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Nelson Riddle: Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes

CD / Hallmark / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Route 66 Theme; Alvin Show Theme, The; Andy Griffith Theme, The; Theme From Ben Casey; My Three Sons; Untouchables, The; Naked City Theme; Sing Along; Defenders Theme, The; Theme from Sam Benedict; T...
Artists: Nelson Riddle

Original Soundtrack: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

CD / Hallmark / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Main Title; Love Theme; Resistance; Key, The; First Parting; Paris and Occupation; Ive Got to See Him; Mine for the Moment; Chi Chis Death; Versailles; No Divorce; Four Horsemen, The
Artists: Original Soundtrack

Various Artists: Bonanza: A Ponderosa Party

CD / Hallmark / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Bonanza; Sourwood Mountain; Sky Ball Paint; Early One Morning; Ponderosa; Careless Love; Skip To My Lou; In the Pines; Happy Birthday; My Sons, My Sons; Hangin Blues, The; Shenandoah; Miss Cindy; Pla...
Artists: Various Artists

This 4-CD box set contains country favorites and selections from the TV show "Bonanza" performed by the original cast members (Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts). Also include...continue...

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Brubeck Time

CD / Hallmark / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Audrey; Jeepers Creepers; Pennies From Heaven; Why Do I Love You; Stompin For Mili; Keepin Out of Mischief Now; Fine Romance, A; Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
Artists: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

West Side Story Cast Ensemble: West Side Story [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

CD / Hallmark / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Prologue; Jet Song; Somethings Coming; Dance at the Gym - Blues/Promenade/Jump; Maria; America; Tonight; Gee, Officer Krupke; I Feel Pretty; One Hand, One Heart; Quintet; Rumble, The; Cool; Boy Like ...
Artists: West Side Story Cast Ensemble

Composer: Leonard Bernstein.

Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim.

Hollywood has a deservedly bad reputation for its adaptations of Broadway musicals, but, at least as of the mid-'50s, with Broadw...continue...

Frankie Laine: Call of the Wild

CD / Hallmark / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Song of the Open Road; North To Alaska; Swamp Girl, The; Beyond the Blue Horizon; Call of the Wild; On the Trail; Wayfaring Stranger, The; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; High Road, The; Rolling Stone; New Fro...
Artists: Frankie Laine

Personnel: Frankie Laine (vocals)....continue...

The Jazz Crusaders: Freedom Sound

CD / Hallmark / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Geek, The; M.J.S. Funk; Thats It; Freedom Sound; Theme From Exodus; Coon
Artists: The Jazz Crusaders

The Jazz Crusaders: Wilton Felder (tenor saxophone); Wayne Henderson (trombone); Joe Sample (piano); Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (drums).

The first album by the Jazz Crusaders (which started an exten...continue...

Original Soundtrack: Hatari!

CD / Hallmark / 2013-06-25

Tracks: Theme From Hatari!; Baby Elephant Walk; Just For Tonight; Your Fathers Feathers; Night Side; Big Band Bwana; Sound of Hatari, The; Soft Touch, The; Crocodile, Go Home!
Artists: Original Soundtrack

Bill Evans (Piano)/Bill Evans Trio (Piano): Portrait in Jazz

CD / Hallmark / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Come Rain or Come Shine; Autumn Leaves; Witchcraft; When I Fall in Love; Peri's Scope; What Is This Thing Called Love; Spring Is Here; Some Day My Prince Will Come; Blue in Green
Artists: Bill Evans (Piano)/Bill Evans Trio (Piano)

Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (piano); Scott LaFaro (bass); Paul Motian (drums).

Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York on December 28, 1959. Originally released on Riverside (1162)...continue...

