Fifties: Complete
08/05/1997 | Bear Family
Lyrics from Fifties: Complete
All Music Guide Review
This 12-CD box set containing 347 songs -- Pat Boone's entire 1950s recorded output, including over 80 previously unissued tracks -- deserves an honest, open-minded, and thorough examination. Listeners may like or dislike Pat Boone's early R&B hits -- "Two Hearts," "Ain't That a Shame," "Tutti Frutti," etc. -- but it is important to remember that those songs comprise but a very small part of his 1950s recorded output and demonstrate one side only of his amazing versatility. Certainly on any voluminous, comprehensive collection, not all the tracks are going to be gems, and this anthology contains a few that don't shine so brightly. However, the vast majority of material here has so very much to recommend it. "Exquisite" and "impeccable" are adjectives that do not exaggerate Boone's unaffected, natural, and totally wholehearted way with a song. Whether it's "Stardust," "Begin the Beguine," "Cheek to Cheek," "Yes Indeed," "St. Louis Blues," "More Than You Know" -- these and countless others are all done to perfection. The accolades that came Pat Boone's way during the '50s included critical acclaim and raves from Sinatra, Crosby, Como, and many other contemporaries and critics alike. In an August 1957 interview with Red Robinson in Vancouver, BC, Elvis Presley said of Pat Boone, "the finest voice in music today." That all by itself says a lot. This box set has the potential of opening a lot of new eyes and maybe some closed eyes as well. ~ Arthur Rowe, All Music Guide
Fifties: Complete Track Listing
Credits of Fifties: Complete
- Alfred Lustgarten
- Violin
- Edgar Lustgarten
- Cello
- Ann Mason
- Harp
- Bernie Mattinson
- Vibraphone
- Murray McEachern
- Trombone
- Hubert Myers
- Saxophone, Vocals
- Alexander Neiman
- Violin
- Lionel Newman
- Arranger, Conductor
- Wilbert Nuttycombe
- Violin
- Earl Palmer
- Drums
- William Pitman
- Guitar
- Lou Raderman
- Violin
- Uan Rasey
- Trumpet
- Allan Reuss
- Guitar
- George Roberts
- Trombone
- Paul Robyn
- Viola
- Milt Rogers
- Piano, Choir Arrangement, Contractor, Conductor, Leader, Handclapping, Arranger
- Nathan Ross
- Violin
- John Rotella
- Saxophone
- Mischa Russell
- Violin
- Wilbur Schwartz
- Saxophone
- Harry Beasley Smith
- Conductor
- Marshall Sosson
- Violin
- Albert Steinberg
- Violin
- David Sterkin
- Viola
- Ann Mason Stockton
- Harp
- Alvin Stoller
- Drums
- Robert Sushel
- Violin
- Paul Tanner
- Trombone
- Herb Taylor
- Trombone
- Tommy Tedesco
- Guitar
- Darrel Terwilliger
- Violin
- Lloyd Ulyate
- Trombone
- Gerald Vinci
- Violin
- Randy Wood
- Producer
- Vincent DeRosa
- Horn
- Alfred Newman
- ?, Adaptation, Musical Adaptation
- Alex Beller
- Violin
- Larry Breen
- Bass, Handclapping
- William Hinshaw
- French Horn
- Joseph F. Laredo
- Liner Notes, Biographical Information
- Eleanor Slatkin
- Cello
- Anthony Terran
- Trumpet
- Victor Bay
- Violin
- Joseph R. Gibbons
- Guitar
- Stanley Harris
- Viola
- Irving Lipschultz
- Cello
- Richard L. Noel
- Trombone
- James Rowles
- Piano
- Eudice Shapiro
- Violin
- Clarence Sherok
- Trumpet
- Spinoza Paeff
- Viola
- Nick Pisani
- Violin
- Frank Leithner
- Organ, Piano
- William Miller
- Violin
- Milton Norman
- Handclapping
- Joe Quadri
- Violin
- Joe Stepansky
- Violin
- Abraham Weiss
- Violin
- Paul Horn Quintet
- Saxophone
