Patience & Prudence--Frank Sinatra & Rosemary Clooney--Frank Sinatra & Dagmar--Frank Chacksfield--David Rose--Frankie Laine

 We are on holiday with  strange lady Diana gambling with the Cockleshell Heroes who are climbing the money tree in the whispering sands

1. Gonna Get Along Without You Now......Patience And Prudence

2. The Money Tree......Patience And Prudence

3. Love Means Love......Frank Sinatra & Rosemary Clooney

4. Mama Will Bark......Frank Sinatra & Dagmar

5. The Shifting Whispering Sands......Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra

6. Cockleshell Heroes......Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra

7. Diana......Paul Anka

8. Don't Gamble With love......Paul Anka

9. Holiday For Strings......David Rose & His Orchestra

10. Dance Of The Spanish Onion......David Rose & His Orchestra

11. Strange Lady in Town......Frankie Laine

12. The Tarrier Song......Frankie Laine

Patience Ann McIntyre (born August 15, 1942) and Prudence Ann McIntyre (born July 12, 1945), known professionally as Patience and Prudence, are two sisters who were a young vocal duo active from 1956 to 1964.As youngsters, the girls studied piano and learned to read music. In the summer of 1956, their father brought 11-year-old Prudence and 14-year-old Patience into the Liberty Records studio in Los Angeles.The duo made a demonstration recording of the song, "Tonight You Belong to Me," which had been a hit for Gene Austin in 1927, Liberty signed them and immediately released a recording of the girls singing the song as a commercial single (with the B-side, "A Smile and a Ribbon," and by September the song reached #4 on the Billboard charts and #28 in the UK Singles Chart, and was the biggest selling record put out by Liberty for two years. It sold over one million copies and reached gold record status. It went on to become one of the best-selling singles in the United States in September 1956.Their song "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" reached #11 on the Billboard chart and #22 in the UK. its B-side, "The Money Tree," reached #73 in the U.S. They appeared on the Perry Como Show on television in September of that same year.

David Daniel Rose (June 15, 1910 – August 23, 1990) was an American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His best known compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody". 

In 1957, his rendition of Larry Clinton's "Calypso Melody" became Rose's second million selling record, and was awarded a gold disc."The Stripper", released in 1962, was composed by Rose in 1958 for a television special saluting burlesque. The song featured especially prominent trombone lines, giving the tune its lascivious signature, and evokes the feel of music used to accompany burlesque striptease artists. Four years after the song was recorded, MGM Records wanted to rush-release Rose's recording of "Ebb Tide" as a 45-rpm single, but needed a B-side. An office boy went through some of Rose's tapes searching for one, and "The Stripper" was chosen. It became a surprise hit, receiving much radio play."Holiday for Strings" became well known as the theme for Red Skelton's programs. 

       3. Love Means Love

Russ Conway--Percy Faith--Pat Boone--Frank Sinatra--Reggie Goff & Felix King--Ricky Nelson

 Piano Pops then a walk with Anastasia and a lean baby walking behind.. feeling tired so a ride home on a sleigh someday soon !

1. More Piano Pops Part 1......Russ Conway

2. More Piano Pops Part 2......Russ Conway

3. Sleigh Ride.....Percy Faith & Orchestra

4. Tzin Tzun Tzan......Percy Faith & Orchestra

5. Don't Forbid Me.....Pat Boone

6. Anastasia......Pat Boone

7. I'm Walking Behind You.....Frank Sinatra

8. Lean Baby......Frank Sinatra

9. So Tired......Reggie Goff & Felix King His Piano & Orchestra

10. Say It Every Day......Reggie Goff & Felix King His Piano & Orchestra

11. Someday......Ricky Nelson

12. I Got A Feeling......Ricky Nelson

Russ Conway, DSM (born Trevor Herbert Stanford; 2 September 1925 – 16 November 2000) was an English popular music pianist and composer. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two number one hits.