Joe Reisman/Lou Monte: Italian Houseparty

CD / Hallmark / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Hey Gumbaree; Tell Me You're Marie; Where Do You Work Marie; Senza Mamma E Nnammurata!; Solo Per Te; Pizza Boy USA; Italian Cowboy Song, The; Angel In the Fountain, The; Skinny Lena; Strada 'Nfosa; M...
Artists: Joe Reisman/Lou Monte

The Staple Singers: The Best Of The Staple Singers

CD / Hallmark / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Uncloudy Day; I Know I've Got Religion; Will the Circle Be Unbroken; God's Wonderful Love; Love is the Way; Don't Knock; Let's Go Home; I've Been Scorned; Swing Low; Stand By Me; Pray On; Downward Ro...
Artists: The Staple Singers

The Weavers: The Weavers at Carnegie Hall

CD / Hallmark / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Darling Corey; Kisses Sweeter Than Wine; Pay Me My Money Down; Greensleeves; Rock Island Line; 'Round the World; Wimoweh; Vena Jaleo; Suliram; Shalom Chavarim; Lonesome Traveller; I Know Where I'm Go...
Artists: The Weavers

The Weavers: Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays (vocals), Fred Hellerman (vocals, guitar), Pete Seeger (vocals, banjo, recorder, mandolin).

Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York on December 24, 1955. Inclu...continue...

Sonny Rollins/Sonny Rollins Quartet: Saxophone Colossus

CD / Hallmark / 2013-04-23

Tracks: St. Thomas; You Don't Know What Love is; Strode Rode; Moritat (Mack The Knife); Blue 7
Artists: Sonny Rollins/Sonny Rollins Quartet

Patti Page: The Very Best of Patti Page

CD / Hallmark / 2013-04-23

Tracks: Tennessee Waltz; Mama Doll Song, The; Detour (There's a Muddy Road Ahead); You Belong To Me; What a Dream; On the Inside; Come What May; Mister and Mississippi; Cross Over the Bridge; I Went To Your ...
Artists: Patti Page

This British budget compilation contains rerecordings of Patti Page's pop hits made for the Plantation label in the early '80s, along with some minor country chart entries such as "On the Inside" and ...continue...

Gary "U.S." Bonds: Greatest Hits

CD / Hallmark / 2013-04-02

Tracks: New Orleans; Quarter To Three; Not Me; Dear Lady Twist; School Is Out; School Is In; Havin' So Much Fun; Twist Twist Senora; I Dig This Station
Artists: Gary "U.S." Bonds

Personnel: Gary "U.S." Bonds (vocals).

Gary U.S. Bonds' '80s comeback with "This Little Girl" and Dedication inspired many repackagings of his '60s recordings in different countries. This 14-tr...continue...

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley's a Twister

CD / Hallmark / 2013-04-02

Tracks: Detour; She's Alright; Doin' the Jaguar; Who Do You Love; Shank; Road Runner; My Babe; Twister, The; Hey, Bo Diddley; Hush Your Mouth; Bo Diddley; I'm Looking for a Woman; Here 'Tis; I Know
Artists: Bo Diddley

A lot of the material on this record was rushed out in half-finished form, in order to get an album out that cashed in on the "twist" craze of early 1962. There may well have been words intended to th...continue...

Norrie Paramor: Staged for Stereo-Strings

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Norrie Paramor

Gladys Knight & the Pips: Letter Full of Tears

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Letter Full of Tears; You Broke Your Promise; Operator; I'll Trust in You; Morning Noon and Night; I Can't Stand By; Every Beat of My Heart; Room in Your Heart; Guess Who; Stop Running Around; What S...
Artists: Gladys Knight & the Pips

LETTER FULL OF TEARS contains 25 tracks recorded for the Fury label from 1961 to 1963.

A good anthology of early tracks by Gladys Knight & the Pips, these were recorded for the Fury label in th...continue...

Solomon Burke: Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke's booming, magnificent vocals and dramatic approach were particularly effective on a string of great early-'60s tracks. The lyrics, production, and setting blended soul and country eleme...continue...

Ike & Tina Turner: Dance with Ike & Tina Turner & Their Kings of Rhythm Band

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Ike & Tina Turner

Although the 14 tracks on this album are very typical early-'60s rock/R&B instrumentals in their tunes and arrangements, Ike Turner's guitar work is sparkling, lifting the LP out of the generic realm....continue...

