A Review of Famous Songs of the Past “Fascinating Facts” August 2017

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“Fascinating Facts” August 2017

Track 1 Summertime Blues Summertime Blues is a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran.

Edward Raymond "Eddie" Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American musician. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. He was involved with music from an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar as well as piano, bass and drums. His image as a sharply dressed and good-looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the 1950s rocker, and in death he achieved an iconic status. Cochran died at age 21 after a road accident, while travelling in a taxi in Chippenham, Wiltshire, during his British tour in April 1960, having just performed at Bristol's Hippodrome theatre. Though his best-known songs were released during his lifetime, more of his songs were released posthumously.

Track 2 Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer is a song on the 1963 album of the same name by Nat King Cole,

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. He was one of the first black Americans to host a television variety show. Cole fought racism all his life and rarely performed in segregated venues. In 1948, Cole purchased a house in an all-white neighbourhood of Los Angeles. The Ku Klux Klan, still active in Los Angeles well into the 1950s, responded by placing a burning cross on his front lawn. Members of the property-owners association told Cole they did not want any undesirables moving in. Cole retorted, "Neither do I. And if I see anybody undesirable coming in here, I'll be the first to complain." Cole maintained worldwide popularity throughout his life and even since his death.

Track 3 We’re Gonna Hang out the Washing On The Siegfried Line We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line is a popular song by Ulster songwriter Jimmy Kennedy, written whilst he was a Captain in the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of the Second World War, with music by Michael Carr. The Siegfried Line was a chain of fortifications along Germany's Western border, analogous to the Maginot Line in France. The song was used as a morale-booster during the war, particularly up to and during the Battle of France.

Arthur Bowden Askey CBE (6 June 1900 – 16 November 1982) was a prominent English comedian and actor. Askey's humour owed much to the playfulness of the characters he portrayed, his improvisation, and his use of catchphrases, which included "Hello playmates!", "I thank you" (pronounced "Ay-Thang-Yaw"), and "Before your very eyes”. He served in the armed forces in World War I and performed in army entertainments. After working as a clerk for Liverpool Corporation, Education Department, he was in a touring concert party and the music halls, but he rose to stardom in 1938 through his role in the first regular radio comedy series, Band Waggon on the BBC. He continues working right up until his death.

Track 4 Sugaree This version of Sugaree is a cover of The Jordanaires and Marvin Hughes' Orchestra's "Sugaree".

Dennis Lotis (born 8 March 1925) is a South African-born British singer, actor and entertainer, whose popularity was greatest in the 1950s. He was described as having a sophisticated style that was particularly attractive to the young female population. He went solo in the mid-1950s, and became one of the most successful acts on the British variety circuit, also appearing frequently on BBC radio. He appeared in his first Royal Variety Performance in 1957, and that year was voted Top Male Singer. He also toured the US with the Ted Heath Orchestra. He recorded in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He later established his own antiques and restaurant business in Tring.

Track 5 Lullaby in Ragtime A song by Danny Kaye released in 1959.

Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987)[2] was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. His best known performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs. His films were extremely popular, especially his bravura performances of patter songs and children's favourites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling". He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honour in 1986 for his many years of work with the organisation.

Track 6 Men of Harlech Is a song and military march which is traditionally said to describe events during the seven-year siege of Harlech Castle between 1461 and 1468. The song occupies an important place in Welsh national culture. The song gained international recognition when it was featured prominently in the 1964 film Zulu.

John Barry, OBE ( 3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011)was an English composer and conductor of film music. He composed the soundtracks for 11 of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1987. He wrote the scores to the award winning films Midnight Cowboy, Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa, in a career spanning over 50 years. In 1999 he was appointed OBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music. Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father. During his national service with the British Army in Cyprus, Barry began performing as a musician after learning to play the trumpet. Upon completing his national service, he formed his own band in 1957, The John Barry Seven. He later developed an interest in composing and arranging music, making his début for television in 1958. He received many awards for his work, including five Academy Awards.

Track 7 Heart of My Heart The music and lyrics were written by Ben Ryan (1892–1968) in 1926. It reminisces about singing a song called "Heart of My Heart" in a youthful quartet.