In 1955, Conway was talent-spotted while playing in a London club, and was signed to EMI's Columbia label. At Columbia, he worked with Norman Newell, who suggested he adopt the stage name of Russ Conway ('Conway' from Newell's early recording association with the singer Steve Conway, and 'Russ' from the Russ Henderson Steel Band). Conway spent the mid-1950s providing backing for artists on their roster, including Gracie Fields and Joan Regan. He recorded his first solo single "Party Pops" in 1957, a "medley of standard songs" which included "Roll the Carpet Up" and "The Westminster Waltz".

Between 1957 and 1963, Conway had 20 UK chart hits, and in 1959 alone he achieved a cumulative total of 83 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. This included two self-penned number one instrumentals, "Side Saddle" and "Roulette". He appeared frequently on light entertainment TV shows and radio for many years afterwards, performing at the London Palladium on a number of occasions and becoming a regular on the Billy Cotton Band Show.

Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listening" or "mood music" format. Faith became a staple of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s. Though his professional orchestra-leading career began at the height of the swing era, Faith refined and rethought orchestration techniques, including use of large string sections, to soften and fill out the brass-dominated popular music of the 1940s.After working briefly for Decca Records, he worked for Mitch Miller at Columbia Records, where he turned out dozens of albums and provided arrangements for many of the pop singers of the 1950s, including Tony Bennett, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis for Mathis's 1958 Christmas album titled Merry Christmas, and Guy Mitchell for whom Faith co-wrote with Carl Sigman Mitchell's number-one single, "My Heart Cries for You".His most famous and remembered recordings are "Delicado" (1952), "The Song from Moulin Rouge" (1953) and "Theme from A Summer Place" (1959).

Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood films.

Many of Boone's hit singles were covers of hits from black Rock and Roll artists. These included: "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino; "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard;[16] "At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)" by The El Dorados; and the blues ballads "I Almost Lost My Mind" by Ivory Joe Hunter, "I'll be Home" by the Flamingos and "Don't Forbid Me" by Charles Singleton. Boone also wrote the lyrics for the instrumental theme song for the movie Exodus, which he titled "This Land Is Mine". (Ernest Gold had composed the music.)

Reginald Goff.

British jazz saxophonist (tenor), clarinetist, oboist, arranger, composer and vocalist.

Born : September 19, 1915 in Gosport, Hampshire, England.

Died : September 16, 1956 in Middlesex, England.

'Reggie' was a lead own band through the 1930s, after joined at the "Billy Ternent's BBC Dance Orchestra", with Stanley Black (1944), George Crow (1945-'46), again led own band from 1947 to 1955.

Felix Ferdinand King was born in Brighton on 27th March 1912. His first engagement was as pianist at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. In 1932, he formed a band to play at the Gargoyle Club, London but was soon to spend much of his time as pianist in leading dance bands in London, writing music for films and, indeed, playing in them! In 1935 he joined the newly-formed Victor Silvester Ballroom Orchestra and played on their first record, but left after about a year.

In 1947, Felix King, his piano and orchestra opened at the Nightingale Club, in Berkeley Square. This was a 16-piece orchestra featuring two pianos, for which Felix King composed the signature tune, 'The Night and the Nightingale'. He could not use the obvious 'Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' as this had already been adopted by a band across the road!

In 1948, he and his orchestra moved to the Orchid Room, where the late Princess Margaret sometimes danced to his music. It was during this period that he did a series for Radio Luxembourg which ran for 20 months.

Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985), known professionally as Ricky Nelson, was an American singer, pop pioneer, musician, and actor. From age eight he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957, he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist.  He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was the first number one song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 19 additional top ten hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.

        9. So Tired

The Everly Brothers--Frank Sinatra--Danny Kaye--Winnie Melville & Derek Oldham--Dean Martin--Harry Belafonte

 Suzie is being woken up by the Coconut Woman with Magic Power singing a Love Song on the island of Castle Rock but then Forgetting to Return with French Wilhelmina !

1. Wake Up Little Suzie......The Everly Brothers

2. Maybe Tomorrow.....The Everly Brothers

3. Love Me.....Frank Sinatra

4. Castle Rock......Frank Sinatra

5. C'est Si Bon.....Danny Kaye

6. Wilhelmina.....Danny Kaye

7. I Bring A Love Song......Winnie Melville & Derek Oldham

8. Love What Has Given You This Magic Power......Winnie Melvile & Derek Oldham

9. Return To Me......Dean Martin

10. Forgetting You.....Dean Martin

11. Island In The Sun.....Harry Belafonte

12. Coconut Woman.....Harry Belafonte

The Everly Brothers were an American country rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014), the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country and pop, becoming pioneers of country rock.

