The Four Lads were one of several male vocal quartets who enjoyed their heyday in the early years of the 1950s which some nostalgia buffs regard as the golden age of popular music before rock 'n' roll changed the pop landscape for ever. The Canadian quartet began their careers singing at the same Toronto church as members of The Crew Cuts, and originally came to the fore providing vocal back-up for Johnnie ray on his landmark hit "Cry" as well as several later hits. They forged a hit career for themselves in their own right, recording for Columbia, scoring their first hits in 1952, and going on to achieve more than twenty-five hits during the 1950s. This great-value 57-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of their singles during the era for the Okeh, Columbia, Kapp and Dot labels and features all their 'solo' chart entries from the era, including the Top 10 hits "Moments To Remember", "Not Much", Standing On The Corner", "Skokiaan", "Put A Light In The Window", and "Who Needs You". They were very much a group who epitomised the musical spirit of their times, and in capturing the pop mood of those years, this collection offers an entertaining cross-section of their work
16 Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By the Sea
17 I Hear It Everywhere
18 Why Should I Love You So
19 Skokiaan
20 Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree
21 Dance Calinda
22 I've Been Thinking
23 Pledging My Love
24 Too Much Baby Baby
25 Dream on, My Love Dream on
26 Moments to Remember
27 No, Not Much
28 I'll Never Know
29 My Little Angel
- Disc 2 -
1 Standing on the Corner
2 A House with Love in It
3 The Bus Stop Song (A Paper of Pins)
4 Who Needs You
5 It's So Easy to Forget
6 Golly
7 I Just Don't Know
8 His Invisible Hand
9 Things We Did Last Summer
10 Put a Light in the Window
11 There's Only One of You
12 Blue Tattoo
13 Enchanted Island
14 Guess What the Neighbors Will Say
15 Woncha' Give Me Something in Return
16 The Mocking Bird
17 Girl on Page Forty-Four
18 The Fountain of Youth
19 Together Wherever We Go
20 Got a Locket in My Pocket
21 Happy Anniversary
22 You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
23 Two Other People
24 Just Young
25 I Should Know Better
26 Don't Fly Away Flamingo
27 Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall
28 Beyond My Heart (I Couldn't See)
The Four Lads were one of several male vocal quartets who enjoyed their heyday in the early years of the 1950s which some nostalgia buffs regard as the golden age of popular music before rock 'n' roll changed the pop landscape for ever. The Canadian quartet began their careers singing at the same Toronto church as members of The Crew Cuts, and originally came to the fore providing vocal back-up for Johnnie ray on his landmark hit "Cry" as well as several later hits. They forged a hit career for themselves in their own right, recording for Columbia, scoring their first hits in 1952, and going on to achieve more than twenty-five hits during the 1950s. This great-value 57-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of their singles during the era for the Okeh, Columbia, Kapp and Dot labels and features all their 'solo' chart entries from the era, including the Top 10 hits "Moments To Remember", "Not Much", Standing On The Corner", "Skokiaan", "Put A Light In The Window", and "Who Needs You". They were very much a group who epitomised the musical spirit of their times, and in capturing the pop mood of those years, this collection offers an entertaining cross-section of their work
