Various Artists - All The 60`s

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

9325583017384

Description:

This three-disc compilation of hits from the 1960s features 45 tracks in all.
All the 60`s is a three-CD box set assembled by the Strategic Marketing division of the Australian branch of major label Warner, consisting of 45 tracks performed by 32 different American recording artists. The selection and sequencing are random; the only determining factors in choosing the songs seem to have been that the tracks were in the Warner vault, having been released originally by Warner Bros. Records or Atlantic Records or one of their subsidiaries, for the most part, and that they were American chart singles, for the most part. That they were released in the 1960s was not absolutely necessary, despite the title. Eight selections actually derive from the 1950s, some as early as 1954 and 1955. (Maybe they were released later in Australia?) Forty of the 45 reached the Billboard Hot 100, and three of those that didn`t were Top Ten R&B hits; of those 40 pop chart entries, 39 reached the Top 40, 30 made the Top Ten, and ten went all the way to number one. A broad range of pop styles are represented. Ray Charles and Bobby Darin have three cuts each, while the Coasters, the Everly Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, Trini Lopez, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Nino Tempo & April Stevens, and Mel Torm? each have two, and among the chart-toppers are records by the Four Seasons, the Monkees, Percy Sledge, Sonny & Cher, and the Young Rascals. A strict limit of 15 tracks per disc makes for a collection running 125 minutes that could have fit onto two CDs easily. The average listener not clued into which major labels control which record catalogs from the `60s will find this album a hopeless stylistic jumble with no rhyme or reason, even though a favorite song is likely to pop up here and there. ~ William Ruhlmann

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
2. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
3. Stand by Me - Nathan Haines
4. Respect - Aretha Franklin
5. Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White
6. Comin`s Home Baby - Mel Torm?
7. Hallelujah I Love Her So - Ray Charles
8. (I Can`t Get No) Satisfaction - Otis Redding
9. Hold on (I`m Comin) - Sam & Dave
10. Groovin - The Young Rascals
11. In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
12. If I Had a Hammer - Trini Lopez
13. Take a Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
14. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG`s
15. Cathy`s Clown - The Everly Brothers
16. I`m a Believer - The Monkees
17. Deep Purple - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
18. I`ve Got a Woman - Ray Charles
19. I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
20. Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche
21. Shake Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
22. 59th Street Bridge Song - Harpers Bizarre
23. As Time Goes By - Jimmy Durante
24. Johnny Get Angry - Joanie Sommers
25. Charlie Brown - The Coasters
26. Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
27. Clementine - Bobby Darin
28. La Bamba - Trini Lopez
29. I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
30. Cast Your Fate to the Wind - Mel Torm?
31. When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
32. Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons
33. I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner
34. Classical Gas - Mason Williams
35. Sixteen Reasons - Connie Stevens
36. Stardust - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
37. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
38. Lazy River - Bobby Darin
39. Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
40. Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers
41. Poison Ivy - The Coasters
42. What`d I Say (Parts 1 & 2) - Ray Charles
43. Lover`s Question - Clyde McPhatter
44. Hello Mudduah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman
45. (Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Album Information

Release Date:

04/28/2003

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Folk Rock

Label:

Warner Bros.

Catalog Number:

0927487172

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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