The Marvelettes: Playboy

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Playboy; Mix It Up; Beechwood 45789; I'm Hooked; I Think I Can Change You; Forever; Someday, Someway; Goddess of Love; You Should Know; (I've Got To) Cry Over You
Artists: The Marvelettes

Despite being one of Motown's first big acts, the Marvelettes didn't record as many albums as the Temptations, Supremes, the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, or Martha & the Vandellas, but the girls from Inks...continue...

Jimmy Reed: The Best of Jimmy Reed [Vee-Jay]

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Jimmy Reed

Another tough-to-beat old album full of Reed's finest and most influential work. ~ Bill Dahl...continue...

Lalo Schifrin (Composer): Lalo Schifrin: Brilliance

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Lalo Schifrin (Composer)

Jackie Wilson: Jackie Wilson at the Copa

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Tonight; Medley: Body And Soul/Apologize; Love For Sale; And This Is My Beloved; Way I Am, The; I Love Them All, Pt. 1: What I Say/Night/That's Why (I Love You So); I Love Them All, Pt. 2: Danny Boy/...
Artists: Jackie Wilson

Recorded live at the Copacabana in New York, New York in 1962. Includes liner notes by Ed Sullivan.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Recording information: The Copacabana, New ...continue...

Joan Baez: Joan Baez in Concert, Pt. 1

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Joan Baez

Solo performer: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar).

Producer: Maynard Solomon.

Reissue producer: Mark Spector.

Recorded live between August 1962 and November 1963. Originally released on ...continue...

Various Artists: Motown Special, Vol. 1

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: One Who Really Loves You, The - Mary Wells; Take a Chance On Me - Eddie Holland; I've Been Good To You - The Miracles; I Want a Guy - The Marvelettes; Greetings (This is Uncle Sam) - The Valadiers; J...
Artists: Various Artists

Photographer: Billy Brown.

From the beginning, Berry Gordy, Jr. was light years ahead of others in the record business in the area of marketing. Gordy always piggybacked lesser-known artists wi...continue...

Paul Anka: Diana [Hallmark]

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Paul Anka

Stanley Turrentine: Dearly Beloved

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Stanley Turrentine

Originally recorded and released in the early 1960s, this excellent Stanley Turrentine date is one of the artist's many fine Blue Note recordings from the period. Finding its niche between hard bop an...continue...

Eddie Holland: Eddie Holland

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Jaime; True Love Will Go a Mighty Long Way; If It's Love (It's Alright); What About Me; It's Not Too Late; (If) Cleopatra Took a Chance; Take a Chance On Me; Last Night I Had a Vision; Little Bit of ...
Artists: Eddie Holland

Liner Note Author: Barney Ales....continue...

Brenda Lee: All the Way

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Lover, Come Back to Me; All the Way; Dum Dum; On the Sunny Side of the Street; Talkin' 'Bout You; Someone to Love Me (The Prisoner's Song); Do I Worry (Yes I Do); Tragedy; Kansas City; Eventually; Sp...
Artists: Brenda Lee

Like many albums of its time, Brenda Lee's All the Way was a little thin on outstanding non-45 material. A number of covers of recent rock and pop songs ("Kansas City," "Tragedy," and Ray Charles' "Ta...continue...

Connie Francis: Do the Twist with Connie Francis

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Mr. Twister; Teach Me How to Twist; Johnny Darlin'; Telephone Lover; Mommy Your Daughter's Fallin' in Love; Drop Joe; Kiss 'n' Twist (Tarantella); I Won't Be Home to You; My Real Happiness; Ain't Tha...
Artists: Connie Francis

Arranger: Sammy Lowe....continue...

The Fleetwoods: Greatest Hits *

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Mr. Blue; You Mean Everything To Me; Outside My Window; Confidential; Truly Do; Tragedy; Come Softly To Me; (He's) the Great Imposter; Last One To Know, The; Poor Little Girl; Graduation's Here; Runa...
Artists: The Fleetwoods

One of the few white vocal groups to see success on both the pop and R&B charts during the doo wop era, the Fleetwoods had a three-year run as a group, beginning with their first hit, 1959's "Come Sof...continue...