They began writing and recording their own music in 1956, and their first hit song came in 1957, with "Bye Bye Love", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. The song hit No. 1 in the spring of 1957, and additional hits would follow through 1958, many of them written by the Bryants, including "Wake Up Little Susie", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", and "Problems".

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician, philanthropist, and cook. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.

Kaye starred in 17 films, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1955). His films were popular, especially for his performances of patter songs and favorites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling

                                        Winnie Melville

Derek Oldham (29 March 1887 – 20 March 1968) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

His first musical was Whirled into Happiness at the Lyric Theatre, as Horace Wiggs, where his leading lady was his future wife, Winnie Melville. They married in 1923. She later joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a principal soprano.

Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool." Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin & Lewis, in 1946. They performed in nightclubs and later had numerous appearances on radio, television and in films.

Following an acrimonious ending of the partnership in 1956, Martin pursued a solo career as a performer and actor. Martin established himself as a singer, recording numerous contemporary songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook. He became one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas and was known for his friendship with fellow artists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., who together formed the Rat Pack.

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican American pop stars ever, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).

      10. Forgetting You

The Kaye Sisters--Guy Mitchell--Lonnie Donegan--Band Of H.M. Welsh Guards--Frank Sinatra--Bing Grosby & Jane Wyman.

 Maiden Floradora Zinging a song under the moon with ricky tick who is crazy and strange racing for that gap but fell into the trap weeping !

1. The Ricky Tick Song......The Kaye Sisters

2. Dark Moon......The Kaye Sisters

3. Singing The Blues......Guy Mitchell

4. Crazy With Love......Guy Mitchell

5. Cumberland Gap...... Lonnie Donegan

6. Love Is Strange......Lonnie Donegan

7. Florodora Part 1......Band Of H.M.Welsh Guards

8. Florodora Part 2......Band Of H.M. Welsh Guards

9. The Tender Trap......Frank Sinatra

10. Weep They Will......Frank Sinatra

11. Zing A Little Song......Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman

12. The Maiden Of Guadalupe......Jane Wyman

The Kaye Sisters were a trio of British pop singers, who scored several hits on the UK Singles Chart in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The Kaye Sisters were formed in 1954. They got their name and their start in the music industry from their manager, Carmen Kaye. They were also often billed as The Three Kayes or just The Kayes. The three members dressed in matching dress outfits and wore the same blonde haircuts, and became a popular vocal group on par with the Beverley Sisters.

The trio were headliners in top London cabaret clubs such as Churchill's and the Colony Club, and in variety supported such leading stars as Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper and Ken Dodd. They were popular in Blackpool summer seasons throughout the 1960s and 1970s, where they co-starred with Josef Locke, Dick Emery and, in two seasons, with Larry Grayson. In 1992, they returned to the resort to top the bill of the South Pier's Golden Showstoppers.

They appeared with Judy Garland in the 1957 Royal Variety Show, and in the United States appeared as guests on The Ed Sullivan Show. 

Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer and actor, successful in his homeland, the UK, and Australia. He sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles.

His first hit was "My Heart Cries for You" (1951). Other hits included "Heartaches by the Number", "Rock-a-Billy" (a crossover into the rock and roll field), "The Same Old Me", and his biggest hit, "Singing the Blues", which was number one for 10 weeks in 1956.

Mitch Miller, in charge of talent at Columbia Records, noticed Cernik in 1950. He joined Columbia and took his new stage name at Miller's urging: Miller supposedly said, "my name is 'Mitchell' and you seem a nice 'guy', so we'll call you Guy Mitchell.

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs.

Jane Wyman ( born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist. She received an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

6. Love Is Strange

Eddie Calvert--Josef Locke--Kay Starr--Mario Lanza & Elisabeth Doubleday--Frank Sinatra--Vic Lewis & Jack Parnells Jazzmen.

