Wynter,Mark Kickin Up The Leaves: Complete Recordings 1960-62 CD

2017 collection. Jasmine's mini-series of compilations spotlighting UK chartmakers of late 1950s and early '60s turns it's attentions this month to Mark Wynter - one of the most popular UK male vocalists of the post-rock 'n' roll/pre-Beatlemania era. As with his contemporary Adam Faith, Mark parlayed his successful singing career into an even more successful one as a stage and screen actor when the hits stopped coming. But for the first half of the '60s he was seldom far from the UK Top 20, his covers of US hits frequently outperforming the original versions. From his first 'Image Of A Girl' to his biggest 'Venus In Blue Jeans', all of Mark's biggest and most important hits are featured in "Kickin' Up The Leaves", alongside the A and B sides of many other fine 45s that did not chart but that are no less durable and enjoyable. Also featured here in it's entirety is Mark's first album from 1960, which demonstrates an all-round vocal talent that points the way to the stage musicals that would form part of his thespian activity later in the decade. Like his peers Joe Brown, Cliff Richard and Marty Wilde, Mark is still an active performer and still tours UK concert halls with a repertoire that can mostly be found in this great collection.

1. Image of a Girl 2. Glory of Love 3. Kickin' Up the Leaves 4. That's What I Thought 5. Dream Girl 6. Two Little Girls 7. Exclusively Yours 8. Warm and Willing 9. A Girl for Ev'ry Day 10. The Best Time for Love 11. Heaven's Plan 12. In Your Heart 13. Angel Talk 14. I Love Her Still 15. I Fall in Love Too Easily 16. You Are Everything 17. Artificial Flowers 18. Sixteen Going on Seventeen 19. Timber 20. Can't Get You Out of My Mind 21. Reach for the Stars 22. Wide Wide World 23. Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty 24. For Every Boy 25. Presence of Mind 26. Jealous Heart 27. Venus in Blue Jeans 28. Please Come Back to Me 29. Go Away Little Girl 30. That Kinda Talk