The Wire: 100 Most Important Records Ever Made

The Wire: 100 Most Important Records Ever Made

The Wire is a UK music magazine which was founded in 1982. As explained on their website, they cover “a wide range of global alternative, underground and experimental musics. The Wire celebrates and interrogates the most visionary and inspiring, subversive and radical, marginalised and undervalued musicians on the planet, past and present, in the realms of avant rock, electronic music, hiphop, new jazz, improvised music, modern composition, traditional musics and more.” In 1992, they created their list of the 100 most important records ever made for their 100th issue in June 1992, saying “To mark our milestone we've chosen the most significant records made in the 20th Century - in a chart which sets down all the finest most marvellous and most great moments on record as they happened.” The list isn’t ranked, but in chronological by dates of recording, not release. The list oddly focuses on mostly albums with a few songs thrown in. This is also an interesting mix of bona fide classics and obscurities. Check out other publications and organizations’ best-of album lists here. 1. Igor Stravinsky (composer) L’Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird) (ballet, composed 1910) / Pétrouchka (aka “Petrushka”) (ballet, composed 1910-11) / Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (ballet, composed 1913) 2. Louis Armstrong Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (recorded 1927-28, released 1999) 3. Dinwiddie Colored Quartet Early Negro Vocal Quartets Volume One (recorded 1894-1928, released 1991) 4. Blind Willie Johnson Praise God I’m Satisfied (recorded 1927-30, released 1977) 5. Jelly Roll Morton Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings (recorded 1930, released 1990) 6. Various Artists On the Halls (1930) 7. Dziga Vertov Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbas (1931) 8. Bessie Smith The Complete Recordings Vol. 1: The World’s Greatest Blues Singer / Any Woman’s Blues / Empty Red Blues / The Empress / Nobody’s Blues But Mine (box set, recorded 1923-33, released 1991) 9. Various Artists Really! The Country Blues (compilation: recorded 1927-33, released 1962) 10. Charley Patton Founder of the Delta Blues (compilation: 1929-34, released 1969) 11. Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings (recorded 1936-37, released 1990) 12. Alban Berg Lulu (composed 1937, released 1979) 13. Billie Holiday With The Teddy Wilson Orchestra Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (recorded 1933-44, released 2001) 14. Muggsy Spanier The Great 16 (compilation: recorded ? to 1939, released 1956) 15. Count Basie The Original American Decca Recordings (recorded 1937-39, released 1992) 16. Coleman Hawkins “Body and Soul” (1940) 17. Duke Ellington The Blanton-Webster Band (box set: 1939-42, released 1990) 18. Anton Webern Complete Works Conducted By Pierre Boulez (covers music composed in Webern’s lifetime from 1883-1945, recorded 1978) 19. Béla Bartók At the Piano (recorded 1920-45) 20. Woody Herman Four Brothers (compilation: recorded 1948, released 1988) 21. Charlie Parker The Complete Savoy Sessions (box set: 1944-48, released 2000) 22. Oliver Messaien Turangalia Symphony (1950) 23. Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (1947) / Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (1951) 24. Various Folk Music of the Mediterranean (compilation: 1952) 25. Art Tatum The Solo Masterpieces (1953) 26. Elvis Presley “That’s All Right (Mama)” / “Blue Moon of Kentucky” (1954) 27. Julie London Julie Is Her Name (1955) 28. Sonny Rollins Saxophone Collosus (1956) 29. Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956) 30. Lennie Tristano Intuition (recorded 1956) 31. The Five Royales “Dedicated to the One I Love” (1957) 32. Chuck Berry “Sweet Little Sixteen” (1958) 33. