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Bob Newhart
The Button-Down Mind On TV [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] Recorded live at the Broadmoor International Center in Colorado, The Button Down Mind On TV is culled from his 1961 television series which was a variety and sketch based comedy. This album therefore collects the best known sketches, including the... |
Bobby Darin
Sings Ray Charles [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] 'I'm proud to say that I was on the Ray Charles bandwagon when it was just a baby-carriage; even before the first album came out I was listening to his single releases. In fact, two singers - Fats Domino and Ray Charles - opened up my ears to a... |
Dion
Dion's Greatest Hits [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] Having fronted The Belmonts between 1957 and 1960, Dion was launched as something of a solo star at the end of the decade, switching musical styles from the doo wop that had catapulted him into stardom to a more R&B influenced flavour. Later still he... |
The [English] Spinners
The Spinners Collection [ Hallmark / CD - released 24/Apr/2017 ] Long regarded as one of Britains greatest folk groups The Spinners commenced their career as a skiffle group, with their repertoire largely drawn from American songbooks. Their fortunes began to change when they introduced sea shanties and folk songs... |
Freddy Williams Four / Deep Harmony / Close Shave
Best of Barbershop: 20 Newly Recorded Close Harmony Classics [ Pickwick Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2008 ] Barbershop is the art of unaccompanied four-part harmony singing and represents one of the truest forms of vocal music. This CD features "Whispering", "Carolina Moon", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "When You Wore a Tulip" and more... |
Jackie Wilson
My Golden Favorites [ Hallmark / Pickwick / CD - released 19/Nov/2012 ] Have you ever heard a group of old-timers sitting around, reminiscing about an event from their pasts, recapturing the 'golld old days' and spouting phrases such as 'I Can see it now' or 'I can almost hear it just as it was then.' Memories may be... |
James Brown
ames Brown & His Famous Flames Tour The USA [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] The title is something of a misnomer, for this is no live album; rather it was recorded in a studio and was seen as an opportunity for James' backing group The Famous Flames to step into the spotlight. Of course, the James Brown connection would... |
Joan Baez
In Concert [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] Assembled from Joan's nationwide tour of Autumn 1961 through to the Spring of 1962, Joan Baez In Concert showcased the wide variety of material that Joan featured in her show, ranging from gospel (Gospel Ship), blues (Babe I'm Gonna Leave You)... |
Mahalia Jackson
The Best Of Mahalia Jackson [ Hallmark / CD - released 11/Jun/2007 ] This album gathers together 21 of her finest performances, perfomances that are still put up as the epitome of gospel music.. |
Nina Simone
Little Girl Blue [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] Whilst history has made this something of an important album for Nina, at the time it failed dismally, with Nina feeling that the record label (Bethlehem) did little or nothing to promote it... |
Peter, Paul & Mary
Peter, Paul & Mary [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] Formed in 1961 by Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, the trio rose to become one of the most successful folk groups of the 1960s and at the forefront of the folk explosion of the same decade. Whilst the group were effectively manufactured... |
Sandy Nelson
Teen Beat [ Hallmark / CD - released 19/Mar/2012 ] One of the few drummers to attain superstar status, Sandy Nelson had several major hits and was regarded as an influential performer at the start of the 12960s. Indeed, Sandy's success paved the way for the likes of Keith Moon a decade later. Sandy's... |
Chronicle Mysteries - Collection 2
[ VIA VISION Hallmark DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Dec/2021 ] Features two episodes 'The Deep End' and 'Helped To Death' |
Acker Bilk
Seven Ages Of Acker [ Hallmark / CD - released 18/Apr/2011 ] Acker Bilk was at the forefront on the traditional jazz boom of the late 1950s in Britain, registering four solo chart albums in 1960 and 1961 and linking up with Chris Barber on a further two. Whilst it was Stranger On The Shore in 1962 that... |
Al Caiola
Solid Gold Guitar - Guitar Hits That Sold A Million [ Hallmark / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] Although best known as a studio musician, with literally hundreds of credits to his name, Al Caiola also enjoyed a successful recording career of is own. Whilst he was undoubtedly inspired by Duane Eddy, down to the twangy guitar sound, he injected... |
Ben Webster
Soulville [ Hallmark / CD - released 2/Dec/2013 ] Initially trained as a violinist and pianist (the latter to such an extent he would actually record several albums), Ben Webster made his name as a tenor saxophonist, widely regarded as one of the most influential jazz proponents of the instrument.... |
Bill Haley & His Comets
Strictly Instrumental [ Hallmark / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] Recorded over a period of some eighteen months, between June 1958 and September 1959, Strictly Instrumental turned out to be the last album Bill Haley & His Comets recorded for the Decca label before their switch to Warner Brothers at the start of... |
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
La Paloma [ Hallmark / CD - released 31/Oct/2014 ] |
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] John Hammond first met Bob Dylan at a rehearsal session for Carolyn Hester (Dylan was to be the session harmonica player) in September 1961 and was suitably impressed enough to offer him a standard five year contract barely two weeks later. What... |
Brian Hyland
Sealed With A Kiss [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] Launching his career with the novelty item Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Brian Hyland spent much of the rest of his career trying to live it down! Fortunately, that wasn't his only hit, with 1962's Sealed With A Kiss becoming... |
