Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Don't Let Go
2. You'll Never Walk Alone
3. Hurt
4. Unchained Melody
5. I Believe
6. Forgive This Fool
7. Since I Fell for You
8. Great Romance
9. Ebb Tide
10. I'll Walk Alone
11. You're Gonna Need Magic
12. You Can Have Her
13. Mood Indigo
14. I Could Have Told You
15. I Get the Blues When It Rains
16. Sophisticated Lady
17. My Story
18. Cottage for Sale

Disc 2:

1. Solitude
2. Please Send Me Someone to Love
3. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart
4. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
5. Stormy Weather
6. I Surrender Dear
7. Nature Boy
8. Route 66
9. Stardust
10. Only You
11. My Reverie
12. Till Then
13. Mona Lisa
14. Too Young
15. My Prayer
16. Gypsy
17. True Love
18. (At) The End (Of a Rainbow)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74775 in Music
• Released on: 1995-09-01
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

ROY HAMILTON - ANTHOLOGY (BOX SET)
FROM THE STANDARDS TO THE RANGE OF SONGS MADE POPULAR BY NAT KING COLE TO THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS THIS BOX SET HAS IT ALL. MR. HAMILTON'S VOICE IS AS SMOOTH AS THAT OF NAT COLE AND AS TENDER AS SAM COOKES' BEST OFFERING. CHECK OUT HIS RENDITIONS OF "ROUTE 66" (AS SONG BY NAT COLE) AND THE POWERFUL"YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE, EBB TIDE AND COUNTLESS OTHERS: NATURE BOY AND ON AND ON. THIS IS A HISTORICAL SET THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO ANY JAZZ, R&B,AND/OR STANDARD LISTENERS COLLECTIONS. LISTEN TO THE SAMPLES AND HEAR WHAT I'VE BEEN RAVING ABOUT. THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GET!

Roy Hamilton-You'll Never Walk Alone
In 1997

I was lucky enough to be in Cleveland Ohio at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame where I bought the only cd I could find of Roy's...Roy Hamilton's Golden Classics. I own his album, You'll Never Walk Alone and I'm praying there will someday be a cd with the second song from it---I'm Going to Sit Right Down and Cry. This is my favorite of all his songs. I have always found it a wonder that this man is so overlooked in that era. You ask any "oldies" station and they will come up with "Ebb Tide" which was his signature song, but that's it! Sit Right Down and Cry came out in '57 in a 45(rpm) on the back side of You'll Never Walk Alone and also in the album. I love it! When he died we were robbed of an extraordinary talent!

The voice that Elvis borrowed
In my review of the great group The Ink Spots I mention that the Spots lead singer Bill Kenney was a very important part in Elvis's singing style. I failed to mention that Roy Hamilton was also. Just like the Ink Spots Elvis had Roy's records in his personal collection and jukebox and listened to him quite frequently clear up to his death in 1977.Elvis came close but he never was as great a singer as Roy. Keep in mind that Roy and the Spots came first-they were cutting records while Elvis was still a truck driver in Memphis-So they influenced him-not the reverse.When I hear Elvis sing it is so clear to me that's he's trying his darndest to sound like Roy Hamilton on some records and then The Ink Spots on others. But Elvis loved Black people and Black music - a fact that was suppresed back then and is still suppresed even today.But in his humble early years he always acknowledged that fact himself-(albeit to Col. Parkers disdain).I like Elvis and I have him in my massive collection,but when I want to hear the real deal I pull out my Ink Spots and Roy Hamilton cd's which I purchased right here on Amazon. By the way Thanks Amazon for giving the people a chance to review music. Unlike the "professional" critics we are not financially and politically motivated to give a certain critique. I see more intelligent and knowledgeable critiques from the people on here than I ever do in magazines from the so called pro's. Keep it up Amazon for the people now have a voice.I reccomend this cd highly.