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959) 34. Bo Diddley Go Bo Diddley (1959) 35. Gil Evans Out of the Cool (1960) 36. Ornette Coleman Change of the Century (1960) 37. Karlheinz Stockhausen Gesang Der Junglinge / Kontakt (1960) 38. Bill Evans Trio The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings (live, recorded 1961) 39. Oliver Nelson The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) 40. Booker T And The MGs “Green Onions” (1962) 41. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963) 42. Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) 43. La Monte Young Sunday Morning Blues (1963) 44. Albert Ayler Trio Spiritual Unity (1964) 45. Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch! (1964) 46. Ezz Reco and the Launchers “King of Kings” (1964) 47. Various Artists A Collection of 16 Tamla/Motown Hits (compilation: released 1965) 48. James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965) 49. John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1965) 50. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965) 51. The Kinks “See My Friends” (1965) 52. The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 53. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold As Love (1967) 54. Morton Subotnick Silver Apples of the Moon (1967) 55. The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat (1967) 56. Sly & the Family Stone “Dance to the Music” (1968) 57. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention We’re Only in It for the Money (1968) 58. Various Artists Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (box set: 1964-68, released 1972) 59. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969) 60. The Melodians Pre-Meditation (1969) 61. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969) 62. Scott Walker Scott 3 (1969) 63. Joni Mitchell Ladies of the Canyon (1970) 64. The Meters Look-ka Py Py (1970) 65. Soft Machine Third (1970) 66. The Stooges Fun House (1970) 67. Dr. Roger Payne (producer) Songs of the Humpback Whale (1970) 68. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971) 69. Ravi Shankar And Ali Akbar Khan In Concert (1972) 70. Steely Dan Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972) 71. Marvin Gaye Let’s Get It On (1973) 72. Bob Marley & the Wailers Catch a Fire (1973) 73. Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973) 74. Can Soon Over Babaluma (1974) 75. Philip Glass Music in Twelve Parts (1974) 76. Brian Eno Another Green World (1975) 77. Grupo Folklorio Y Experimental Nuevayorquino Concepts in Unity (1975) 78. Patti Smith Horses (1975) 79. Fela Ransome Kuti and the Africa 70 Kalakuta Show (1976) 80. The Clash The Clash (1977) 81. Kraftwerk Trans-Europa Express (Trans Europe Express) (1977) 82. Hans Jurgen Syberberg Hitler, a Film from Germany (soundtrack, 1977) 83. Evan Parker Monoceros (1978) 84. Pere Ubu Dub Housing (1978) 85. Alegre All-Stars They Don’t Make ‘Em Like Us Anymore (1979) 86. The Pop Group Y (1979) 87. Public Image Ltd. Metal Box (aka “Second Edition”) (1979) 88. Minor Threat Minor Threat (EP, 1980) 89. The Fall Slates (EP, 1981) 90. Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” (1981) 91. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982) 92. King Sunny Ade Juju Music (1983) 93. Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade (1984) 94. Madonna “Into the Groove” (1985) 95. Christian Marclay Record Without a Cover (1985) 96. Cecil Taylor In Berlin (1986) 97. Various The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (1986) 98. Ami Koita Tata Sira (1988) 99. Mr. Fingers “Washing Machine” (1988) 100. Public Enemy “Bring the Noise” (1988) Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: Best-of Album Lists by Publications/Organizations Over the Top. The list as published at this blog. Rate Your Music. The list with commentary. First posted 12/11/2021.