Max Bygraves OBE (born Walter William Bygraves on 16 October 1922) is an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. Shows he presented included the game show Family Fortunes. Bygraves was born the son of poor parents in London, England. His father was a pro boxer, known as Battling Tom Smith, and a casual dockworker. Bygraves later changed his name from Walter William to Max after comedian Max Miller. Track 8 Seven Little Girls Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat) was a hit song written by Bob Hilliard and Lee Pockriss in the late 1950s.

Paul Evans (born March 5, 1938 in Queens, New York) is an American rock and roll singer and songwriter, who was most prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. As a performer, he had hits with the songs "Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat)" (his biggest hit), "Midnight Special" and "Happy-Go-Lucky Me". As a songwriter Evans' songs were performed by numerous performers, including Elvis Presley, Jimmy Dean and Pat Boone.

Track 9 Almost Like Being In Love Almost Like Being in Love is a popular song published in 1947. The music was written by Frederick Loewe, and the lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The song was made popular by David Brooks and Marion Bell in the 1947 musical Brigadoon. It was later performed in the1954 film version by Gene Kelly.

Edmund James Arthur Hockridge (9 August 1919 – 15 March 2009) was a Canadian baritone and actor who had an active performance career in musicals, operas, concerts, plays and on radio.

Track 10 It Ain’t Necessarily So It Ain't Necessarily So is a popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess (1935) where it is sung by the character Sportin' Life, a drug dealer, who expresses his doubt about several statements in the Bible. The opera Porgy and Bess deals with African-American life in the fictitious Catfish Row which was based on the area of Cabbage Row in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1920s.

Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American singer and actor who was a political activist for the Civil Rights Movement. His advocacy of anti-imperialism, affiliation with Communism, and criticism of the US brought retribution from the government and public condemnation. He was blacklisted, and to his financial and social detriment, he refused to rescind his stand on his beliefs and remained opposed to the direction of US policies. Robeson won a scholarship to Rutgers University, where he was a football All- American and class valedictorian. He graduated from Columbia Law School while playing in the National Football League (NFL) and singing and acting in off- campus productions. After theatrical performances in The Emperor Jones and All God's Chillun Got Wings he became an integral part of the Harlem Renaissance.

Track 11 Downtown Downtown was composed by Tony Hatch and recorded by Petula Clark. It became an international hit in 1964. In the fall of 1964 Hatch had made his first visit to New York City seeking material. Hatch would recall: "I was staying at a hotel on Central Park and I wandered down to Broadway and to Times Square. I loved the whole atmosphere there and the [music] came to me very, very quickly".

Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932) is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. Clark was born to an English father and a Welsh mother. Her father invented her first name and joked it was a combination of the names of two former girlfriends, Pet and Ulla! Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II. During the 1950s she started recording in French and having international success in both French and English, with such songs as "The Little Shoemaker", "Baby Lover", "With All My Heart", and "Prends Mon Cœur". During the 1960s she became known globally for her popular upbeat hits, including "Downtown", "I Know a Place", "My Love", "Colour My World", "A Sign of the Times", and "Don't Sleep in the Subway". She has sold more than 68 million records throughout her career. She has toured all over the world.

Track 12 The Ugly Duckling A musical version of the story composed by Frank Loesser and sung by Danny Kaye for the musical film ‘Hans Christian Andersen’. The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until, much to his delight (and to the surprise of others), he matures into a beautiful swan. The story is beloved around the world as a tale about personal transformation. The Ugly Duckling was first published in 1843 by Andersen in Copenhagen, Denmark to great critical acclaim.

Track 13 Donald Where’s Your Trousers by Andy Stewart Is a comic song about a Scotsman who wears a kilt rather than trousers. It was written by Andy Stewart with music by Neil Grant. When performed by Andy Stewart and the White Heather Group, it was a hit in 1960, reaching #37 in the UK charts and #1 in Canada.

Andy Stewart was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1933, the son of a teacher. He moved to Arbroath as a child, and then trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. He had several international hit singles: "Come in-Come in", "Donald Where's Your Troosers?", "A Scottish Soldier", "Campbeltown Loch", "The Muckin' O' Geordie's Byre", "The Road to Dundee","The Battle's O'er", "Take Me Back", "Tunes Of Glory", and "Dr. Finlay" (1965). He is also remembered for being the compere of The White Heather Club. This was a BBC Scotland television programme that existed as an annual New Year's Eve party (1957–1968), and also as a weekly early evening series (1960–1968).

