Instrumental Gems Of The 50's

Some of the most expressive hits are songs without words. Lush strings, glittering pianos, soft percussion and hummable melodies paint pictures in your mind. This set gathers great instrumentals from the 1950s including big-band standards, orchestral favorites, novelty tunes, movie and TV themes-many hard- to-find, all remastered. "Four stars"-All Music Guide.

Track Listing

• Disc 1
• • 1 third man theme - anton karas
  • 2 sam's song - joe "fingers" carr
  • 3 nola - les paul
  • 4 laura - stan kenton
  • 5 down yonder - joe "fingers" carr
  • 6 delicado - percy faith
  • 7 meet mr. callaghan - les paul
  • 8 caravan - ralph marterie
  • 9 song from "moulin rouge", the (where is
  • 10 oh! - pee wee hunt
  • 11 melancholy serenade - jackie gleason
  • 12 april in portugal - les baxter
  • 13 ruby - les baxter
  • 14 dragnet - ray anthony
  • 15 ebb tide - frank chacksfield
  • 16 skokiaan - ralph marterie
  • 17 high and mighty, the - les baxter
  • 18 crazy otto, the - johnny maddox
  • 19 melody of love - billy vaughn
  • 20 cherry pink and apple blossom white - pe
• Disc 2
• • 1 unchained melody - les baxter
  • 2 lisbon antigua - nelson riddle
  • 3 autumn leaves - roger williams
  • 4 moritat - dick hyman
  • 5 poor people of paris, the - les baxter
  • 6 moonglow - morris stoloff (theme from pi
  • 7 canadian sunset - hugo winterhalter
  • 8 song for a summer night - mitch miller
  • 9 shifting, whispering sands, the - billy
  • 10 so rare - jimmy dorsey
  • 11 portuguese washerwoman, the - joe "finge
  • 12 swingin' shepherd blues - moe koffman
  • 13 patricia - perez prado
  • 14 raunchy - ernie freeman
  • 15 tea for two cha cha - tommy dorsey
  • 16 peter gunn theme, the - ray anthony
  • 17 only you (and you alone) - frank pourcel
  • 18 quiet village - martin denny
  • 19 sleep walk - santo & johnny
  • 20 enchanted sea, the - martin denny