Celebrating 60 years rock n roll and swing hits, Dreamboats and Petticoats: The Diamond Edition is the latest instalment in the massively successful series. Split over 4 CDS that features the likes of Paul Anka, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, The Shirelles, Roy Orbison and many more.
In the path of the successful box sets dedicated to the music from the films of Tarantino, The Woody Allen Experience is an exquisite box containing 6 cd's with 84 of the best songs from the films of the great director. In The Woody Allen Experience we find songs from Manhattan, Husbands And Wives, Stardust Memories, Radio Days, The Purple Rose Of Cairo, Alice, Sweet And Lowdown, September and many others, in very elegant versions by absolute legends like Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, and Josephine Baker, among many others. The Woody Allen Experience can reproduce the authentic New York atmosphere, the musical roots of Woody and his favorite songs, which he has selected for his immortal films. An album to collect and enjoy.
Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection was a multi-volume set of recordings released by the Smithsonian Institution. Released in 1990, the collection contains 100 tracks deemed to be significantly important to the history of country music.
Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era. With the exception of a brief period in the early '50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later, and the band continued to perform after he died…
This may be the best series of rockabilly compilations I've run across, and I've blown a lot of money on some mediocre crap. You get a ton of solid senders from fairly obscure names that run the gamut from hillbilly to rockin' boppers.
A collection of hits from the times of World War II 1939-1945. Includes legendary performers - Glenn Miller, Oscar Peterson, Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, Vera Lynn, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Coleman Hawkins, George Formby, Nat King Cole, Gracie Fields …