"Liverpool Sounds" 76 Classics From The Singing City - disc 1

As you drive into Liverpool you will see a sign Liverpool 'Home Of The Beatles', which is absolutely true, but the city's contribution to popular music is far greater than that, covering the years before the Beatles, the Beatle years themselves, and more recent times…...The Wall of Fame in Mathew Street salutes Liverpool's number 1 hit-makers and there is plenty of space for further additions. Compiled and annotated by author and BBC Radio Merseyside broadcaster Spencer Leigh, Liverpool Sounds presents 75 tracks which, by and large, relate to the pre-Beatles area. There are great songs, great comedy and great performances, and every track is here for a reason. There are many hit singles and several number 1s. Even if the Beatles had been born elsewhere, the city would still have made an enormous contribution to modern popular music. From Lita Roza's (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window (1953) to the Hillsborough Justice Collective's He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (2012), there have been 56 Number 1's from Liverpool. The earliest tracks on 'Liverpool Sounds: 75 Classics From The Singing City' are from the late Thirties, by Dingle-born comedian Arthur Askey; the most recent are 1965 beat recordings made at the Cavern club's Cavern Sound recording studio. In between you will hear jazz performed by the Merseysippi Jazz Band and George Melly, folk courtesy of Stan Kelly and The Spinners (including the traditional Johnny Todd, the tune of which is familiar as the theme to the long-running Merseyside-based police TV drama series Z-Cars), and pre-rock era popular vocalists like Frankie Vaughan, Lita Roza, Michael Holliday and comedian Ken Dodd. Other popular local sons of Liverpool include rockers Billy Fury and King Size Taylor & The Dominoes, and, inevitably, The Beatles (here in their own right and with Tony Sheridan) as well as beat group contemporaries Gerry & The Pacemakers (archival recordings from 1961) and Howie Casey & The Seniors. As a bonus, you can hear Johnny Gentle (who was backed by the Beatles on a 1960 Scottish tour) reminiscing on John Lennon's hand in creating his song I've Just Fallen For Someone. (The Guardian)

trax disc 1 - 1951-1965:
1. Love Me Do    The Beatles 2. Give Me The Moonlight Give Me The Girl - Frankie Vaughan 3. Halfway To Paradise - Billy Fury 4. Lover Please - The Vernons Girls 5. We Will Make Love - Russ Hamilton 6. The Story Of My Life - Michael Holliday 7. Love Is Like A Violin - Ken Dodd 8. Be Mine (Alle Mädchen Wollen Küssen) - Lance Fortune 9. Whip Jamboree - The Spinners 10. Last Night Was Made For Love - Billy Fury 11. Starry Eyed - Michael Holliday 12. Hey There - Lita Roza 13. The Boll Weevil Song - Howie Casey & The Seniors 14. Chicago Buzz - Merseysippi Jazz Band 15. Frankie And Johnny - George Melly 16. Get Out And Get Under - Clinton Ford 17. Never On Sunday - Lyn Cornell 18. Theme From "Danger Man" - Red Price Combo 19. Allentown Jail - Lita Roza 20. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Gerry & The Pacemakers 21. Angela Jones - Michael Cox 22. The Rose Tattoo - Michael Holliday 23. Make Me A Miracle - Mal Perry 24. Daddy Rolling Stone - Earl Preston's Realms 25. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - Lita Roza
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