Description
Nipper’s Greatest Hits: The 60’s Volume 1 is a beautifully curated CD snapshot of the early 1960s pop landscape, drawing from the deep RCA catalog that made the Nipper compilation series a beloved introduction to the era. The disc moves effortlessly from Elvis Presley’s operatic ‘It’s Now Or Never’ to the haunting doo-wop of The Tokens’ ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight,’ and from Neil Sedaka’s perennial heartbreak anthem ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’ to Skeeter Davis’s achingly tender ‘The End Of The World.’ Country, pop, instrumental, and early rock all share space here, with contributions from Bobby Bare, Al Hirt, Eddy Arnold, and a closing jolt of psychedelia from Jefferson Airplane. It’s a remarkably broad and listenable portrait of a transitional moment in American popular music…
nipper’sTrack listing:
- Tell Laura I Love Her – Ray Peterson
- It’s Now Or Never – Elvis Presley
- Love Letters – Ketty Lester
- Last Date – Floyder Cramer
- I Just Don’t Understand – Ann-Margret
- The Lion Sleeps Tonite – The Tokens
- Love Me Warm And Tender – Paul Anka
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Neil Sedaka
- The End Of The World – Skeeter Davis
- I Will Follow Him (Chariot) – Little Peggy March
- Maria Elena – Los Indios Tabajaras
- 500 Miles Away From Home – Bobby Bare
- Java – Al Hirt
- Baby The Rain Must Fall – Glenn Yarbrough
- Make The World Go Away – Eddy Arnold
- Somebody To Love– Jefferson Airplane
- Light My Fire – José Feliciano
- These Eyes – The Guess Who
- Grazing In The Grass – The Friends Of Distinction
- Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet (A Paramount PIcture) – Henry Mancini
