The bricks with which Spector began to build his famous Wall of Sound! First, you'll hear every known Teddy Bears track (he wrote, sang and played guitar for the group) including the #1 To Know Him... more

Frankie was one of the quintessential teen idols, with the voice and charisma to back up the looks—and these five 1958–60 LPs paint a complete portrait of his rise to fame. Frankie Avalon, The Young... more

Seemingly forgotten today, The Four Freshmen were one of the leading pop groups of the mid-1950s. This 2-CD set features four of their complete albums from their prime: Voices in Modern (1955); 4... more

These string-bending brothers from Brooklyn sent haunting steel-guitar lines soaring up the charts starting with the all-time classic (and movie soundtrack favorite) "Sleepwalk" in '59. Here's that... more

The first jazz band to record in stereo, these Dukes combined dazzling musicianship with utterly infectious joy. All 47 of these sparkling performances come at you in glorious stereo: "The Sheik of... more

This Brooklyn vocal group made their first splash with one of the great lovesick ballads of the late '50s, Tears on My Pillow—but they'd soon display a flair for R&B dance tunes, too. This 46-track... more

These 61 tracks take us to Billy's #30 LP Golden Saxophones and Top 5 smash albums Theme from a Summer Place, Look for a Star and Theme from The Sundowners (all 1960) plus his Golden Hits LP. His... more

Hamburg's gift to easy listening broke through in the U.S. with his #1 LP "Wonderland by Night" ('60). Here's that smash plus three other early LPs: "Dancing in Wonderland," "The Wonderful World of... more

More than 40 years after his Chess (and Susie-Q) heyday, this Louisiana-born rockabilly made a remarkable return to recorded glory. This CD, though, contains his original classics, uniting for the... more

Here are 24 early tracks by this long-loved country singer, songwriter and DJ—from tear-in-your-beer honky-tonk ballads to boppin' hillbilly boogie! Includes Wedding Blues; Big Bad Daddy; Ain't It a... more

Mac was a first-generation bluegrass great who worked with Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, but it's the country sound of Nashville in its heyday that's heard on "Beside the Still Waters" ('58),... more

Most famous for writing and adapting film scores, Montenegro here brings his sweeping strings to an album full of love songs and a collection of his favorite Ellington tunes: My Old Flame; Lady of... more

"Swingin' Dixie Vols. 1–3" came out between 1958 and 1960 and capture this trumpet virtuoso in his early days, before all those pop-hit RCA albums. All three albums are in glorious stereo and find... more

Raymond Scott led perhaps the most inventive big band of all time! This 24-track collection includes The Toy Trumpet; Pop Goes the Weasel; At an Arabian House Party; Caterpillar Creep; On the Jersey... more

Regardless of their relations with the Soviets at the time, countries around the world welcomed Russia's singing groups from the last days of Czar Nicholas II through the age of Stalin. This unusual... more