Chubby Checker
For Twisters Only [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Jun/2012 ] Many years after The Twist had become a major hit, Chubby Checker commented 'In a way, The Twist really ruined my life. I was on my way to becoming a big nightclub performer, and The Twist just wiped it out. It got so out of proportion. No one... |
The Come Dancing Orchestra
Mambo [ Hallmark / CD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] Of European and African heritage, the mambo has come to be most usually associated with Cuba and today is a theme that is played in unison by the rhythm section and acts as a link between two improvised passages. This album, part of a series of... |
Connie Francis
Do The Twist [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] As if to prove that virtually every artist imaginable rushed into the studio to record a twist album in the aftermath of Chubby Checker's hit, here is Connie Francis with her offering. One of five albums Connie released in 1962 alone, Do The Twist... |
The Fleetwoods
Greatest Hits [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] Something of a career retrospective for The Fleetwoods, a vocal trio formed in the late 1950s and which racked up some eleven chart hits in a little over four years. These included the number one hits and million selling Come Softly To Me, their ... |
Frank Sinatra
Come Swing With Me! [ Hallmark / CD ] |
Gene Pitney
Spotlight On [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Jun/2012 ] Gene Pitney achieved success as a writer and performer and is one of a handful of American singers who became more fondly regarded across the Atlantic in Britain. Indeed, there are some claims that Gene also played piano on the early... |
Gerard Hoffnung
The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival - Royal Festival Hall 1958 [ Hallmark / Pickwick / CD - released 27/Aug/2014 ] The second of Gerard Hoffnung's famed musical festivals, the Interplanetary Music Festival was held on 21 and 22 November 1958 at the Royal Festival Hall. Just like its predecessor of 1956, the festival featured an assortment of traditional classical... |
Hayley Mills
Let's Get Together With Hayley [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] The daughter of actor John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, Hayley Mills became a child star thanks to her appearance in the Walt Disney films Pollyana and The Parent Trap, with the latter also providing Hayley with an opportunity of singing. Let's Get... |
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael Sings Hoagy Carmichael [ Hallmark / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Whilst perhaps better known as a songwriter, Hoagy was also a hugely successful singer in his own right, unsurprisingly specialising in interpretations of his own work. His own recording career began taking off in 1927 with Stardust, then an... |
Ike & Tina Turner
Dance [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] Crediting this album to Ike and Tina Turner is something of a misnomer, since Tina doesn't sing on the album at all (although she may have been in the studio and contributed to the percussion), but since the group had recently broken out as Ike & ... |
Jack Jones
The Romantic Voice Of Jack Jones [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jun/2010 ] Having studied drama and singing at high school and with actors as parents, it was obvious that Jack Jones would pursue a career in entertainment. After recording a number of demos for songwriter Don Raye, Jack was signed by Capitol Records in... |
Jacques Brel
Grand Jacques [ Hallmark / CD - released 15/Jun/2015 ] One of the few Belgian singers to make a worldwide impact, Jacques Brel spent much of his early career struggling to break out of Parisian nightclubs. Quite what affected the transformation from struggler to superstar is not known, but certainly his... |
Joan Baez
Joan Baez [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Jun/2012 ] Although offered a recording contract with the major label Columbia, Joan opted to sign with the independent Vanguard label, ostensibly to retain artistic licence. Recorded over the course of four days in a ballroom of a hotel in New York, her... |
Johnny Burnette
Roses Are Red [ Hallmark / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] A founding member of The Rock & Roll Trio with his brother Dorsey and family friend Paul Burlison, Johnny Burnette achieved greater success during his all too brief solo career. The trio originally formed in 1952 as the Rhythm Rangers, although by... |
Mantovani & His Orchestra
Film Encores [ Hallmark / CD - released 12/Jul/2010 ] Mantovani had first topped the US album charts in 1953 and returned to the summit in 1959 with his interpretations of film themes entitled Film Encores... |
The Marvelettes
Playboy [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] Whilst the achievements of The Marvelettes would eventually be surpassed by The Supremes, this album shows they were worthy of their lofty mantle in 1962 - Motown's first breakthrough act. |
Max Bygraves
Sing-A-Long War Years Vol.1 [ Hallmark / CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] The very first Sing-A-Long-A- Max album was recorded in 1972 after a suggestion from producer Cyril Stapleton and the collection of medleys, usually featuring well known standards being given an update has proved extremely popular over the years.. |
Mose Allison
I Don't Worry About A Thing [ Hallmark / CD - released 9/Mar/2015 ] During the course of a lengthy career (just short of sixty years and counting), Mose Allison has established a veritable reputation as a jazz blues pianist and singer. He initially made his name as a pianist, a slew of albums for Prestige (one of the... |
Nina Simone
At The Village Gate [ Hallmark / Pickwick / CD - released 11/May/2015 ] |
Pearl Bailey
The Best Of [ Hallmark / Pickwick / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] The daughter of a preacher, Pearl Bailey achieved success over several different levels of the entertainment industry, including recording, Broadway, films and television. Her first major record success came with Takes Two To Tango, a track that... |