Track 14 It's a Long Way to Tipperary A British music hall song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co- written by, Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge in 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Judge's parents were Irish, and his grandparents came from Tipperary. It became popular among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war.

Very little is known about Albert Farringdon other than he was a popular Music Hall performer around the turn of the 20th century.

Track 15 Don’t you Rock Me Daddy-O A song released by Loinnie Donegan in 1956.

Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was known as the "King of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on British musicians who became famous in the 1960s. With a washboard, a tea-chest bass and a cheap Spanish guitar, Donegan entertained audiences with folk and blues songs by artists such as Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. He travelled to the United States, where he appeared on television on both the Perry Como Show and the Paul Winchell Show. Returning to the UK, Donegan recorded his debut album, Lonnie Donegan Showcase, in the summer of 1956, which featured songs by Lead Belly and Leroy Carr, plus "I'm a Ramblin' Man" and "Wabash Cannonball". The popular skiffle style encouraged amateurs to get started, and one of the many skiffle group

Track 16: Goodness Gracious Me Goodness Gracious Me is a comedy song recorded by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren, and was a top 5 UK single in 1960. It features Sellers acting the role of an Indian doctor, and Loren of his wealthy Italian patient – who fall in love. In the 1990s, the song provided the inspiration for the title and theme tune of the BBC radio and TV comedy programme of the same name.

Sophia Loren, born Sofia Villani Scicolone on 20 September 1934, is an Italian actress. Her films include: Houseboat (1958), El Cid (1961), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963). Loren is known for her sharp wit and insight. One of her most frequently quoted sayings is a quip about her famously voluptuous figure: "Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti". During the 1960s, Loren was one of the most popular actresses in the world. Loren has also recorded well over two dozen songs including a best-selling album of comedic songs with Peter Sellers; reportedly, she had to fend off his romantic advances! Loren first met Carlo Ponti in 1950 when she was 15 and he was 37. They married on 17 September 1957. However, Ponti was still officially married to his first wife Giuliana because Italy did not recognize divorce at that time. The couple had their marriage annulled in 1962 to escape bigamy charges. In 1965, Ponti obtained a divorce from Giuliana in France, allowing him to marry Loren again on 9 April 1966. They remained married until he died in 2007.

Peter Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980), was a British film actor, comedian and singer. Born in Portsmouth, Sellers made his stage debut at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, when he was two weeks old. He began accompanying his parents in a variety act that toured the provincial theatres. After the war, Sellers became a regular performer on various BBC radio shows. During the early 1950s, Sellers, along with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, took part in The Goon Show, which ended in 1960. Among his notable films was his role of Chief Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series. Versatility enabled him to portray a wide range of comic characters using different accents and guises, and he would often assume multiple roles within the same film. Satire and black humour were major features of many of his films. In his personal life, Sellers struggled with depression and insecurities. His behaviour was often erratic and compulsive, and he frequently clashed with his directors and co-stars. Sellers was married four times, and had three children. He died as a result of a heart attack in 1980, aged 54.

Track 17 I’ve Got A Brand New Combine Harvester by the Wurzels In 1976, the Wurzels released The Combine Harvester, a re-work of the song "Brand New Key", by Melanie, which became a UK hit, topping the charts for 2 weeks.

The Wurzels (originally Adge Cutler and the Wurzels but renamed The Wurzels after Adge Cutler's death) are a British Scrumpy and Western band. The Somerset-based band is best known by many people for their hit Combine Harvester, and I Am A Cider Drinker based on the song Una Paloma Blanca. but they have a history stretching over 40 years, and still perform to this day. The Wurzels were formed in 1966 as a backing group for singer/songwriter Adge Cutler. With a thick Somerset accent, Adge played on his West Country roots, singing many folk songs with local themes such as cider making (and drinking), farming, dung-spreading, local villages and industrial work songs, often with a comic slant. During the latter half of the 1960s, the band became immensely popular regionally, and the release of the single "Drink Up Thy Zider" in 1966 led to national fame. The B-side "Twice Daily" was banned by the BBC for being too raunchy. Adge Cutler died after falling asleep at the wheel of his MGB sports car which then overturned on a roundabout approaching the Severn Bridge. The band still tours and sings to this day.