What is the mystery of Violetta and Kathleen going all the way to Chicago with a Prince carrying a Cannon Ball on the Wheel of Fortune singing the Blues ?

1. Oh Mein Papa......Eddie Calvert

2. Mystery Street......Eddie Calvert

3. Hear My Song Violetta......Josef Locke

4. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen......Josef Locke

5. Wheel Of Fortune......Kay Starr

6. Wabash Cannon Ball......Kay Starr

7. Summertime In Heidelberg......Mario Lanza & Elisabeth Doubleday

8. Gaudeamus Igitur......Mario Lanza

9. Chicago......Frank Sinatra

10. All The Way......Frank Sinatra

11. Singing The Blues......Vic Lewis And Jack Parnell's Jazzmen

12. Prince Of Wails......Vic Lewis And Jack Parnell's Jazzmen

Joseph McLaughlin (23 March 1917 – 15 October 1999), known professionally as Josef Locke, was an Irish tenor. He was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s.

Known as The Singing Bobby, he became a local celebrity before starting to work the UK variety circuit, where he also played summer seasons in English seaside resorts.

He was signed to the Columbia label in 1947, and his first releases were the two Italian songs "Santa Lucia" and "Come Back to Sorrento".In 1947, Locke released "Hear My Song, Violetta," which became forever associated with him. It was based on a 1936 tango "Hör' mein Lied, Violetta" by Othmar Klose  and Rudolf Lukesch.Locke's other songs were mostly a mixture of ballads associated with Ireland ("I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen", "Dear Old Donegal", "Galway Bay", "The Isle of Innisfree.

Mario Lanza (born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor, actor, and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s who was of Italian ancestry.

His film debut for MGM was in That Midnight Kiss (1949) with Kathryn Grayson and Ethel Barrymore. A year later, in The Toast of New Orleans, his featured popular song "Be My Love" became his first million-selling hit. In 1951, he played the role of tenor Enrico Caruso, his idol, in the biopic The Great Caruso, which produced another million-seller with "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (a song which used the melody of Sobre las Olas). 

 Recorded by Mario Lanza for the 1954 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Student Prince. For contractual reasons, the singing of soprano Ann Blyth (who originally sang with Lanza on two of the numbers) has been replaced by that of Elizabeth Doubleday on this disc. Constantine Callinicos was appointed Mario Lanza's musical director for the film.

Victor Lewis (29 July 1919 – 9 February 2009) was a British jazz guitarist and bandleader. He also enjoyed success as an artists' agent and manager.

Jack Parnell and Lewis formed the Vic Lewis and Jack Parnell Jazzmen (1944-46). Their recording of Ugly Child was a minor hit, prompting Parnell's uncle, the impresario Val Parnell, to book them on to the variety circuit. When Parnell left to join Ted Heath, Lewis's remaining Jazzmen continued to play the dancehalls.

        6. Wabash Cannon Ball

The Weavers--Slim Whitman--The Stargazers--Frank Sinatra--Marion Ryan--Tommy Steele

 Tommy Steele Say's It All "With A Handful Of Songs" !!

1. On Top Of Old Smoky......The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson

2. Across The Wide Missouri......The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson

3. Tell Me......Slim Whitman

4. Tumbling Tumbleweeds......Slim Whitman

5. I See The Moon......The Stargazers

6. El Cumpari......The Stargazers

7. The Coffee Song......Frank Sinatra

8. The Stars Will Remember

9. Love Me Forever......Marion Ryan

10. Make The man Love Me......Marion Ryan

11. A Handful Of Songs......Tommy Steele

12. Water Water......Tommy Steele

The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. They sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American ballads, and sold millions of records at the height of their popularity. Their style inspired the commercial "folk boom" that followed them in the 1950s and 1960s, including such performers as the Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul, and Mary, the Rooftop Singers, the Seekers, Joan Baez, Don Mclean and Bob Dylan.

"Terry" Gilkyson, singer and songwriter, wrote several of the biggest hit records of the early 1950s. His "Memories are Made of This" became both a number one song for Dean Martin in 1956 and a clever catchphrase for the nostalgia boom. He recorded two albums of folk songs, The Solitary Singer, volumes 1 and 2, in 1950 and 1951, but had his first hit record in 1951 when he joined The Weavers, with "On Top of Old Smokey".

