Various Artists

All-Time Great Instrumental Hits, Vol. 1

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

All-Time Great Instrumental Hits, Vol. 1 is a budget-priced, 12-track collection of easy listening hits from the '50s and '60s by Les Baxter ("Unchained Melody," "The Poor People of Paris"), Nelson Riddle ("Lisbon Antigua"), Ferrante & Teicher ("Exodus"), Ray Anthony ("Dragnet," "Up a Lazy River," "Peter Gunn"), Les Paul ("Whispering"), Don Costa ("Never on Sunday") and Roger Williams ("Born Free"). It's a bit of a scattershot collection, but it's an entertaining listen.

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Unchained Melody Alex North / Hy Zaret	Les Baxter	02:32	Amazon
2	Lisbon Antigua José Galhardo / Amadeu do Vale	Nelson Riddle	02:35	Amazon
3	Exodus Ernest Gold	Ferrante & Teicher	02:53	Amazon
4	Bonanza Ray Evans / Jay Livingston	Al Caiola	02:16	Amazon
5	Never on Sunday Manos Hadjidakis	Don Costa	02:55	Amazon
6	Whispering Richard Coburn / Vincent Rose / John Schoenberger	Les Paul	01:59	Amazon
7	Twelfth Street Rag Euday L. Bowman	Pee Wee Hunt	02:51	Amazon
8	Third Man Theme Anton Karas	Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians	02:45	Amazon
9	Autumn Leaves Joseph Kosma / Johnny Mercer / Jacques Prévert	Roger Williams	02:56	Amazon
10	Portuguese Washerwoman (Les Lavandieres du Portugal) The Pop	Joe Carr	02:10	Amazon
11	Dragnet Walter Schumann	Ray Anthony	02:47	Amazon
12	Up a Lazy River Sidney Arodin / Hoagy Carmichael	Si Zentner	02:15	Amazon
13	Peter Gunn Theme Henry Mancini	Ray Anthony	01:51	Amazon
14	Born Free John Barry / Don Black	Roger Williams	02:14	Amazon
15	The Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song) Jack Lawrence / Marguerite Monnot / René Rouzaud	Les Baxter	02:24	Amazon

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