- Ray Linn & the Chicago Stompers
- Trumpet
- Phil Harrington
- Photography
- Charles Blackwell
- Drums
- Joe Kretcher
- Saxophone
- R.A. Andreas
- Photography, Illustrations
- Richard Weize
- Reissue Producer, Discography, Tape Research
- Sylke Holtrop
- Artwork, Art Direction
- Manuel Compinsky
- Violin
- Sgt. Chuck Gentry
- Clarinet
- Victor Gottlieb
- Cello
- Adam Komorowski
- Photography, Illustrations
- Julian C. Matlock
- Saxophone
- Larry Zwisohn
- Discography
- Louis Singer
- Xylophone
- Beasley Sith
- Conductor
- Ryland Weston
- Clarinet, Saxophone
- Geral Dolin
- Piano
- Arthur Rowe
- Photography, Discography, Assistant, Illustrations
- Bill Beasley
- Producer
- Milton Bernard
- Trombone
- Robert Fowler
- Trumpet
- Paul Smith
- Piano
- Nicholas "Nick" Posani
- Violin
- Joseph G. Wuardri
- Violin
- Gereon Zimmermann
- Producer
- Cyril Mockridge
- Adaptation
- Robert Bain
- Guitar
- Joseph Krechter
- Saxophone
- Walter P. "Pete" Candoli
- Trumpet
- John Peter DeVoogt
- Violin
- Francis L. "Joe" Howard
- Trombone
- Foley Sisters
- Vocals, Choir, Chorus
- Randy Aronson
- Tape Research
- Matt Tunia
- Tape Research
- Kathrin Thomson
- Harp
- Jack Spina
- Engineer
- Richard C. Shanahan
- Drums, Handclapping
- Milton G. Bernhart
- Trombone
- Shirley Boone
- Vocals
- Edwin Cole
- Organ
- John DiMaio
- Trombone
- Harold Hugh Ehrmann
- Saxophone
- Sidney Fagatt
- Violin
- Jacques Ray
- Violin
- Rosalie J. Randall
- Harp
- Robert E. Pring
- Trombone
- Edward V. Grady
- Handclapping
- John J. Grass
- French Horn
- Rene Joseph Hall
- Guitar
- Ralph N. Harden
- Trumpet
- Bernard Kessel
- Guitar
- Irving Kluger
- Drums, Tympani (Timpani)
- Julian "Matty" Matlock
- Saxophone
- Paul T. Smith
- Piano
- Jerry Fielding
- Arranger
- Justin Gordon
- Saxophone
- Jack Marshall
- Guitar, Arranger, Conductor
- Tony Rizzi
- Guitar
- Billy Vaughn
- Arranger, Leader, Bells, Handclapping, Saxophone, Conductor
- Fabian
- ?
- Bob Bain
- Guitar
- George Greeley
- Arranger, Conductor
- Felix Slatkin
- Violin
- Si Zentner
- Trombone
- Philip Goldberg
- Violin
- Victor Arno
- Violin
- Frank Beach
- Trumpet
- Benny Carter
- Saxophone
- Cy Bernard
- Cello
- Nick Bonney
- Guitar
- Roland Bundock
- Bass
- Larry Bunker
- Xylophone, Bells
- Gene Cipriano
- Saxophone
- Mahlon Clark
- Saxophone
- Conrad Gozzo
- Trumpet
- Marshal Cram
- Trombone
- John DeVoogdt
- Violin
- Harold Dicterow
- Violin
- Don Fagerquist
- Trumpet
- Lew Douglas
- Arranger, Conductor
- Colin Escott
- Photography, Illustrations
- Virgil Evans
- Trumpet
- Nick Fatool
- Drums
- Elliott Fisher
- Violin
- David Frisina
- Violin
- James Getzoff
- Violin
- Benny Gill
- Violin
- Jewell L. Grant
- Saxophone
- Roy Harte
- Drums
- Milt Holland
- Drums, Vibraphone
- Howard Roberts
- Guitar
- Ernie Hughes
- Piano
- Bill Inglot
- Mixing
- John Johnson
- Saxophone
- Bob Jones
- Engineer, Tape Comparison, Discography, Disc Transfers, Reissue Producer, Mastering, Assistant, Liner Notes
- Irv Kluger
- Drums, Tympani (Timpani)
- Raphael Kramer
- Cello
- Ray Kramer
- Cello
- Carl LaMagna
- Violin
- Mort Lindsey
- Arranger, Conductor, Choir Arrangement
- Dan Lube
- Violin
- Shirley Jones
- Vocals
- Pat Boone
- Vocals, Main Performer, Photography, Illustrations
- Dave Pell
- Saxophone
- Irving Ashby
- Guitar
- Babe Russin
- Saxophone
- Steve Allen
- Vocals
















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