PAT BOONE - Five Classic Albums Plus (Pat Boone / Pat / Pat Boone Sings / Great!, Great!, Great! / Moody River) (2CD)

AVID Pop continues with its Five Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Pat Boone, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details
“Pat Boone”; “Pat”; “Pat Boone Sings”; “Great! Great! Great!” and “Moody River’”
Second only to Elvis Presley in the 1950s with record sales of 45 million Pat Boone certainly deserves his place in the AVID Pop Hall of Fame. I guess you could say he was the antidote to Elvis. He was a great pop singer who presented the respectable and safe side of the current musical trends including RnB and Rock n Roll. Nothing wrong with that we say! At least his hits with many of his cover versions gave exposure of the music of countless black artists to a potential wider audience giving them an opportunity they may never have had in a cruel racially segregated Unites States in the 1950s and 1960s. Ok he was pops Mr.Clean, possibly the US equivalent to our own blessed Sir Cliff Richard but he gave joy to the many millions who bought his singles and albums, read his books, watched his TV shows and sat through his films, not to mention his Christian reading tours and Bible readings to the mostly republican stars of the day. And he’s still going strong at 86, so it’s hats off to a great entertainer. Oh and if you care to check out a very rare album he released in 1969 on Tetragrammaton called Departure, produced by Zal Yanovsky and Jerry Yester from the Lovin Spoonful, you will discover a hidden lost classic. Sadly only available on vinyl if you can even find a copy!
Check out:- Bobby Darin (AMSC1205); Dinah Shore (AMSC1345); Brenda Lee (AMSC1211); Ricky Nelson (AMSC1206); Bobby Rydell (AMSC1365); Bobby Vee (AMSC1262); Paul Anka (AMSC1388); Judy Garland (AMSC1228 & 1336); The Everly Brothers (AMSC1277; Elvis Presley (AMSC1257, 1299 & 1384): Little Richard (AMSC1286); Conway Twitty (AMSC1347): Connie Francis (AMSC1374); Andy Williams (AMSC1247);

CD1
1-12: ‘Pat Boone’
1. Ain’t That A Shame
2. Rich In Love
3. Two Hearts
4. No Other Arms
5. Now I Know
6. Gee Whittakers
7. At My Front Door
8. Take The Time
9. Tutti Frutti
10. Tra-La-La
11. Tennessee Saturday Night
12. I’ll Be Home
13-24: ‘Pat’
13. Flip, Flop And Fly
14. Pledging My Love
15. Money Honey
16. Tomorrow Night
17. Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
18. Shake A Hand
19. Honey Hush
20. Please Send Me Someone To Love
21. I’m In Love Again
22. Rock Around The Clock
23. Shot Gun Boogie
24. Five, Ten, Fifteen Hours

25-30: ‘Pat Boone Sings’
25. A Wonderful Time Up There
26. If Dreams Came True
27. For My Good Fortune
28. Cherie, I Love You 2.22
29. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
30. Sugar Moon
31. Twixt Twelve And Twenty (Bonus Track)

CD2
1-6: ‘Pat Boone Sings’
1. It’s Too Soon To Know
2. April Love
3. Gee, But It’s Lonely
4. That’s How Much I Love You
5. The Mardi Gras March
6. I’ll Remember Tonight
7-19: ‘Great!, Great!, Great!’
7. Stagger Lee
8. El Paso
9. Running Bear
10. Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
11. Cathy’s Clown
12. The Wayward Wind
13. Tweedle Dee
14. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
15. That’ll Be The Day
16. White Silver Sands
17. Why Don’t You Haul Off And Love Me
18. Personality
19. He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands

20-31: ‘Moody River’
20. Moody River
21. Angel On My Shoulder
22. The Great Pretender
23. Love Makes The World Go ‘Round
24. Corinna, Corinna
25. A Thousand Years
26. Sleep
27. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
28. There’s A Moon Out Tonight
29. Georgia On My Mind
30. Blue Moon
31. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star