We think we've topped our two 1958 Pop Gold volumes (HIT 12307 and 12309) with these two from 1959 (also see our new 1959 Teen Pop Gold HIT 12312). Presenting over 70 minutes of music, 27 songs (19 made the Top 30) and all but 5 in stereo! Ten CD stereo debuts including classics from Paul Anka and Patti Page. And you've never heard anything more spectacular than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's mind-blowing stereo performance of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" - the original single version makes its stereo debut on this CD! Unlike downloading music files of unknown quality from iTunes, you won't be playing song Russian roulette here. We guarantee only the true original hit versions in the best sound quality you'll find anywhere!
We use three sound engineers to be sure.
Popular Fifties classics like these are rarely played on any radio station anymore, but we think this program of 27 sparkling gems will help you forget that.
Hit Parade Records is a Canadian audiophile-quality reissue label dedicated to finding, restoring, and preserving lost treasures like these. Hit Parade employs many of the same creative folks who lovingly compile those great Eric CD's - including Greg Adams, whose 10 pages of detailed liner notes with biographies of all the artists will fascinate you for more than the full hour it will take you to listen to Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1959: Pop Gold!
1. Don't You Know - Della Reese
2. Unforgettable - Dinah Washington
3. Old Cape Cod - Patti Page (stereo debut)
4. Lavender-Blue - Sammy Turner (mono)
5. Always - Sammy Turner (stereo debut)
6. Nola - Billy Williams (CD & stereo debut)
7. Heartaches by the Number - Guy Mitchell (original mono single version)
8. Primrose Lane - Jerry Wallace (original mono single version)
9. Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan
10. Pretty Blue Eyes - Steve Lawrence (rare on CD)
11. Footsteps - Steve Lawrence (rare on CD)
12. What in the World's Come Over You - Jack Scott
13. Midnight Special - Paul Evans (rare stereo)
14. Moondreams - Buddy Holly (rare)
15. There Must Be a Way - Joni James (stereo debut)
16. If I Give My Heart to You - Kitty Kallen (rare on CD)
17. Till There Was You - Anita Bryant (original single version)(stereo debut)
18. I Laughed at Love - Joni James (album version)(stereo debut)
19. Down by the Station - The Four Preps
20. It's Time to Cry - Paul Anka (stereo debut)
21. I Miss You So - Paul Anka (stereo debut)
22. I've Come of Age - Billy Storm (mono)(rare on CD)
23. The Wonder of You - Ray Peterson (mono)
24. Guess Who - Jesse Belvin
25. Just Come Home - Hugo & Luigi and Chorus (CD & stereo debut)
26. Deck of Cards - Wink Martindale (stereo)(rare)
27. Battle Hymn of the Republic - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (original stereo single version)