Elvis Presley The King of Rock and Roll box set released

Last updated 11/19/2020.

A Retrospective: 1953-1959 Elvis Presley

This page focuses on the below compilations, which cover Elvis Presley’s career from 1953 to 1959. Check out the Elvis Presley Retrospective: 1954-1977 page for a full career overview. There are also links to other Elvis’ pages at the bottom of this page. Compilations: G1 Golden Records (1954-57, released 1958) G2 Golden Records Vol. 2: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (1958-59, released 1959) K King of Rock and Roll: The Complete ‘50s Masters (1953-59, released 1992) These compilations cover the studio albums listed below. Links connect to DMDB pages dedicated to those albums. The raised letter codes listed after songs indicate apperances on any of these compilations (see codes above). Appearing after song titles are the writers in italicized parentheses, the time of the song in brackets, and, when relevant, the date the song was released as a single and its peaks on various charts. Click for codes to singles charts. The Studio Albums: 1 The Sun Sessions (archives: 1954-55, released 1975) 2 Elvis Presley (aka “Rock ‘N’ Roll” in the UK) (1956) 3 Elvis (1956) 4 For LP Fans Only (archives: 1954-57, released 1959) 5 Loving You (soundtrack, 1957) 6 Christmas Album (1957) 7 A Date with Elvis (archives: 1954-57, released 1959) 8 King Creole (soundtrack, 1958) Note: If a song is noted with a number and an “x” (such as 2x), that means the song is an added bonus track to the album upon its CD release. The Sun Sessions (recorded 1954-55, released 1975): That’s All Right (Arthur Crudup) [1:55] (recorded 7/5/54, released 7/19/54, 3 UK, sales: 0.5 m) 1, 4, G1x, KR Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe) [2:04] (recorded 7/7/54, released 7/19/54) 1, 7, KR I Love You Because (Leon Payne) [2:41] (recorded 7/5/54) 1, 2, KR Blue Moon (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) [2:40] (recorded 8/19/54, released 9/29/56, 55 US, 9 UK) 1, 2, KR I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine (Mack David) [2:28] (recorded 9/10/54, released 9/54, 74 US, 23 UK) 1, KR Good Rockin’ Tonight (Roy Brown) [2:14] (recorded 9/10/54, released 9/25/54) 1, 7, KR I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) (Wakely) [2:22] (recorded 9/10/54) 1, 2, KR Just Because (Sydney Robin, Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton) [2:31] (recorded 9/10/54) 1, 2, KR Milk Cow Blues Boogie (Kokomo Arnold) [2:39] (recorded 11/12/54, released 12/28/54) 1, 7, KR You’re a Heartbreaker (Jack Sallee) [2:12] (recorded 11/12/54, released 12/28/54) 1, KR I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (Stan Kesler, William Taylor) [2:36] (recorded 3/5/55, released 4/10/55, 21 UK) 1, 4, KR Baby Let’s Play House (Arthur Gunter) [2:17] (recorded 2/5/55, released 4/10/55, 5 US) 1, 7, G1x, KR Mystery Train (Herman Parker Jr., Sam Phillips) [2:24] (recorded 7/11/55, released 8/6/55, 25 UK, 11 CW) 1, 4, G1x, KR I Forgot to Remember to Forget (Stan Kesler, Charlie Feathers) (recorded 7/21/55, released 9/17/55, 1 CW) 1, 7, KR Trying to Get to You (Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton) [2:32] (recorded 7/21/55, 9/8/56, 16 UK) 1, 2, KR Elvis Presley (1956): Heartbreak Hotel (Mae Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley) [2:08] (recorded 1/10/56, released 1/27/56, 1 US, 2 UK, 3 RB, 1 CW, sales: 2 million, airplay: 2 million) 