Acrobat's Great Melodies of the 50s spotlights 25 of the era's top pop hits. Among the highlights are "Swedish Rhapsody" (Mantovani), "Bounce the Boogie" (Winifred Atwell), and "April in Portugal" (Les Baxter & His Orchestra & His Chorus), in addition to tracks by Leroy Anderson & His "Pops" Concert Orchestra, Ted Heath Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra, Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Buddy Morrow and Larry Adler. This is an interesting collection of orchestral pop music from the '50s that predates Elvis and rock & roll.
Great Melodies of the 50's
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Great Melodies of the 50's Review
by Al Campbell
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Ted Heath & His Music | 03:04 | Amazon | ||||
| 2 | Leroy Anderson | 02:55 | Amazon | ||||
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Percy Faith & His Orchestra | 02:53 | Amazon | |||
| 4 | 02:53 | Amazon | |||||
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Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra | 03:04 | Amazon | |||
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Liberace | 02:07 | Amazon | |||
| 7 | Billy May & His Orchestra | 02:12 | Amazon | ||||
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02:45 | Amazon | ||||
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Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra | 02:25 | Amazon | |||
| 10 | Mantovani | 02:49 | Amazon | ||||
| 11 | Leroy Anderson | 01:36 | Amazon | ||||
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Ted Heath & His Music | 02:14 | Amazon | |||
| 13 | Leroy Anderson | 02:42 | Amazon | ||||
| 14 | 02:32 | Amazon | |||||
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Mantovani | 02:09 | Amazon | |||
| 16 | Les Paul | 02:11 | Amazon | ||||
| 17 | Larry Adler | 02:58 | Amazon | ||||
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Winifred Atwell | 02:04 | Amazon | |||
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Ted Heath & His Music | 02:50 | Amazon | |||
| 20 | 02:35 | Amazon | |||||
| 21 | Victor Young & His Orchestra | 03:04 | Amazon | ||||
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Les Baxter | 02:43 | Amazon | |||
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Ted Heath & His Music | 03:09 | Amazon | |||
| 24 | Ray Martin | 02:42 | Amazon | ||||
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Buddy Morrow | 03:06 | Amazon |
