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He received a Grammy nomination for Best Polka Album in 1995. [2] He was inducted to the International Polka Association Polka Hall of Fame in 1982. His MGM original recording of Accordion A go-go was featured in a major motion picture. He was born in Ware, Massachusetts and lived in Wilbraham, Massachusetts before passing away on November 26 ...
A Collection of Beatles Oldies was the band's first official greatest-hits set [50] [51] and their eighth official album release in Britain. [52] [nb 4] The album was hurriedly prepared, to satisfy EMI's concerns. [39]
They also released an album, Memories of Those Oldies But Goodies, Volume 1 (1961), [1] on Del-Fi Records. David Johnson served a prison term beginning shortly after "Hully Gully Again", and when he was released, he formed a group using the name Little Caesar and the Romans.
The first few "Oldies But Goodies" LPs were hugely successful (Volume 1 reached #12 on the Billboard Album charts and stayed on the chart for 183 weeks). Their success influenced other labels to put out compilations of their hits and near-hits, as well as helped validate the standing of songs like The Five Satins ' "In the Still of the Night ...
For "The Rock'n'Roll Era," four such box sets were issued: The Rock n' Roll Era: Greatest Hits (two volumes), The Rock n' Roll Era - One Hit Wonders of the '50s & '60s, and The Rock n' Roll Era - Senior Prom: Greatest Hits; additionally, there was a Christmas three-CD/cassette box set, called The Rock n' Roll Era Christmas Hits.
The columns Song, Recorded, and Album list each song title, the recording date (as far as known), and the album on which the song first appeared. The column Author lists the writer or writers of each song. The column Notes gives further information. For some songs, several different tracks exist, on diverse releases; some of them are listed ...
Dusk has a Christmas album that was released a few years back. "Rockin' Rudolph" is a brand new song released this year. He also sings a track on Tom Gaebel's new Christmas album.
With the live radio show going, he had the audience and the lists of requests. He began to turn that concept into an album titled Oldies But Goodies, a term he trademarked. [11] In 1959, Laboe formed record label Original Sound Records to promote new musical talent he discovered.