The Stargazers were a British vocal group, jointly founded in 1949 by Cliff Adams and Ronnie Milne. Other original members were Marie Benson, Fred Datchler and Dick James.

Very shortly after the group made their first broadcasts with BBC Radio on such programs as Workers' Playtime, Dick James decided to resume his career as a solo vocalist, left the group, and was replaced by Bob Brown. Ronnie Milne took care of the musical arranging, while Cliff Adams became their manager, in addition to contributing scores for the group. In September 1953, Milne left the Stargazers to emigrate to Canada, and was replaced in the group by Dave Carey. The group served as backing vocalists for Petula Clark on her first recordings.

Marion Ryan (4 February 1931 – 15 January 1999) was a popular British singer in the 1950s.

She was once called "the Marilyn Monroe of popular song", Marion Ryan was a pop singer of the 1950s in the early years of British Independent Television. Her song "Love Me Forever" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart in 1958. She was the regular singer in the popular musical quiz Spot the Tune on Granada Television for seven years from 1956, with a total of 209 half-hour programmes.

Sir Thomas Hicks, OBE (born 17 December 1936), known professionally as Tommy Steele, is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. He reached number one with "Singing the Blues" in 1957, and The Tommy Steele Story was the first album by a UK act to reach number 1 in his native country.

Steele's film credits include Half a Sixpence, The Happiest Millionaire and Finian's Rainbow and he has made many stage tours in the UK. He is also a songwriter, author and sculptor.

        12. Water Water

Kay Starr--Frank Weir--Deanna Durbin--Frank Sinatra--Eddie Calvert--Johnny Otis Show

 We dream at midnight with Ma holding a rose making believe its summer so a dip in the fountain in the dark looking for a treasure but only found coins !

1. Am I A Toy Or A Treasure......Kay Starr

2. Fortune In Dreams......Kay Starr

3. I Didn't Know About You......Frank Weir & The Astor Club 7.(vocal.. Anne Lenner)

4. I'm Making Believe......Frank Weir & The Astyor Club 7. (vocal...Lynne Shaw)

5. The Last Rose Of Summer......Deanna Durbin

6. Because......Deanna Durbin

7. Three Coins In The Fountain......Frank Sinatra

8. I Could Have Told You So......Frank Sinatra

9. Midnight......Eddie Calvert

10. Margot's Minuet......Eddie Calvert

11. Ma He's Making Eyes At Me......The Johnny Otis Show

12. Romance In The Dark......The Johnny Otis Show

Catherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried (jazz, pop, and country), but her roots were in jazz.Most of Starr's songs had jazz influences. Like those of Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray, they were sung in a style that anticipated rock and roll songs. These included her hits "Wheel of Fortune" (her biggest hit, No. 1 for 10 weeks), "Side by Side", "The Man Upstairs", and "Rock and Roll Waltz". One of her biggest hits was her version of "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man with the Bag", a Christmas song that became a holiday favorite.

Anne Lenner (1912–1997) was a popular English female vocalist, singing with the dance bands of the 1930s and 1940s. She is most closely associated with Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans, a band who regularly played at the Savoy Hotel in London; she made many studio recordings with this band. The British bands played a softer version of the swing jazz popular in the USA during the 1930s and 1940s.

During the war years, Lenner sang with a number of other bands notably Jay Wilbur, Jack White, Louis Levy, and Frank Weir at the Astor club where George Shearing was in the band. She only recorded a handful of songs with these bands.

Johnny Otis (born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes; December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012) was an American singer, musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario. He was a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll. He discovered numerous artists early in their careers who went on to become highly successful in their own right, including Little Esther Phillips, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Ace, Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard.

He continued to perform and appeared on TV shows in Los Angeles from 1957. On the strength of their success, he signed with Capitol Records. Featuring the singer Marie Adams and with his band, now known as the Johnny Otis Show, he made a comeback, at first in the British charts with "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me" in 1957. 