2x, G1, KR I Got a Woman (Charles/ Richards) [2:23] (recorded 1/10/56) 2, KR Money Honey (Stone) [2:33] (recorded 1/10/56, 5/1/56, 76 US) 2, KR I Was the One (Hal Blair, Claude Demetrius, Bill Peppers, Aaron Schroeder) [2:34] (recorded 1/11/56, released 1/27/56, 19 US, 8 CW) 2x, 4, G1x, KR I’m Counting on You (Robertson) [2:22] (recorded 1/11/56) 2, KR Blue Suede Shoes (Perkins) [1:59] (recorded 1/30/56, released 4/7/56, 20 US, 39 UK, sales: ½ million) 2, KR One-Sided Love Affair (Campbell) [2:10] (recorded 1/30/56) 2, KR My Baby Left Me (Arthur Crudup) [2:11] (recorded 1/30/56, released 5/4/56, 31 US, 19 UK, 13 CW) 2x, 4, G1x, KR Tutti Frutti (LaBostrie/ Little Richard) [1:57] (recorded 1/31/56) 2, KR I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You (Biggs/ Thomas) [2:01] (recorded 1/31/56) 2, KR Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price) [2:08] (recorded 2/3/56, released 11/8/57, 15 UK) 2x, 4, KR Shake, Rattle and Roll (Charles Calhoun) [2:37] (recorded 2/3/56) 2x, 4, KR I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (Kosloff/ Mysels) [2:40] (recorded 4/14/56, released 5/12/56, 1 US, 14 UK, 3 RB, 1 CW, sales: 1 million) 2x, G1, KR Elvis (1956): So Glad You’re Mine (Arthur Crudup) [2:18] (recorded 1/30/56) 3, KR Hound Dog (Leiber/ Stoller) [2:15] (recorded 7/2/56, released 7/13/56, 1 US, 2 UK, 1 RB, sales: 4 million) 3x, G1, KR Don’t Be Cruel (Blackwell/ Presley) [2:03] (recorded 7/2/56, released 7/13/56, 1 US, 24 UK, 1 RB, 1 CW, sales: 4 million, airplay: 4 million) 3x, G1, KR Any Way You Want Me That’s How I Will Be (Cliff Owens, Aaron Schroeder) [2:16] (recorded 7/2/56, released 9/28/56, 20 US, 12 RB) 3x, G1, KR Love Me Tender (Maston/ Presley) [2:42] (recorded 8/24/56, released 9/28/56, 1 US, 11 UK, 3 RB, 3 CW, sales: 3 million, airplay: 3 million) 3x, G1, KR Playing for Keeps (Stan Kesler) [2:50] (recorded 9/1/56, released 1/26/57, 21 US, 8 CW) 3x, 4, G2x, KR Love Me (Leiber/ Stoller) [2:44] (recorded 9/1/56, released 10/19/56, 2 US, 7 RB, 10 CW) 3, G1, KR How Do You Think I Feel (Webb Pierce, Wiley Walker) [2:10] (recorded 9/1/56) 3, KR How’s the World Treating You (Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant) [2:23] (recorded 9/1/56) 3, KR Paralyzed (Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley) [2:24] (recorded 9/2/56, released 10/19/56, 59 US, 8 UK) 3, G2x, KR When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again [2:18] (recorded 9/2/56, released 10/19/56, 19 US) 3, KR Long Tall Sally (Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman) [1:51] (recorded 9/2/56) 3, KR Old Shep (Red Foley, Arthur Williams) [4:10] (recorded 9/2/56, released 12/56, 47 US) 3, KR Too Much (Lee Rosenberg, Bernard Weinman) [2:32] (recorded 9/2/56, released 1/4/57, 1 US, 6 UK, 3 RB, 3 CW, sales: 1 million) 3x, G1, KR Anyplace is Paradise (Joe Thomas) [2:26] (recorded 9/2/56) 3, KR Ready Teddy (Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco) [1:55] (recorded 9/3/56) 3, KR Rip It Up (Robert Blackwell, John Maraascalo) [1:50] (recorded 9/3/56, 10/56, 27 UK) 3, KR First in Line (Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman) [3:21] (recorded 9/3/56) 3, KR For LP Fans Only (archives: 1954-57, released 1959): Poor Boy (Vera Matson, Presley) [2:13] (recorded 8/24/56) 4, KR Loving You (soundtrack, 1957): The CD reissue also included alternate versions of “Party,” “Loving You,” and “Got a Lot O’ Lovin’ to Do.” Tell Me Why (Titus