Track 18 My Old Dutch My Old Dutch is an 1892 music hall and vaudeville song performed by Albert Chevalier. The lyrics were written by Chevalier. My Old Dutch is about an old man's long happy marriage to his wife. The song's title is based on Cockney rhyming slang: in this case, "Dutch" is a shortening of the phrase Duchess of Fife which rhymes with "wife". The singer's "old Dutch" is therefore his spouse. Chevalier also starred in a film entitled My Old Dutch. His own Old Dutch was his wife, Florrie.

Peter Sellers, CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980), was a British film actor, comedian and singer. He performed in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a number of hit comic songs and became known to a world-wide audience as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series of films. Born in Portsmouth, Sellers made his stage debut at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, when he was two weeks old accompanying his parents in variety acts. During the early 1950s, Sellers, along with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, took part in the successful radio series The Goon Show, which ended in 1960. Sellers began his film career during the 1950s. Films demonstrating his artistic range include Stanley Kubrick's Lolita and Dr. Strangelove; What's New, Pussycat?; Casino Royale and the Pink Panther series (1963–1978). Sellers’s portrayed a wide range of comic characters using different accents and guises, and he often assumed multiple roles within the same film. Satire and black humour were major features of many of his films. Sellers often struggled with depression and insecurities. His behaviour was often erratic and compulsive, and he frequently clashed with his directors and co-stars, especially in the mid-1970s when his physical and mental health and his alcohol and drug problems were at their worst. He died in 1980, aged 54.

Track 19 April In Paris April in Paris is a song composed in 1932 for the Broadway musical Walk A Little Faster. Composer Alec Wilder writes, "There are no two ways about it: this is a perfect theatre song. If that sounds too reverent, then I'll reduce the praise to 'perfectly wonderful,' or else say that if it's not perfect, show me why it isn't.”

John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born in Texas, on September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standard music, he became highly popular as an album artist. One of the last and most popular in a line of traditional male vocalists who emerged before the rock- dominated 1960s, Johnny Mathis concentrated on the romantic side of jazz and pop music standards for the adult contemporary audience of the 1960s and 1970s. Unsurprisingly, given his emphasis on long sustained notes and heavy vibrato, Mathis studied with an opera coach prior to his teenage years.

Track 20 Everyday A song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and released on September 20, 1957 as the B-side to "Peggy Sue".

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll”. His works and innovations inspired and influenced contemporary and later musicians, notably The Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton, and exerted a profound influence on popular music.

Track 21 Home Boys Home Home Boys Home is a traditional folk song, sung by The Dubliners with Luke Kelly on vocals.

The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962, the group line-up has seen many changes over their fifty year career. The band garnered international success with their lively Irish folk songs, traditional street ballads and instrumentals. The band were regulars on the folk scenes in both Dublin and London in the early 1960s and eventually appeared on Top of the Pops in 1967 with hits "Seven Drunken Nights" and "Black Velvet Band". The group’s success remained steady right through the 1970s and a number of collaborations with The Pogues in 1987 saw them enter the UK Singles Chart on another two occasions. They are highly respected in their native Ireland. In 2012, they celebrated 50 years together; making them Ireland’s longest surviving musical act and one of the most influential Irish acts of the 20th century.

Track 22 Everything’s Coming Up Roses A song from the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable. Introduced in the musical's production by Ethel Merman, "Everything's Coming Up Roses" became one of Merman's signature songs.

Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her belting voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage.” Anything Goes proved to be the first of five Cole Porter musicals in which Merman starred. In addition to the title song, the score included "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top”. She was in the musical Annie Get your Gun which opened on May 16, 1946, at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for nearly three years and 1,147 performances. During that time, Merman took only two vacations and missed only two performances because of illness.

Track 23 I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles is a popular song which debuted in 1918 and was first published in 1919. The song became a hit with the public in British music halls and theatres during the early 1920s. Dorothy Ward was especially renowned for making the song famous with her appearances at these venues. The song was also used by English comedian “Professor" Jimmy Edwards as his signature tune - played on the trombone. Harpo Marx would play the song on clarinet, which would then begin emitting bubbles.

