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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... |
