Complete Pop Instrumental Hits of the Sixties, Volume 2: 1961 (3-CD)
by Various Artists

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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Released: February 21, 2012
  • Originally Released: 2012
  • Label: Complete 60S

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
  • 2.Wonderland by Night - Louis Prima
  • 3.Wabash Blues - The Viscounts (mono)
  • 4.Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Jerry Murad's Harmonicats
  • 5.Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
  • 6.Main Theme From 'Exodus' (Ari's Theme) - Mantovani
  • 7.Magnificent Seven, The - Al Caiola
  • 8.Flamingo Express - The Royaltones (mono)
  • 9.Pepe - Duane Eddy
  • 10.Lost Love - H.B. Barnum (mono)
  • 11.Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
  • 12.(Ghost) Riders In the Sky - The Ramrods (mono)
  • 13.Ja-Da - Johnny & the Hurricanes (mono)
  • 14.Wheels - The String-A-Longs
  • 15.Ram-Bunk-Shush - The Ventures
  • 16.Cerveza - Bert Kaempfert
  • 17.(Theme From) Tunes of Glory - Cambridge Singers
  • 18.Tunes of Glory - Mitch Miller
  • 19.Wheels - Billy Vaughn
  • 20.Honky Tonk, Pt. 2 - Bill Doggett (mono)
  • 21.Hearts of Stone - Bill Black's Combo (mono)
  • 22.Orange Blossom Special - Billy Vaughn
  • 23.Green Grass of Texas - The Texans (mono)
  • 24.Apache - Jorgen Ingmann (mono)
  • 25.Theme From 'The Great Impostor' - Henry Mancini
  • 26.Hide Away - Freddie King
  • 27.Asia Minor - Kokomo
  • 28.On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer
  • 29.Theme From 'Dixie' - Duane Eddy

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Love Theme From) One Eyed Jacks - Ferrante & Teicher
  • 2.(Theme From) My Three Sons - Lawrence Welk
  • 3.Like, Long Hair - Paul Revere & the Raiders (mono)
  • 4.Brass Buttons - The String-A-Longs
  • 5.Tenderly - Bert Kaempfert
  • 6.Hop Scotch - Santo & Johnny (mono)
  • 7.One Mint Julep - Ray Charles
  • 8.Bumble Boogie - B. Bumble & the Stingers (mono)
  • 9.Underwater - The Frogmen (mono)
  • 10.African Waltz - Cannonball Adderley & His Orchestra
  • 11.Bonanza - Al Caiola
  • 12.Lullaby of the Leaves - The Ventures
  • 13.That's the Way With Love - Piero Soffici (mono)
  • 14.Exodus - Eddie Harris
  • 15.Ring of Fire - Duane Eddy
  • 16.Anna - Jorgen Ingmann (mono)
  • 17.(Theme From) Goodbye Again - Ferrante & Teicher
  • 18.You Can't Sit Down - Phil Upchurch Combo (mono)
  • 19.Ole Buttermilk Sky - Bill Black's Combo (mono)
  • 20.Blue Tomorrow - Billy Vaughn
  • 21.Yellow Bird - Lawrence Welk
  • 22.(the Graduation Song...) Pomp and Circumstance - Adrian Kimberley (mono)
  • 23.Boogie Woogie - B. Bumble & the Stingers (mono)
  • 24.San Antonio Rose - Floyd Cramer
  • 25.Should I - The String-A-Longs (mono)
  • 26.Yellow Bird - Arthur Lyman Group
  • 27.Drivin' Home - Duane Eddy
  • 28.Dolce Vita [The Sweet Life], La - Ray Ellis
  • 29.Last Night - The Mar-Keys (mono)

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Charleston, The - Ernie Fields (mono)
  • 2.Quite a Party - The Fireballs (mono)
  • 3.Guns of Navarone, The - Joe Reisman (mono)
  • 4.San-Ho-Zay - Freddie King
  • 5.Now and Forever - Bert Kaempfert
  • 6.Back Beat #1 - The Ron-Dels (mono)
  • 7.(Theme From) Silver City - The Ventures
  • 8.My Blue Heaven - Duane Eddy (mono)
  • 9.Night Train - Richard Hayman
  • 10.Mexico - Bob Moore
  • 11.Riders In the Sky - Lawrence Welk (mono)
  • 12.Water Boy - Don Shirley Trio
  • 13.Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet (mono)
  • 14.Honky Train - Bill Black's Combo (mono)
  • 15.Movin' - Bill Black's Combo (mono)
  • 16.Hang On - Floyd Cramer
  • 17.Image, Pt. 1 - Hank Levine (mono)
  • 18.Late Date - The Parkays (mono)
  • 19.Stick Shift - The Duals (mono)
  • 20.Your Last Goodbye - Floyd Cramer
  • 21.Berlin Melody - Billy Vaughn
  • 22.Morning After - The Mar-Keys (mono)
  • 23.Come September - Billy Vaughn
  • 24.Blue Moon - The Ventures
  • 25.Searching - Jack Eubanks (mono)
  • 26.Tonight - Ferrante & Teicher
  • 27.Up a Lazy River - Si Zentner
  • 28.Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson (mono)

Product Description:

Three CD collection. Complete Pop Instrumental Hits of the Sixties, Vol. 2 - 1961 is the second in a series of releases that will definitively document the decade when the pop instrumental genre truly reached it's zenith. Rock, Rhythm 'n' Blues, Country, and orchestral instrumental singles all vied for a spot in the Hot 100 weekly charts. Bert Kaempfert, Al Caiola, Billy Vaughn, Sandy Nelson, the Ventures - these giants of the genre are all here on Complete Pop Instrumental Hits of the Sixties, Vol. 2 - 1961. But, so are the Viscounts, the Texans, the Don Shirley Trio & Jack Eubanks. Who, you ask? All of them scored instrumental hits in 1961, none of which have ever been on a CD before now. In fact, this 86-track, 3-CD set includes no less than 17 CD debuts and dozens of genuinely rare tracks - 50 in true stereo. That's nearly three & half hours of music!

Product Info

  • UPC: 730531196124
  • Shipping Weight: 0.41/lbs (approx)
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