Henry Burr (January 15, 1882 – April 6, 1941) was a Canadian singer of popular songs in the early 20th century, an early radio performer and producer. He was one of the first singers to make popular acoustic recordings. While still in his teens (probably in 1902), Burr began recording for Columbia. The first recording on which his name appeared was released in 1904. In 1906, he joined the Columbia Male Quartet. He also sang with a number of ensembles, and the Sterling Trio, and performed many popular duets with Albert Campbell. In 1915, he assembled a touring troupe of recording artists, including singers Billy Murray, Arthur Collins, Albert Campbell and banjo player Vess Ossman.

Track 24 Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Sitting On The Dock of the Bay is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was first recorded by Otis Redding in 1967, just days before his death in a plane crash.

Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul music and rhythm and blues, and one of the greatest singers in popular music. His open-throated singing was an influence on other soul singers of the 1960s. After appearing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, he wrote and recorded (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay. Although Redding's initial popularity was with African Americans, he later became equally popular among the broader American public. Internationally, Redding later performed in Paris and London among other venues. He died tragically in a plane crash along with other members of his band.

Track 25 Just An Old Fashioned Girl One of Eartha Kitts most well known songs.

Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of C'est Si Bon and the enduring Christmas novelty smash Santa Baby. Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world." She took over the role of Cat woman for the third and final season of the 1960s Batman television series, replacing Julie Newmar.

Track 26 Everything Stops For Tea Everything Stops For Tea was composed by the New York born Maurice Sigler, has lyrics by Al Goodheart and Al Hoffman. It was featured in the 1935 musical Come Out Of The Pantry. This popular wartime song featured in The Ministry of Food exhibition, is a jolly homage to the British 4 o’clock tea break.

Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan (2 April 1891 – 20 October 1957) was a Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." Buchanan was a frequent broadcaster on British radio, especially during the Second World War. Programmes included The Jack Buchanan Show and, in 1955, the hugely popular eight-part series Man About Town.

Track 27 Your Mother Should Know Your Mother Should Know is a song by the Beatles from their 1967 record Magical Mystery Tour. It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon– McCartney) based on a line from the screenplay for A Taste of Honey.

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. They became perhaps the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in the history of popular music. The band's best-known line up consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania". The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three- year period from 1960. They gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first single, Love Me Do, became a modest hit in late 1962. They acquired the nickname the "Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year, and by early 1964 they had become international stars. From 1965 on, they produced what many critics consider their finest material. After their break-up in 1970, the ex-Beatles each found success in individual musical careers. Lennon was murdered in 1980, and Harrison died of cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain active. The Beatles are the best- selling band in history, with EMI Records estimating sales of over one billion records.

Track 28 Butlin’s Holiday This is a rather fun record from the Trebletones, which would have been sold as a souvenir at a Butlin's holiday camp. It's rather a short song and the B side features the same tune, but with "Good Morning" replaced by "Good Evening!

The Trebletones Known mostly for their recroding of the Butlin’s Holiday song in 1961 Track 29 Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside is a popular British music hall song. It was written in 1907 by John A. Glover-Kind and made famous by music hall singer Mark Sheridan who first recorded it in 1909. It speaks of the singer's love for the seaside, and his wish to return there for his summer holidays each year. It was composed at a time when the yearly visits of the British working- class to the seaside were booming.

Samuel Packman One of the many versions of this song!

Track 30 Summer Holiday A song recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows. It is taken from the film of the same name, and was released in February 1963. The track is one of Richard's best known titles. It was one of six hits Richard performed at his spontaneous gig at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships when rain stopped the tennis.

Sir Cliff Richard,OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist. With his backing group The Shadows, Richard, originally positioned himself as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Little Richard and Elvis Presley. He dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s and early 1960s. A conversion to Christianity and subsequent softening of his music later led to a more middle of the road pop image, sometimes venturing into gospel music. Over a 53-year career, Richard has become a fixture of the British entertainment world.

Track 31 Fly Me To the Moon by Frank Sinatra Fly Me to the Moon is a popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was originally titled "In Other Words", and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets.

Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) began his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the "bobby soxers", he released his first album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra in 1946. His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1953 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ‘From Here to Eternity’. He signed with Capitol Records in 1953 and released several critically lauded albums (such as In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy). Sinatra toured internationally, was a founding member of the Rat Pack and fraternised with celebrities and statesmen, including John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".