young: The Man from Laramie 17. Tennessee Ernie Ford: Give Me Your Word 18. Mitch Miller: The Yellow Rose of Texas 19. Dean Martin: The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane 20. The Stargazers: Close the Door 21. Rosemary Clooney: Where Will the Dimple Be? 22. Dickie Valentine: Christmas Alphabet 23. The McGuire Sisters: Sincerely 24. The Crew-Cuts: Earth Angel 25. Pat Boone: Ain't That a Shame 26. Boyd Bennett ; His Rockets: Seventeen 27. Bill Haley ; His Comets: Rock Around the Clock 28. Eddie Calvert: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White