Bobby Helms - Bobby Helms - The Complete Releases 1955-62 (CD)

Details: Bobby Helms was one of the new breed of country stars who came to the fore in the late '50s recording material which readily crossed over into the pop charts, as he embraced the smooth Nashville sound and helped bring the genre closer to the mainstream of popular music, to the extent of having hits during the '50s in the UK, rarely a happy hunting ground for country stars. His first two hits were long-running country No. 1s with "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel", both crossing over to the pop charts, the latter making the Top 10 as well as charting in the UK in the face of local cover versions. His third was a landmark classic with the crossover seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock" which returned him to the pop and country charts on an annual basis for several years. Over the next few years he racked up a dozen or more further hits, including "No Other Baby" and "Jacqueline" in the UK charts, underlining his distinctive appeal. This great-value 52-track 2-CD set comprises every track he released during this period, whether as an A or B side of a single, on an EP or on his one LP release in that era, and as such it represents a comprehensive anthology from his early career, which encompassed all his significant hits.

Tracklist:

1. Yesterday's Lovin'
2. Hangin' Around
3. Freedom Lovin' Guy
4. I've Never Seen Anyone
5. Tennessee Rock 'N' Roll
6. I Don't Owe You Nothing
7. Fraulein
8. (Got a) Heartsick Feeling
9. My Special Angel
10. Standing at the End of My World
11. Jingle Bell Rock
12. Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol)
13. Just a Little Lonesome
14. Love My Lady
15. Jacqueline
16. Living in the Shadows of the Past
17. Borrowed Dreams
18. Schoolboy Crush
19. The Fool and the Angel
20. A Hundred Hearts
21. New River Train
22. Miss Memory
23. I Guess I'll Miss the Prom
24. Soon It Can Be Told
25. No Other Baby
26. You're No Longer Mine
27. Hurry Baby
28. My Lucky Day
29. Someone Was Already There
30. To My Sorrow
31. I Want to Be with You
32. Let Me Be the One
33. Lonely River Rhine
34. Guess We Thought the World Would End
35. Sad Eyed Baby
36. You're the One
37. How Can You Divide a Little Child
38. My Greatest Weakness
39. One Deep Love
40. Once in a Lifetime
41. Then Came You
42. Yesterday's Champagne
43. If I Only Knew
44. Far Away Heart
45. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
46. Sugar Moon
47. Plaything
48. The Magic Song
49. Tonight's the Night
50. Just a Little Lonesome (Alt. Version)
51. (Now and Then) There's a Fool Such As I
52. Most of the Time