        10. Margot's Minuet

Bill Haley--Frank Sinatra--Rosa Ponselli & Giovanni Martinelli--Robert Earl--Liberace--Tex Ritter

Its High Noon In The Purple Castle With The Saints Rocking as Mr Green's Aida gives Her True Blessings More Love Under An Umbrella !

1. The Saints Rock'n Roll......Bill Haley

2. Rock......Bill Haley

3. Mean To Me......Frank Sinatra

4. It All Came True.....Frank Sinatra

5. O Terra Addio ( Farewell O Earth) 1......Rosa Ponselle & Giovanni Martinelli

6. O Terra Addio ( Farewell O Earth) 2......Rosa Ponselle & Giovanni Martinelli

7. More......Robert Earl

8. Your Home Can Be A Castle......Robert Earl

9. Deep Purple......Liberace

10. We All Need Love......Liberace

11. High Noon......Tex Ritter

12. There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings

William John Clifton Haley ( July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was a pioneering American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and million-selling hits such as "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later, Alligator", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Rocket 88", "Skinny Minnie", and "Razzle Dazzle". His recordings have sold over 60 million records worldwide.

In 1954, Haley recorded "Rock Around the Clock". Initially, it was relatively successful, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard pop singles chart and staying on the charts for a few weeks. On re-release, the record reached #1 on July 9, 1955.

When "Rock Around the Clock" appeared as the theme song of the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle starring Glenn Ford, it soared to the top of the American Billboard chart for eight weeks. The single is commonly used as a convenient line of demarcation between the "rock era" and the music industry that preceded it. 

Robert Earl (born Monty Leigh, 17 November 1926) was an English singer of traditional pop music in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and 1960s, whose style was operatic, like fellow crooners David Whitfield, David Hughes and Edmund Hockridge. He is the father of the businessman Robert Earl.

He began his singing career at local functions around London's East End, and soon progressed to singing with some of the top big bands of the day such as those of Sidney Lipton, Nat Temple and Van Straten. In 1953, he auditioned for Norman Newell of Philips Records and was offered a recording contract.He enjoyed three chart hits during this period, while signed to Philips: "I May Never Pass This Way Again" (#14) and "More Than Ever" ("Come prima") (#26) in 1958 and "The Wonderful Secret of Love" (#17) in 1959.

Rosa Melba Ponzillo, known as Rosa Ponselle (January 22, 1897 – May 25, 1981) was an American operatic soprano.She sang mainly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and is generally considered to have been one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th Century.

Giovanni Martinelli (22 October 1885 – 2 February 1969) was an Italian operatic tenor. He was associated with the Italian lyric-dramatic repertory, although he performed French operatic roles to great acclaim as well. Martinelli was one of the most famous tenors of the 20th century, enjoying a long career at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and appearing at other major international theatres.

Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer, and actor. A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, Liberace enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the height of his fame from the 1950s to 1970s, Liberace was the highest-paid entertainer in the world with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule. Liberace embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage, earning the nickname "Mr. Showmanship".

Between 1942 and 1944, Liberace moved away from straight classical performance and reinvented his act to one featuring "pop with a bit of classics" or as he also called it "classical music with the boring parts left out". In 1943, he began to appear in Soundies (the 1940s precursor to music videos). He recreated two flashy numbers from his nightclub act, the standards "Tiger Rag" and "Twelfth Street Rag". In these films, he was billed as Walter Liberace.

From 1947 to 1951, he recorded 10 discs. By 1954, it jumped to nearly 70. He released several recordings through Columbia Records including Liberace by Candlelight (later on Dot and through direct television advertising) and sold over 400,000 albums by 1954. His most popular single was "Ave Maria", selling over 300,000 copies.

His albums included pop standards of the time, such as "Hello, Dolly!", and also included his interpretations of the classical piano repertoire such as Chopin and Liszt, although many fans of classical music widely criticized them (as well as Liberace's skills as a pianist in general) for being "pure fluff with minimal musicianship". In his life, he received six gold records.

In 1956, Liberace had his first international engagement, playing successfully in Havana, Cuba. He followed up with a European tour later that year.... In 1960, Liberace performed at the London Palladium with Nat King Cole and Sammy Davis, Jr. (this was the first televised "command performance", now known as the Royal Variety Performance, for Queen Elizabeth II).

