Fans around the world kept on sipping that champagne music even as rock 'n' roll tried to spoil the party. Here are 51 of the finest '50s tracks by this easy-listening star, with vocals by Don Cornell, Johnny Desmond and Teresa Brewer: Welk's hits Oh Happy Day; the Poor People of Paris; Moritat, and Bonnie Blue Gal plus Ball of Fire; I Do; Let's Be Friends; Namely You; the Game of Love, and more!

EU-only collection. Maureen O'Hara was perhaps best known for her acting career where she often stared in westerns and action films alongside acting greats such as John Wayne. During a two year hiatus from acting Maureen O'Hara concentrated on her singing voice and recorded just two LPs, Sings Her Favorite Irish Songs and Love Letters both of which are featured here. As the original album titles indicate the first 16 tracks are devoted to folk songs of her native Ireland with versions of "A Kerry Cow" and "Danny Boy" whilst tracks 17 to 28 is devoted to her personal choices from the Great American Songbook. This set also features two bonus tracks from the original Broadway musical Christine. Fully detailed liner notes.

The Pink Panther And Other Hits by Henry Mancini. Pink Panther (Music from the Film Scores of Henry Mancini) 50th Anniversary Edition release in 2014. Originally released 1963. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

Rosemary Clooney, well-known in recent years as the aunt of movie star George Clooney, was one of the most popular and successful pop singers of the immediate post-war decades, racking up a remarkable string of hits in the early '50s. She called herself "a sweet singer with a big band sensibility"

FIVE CLASSIC ALBUMS

FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS

This is a pairing of two sought after Perez Prado albums - "Prado in Japan", a "live" recording of his 1960 concert in Tokyo featuring his hits "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White", "Tequila", "Historia de un Amor", only issued in Japan and never been issued on CD till now, and the album "Twist Goes Latin", also first time on CD. As bonus tracks we have included the rare single "Princess Suga" and "Tokyo Fantasy", only issued in Japan.

This UK import packs in 32 tracks, from rock 'n' roll to folk-pop to pop-soul to country-pop. A few CD debuts join If I Had a Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary; Johnny Angel Shelley Fabares; Limbo Rock Chubby Checker; The End of the World Skeeter Davis; Our Day Will Come Ruby & the Romantics; Come Back Silly Girl The Lettermen; Moon River Jerry Butler, and more! Sepia.

On this CD twofer are two best-selling Lawrence Welk LPs, LAST DATE and MOON RIVER plus 6 bonus tracks. Apart from making best-selling albums of easy listening "champagne" music, bandleader Welk also hosted a popular TV show from 1955 until the 1970s. As a single the song LAST DATE was a Top 30 hit. Re-mastered in glorious stereo with 6 bonus tracks (including a re-recording of his signature theme BUBBLES IN THE WINE in stereo) this 30 track CD of popular tunes from the early 1960s is one musical trip down memory lane.

From piano playing composer/conductor/arranger and Music Director of the Arthur Godfrey TV Show Dick Hyman are these two best-selling LPs PROVOCATIVE PIANO and PROVOCATIVE PIANO II first time on CD. Piano favorites from all areas of music are here - Liszt's immortal LIEBESTRAUM, AUTUMN LEAVES, HEART AND SOUL, DEER PURPLE, THEME FROM 'THE APARTMENT' & Tchaikowsky's PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1. Originally released on the Command label and produced by Enoch Light, this is a musical presentation of brilliantly performed and recorded piano recordings accompanied by a full-bodied orchestra.

Sepia Records celebrates the 75th anniversary of the iconic Wizard of Oz with this anthology CD featuring songs from the movie (and some dropped) performed "live" for a promotional radio broadcast by the stars such as Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, and also including recordings by composer Harold Arlen and popular performers of the day such as Glenn Miller and his orchestra. Most of the tracks here are not from the movie sound track but recordings made to promote the movie such as "live" radio broadcasts. Included are four versions of the ever popular "Over the Rainbow" performed by Judy Garland - the movie version, a "live" version, a "pop" version and finally, one with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra recorded for radio broadcast to sell government war bonds. The big band orchestras are represented here by Glenn Miller, Vincent Lopez and Frankie Masters, each performing their "dance band" version of songs from the movie.

Fans of the cha-cha will think they have died and gone to heaven when they spin this CD dedicated to the fun and exciting Latin dance. With 28 different cha-chas, many based on popular standards, you can easily dance the night away.

Enoch's winning ways with an orchestra charm the senses on these two original albums from the 1960s. Stereo 35 mm actually broke the Top 10 in 1962! Now both are on one digitally remastered CD.

