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America's Greatest Hits 1958 / Various
- Artist: Various Artists
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 10/1/2013

America's Greatest Hits 1958 / Various
- Artist: Various Artists
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 10/1/2013
- Artist: Various Artists
- Label: Acrobat
- Number of Discs: 4
- UPC: 824046706029
- Item #: 799989X
- Genre: Rock
- Theme: Compilations
- Release Date: 10/1/2013

Product Notes
This release is the latest in the series of "America's Greatest Hits" which over the years has provided annual collections of the biggest hits of each year in the Billboard pop charts. The collection for 1958 is an excellent value 113-track 4-CD set which includes every record that appeared in any version of the Top 10 of the Billboard chart during the year. It was in August of 1958 that the Top 100, Best Sellers in Stores and Most Played By Disc Jockeys charts were merged to form the Hot 100. This set includes every record that appeared in the Top 10 of any of these charts. Every record that appeared in the Cashbox magazine Top 10 is included in this set. Many of the tracks are, inevitably, well-known hits, which went on to score chart success in the UK, but there are no less than 35 tracks which did not make it into the UK charts despite their major US success, including classic tracks by well-known artists alongside more obscure hits by artists that never made any kind of impression in the UK. The whole collection is a highly entertaining trawl through the American music scene of the times, a rather different musical experience from listening to our British Hit Parades collections from the UK charts, which naturally feature a high proportion of home-grown talent. As ever. It's a fascinating and entertaining pot-pourri of pop, as emerging teen idols jostled with R&B acts, new rock 'n' roll stars joined the established big names, vocal groups and instrumentals of all kinds had a field day, and the inevitable and collectable quotient of one-hit wonders and novelty hits maintained the variety. It's an enlightening snapshot of the pop music scene in the USA at a time when the musical landscape was constantly evolving, and it makes for hugely entertaining listening. It is likely to appeal to the many collectors who enjoy these completest anthologies, and will hopefully provide useful programming for the specialist radio programmes which feature pop nostalgia.
Credits
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Composer(s)Aaron Schroeder
Al Lewis
Antoine Domino
Baker Knight
Belford Hendricks
Bob Crewe
Bob Gaudio
Bobby Darin
Boudleaux Bryant
Brook Benton
Bruce Belland
Buddy Holly
Burt Bacharach
Carmen Lombardo
Carolyn Leigh
Claude Demetrius
Clyde Otis
Cy Coleman
Danny Webb
Dave Bartholomew
David Hill
Don Gibson
Dorsey Burnette
Duane Eddy
Eddie Cochran
Felice Bryant
Frank Slay
Geoff Love
Glen Larson
Hal David
Irving Caesar
Jack Fishman
Jay Harris
Jerome Kern
Jerry Allison
Jerry Capehart
Jerry Leiber
Jimmy Clanton
Jody Reynolds
Joe Henderson
Joel Newman
John Marascalco
Johnny Burnette
Johnny Otis
Mike Stoller
Mort Garson
Norman Petty
Otis Blackwell
Otto Harbach
Paul Anka
Paul Campbell
Paul Webster
Pérez Prado
Raymond Edwards
Richard Lewis
Robert Allen
Robert Freeman
Roy C. Bennett
Sam Cooke
Sammy Fain
Sid Tepper
Traditional
Warren Davis
Wayne Shanklin
William Horton
Woody Harris
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Theme(s)Compilations
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Artist(s)Various Artists