The Contours: Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) *

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Do You Love Me; Shake Sherrie; You Better Get in Line; Stretch, The; It Must Be Love; Whole Lotta Woman; Claudia; So Grateful; Old Miner, The; Funny; Move Mr. Man
Artists: The Contours

This set is essentially the same as the Contours' first (and only) regular album release for Motown Records, although it actually appeared on a Motown imprint called Gordy Records. It featured the gro...continue...

Nancy Wilson: Hello Young Lovers

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Good Man is Hard To Find, A; Hello, Young Lovers; Sophisticated Lady; When a Woman Loves a Man; Little Girl Blue; Nina Never Knew; You Don't Know What Love is; Put On a Happy Face; When Sunny Gets Bl...
Artists: Nancy Wilson

Most of Nancy Wilson's '60s Capitol releases were of a high quality, including this, her fourth album. Hello Young Lovers contains Wilson's standard program of easy swingers and ballads which show off...continue...

Rev. Columbus Mann: They Shall Be Mine

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Rev. Columbus Mann

James Brown: James Brown and the Famous Flames

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Mashed Potatoes USA; Choo-Choo (Loco-Motion); Three Hearts in a Triangle; Doin' the Limbo; I Don't Care; Joggin' Along; I've Got Money; Sticky; Like a Baby; Every Beat of My Heart; In the Wee Wee Hou...
Artists: James Brown

The Everly Brothers: The Golden Hits of the Everly Brothers

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers: Don Everly, Phil Everly (vocals, guitar).

An interesting collection of later Warner Bros. hits, too slick but enjoyable. ~ Bruce Eder...continue...

Johnny Cash: The Sound of Johnny Cash

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Johnny Cash

Joe Brown (UK): A Picture of You

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Joe Brown (UK)

Sam Cooke: The Best of Sam Cooke [RCA]

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Tracks: You Send Me; Only Sixteen; Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha; For Sentimental Reasons; Wonderful World; Summertime; Chain Gang; Cupid; Twistin' the Night Away; Sad Mood; Having a Party; Bring It On Home...
Artists: Sam Cooke

Digitally remastered by Rick Rowe.

This 1965 compilation is the perfect introduction to the soulful pop of Sam Cooke. It contains all of his best-loved songs in their original versions and repr...continue...

Willie Nelson: And Then I Wrote

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Willie Nelson

Michael Bentine: It's a Square World

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Michael Bentine

Gene Chandler: Duke of Earl

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Gene Chandler

Julie London: Love Letters

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Julie London

Every Julie London album before Love Letters has something to recommend it for fans of vocal pop and jazz or lounge music, but this 1962 release is for London completists only. Love Letters isn't a ba...continue...

Lou Rawls: Stormy Monday

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Tracks: (They Call It) Stormy Monday; God Bless The Child; See See Rider; Willow Weep For Me; I'm Gonna Move to The Outskirts Of Town; In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down); 'Taint't Nobody's Biz-ness If I...
Artists: Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls' first album, and still one of his best, finds him backed by jazz pianist Les McCann's trio in a program of blues, pop, and jazz standards. This is all rather urbane stuff; the sonic templat...continue...

Mel Tormé: Comin' Home Baby

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Mel Tormé

Aside from being a gifted jazz singer (he was forced to do a lot of pop material throughout his career to survive), Mel Torme was also an actor, a solid songwriter, an arranger (he handled the chart a...continue...

Johnny Burnette: Roses Are Red

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Roses Are Red; Lonesome Waters; Clown Shoes; Fool of the Year, The; Poorest Boy In Town, The; I've Got a Lot of Things To Do; Girls; Honestly I Do; Choo Choo Train; Angry At the Big Oak Tree; When To...
Artists: Johnny Burnette

Stevie Wonder: The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder's debut album, released when he was 11, is still an amazing musical document, showcasing his skills as a percussionist (drums and bongos), chromatic harmonica player, keyboardist (piano ...continue...

The Marvelettes: Smash Hits '62

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: The Marvelettes

Johnnie Ray (Vocal): Johnnie Ray *

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Johnnie Ray (Vocal)