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    Looking Back : The Jamaican Chart Hits 1958 & 1959

    Sunrise Records
      • 1. Harry Belafonte – Island In The Sun
      • 2. Lord Tanamo – Sweet Dreaming
      • 3. Gene And Eunice – The Vow
      • 4. The Rays – Silhouettes
      • 5. The Bobbettes – Mr Lee
      • 6. Larry Williams – High School Dance
      • 7. Sam Cooke – You Send Me
      • 8. Laurel Aitken – Nightfall In Zion (Aka Roll River Jordan)
      • 9. Clyde McPhatter With Orchestra & Chorus – Rock And Cry
      • 10. Ernie Freeman – Dumplin’s
      • 11. Jimmy McCracklin – The Walk
      • 12. Milson Luce With Johnny Wallace Sextet – Don’t Break Your Promise
      • 13. Louis Prima – Buona Sera
      • 14. The Platters – Twilight Time
      • 15. Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk, Part 1
      • 16. Fats Domino – Sick And Tired
      • 17. Chuck Willis – C.C. Rider
      • 18. Nat King Cole – Looking Back
      • 19. Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns – High Blood Pressure
      • 20. Cyril Diaz & Orchestra – Tabu
      • 21. Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five – Show Me How (You Milk The Cow)
      • 22. The Imperials – Tears On My Pillow
      • 23. Perez Prado And His Orchestra – Guaglione
      • 24. Little Willie John – Fever
      • 25. Earl Grant With Chorus & Orchestra – The End
      • 26. Laurel Aitken – Sweet Chariot
      • 27. Count Owen And His Calypsonians – Hool-A-Hoop Calypso
      • 28. Jimmy Clanton And His Rockets – Just A Dream
      • 29. Lloyd Price – Stagger Lee

      Collecting 59 tracks on 2 discs - the biggest selling records in Jamaica during the last two years of the fifties - these are the sounds that shaped the island's musical tastes and inspired countless performers to make their name on the world stage!

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