Xavier Cugat, who popularised the music of Latin America worldwide, and his orchestra perform thirty songs taken from 2 LPs, plus bonus tracks. The vocals on some tracks are provided by Mrs. Cugat, the sultry Abbe Lane. By the time the recordings on this CD were made in the early 1960s, showman and orchestra leader Xavier Cugat had been entertaining worldwide audiences for over three decades, with his Latin American dance music and had made hundreds of best-selling records. This CD combines the 'Cugat Plays Continental Hits' album with 'Most Popular Movie Hits' and the three remaining tracks have vocals by Abbe Lane. Tracks include "Petite Fleur", "Volare", "Never On Sunday", "Calcutta, Sucu Sucu", "The Third Man Theme", "Guaglione", "La Dolce Vita", "Al Di La", regular standards on any dance floor. All tracks have been re-mastered and are in glorious stereo. A must for fans of TV's 'Come Dancing'.

Why mess with a good thing? Tony heads back to Italy for more popular songs and then heads over to Spain, adding a new flavor to his impressive guitar repertoire.

David Carroll was the music director for Mercury Records and focused his own recordings on lounge music. Both of these albums are making their CD debut and concentrate more on themes and atmosphere from the oasis of the Middle East to the nightlife of Paris!

Two best-selling LPs Calcutta and Yellow Bird remastered and reissued on CD in their entirety for the very first time. Calcutta, the first million-seller for the famous Lawrence Welk Orchestra, reached the coveted #1 spot in the US charts in late 1960 and remained a chart-topper for two weeks. This set includes the full album, plus Yellow Bird, and two bonus tracks from singles 26 tracks in total!

First time on CD, the 2 best-selling albums, 'Roman Guitar' and 'Mr. Big', starring the brilliant and legendary guitarist Tony Mottola presenting Italy's most beautiful melodies and standards from the Great American Songbook. 'Roman Guitar' is a showcase for guitar presenting beautiful and romantic melodies from Italy given a depth of feeling by the unparalleled performances of the brilliant guitarist, Tony Mottola. The album was a world-wide best-seller when first released in 1960 and this is the first time it is on CD. Coupled with another best-seller, 'Mr. Big', also appearing on CD for the very first time, the latter album offers standards from the Great American Songbook including three tunes Mottola composed and performed for the acclaimed hit TV series "Danger" directed by Yul Brynner.

PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION

Personnel: Maureen McGovern (vocals); Jeff Mironov (acoustic & electric guitars); Mark Feldman (electric violin); William Galison (harmonica); Lou Marini (saxophone, flute); Jeff Harris (keyboards); Mike Rienzi (keyboards); Anthony Jackson (electric bass); Allan Schwartzberg (drums, percussion); Jamie Lawrence (synthesizer programming); Sheryl Alexander, Megan Barron, Rob Fisher, Troy Halderson, Jeff Harris, Susan H. Schulman (background vocals).

Xavier Cugat, the daddy of Latin American music, introduced Latin music and dance rhythms to the world. 'Viva Cugat!' was his first adventure into the ear-arresting world of stereo with a group of outstanding Afro-Cuban melodies performed with a rare lyricism and rhythmic drive. 'The Best of Cugat' presents twelve great songs of the 1930s to the 1950s with a Latin touch all of which receive the Cugat treatment. Of the six bonus tracks, American classics such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "In the Mood" are performed with an innovative and fun Twist beat.

Featuring two full length LPs, 'I Remember Hank Williams' and 'Floyd Cramer Gets Organ-Ized' plus bonus hit singles "Last Date", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Hot Pepper" and "Java", this 32 track Floyd Cramer CD is a sure winner from the American Hall of Fame pianist, who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound".

2014 reissue of two albums first time on CD from Billy Vaughn, one of the most successful orchestra leaders of all time based. 1962's Greatest Hits" peaked at #17 and was 32 weeks in the charts. "The Shifting Whispering Sands" was originally a Top 5 single recorded in Mono; Vaughn re- recorded the version here in stereo and the album was his tribute to the American West with the inclusion of songs such as "Cool Water", "Red River Valley", "Home on the Range" and his own musical saga "Songs of the West". 6 bonus tracks are from Vaughn's other best-selling albums "Look for a Star" and "A Swingin' Safari".

Vinyl LP pressing. Richard Carpenter is the iconic musician, producer, songwriter and arranger from the Carpenters, the astronomically successful group who have sold more than 90 million albums worldwide. Richard Carpenter's Piano Songbook reimagines the Carpenters' biggest hits - and some choice favorites that inspired them - on solo piano. The album includes some of the most beloved melodies of all time ("Top Of The World" and "We've Only Just Begun") presented in a gloriously relaxing new way.

“I dreamed my life with my eyes wide open, waking up when winter came (…) Do me the pleasure of starting without me, and let me sleep… It’s what I was made for.” Francis BLANCHE Poet and actor, comedian and prankster, Francis Blanche also wrote hundreds of songs in which he wrestled puns with humour and catchwords with indefatigable verve. In this anthology Jean Buzelin and Marc Monneraye have extracted the essence from the song‑writing of this genius-of-all-trades. Patrick FReMEAUX