NOW Yearbook Presents - The 60s - Volume 1: 1960-1962 (4CD Audio CD)

Step back to the dawn of the 1960s – an era of rock ’n’ roll, classic pop, timeless ballads and the birth of soul. NOW Yearbook Presents – The 60s – Volume 1: 1960–1962 features 87 unforgettable tracks across 4 CDs. CD1 kicks off in style with The Everly Brothers and their 7-week chart-topper ‘Cathy’s Clown’ ahead of two more true legends, Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley. Cliff, along with The Shadows on ‘The Young Ones’ from 1962, and Elvis with his fifth #1 ‘It’s Now Or Never’ from 1960. Evergreen pop gems from Bobby Darin, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and Chris Montez are up next along with floor-fillers 1962-style from Little Eva with ‘The Locomotion’ and Chubby Checker with ‘Let’s Twist Again’ – both reaching #2. Rock ‘n’ Roll influenced hits from Dion, Del Shannon and Susan Maughan lead into the 1961 #1 ‘Walkin’ Back To Happiness’ from Helen Shapiro and then to a run of jukebox gold from Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Billy Fury, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, Bruce Channel and the US #1 ‘Duke Of Earl’ from Gene Chandler. Brian Hyland’s #3 ‘Sealed With A Kiss’ comes ahead of a trio of superb ballads closing the first disc: Roy Orbison’s chart debut and #1 ‘Only The Lonely’, Bobby Vee with ‘More Than I Can Say’ and the timeless and beautiful ‘True Love Ways’ from Buddy Holly. Disc 2 opens with a stellar run of early ‘60s soul classics; ‘Stand By Me’ by Ben E. King which finally became a UK #1 26 years after its original chart run, Dionne Warwick made her debut with the sophisticated ‘Don’t Make Me Over’ and The Drifters hit #2 with ‘Save The Last Dance For Me’, along with US chart-topper ‘Please Mr Postman’ from The Marvelettes, and The Crystals with ‘He’s A Rebel’. Pop nuggets from Shelley Fabares, Connie Francis and Brenda Lee lead to #1s from The Shadows and Frank Ifield. Easy-listening gems are up next from Bobby Vinton, Matt Monro, and the classic instrumental ‘Theme From “A Summer Place”’ from Percy Faith & His Orchestra and the #1 ‘Moon River’ (from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) by Andy Williams.