Turner) [2:05] (recorded 1/12/57) 5x, KR Got a Lot O’ Livin’ to Do (Schroeder/ Weisman) [2:33] (recorded 1/12/57, charted 7/1/57, 17 UK) 5, G2x, KR Mean Woman Blues (Claude Demetrius) [2:11] (recorded 1/13/57) 5, G2x, KR Blueberry Hill (Vincent Rose, Al Lewis, Larry Stock) [2:39] (recorded 1/19/57, released 4/57) 5, KR Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? Scotty Greene Wisemen [2:32] (recorded 1/19/57, released 4/57) 5, KR Is It So Strange (Faron Young) [2:28] (recorded 1/19/57, released 4/57) 5x, 7, KR Party (Jessie Mae Robinson) [1:28] (recorded 1/21/57, released 4/57) 5, KR Lonesome Cowboy (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) [3:02] (recorded 1/15/57) 5, KR Hot Dog Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [1:17] (recorded 1/18/57) 5, KR One Night of Sin (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman) [2:35] (recorded 1/24/57) 5x, KR Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann) [1:47] (recorded 1/24/57, released 6/11/57, 1 US, 3 UK, 1 CW, 1 RB, sales: 5 million) 5, G1, KR Don’t Leave Me Now (Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman) [1:58] (recorded 2/23/57, released 7/1/57) 5, KR I Beg of You (Rose Marie McCoy, Kelly Owens) [1:50] (recorded 2/23/57, released 1/7/58) 5x, KR True Love (Cole Porter) [2:08] (recorded 2/23/57) 5, KR I Need You So (Ivory Joe Hunter) [2:40] (recorded 2/23/57, released 4/57) 5, KR Loving You (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:15] (recorded 2/24/57, released 6/11/57, 20 US, 24 UK, 15 CW) 5, G1, KR When It Rains, It Really Pours (William Emerson) [1:47] (recorded 2/24/57, released 8/10/65) 5x, KR Christmas Album (1957): I Believe (Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman) [2:05] (recorded 1/12/57) 6, KR There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me (Thomas A. Dorsey) (recorded 1/13/57, released 4/1/57, 25 US) 6, KR Take My Hand Precious Lord (Thomas A. Dorsey) [3:16] (recorded 1/13/57, released 4/57) 6, KR It Is No Secret What God Can Do (Stuart Hamblen) [3:53] (recorded 1/19/57, released 4/57) 6, KR Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) (recorded 9/5/57, 12/3/64, 11 UK, 55 CW, sales: 1 million) 6, KR White Christmas (Irving Berlin) [2:23] (recorded 9/6/57) 6, KR Here Comes Santa Claus (Gene Autry, Oakley Halderman) [1:54] (recorded 9/6/57) 6, KR Silent Night (Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber) [2:23] (recorded 9/6/57) 6, KR O Little Town of Bethlehem (Phillips Brooks, Lewis H. Redner) [2:35] (recorded 9/7/57) 6, KR Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me (Aaron Schroeder, Claude Demetrius) [1:54] (recorded 9/7/57, released 10/15/57, 7 UK) 6, G2x, KR Santa Claus Is Back in Town (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:22] (recorded 9/7/57, released 10/15/57, 41 UK) 6, G2x, KR I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent) [1:53] (recorded 9/7/57) 6, KR A Date with Elvis (archives: 1954-57, released 1959): We’re Gonna Move (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) [2:28] (recorded 8/24/56) 7, KR Young and Beautiful (Aaron Schroeder, Abner Silver) [2:02] (recorded 4/30/57, released 10/57) 7, KR You’re So Square Baby I Don’t Care (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [1:51] (recorded 4/30/57, released 10/57) 7, KR I Want to Be Free (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:12] (recorded 4/30/57, released 10/57) 7, KR

