Wanda Wallace

Today's organizations are packed full of experts in every area from marketing to risk to sales to IT. Many of these people are also leaders, heading teams or large departments. They are followed because they know more than the rest of their group. They are followed because of their credibility as experts.

This Country Tearjerkers: 60 Original Heartbreakers album was released in 2004 and featured titles like A Mind of Her Own, Someday Soon and Black Coffee from John Berry, Suzy Bogguss and Lacy J. Dalton.

It’s that phenomenon that is thoroughly explored on All About Elvis: A Tribute To The King, a 3CD set compiled and annotated by rock & roll authority Dave Penny. Its 97 tracks, dating from 1954 to 1962, were recorded by Elvis’s contemporaries. CD1 Elvis Style rounds up recordings sung in the style of Elvis, including contributions by Conway Twitty, Ral Donner, Roy Orbison and Sleepy LaBeef. CD2 Elvis Songs comprises songs associated with Elvis, featuring the likes of Carl Perkins, Ricky Nelson, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Wanda Jackson and Eddie Cochran. Bobby Bare aside, CD3 Elvis Adored has the least familiar names, as all manner of artists rushed to sing the praises of The King. Manager “Colonel” Tom Parker was a prolific licensor of lucrative Elvis merchandise, including badges, combs, dolls and key chains, and he was also a ruthless protector of copyright, so many recordings that traded on brand Presley were quashed or pulled from release at his instigation.

2013 three CD set that contains the most interesting songs you're ever likely to hear in such a set. Even though 80 of the 88 songs here were Top 40 hits, most of them aren't the obvious tracks you'll find on other such collections. Best of all, there are 25 CD debuts here, including significant stereo debuts on nearly a dozen great songs like 'Town Without Pity,' 'Venus in Blue Jeans,' 'Let the Little Girl Dance' and 'Sealed with a Kiss,' just to mention a few. There's also a 10,000 word essay by Greg Adams with fascinating biographical details about every one of the 72 different artists who perform here. In short, no expense has been spared, no detail overlooked, to bring you, the collector, the most amazing sound experience you'll ever hear from the great music of this seminal period in popular music. Simply a MUST for your collection!