He became a highly significant personality in the world of movie music

Bandleader, composer, arranger and producer John Barry was a key figure in the burgeoning rock 'n' roll scene in the UK during the mid-to-late 1950s and into the '60s, before going on to become a hugely successful and respected composer of film music, in particular being associated with the themes for the James Bond movies over the years. His band was very much involved in the early TV pop shows in the UK, and he was at the forefront of the creation of a strand of British guitar-based instrumental rock 'n' roll to rival the output of the USA. He was closely associated with EMI throughout this era, and this 69-track 2-CD collection (records were very short in that era) comprises most of his A&B sides on Parlophone and Columbia from this era, plus selected titles from the albums 'Six-Five Special', 'Drumbeat', 'Stringbeat' and the movie soundtrack 'The Beat Girl'. It features all his UK hits from these years, including 'Hit And Miss' (the theme of the TV show 'Juke Box Jury', which he composed), 'Blueberry Hill', 'Walk Don't Run', 'Black Stockings', 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'The James Bond Theme'. He became a highly significant personality in the world of movie music, and this collection traces his early days as he operated successfully at the heart of the UK pop scene.

Track Listing

• Let's Have A Wonderful Time
• Rock-a-Billy Boogie
• Zip Zip
• Three Little Fishes
• Every Which Way
• You've Gotta Way
• Big Guitar
• Rodeo
• Pancho
• Hideaway
• Farrago
• Bee's Knees
• Long John
• Snap And Whistle
• Little John
• For Pete'sSake
• Twelfth Street Rag
• Christella
• Rebel Rouser
• Mab Mab
• Good Rockin' Tonight
• Hit And Miss
• Rockin' Already
• Beat For Beatniks
• Big Fella
• Blueberry Hill
• Never Let Go
• Walk Don't Run
• I'm Movin On
• Black Stockings
• Get Lost Jack Frost
• Saturday's Child
• The Magnificent Seven
• Skid Row
• Rodeo
• The Menace
• Starfire
• A Matter Of Who
• Watch Your Step
• Twist It
• Cutty Sark
• Lost Patrol
• James Bond Theme
• The Blacksmith Blues
• The Lolly Theme
• March Of The Mandarins
• Main Title - Beat Girl
• The Off Beat
• Lindon Home Rock
• Time Out
• The Sharks
• The City 2000 A.D.
• The Stripper
• Chicken
• Blues For Beatnicks
• Blondie's Strip
• It Doesn't Matter Anymore
• Sweet Talk
• Moody River
• There's Life In The Old Boy Yet
• A Handful Of Songs
• Like Waltz
• Donna's Theme
• Baubles, Bangles And Beads
• Zapata
• Rum-Dee-Dum-Dee-Dah
• Spanish Harlem
• Man From Madrid
• The Challenge

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 141 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/05/26

UPC: 824046359720