Golden Records Elvis Presley

Released: March 21, 1958 Recorded: 1956-1958 Peak: 3 US, 2 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, 0.06 UK, 10.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: early rock and roll

Tracks: (1) Hound Dog (2) Loving You (3) All Shook Up (4) Heartbreak Hotel (5) Jailhouse Rock (6) Love Me (7) Too Much (8) Don’t Be Cruel (9) That’s When Your Heartache Begins (10) Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (11) Love Me Tender (12) Treat Me Nice (13) Anyway You Want Me That’s How I Will Be (14) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Total Running Time: 32:03

Rating: 4.862 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings) Awards:

About Golden Records: “This was rock & roll’s first greatest-hits album, and it set the standard for all others to follow. As originally conceived, it was a 14-song collection of most of the King’s biggest hits up to that time, released on the eve of his start of military service – a dearth of material being in the offing, it seemed only logical to assemble these hits. Each of the 14 songs had earned a gold-record award for a million sales, a record unequaled at that time by anyone else in rock & roll. The album wasn’t intended as a history lesson, so Hound Dog and Loving You precede Heartbreak Hotel – the 1997 remastering also tampers with the concept a bit, adding six bonus tracks.” BE “Elvis’ singing never sounded richer or more expressive, and one can fully appreciate in vivid detail the delicate nuances of his phrasing on songs like Too Much. On the downside, the remastering has made the sound so clean on some of the harder songs that some of the raw, ‘dirty’ ambience that characterized this stuff on the radio and the original 45s is lacking. Still, Scotty Moore’s groundbreaking lead guitar part on ‘Hound Dog’ and the Jordanaires’ backup singing never came through more sharply or cleanly, and the all-important rhythm section is almost up front in the mix.” BE “Those who own the first Elvis box from RCA, covering the ‘50s masters, may hesitate to pick up this or the other parts of this latest remastered series, but the sound has been upgraded one more level, and Golden Hits does give a bite-sized glimpse of where Elvis had come from and where he was going (for better or worse) musically on the eve of heading into the Army.” BE Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: All Shook Up (Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley) [1:57] (recorded 1/12/57, released 3/22/57, 1 US, 1 UK, 1 CW, 1 RB, sales: 7 million, airplay: 2 million) G1 That’s When Your Heartache Begins (Fred Fisher, Billy Hill, William Raskin) [3:21] (recorded 1/13/57, released 3/22/57, 58 US) G1 Jailhouse Rock (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:27] (recorded 4/30/57, released 9/24/57, 1 US, 1 UK, 1 CW, 1 RB, sales: 9 million) G1, KR Treat Me Nice (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:10] (recorded 9/5/57, released 9/24/57, 18 US, 7 RB, 11 CW) G1, KR King Creole (soundtrack, 1958): The CD reissue of this album also included alternate takes of “King Creole,” “As Long As I Have You,” “Lover Doll,” “Steadfast, Loyal, and True,” “As Long As I Have You,” and “King Creole.” Danny (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [1:51] (recorded 2/11/58) 8x, KR Hard Headed Woman (Claude Demetrius) [1:53] (recorded 1/15/58, released 6/10/58, 1 US, 2 UK, 2 RB, 2 CW, sales: 1 million) 8, G2x, KR Trouble (Leiber/Stoller) [2:17] (recorded 1/15/58) 8, KR New Orleans (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett) [1:59] (recorded 1/15/58) 8, KR Crawfish (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [1:49] (recorded 1/15/58) 8, KR Dixieland Rock (Aaron Schroeder, Rachel Frank) [1:46] (recorded 1/16/58) 8, KR Lover Doll (Sid Wayne, Abner Silver) [2:10] (recorded 1/16/58) 8, KR Don’t Ask Me Why (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [2:07] (recorded 1/16/58, 6/30/58, 25 US, 9 RB) 8, KR As Long As I Have You (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) [1:49] (recorded 1/16/58) 8, KR King Creole (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:06] (recorded 1/23/58, released 9/19/58, 2 UK) 8, KR Young Dreams (Aaron Schroeder, Martin Kalmanoff) [2:22] (recorded 1/23/58) 8, KR Steadfast, Loyal and True (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [1:17] (recorded 2/11/58) 8, KR

Golden Records Vol. 2: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong Elvis Presley

Released: November 13, 1959 Recorded: 1957-1959 Peak: 31 US, 4 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: early rock and roll

Tracks: (1) I Need Your Love Tonight (2) Don’t (3) Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (4) My Wish Came True (5) I Got Stung (6) One Night (7) A Big Hunk O’ Love (8) I Beg of You (9) Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I (10) Doncha’ Think It’s Time Total Running Time: 22:00

Rating: 4.159 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

About Golden Records 2: The initial release of Elvis’ second greatest-hits collection, Gold Records, Volume 2 (also known as 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong), featured singles released in 1958 and 1959, dating back to recording sessions from 1957. A reissue of the album added bonus tracks dating back to 1956. Among the songs were the #1 hits Don’t, Hard Headed Woman, and Big Hunk O’ Love and the top ten hits I Beg of You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, I Got Stung, One Night, I Need Your Love Tonight and Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I. Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: My Wish Came True (Ivory Joe Hunter) [2:33] (recorded 9/6/57, released 6/23/59, 12 US, 15 RB) G2, KR Don’t (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) [2:48] (recorded 9/6/57, released 1/7/58, 1 US, 2 UK, 2 CW, 4 RB, sales: 2 million) G2, KR I Beg of You (Rose Marie McCoy, Cliff Owens) [1:50] (recorded 2/23/57, released 1/7/58, 8 US, 4 CW, 5 RB) G2 One Night (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, Anita Steiman) [2:29] (recorded 2/23/57, released 10/21/58, 4 US, 1 UK, 24 CW, 10 RB, sales: 2 million) G2, KR Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (Bert Carroll, Moody Russell) [2:13] (recorded 2/1/58, released 4/1/58, 2 US, 3 UK, 3 CW, 1 RB, sales: 2 million) G2, KR Doncha’ Think It’s Time (Luther Dixon, Clyde Otis) [1:54] (recorded 2/1/58, released 4/1/58, 15 US, 10 RB) G2, KR I Got Stung (David Hill, Aaron Schroeder) [1:49] (recorded 6/11/58, released 10/21/58, 8 US, 1 UK) G2, KR Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) [2:36] (recorded 6/10/58, released 3/10/59, 2 US, 1 UK, 16 RB, sales: 5 million) G2, KR I Need Your Love Tonight (Bix Reichner, Sid Wayne) [2:04] (recorded 6/10/58, released 3/10/59, 4 US) G2, KR A Big Hunk O’ Love (Aaron Schroeder, Sidney Wyche) [2:12] (recorded 6/10/58, released 6/23/59, 1 US, 4 UK, 10 RB, sales: 1 million) G2, KR

