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Nine of them were Top 40 Billboard Hot 100s led by 1960's Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea), a # 5 that year for Lolita whose real name was Ditta Zuza Einzinger, from Austria, and two # 11 hits: You're The Reason by Bobby Edwards, a Country pop crossover in 1961, and 1959's Goodbye, Jimmy, Goodbye by Kathy Linden. In 1965, the Sir Douglas Quintet had their biggest of four hits with She's About A Mover [# 13], while P.J. Proby's Niki Hoeky [# 23 in 1967] was the best of three for the singer whose real name was James Marcus Smith. He also recorded as Jet Powers.

Another 1959 offering, Lonely For You, made it to # 24 for Gary Stites, his first of four hits, and for Ray Peterson, Missing You was a # 29 in 1961, one of nine he posted. Of the three parodies included here, the best is Phil McLean's Small Sad Sam, a # 21 take-off in 1961 on Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John. Others in that vein are The Ballad Of Irving by Perry Como's longtime TV announcer Frank Gallop, a bit of comedy picking on Lorne Greene's Ringo that went to # 34 in 1966. Yet another spoof on Ringo is Gringo by El Clod, a 1964 non-charter [in the U.S.].

Of the middle range hits, one of the quirkiest is Ambrose (Part Five) by Linda Laurie. This was the lone hit [# 52 in 1959] for Linda Gertz [her real name], who also wrote the mega-hits Delta Dawn and Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) for Helen Reddy [there never were any Parts One to Four]. In 1960 the rousing National City went to # 53 as by The Joiner, Arkansas Jr. High School Band. Except there was no such high school or band. This was, in reality, Ernie Freeman and a bunch of studio musicians having a bit of fun.

In 1962 Lawrence Welk's cover of the Del Shannon hit, Runaway, made it to # 56, followed in 1963 by Matt Lucas' cover of the old Hank Snow Country hit I'm Moving On, which also peaked at # 56. The following year Chris Crosby reached # 53 with Young And In Love.

Lower ranging hits are: The Hunch, a # 71 instrumental late in 1959 for the Bobby Peterson Quintet; Chills And Fever, a # 72 in 1961 by Ronnie Love & His Orchestra; Vance, a # 80 in 1969 and the last of 16 charted singles by Roger Miller and one of the few serious tunes he recorded; Shortnin' Bread, a # 82 in 1960 and the lone hit for Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds; and Sugar Plum, a # 95 in 1962 by Ike Clanton.

Other non-Billboard Hot 100 hits besides Gringo are at tracks 4, 6, 13, 16, 18, 19, and 20, although all received attention on the Canadian RPM charts in the years concerned. On track 4, Bobby Pedrick, Jr., who had one hit under that name (White Bucks And Saddle Shoes in 1958], also posted nine as Robert John, including The Lion Sleeps Tonight in 1972 and the # 1 Sad Eyes in 1979. And on track 13 that is the same James MacArthur who played on TV's Hawaii Five-O.

Also as usual, the sound quality is mixed, but unless you're a hapless audiophile this will offer up well over an hour's worth of entertainment and priceless memories. All we need to see now are Volumes 1 and 2 listed. I have both and they continue with the surprises.