Various Artists

60 ORIGINAL POP AND SOUL ANTHEMS

This quintessential 2-CD edition contains Bacharach’s most essential and enduring works from the beginning of his career, gathering a variety of the great sides he composed (and in several cases, also arranged) for different labels between 1955 and 1962. This CD boasts classics like Dionne Warwick’s “Don’t Make Me Over,” Gene Pitney’s “Only Love Can Break a Heart,” Tommy Hunt’s “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself,” and The Shirelles’ “Baby It’s You,” to name a few. This release also contains lesser-heard tracks which are just as enjoyable as the hits. All of this material represents a formidable slice of popular culture and allows you to experience some of the finest gems of the pop and soul genres

CD ONE: TOTAL TIME: 74:44

01. DON’T MAKE ME OVER / DIONNE WARWICK
02. THE BREAKING POINT / CHUCK JACKSON
03. TOWER OF STRENGTH / GENE McDANIELS
04. KEEP AWAY FROM OTHER GIRLS / HELEN SHAPIRO
05. FORGIVE ME / BABS TINO
06. I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF / TOMMY HUNT
07. ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART / GENE PITNEY
08. THE STORY OF MY LIFE / MICHAEL HOLLIDAY
09. DREAM BIG / SONNY JAMES
10. CRAZY TIMES / GENE VINCENT
11. SEA OF HEARTBREAK / DON GIBSON
12. THE BLOB / THE FIVE BLOBS
13. THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING / DEL SHANNON
14. THREE FRIENDS (TWO LOVERS) / THE TURBANS
15. BABY IT’S YOU / THE SHIRELLES
16. MEXICAN DIVORCE / THE DRIFTERS
17. SITTIN’ IN A TREE HOUSE / MARTY ROBBINS
18. I LOOKED FOR YOU / CHARLIE GRACIE
19. WISHING AND HOPING / DIONNE WARWICK
20. MAGIC MOMENTS / PERRY COMO
21. WARM AND TENDER / JOHNNY MATHIS
22. LONG AFTER TONIGHT IS ALL OVER / JIMMY RADCLIFFE
23. ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL / BOBBY VEE
24. WE’RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE (YEH, YEH, YEH) / THE AVONS
25. THE MIRACLE OF ST. MARIE / THE FOUR COINS
26. LOVING IS A WAY OF LIVING / STEVE LAWRENCE
27. WAITIN’ FOR CHARLIE (TO COME HOME) / ETTA JAMES
28. LOVE IN A GOLDFISH BOWL / TOMMY SANDS
29. HOT SPELL / MARGARET WHITING
30. THE LOVE OF A BOY / TIMI YURO

CD TWO: TOTAL TIME: 75:39

01. MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF / JERRY BUTLER
02. THAT’S NOT THE ANSWER / VI VELASCO
03. WASTIN’ AWAY FOR YOU / THE RUSSELLS
04. (YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A TOWER OF STRENGTH) / GLORIA LYNNE
05. ANY DAY NOW (MY WILD, BEAUTIFUL BIRD) / CHUCK JACKSON
06. MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK / CARL DOBKINS, JR.
07. DONNE-MOI-MA CHANCE (TOO LATE TO WORRY) / SOPHIA LOREN
08. THIS EMPTY PLACE / DIONNE WARWICK
09. LONELINESS OR HAPPINESS / THE DRIFTERS
10. (IT’S) WONDERFUL TO BE YOUNG / CLIFF RICHARD
11. WITH OPEN ARMS / JANE MORGAN
12. YOU’RE TELLING OUR SECRETS / DEE CLARK
13. SAG MIR WO DE BLUMEN SIND / MARLENE DIETRICH
14. DON’T ENVY ME / JOEY POWERS
15. THREE WHEELS ON MY WAGON / DICK VAN DYKE
16. ALONG CAME JOE / MERV GRIFFIN
17. DREAMIN’ ALL THE TIME / JACK JONES
18. JOHNNY GET ANGRY / JOANIE SOMMERS
19. PARADISE ISLAND / THE FOUR ACES
20. MOON MAN / GLORIA LAMBERT
21. THESE DESPERATE HOURS / MEL TORMÉ
22. FAKER, FAKER / THE ELIGIBLES
23. (THERE GOES) THE FORGOTTEN MAN / JIMMY RADCLIFFE
24. DEEPLY / THE SHEPHERD SISTERS
25. MANPOWER / THE EXOTICS
26. TAKE ME TO YOUR LADDER (I’LL SEE YOUR LEADER LATER) / BUDDY CLINTON
27. WILD HONEY / CATHY CARR
28. ROSANNE / BURT BACHARACH (piano) with string orchestra
29. ERRAND OF MERCY / GEORGE HAMILTON
30. I SMILED YESTERDAY / DIONNE WARWICK