        11. High Noon

Jimmy Young--Eddie Calvert--Cavan O'Connor--Frank Sinatra--Slim Whitman--The King Brothers

 With Mandy On The Haunted Island Looking At The Silvery Moon With That Melody & Rockin' Playing We Say Goodnight (Eventually) ! And Goodbye To The Gal That Got Away !!

1. Unchained Melody......Jimmy Young

2. Help Me Forget......Jimmy Young

3. Mandy......Eddie Calvert

4. Never Say Goodbye

5. Good Night......Cavan O'Conner

6. Little Town In The Ould Country.....Cavan O'Conner

7. Someone to Watch Over Me......Frank Sinatra

8. The Gal That Got Away......Frank Sinatra

9. Roll On Silvery Moon......Slim Whitman

10. Haunted Hungry Heart.....Slim Whitman

11. In The Middle Of An Island......The King Brothers

12. Rocking Shoes......The King Brothers

Albert Edward "Eddie" Calvert (15 March 1922 – 7 August 1978 was an English trumpeter, who enjoyed his greatest success in the 1950s. Between 1953 and 1958, Calvert achieved seven instrumental hits on the UK Singles Chart including two chart-toppers, "Oh, Mein Papa" in 1953 and "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" in 1955.

Clarence Patrick O'Connor (1 July 1899 – 11 January 1997), known professionally as Cavan O'Connor, was a British singer of Irish heritage who was most popular in the 1930s and 1940s, when he was billed as "The Singing Vagabond" or "The Vagabond Lover".

 He made his first recordings, as Cavan O'Connor, for the Vocalion label in 1925, including "I'm Only a Strolling Vagabond" from the operetta The Cousin from Nowhere, which became his signature song. Noted for his fine tenor voice, well suited for recording, he appeared on many dance band recordings in the 1920s and 1930s, and used a wide variety of pseudonyms, including Harry Carlton, Terence O'Brien, and Allan O'Sullivan. He recorded frequently for at least 15 record labels over his career, including Decca Records, at one point recording 40 songs in five days. He made over 800 recordings in total, both under his own name and pseudonyms.

The King Brothers were a British pop vocal trio popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They are best remembered for their cover versions of "Standing on the Corner" and "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)".The group was composed of three brothers who first performed together professionally on the TV show Shop Window in 1952. Initially performing as The King Three, they appeared on the BBC Television early in their career on Six-Five Special, and by 1957 had been named "top vocal group" in the reader's poll of NME. Their first hit on the UK Singles Chart was their cover of "A White Sport Coat", which hit #6 in 1957.They had a string of successful singles through 1961, after which time they continued recording but found their popularity waning.

      11. In The Middle Of An Island

Jimmie Rodgers--The Dream Weavers--Frank Sinatra--The Four Lads--Peter Sellers--John McCormack

 Wondering at the bus stop if kisses with wine is better than the hard stuff or will two bright eyes  say goodbye to tomorrow !

1. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine......Jimmie Rodgers

2. Better Loved You'll Never Be......Jimmie Rodgers

3. It's Almost Tomorrow......The Dream Weavers

4. You've Got Me Wondering.......The Dream Weavers

5. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye......Frank Sinatra

6. If I Only Had A Match.......Frank Sinatra

7. The Bus Stop Song......The Four Lads

8. A House With Love In It......The Four Lads

9. A Drop Of The Hard Stuff......Peter Sellers

10. I'm So Ashamed......Peter Sellers

11. I Know Of Two Bright Eyes......John McCormack

12. As I Sit Here......John McCormack

James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American singer and actor. Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. His string of crossover singles ranked highly on the Billboard Pop Singles, Hot Country and Western Sides, and Hot Rhythm and Blues Sides charts; in the 1960s, Rodgers had more modest successes with adult contemporary music.In the summer of 1957, he recorded his own version of "Honeycomb", which had been written by Bob Merrill and recorded by Georgie Shaw three years earlier. The tune was Rodgers' biggest hit, staying on the top of the charts for four weeks. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. Over the following year he had a number of other hits that reached the Top 10 on the charts: "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again", "Secretly", and "Are You Really Mine". Other hits include "Bo Diddley", "Bimbombey", "Ring-a-ling-a-lario", "Tucumcari", "Tender Love and Care. 

n the United Kingdom, "Honeycomb" reached number 30 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1957, but "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" climbed to number 7 the following month. Both "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" were million sellers.

