Your Hit Parade: Velvet Voices — Great Vocal Groups (2001) — Time-Life Music
Rediscover the warm harmonies and timeless melodies of classic American vocal groups with Great Vocal Groups, a charming collection from Time-Life's Your Hit Parade: Velvet Voices series. This 12-song compilation brings together unforgettable favorites from the 1950s and early 1960s, spanning close-harmony pop, doo-wop, folk and easy listening. Enjoy the soaring sound of the Four Coins on “Shangri-La,” the Crew Cuts' lively “Sh-Boom,” the Fleetwoods' gentle “Come Softly to Me,” and the Kingston Trio's enduring “Tom Dooley.”
Complete Track List — 12 Songs
- Shangri-La — The Four Coins
- Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) — The Crew Cuts
- Their Hearts Were Full of Spring — The Beach Boys
- Michael — The Highwaymen
- Moon River — Henry Mancini & His Orchestra and Chorus
- Hearts of Stone — The Fontane Sisters
- Come Softly to Me — The Fleetwoods
- The Three Bells (Les Trois Cloches) — The Browns
- Graduation Day — The Four Freshmen
- It's Almost Tomorrow — The Dream Weavers
- Somewhere, My Love — The Ray Conniff Singers
- Tom Dooley — The Kingston Trio
About This Collection
Issued in 2001 as part of Time-Life's Velvet Voices retrospective, Great Vocal Groups celebrates an era when polished harmonies and memorable melodies filled radios and jukeboxes. Featuring the Beach Boys, the Fontane Sisters, the Browns, the Four Freshmen, the Highwaymen, the Dream Weavers and the Ray Conniff Singers, this disc is an inviting trip through the golden age of popular vocal music. It is the individual 12-track CD, not the complete three-disc Velvet Voices box set.
CD Details
Series: Your Hit Parade: Velvet Voices
Album: Great Vocal Groups
Artists: Various Artists
Release Year: 2001
Label: Time-Life Music
Format: Music CD — 1 disc
Condition: Used
Genre: Traditional Pop / Vocal Harmony / Oldies / Easy Listening / Folk Pop
Number of Tracks: 12
UPC: 610583038323