Peggy and I each had “Greatest Hits” CD’s of Nina Simone in our collections that we had gotten before we met.
Dionne Warwick mostly released singles written by Bacharach/David, and that is true of all 12 of the songs on Dionne Warwick’s Golden Hits Pt. 1.
Strangers in the Night includes the #1 song “Strangers in the Night”, Frank Sinatra’s first chart-topping single since 1958.
Edith Piaf became one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th Century, recording mostly in the 1940’s through the early 1960’s.
Most recording artists would be thrilled if their “greatest hits” album was as clogged with strong performances as The Divine Miss M.
Dean Martin’s Greatest Hits, Volume 1 includes his hit song that arrived in June 1964 at the height of Beatlemania, “Everybody Loves Somebody”.
Even in the context of 1969, “Is That All There Is?” hit the record charts utterly out of left field. Peggy Lee won a Grammy Award for “Is That All There Is?”
Hitmakers II presents a song apiece on each side of the album, by Robert Goulet, Doris Day, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, and Andy Williams.
Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin collects 14 performances by Boone of songs written by one of the finest American songwriters of the 20th Century.
Blue Mink features Madeline Bell as lead singer who is backed by a stellar band of recording studio heavyweights.