Izdavač: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1952
Žanr: Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

4 Cd-a-Expanded edition 105 tracks America in 1952 was to say the least a very significant year. Television was getting a foothold and the most significant events in music was the first reported `Rock `n` Roll riot at Alan Freed`s Moondog Celebration Ball in Cleveland, Ohio, the first broadcast of `American Bandstand` (without Dick Clark) and on March 27th the opening of Sun Studios in Memphis Tennessee. These last three occurrences had a profound impact on most of the artists featured on this CD; America`s Greatest Hits of 1952. All of these titles reached the top 3 on the Billboard charts for the year. Pee Wee King`s opening track was surely one of the first Country titles to cross over to the pop charts. Mind you the country artists and writers were supplying a lot of crossover hits in this period and Jo Stafford`s cover of Hank Williams; "Jambalaya" was no exception. Al Martino`s big ballad "Here In My Heart" also has the distinction of being the very first No 1 on the very first British Hit Parade in 1952. This album is very much a barometer of the popular sounds of the day with, perhaps, the exception of Johnny Standley`s "It`s In the Book", a big favourite on BBC Radio at the time but never a UK hit. It`s a parody of fundamentalist preachers and is presented here in its full-length version, which featured a sing along gospel pastiche.