The Dream Weavers was an American popular music, vocal group, famous in the 1950s, formed at the University of Florida by Gene Adkinson (baritone and ukulele) and Wade Buff (lead vocals).

they were given a twice-weekly half-hour program slot, radio station, WRUF in 1955. With the program ending at 10:30pm, they felt it appropriate to sign off with a song they had composed in high school in 1953, "It's Almost Tomorrow"  Buff served as the lead singer, and the third part was sung by various female singers. It was released by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom, where it hit the chart on February 10, 1956 and reached number one on March 16, holding the top spot for 2 weeks, before being displaced by "The Rock And Roll Waltz" by Kay Starr, only to return the following week for a further one week stay at the top. In total the song was in the UK charts for 18 weeks. However, it was the only chart appearance by the group in the UK, thus condemning The Dream Weavers to the one hit wonder tag.

The Four Lads is a Canadian male singing quartet. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the group earned many gold singles and albums. Its million-selling signature tunes include "Moments to Remember," "Standing on the Corner," "No, Not Much," "Who Needs You?" and "Istanbul."

In 1953, they made their own first gold record, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", which launched them to stardom and kept them busy throughout the 1950s and 1960s in the U.S. and Canada.

Peter Sellers CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English film actor, comedian and singer. He performed in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a number of hit comic songs and became known to a worldwide audience through his many film roles, among them Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series of films.

        1. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

Gracie Fields--Ron Goodwin & Orch--Paul Anka--Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group With Nancy Whiskey--Ray Martin & Orch--Frank Sinatra

 All aboard the freight train with the lazy cowboy and the bugle boy in their red cloaks with a bluebird and a baby with buttons and bows in elizabethan style !!...ooops' mind the jealous lover !!

1. Buttons And Bows......Gracie Fields

2. Bluebird Of Happiness.....Gracie Fields

3. Elizabethan Serenade......Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra

4. Red Cloak......Ron Goodwin & His Orcestra

5. I Love You Baby......Paul Anka

6. Tell Me That You Love Me......Paul Anka

7. Freight Train......Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group With Nancy Whiskey

8. The Cotton Song......Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group

9. The Waltzing Bugle Boy......Ray Martin & His Orchestra

10. Lazy Cowboy......Ray Martin & His Orchestra

11. Hey Jealous Lover......Frank Sinatra

12. Johnny Concho Theme......Frank Sinatra

Dame Gracie Fields DBE OStJ (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a British actress, singer, comedian and star of cinema and music hall who was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and an Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ) in 1938, and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1979.

Fields' most famous song, "Sally", which became her theme, was worked into the title of her first film, Sally in Our Alley (1931), a major box office hit. She went on to make a number of films, initially in Britain and later in the United States (when she was paid a record fee of £200,000 for four films). 

Ronald Alfred Goodwin (17 February 1925 – 8 January 2003) was an English composer and conductor known for his film music. He scored over 70 films in a career lasting over fifty years. His most famous works included Where Eagles Dare, Battle of Britain, 633 Squadron, Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple films, and Frenzy. 

Paul Albert Anka OC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor. Anka became famous with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". He wrote such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones' biggest hits "She's a Lady". He also wrote the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. Two songs he co-wrote with Michael Jackson, "This Is It" (originally titled "I Never Heard")and "Love Never Felt So Good", became posthumous hits for Jackson.

Ray Martin (Raymond Stuart Martin; born Kurt Kohn and later anglicised his name) (11 October 1918 – 7 February 1988) was an Austrian-British orchestra leader. He was noted for his light music compositions.He became the conductor of the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra and also worked for EMI as a record producer and arranger. In this period he wrote many scores for TV and movies, including the score to the acclaimed Diana Dors film Yield to the Night in 1956...Also his original composition of "Marching Strings" have become stables of many public and city bands and orchestras since its release".

       9. The Waltzing Bugle Boy