Track Listing

1. 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) - THE FOUR PREPS
2. Bless You - TONY ORLANDO
3. Gotta Travel On - BILLY GRAMMER
4. Hey - Da - Da - Dow - THE DOLPHINS
5. My Lucky Love - DOUG FRANKLIN with THE BLUENOTES
6. My Dad - PAUL PETERSEN
7. See You In September - THE TEMPOS
8. Red Roses For A Blue Lady - VIC DANA
9. My Own True Love - THE DUPREES
10. Just As Much As Ever - BOB BECKHAM
11. Graduation Day - THE ROVER BOYS featuring BILLY ALBERT
12. Moonlight Serenade - THE RIVIERAS
13. Leave Me Alone (Let Me Cry) - DICKY DOO & THE DON’TS
14. Hey! Little Girl - THE TECHNIQUES
15. Teasin’ - THE QUAKER CITY BOYS
16. Just Like In The Movies - THE UPBEATS
17. (There Was A) Tall Oak Tree - DORSEY BURNETTE
18. Forever - THE LITTLE DIPPERS
19. Wishing For Your Love - THE VOXPOPPERS
20. As If I Didn’t Know - ADAM WADE
21. City Of Angels - THE HIGHLIGHTS featuring FRANK PIZANI
22. What Is Love? - THE PLAYMATES
23. Moon-Light Swim - TONY PERKINS
24. Things - BOBBY DARIN
25. It’s Not For Me To Say - JOHNNY MATHIS
26. Tower Of Strength - GENE MCDANIELS
27. In The Misty Moonlight - JERRY WALLACE
28. The End - EARL GRANT

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34356 in Music
• Released on: 2006-07-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Album Description
Another twist for Ace U.K.'s ever-popular Golden Age series as they move from ‘pop’ music to ‘popular’ music.

"The Golden Age Of American Rock’n’Roll" has been Ace’s top-selling series since its inception in 1991. They have released 10 volumes, plus four spin-off special editions.

This new series, subtitled "Golden Memories" will focus on the more MOR hits in the strict timeframe of 1956 – 1965. The formula remains the same, with hits, obscurities and plenty of tracks appearing on CD for the first time.

The sound quality will be superb, as always, and each volume will include a lavishly illustrated colour booklet.

Customer Reviews

The other side of the rock 'n' roll era
Ace is tagging this release as an offshoot of their Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll series, but the blurb for the disc on their website reveals that not everyone on the Ace team was behind it. Too much white bread, some feared, too much metronome.

They shouldn't have worried. Thanks to AMERICAN GRAFFITI and its offspring, many assume that the pre-Beatle era consisted only of Elvis, Buddy, Chuck, the Flamingos, and a few others. (Only one of the above tunes appeared on that movie's soundtrack.) But it's good to remind ourselves that there was a time when Elvis's only serious competition was Pat Boone.

A fellow who runs an oldies shop in Portland once told me that rock 'n' roll, in his view, was "anything teenagers listened to." This makes sense to me. (In my experience, it was also music that my parents were unlikely to listen to.)

Ace isn't the first to retrieve obscure 50s and 60s pop, and even the title of the release gives a nod to Eric's series HARD-TO-FIND 45's ON CD, which has done a good job covering much of the same turf. Still, few can beat Ace for thoroughness (their CD booklets are among the best in the industry) and sound quality. Hats off to this UK label for acknowledging Gene McDaniels, Dorsey Burnette, the Four Preps, Jerry Wallace, and the other disparate artists whose records shared space on the jukebox with the greats of rock 'n' roll.

Little bridges for the generation gap
Ace's Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll series has been a treasure trove of musical gems left behind by those compilers who seem to endlessly recycle the same fifty or so records forl nostalgia collections. This latest entry focuses on the popular songs that were appreciated by both the kids and the parents of the '56 - '65 era. The sound is er, Ace, as usual with the excellent, informative liner notes for which this re-issue house is known. Add this to your collection and you're bound to be thrilled as long ignored songs like "Hey-Da-Da-Dow" and "Moonlight Serenade" tickle the memories.

Probably the best ACE compilation ever!
I luckily own the complete ACE series on Golden Age of American Rock
& Roll, that means 10 CD's + the special editions on Country and Novelty
which make it 12 + the 4 CD's called "Teenage Crush" Vol, 1,2,3 and 4.
This special Golden American Popular Hits is the best of them all.
First, because the song selection is out of sight since quite a few
songs (hits) never made it to Europe (I call them "new oldies"),second
reason because of its quality, that always have been unbeatable on all
ACE records, but this time at least 13 songs are in wonderful full
stereo including recordings from 1959. Third and lastly, many of these
songs were never available on any other Rock and Roll compilation not
even in the USA. Thanks to this UK label (ACE)a lot of dreams have
come true especially for people like me who were kids during those
wonderful years (decade from 1955 till 1965).