He was certainly an artist who arrived on the scene at the wrong time and deserved more chart success than he achieved.

Don Rondo was a singer with a style more akin to the middle-of-the-road market of the early 1950s but who came to the fore with hits with that approach early in the rock 'n' roll era, finding it difficult to establish a chart presence in a changing market as he adapted his style in subsequent years, and embraced the new musical idioms before he was overtaken by newer teen idols, and as a popular personality on TV, turned to broadcasting in the '60s. This 52-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of his singles on Decca, Jubilee, Roulette and Carlton labels from these years, plus the titles from his Jubilee albums 'Rondo' and 'Have You Met' not otherwise released on singles. It features all his career hits, including the US No. 7 'White Silver Sands' and the Top 20 entries 'Two Different Worlds' and 'There's Only You'. Featuring as it does a significant proportion of the 60-odd titles he released during this era, it offers a worthwhile overview of his career as a chart-focused recording artist, and provides an entertaining showcase for his versatility as a song stylist as he tackles ballads and novelty-flavoured material, as well as out-and-out teen pop and roc k 'n' roll in search of a hit, along with old-school standards on his albums. He was certainly an artist who arrived on the scene at the wrong time and deserved more chart success than he achieved.

 

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Evening Star
• I Offer You My Heart
• Two Different Worlds
• He Made You Mine
• Don't (Unless You Care)
• The Love I Never Had
• To Belong
• On Forgotten Street
• White Silver Sands
• Stars Fell On Alabama
• Forsaking All Others
• There's Only You
• In Chi Chi Chihuahua
• Wanderin' Heart
• Made For Each Other
• What A Shame
• Blonde Bombshell
• There Goes My Heart Again
• School Dance
• Dormi Dormi Dormi
• Her Hair Was Yellow
• As Long As I Have You
• City Lights
• Song From 'Geisha Boy'
• Gretna Green
• My Foolish Heart

Disc 2:

• Leave Your Troubles On My Lips
• Cuckoo Girl
• Batch Of Love
• Quiet Girl
• Wall-To-Wall Tears
• The Golden Rule
• The King Of Holiday Island
• But Give Me Time
• They Can't Shake My Faith In You
• We're Not Children Anymore
• There Is No Love
• While We're Young
• Three Doors
• Bring Back My Summer Love
• Liza
• Stella By Starlight
• Ramona
• Charmaine
• Laura
• Margie
• Jeannine (I Dream Of Lilac Time)
• Mona Lisa
• Diane
• Dolores
• Peg O' My Heart
• Have You Met Miss Jones?

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 142 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/01/22

UPC: 824046343224