Bobby Helms was one of the new breed of country stars who came to the fore in the late '50s recording material which readily crossed over into the pop charts, as he embraced the smooth Nashville sound and helped bring the genre closer to the mainstream of popular music, to the extent of having hits during the '50s in the UK, rarely a happy hunting ground for country stars. His first two hits were long-running country No. 1s with "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel", both crossing over to the pop charts, the latter making the Top 10 as well as charting in the UK in the face of local cover versions. His third was a landmark classic with the crossover seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock" which returned him to the pop and country charts on an annual basis for several years. Over the next few years he racked up a dozen or more further hits, including "No Other Baby" and "Jacqueline" in the UK charts, underlining his distinctive appeal. This great-value 52-track 2-CD set comprises every track he released during this period, whether as an A or B side of a single, on an EP or on his one LP release in that era, and as such it represents a comprehensive anthology from his early career, which encompassed all his significant hits.
12 Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol)
13 Just a Little Lonesome
14 Love My Lady
15 Jacqueline
16 Living in the Shadows of the Past
17 Borrowed Dreams
18 Schoolboy Crush
19 The Fool and the Angel
20 A Hundred Hearts
21 New River Train
22 Miss Memory
23 I Guess I'll Miss the Prom
24 Soon It Can Be Told
25 No Other Baby
26 You're No Longer Mine
- Disc 2 -
1 Hurry Baby
2 My Lucky Day
3 Someone Was Already There
4 To My Sorrow
5 I Want to Be with You
6 Let Me Be the One
7 Lonely River Rhine
8 Guess We Thought the World Would End
9 Sad Eyed Baby
10 You're the One
11 How Can You Divide a Little Child
12 My Greatest Weakness
13 One Deep Love
14 Once in a Lifetime
15 Then Came You
16 Yesterday's Champagne
17 If I Only Knew
18 Far Away Heart
19 My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
20 Sugar Moon
21 Plaything
22 The Magic Song
23 Tonight's the Night
24 Just a Little Lonesome (Alt. Version)
25 (Now and Then) There's a Fool Such As I
26 Most of the Time
Bobby Helms was one of the new breed of country stars who came to the fore in the late '50s recording material which readily crossed over into the pop charts, as he embraced the smooth Nashville sound and helped bring the genre closer to the mainstream of popular music, to the extent of having hits during the '50s in the UK, rarely a happy hunting ground for country stars. His first two hits were long-running country No. 1s with "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel", both crossing over to the pop charts, the latter making the Top 10 as well as charting in the UK in the face of local cover versions. His third was a landmark classic with the crossover seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock" which returned him to the pop and country charts on an annual basis for several years. Over the next few years he racked up a dozen or more further hits, including "No Other Baby" and "Jacqueline" in the UK charts, underlining his distinctive appeal. This great-value 52-track 2-CD set comprises every track he released during this period, whether as an A or B side of a single, on an EP or on his one LP release in that era, and as such it represents a comprehensive anthology from his early career, which encompassed all his significant hits.