The King of Rock and Roll: The Complete ‘50s Masters Elvis Presley

Released: June 23, 1992 Recorded: 1953-1958 Peak: 159 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, -- UK, 2.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: early rock and roll

Disc 1: (1) My Happiness (2) That’s All Right (3) I Love You Because (4) Harbor Lights (5) Blue Moon of Kentucky (6) Blue Moon (7) Tomorrow Night (8) I’ll Never Let You Go (9) I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine (10) Just Because (11) Good Rockin’ Tonight (12) Milkcow Blues Boogie (13) You’re a Heartbreaker (14) Baby Let’s Play House (15) I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone (16) Mystery Train (17) I Forgot to Remember to Forget (18) Trying to Get to You (19) When It Rains, It Really Pours (20 I Got a Woman (21) Heartbreak Hotel (22) Money Honey (23) I’m Counting on You (24) I Was the One (25) Blue Suede Shoes (26) My Baby Left Me (27) One-Sided Love Affair (28) So Glad You're Mine (29) I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You (30) Tutti Frutti Disc 2: (1) Lawdy Miss Clawdy (2) Shake, Rattle And Roll (3) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (4) Hound Dog (5) Don’t Be Cruel (6) Any Way You Want Me (7) We’re Gonna Move (8) Love Me Tender (9) Poor Boy (10) Let Me (11) Playing for Keeps (12) Love Me (13) Paralyzed (14) How Do You Think I Feel (15) How’s the World Treating You (16) When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again (17) Long Tall Sally (18) Old Shep (19) Too Much (20) Anyplace Is Paradise (21) Ready Teddy (22) First In Line (23) Rip It Up (24) I Believe (25) Tell Me Why (26) Got a Lot O’ Livin’ to Do (27) All Shook Up (28) Mean Woman Blues (29) There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me Disc 3: (1) That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (2) Take My Hand, Precious Lord (3) It Is No Secret What God Can Do (4) Blueberry Hill (5) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (6) Is It So Strange (7) Party (8) Lonesome Cowboy (9) Hot Dog (10) One Night of Sin (11) Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (12) Don’t Leave Me Now (13) I Beg of You (14) One Night with You (15) True Love (16) I Need You So (17) Loving You (18) When It Rains, It Really Pours (19) Jailhouse Rock (20) Young and Beautiful (21) I Want to Be Free (22) You’re So Square, Baby I Don't Care (23) Don’t Leave Me Now (24) Blue Christmas (25) White Christmas (26) Here Comes Santa Claus (27) Silent Night (28) Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem (29) Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me (30) Santa Claus Is Back in Town (31) I’ll Be Home for Christmas Disc 4: (1) Treat Me Nice (2) My Wish Came True (3) Don’t (4) Danny (5) Hard Headed Woman (6) Trouble (7) New Orleans (8) Crawfish (9) Dixieland Rock (10) Lover Doll (11) Don’t Ask Me Why (12) As Long As I Have You (13) King Creole (14) Young Dreams (15) Steadfast, Loyal and True (16) Doncha Think It’s Time (17) Your Cheatin’ Heart (18) Wear My Ring Around Your Neck (19) I Need Your Love Tonight (20) A Big Hunk O’ Love (21) Ain’t That Loving You Baby (22) Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I (23) I Got Stung (24) Interview with Elvis Disc 5: (1) That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (2) Fool, Fool, Fool (3) Tweedle Dee (live) (4) Maybellene (live) (5) Shake, Rattle, and Roll (alternate) (6) Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate) (7) Blue Moon (alternate) (8) I’m Left, You’re Right, She's Gone (alternate) (9) Reconsider Baby (10) Lawdy, Miss Clawdy (Alternate) (11) Shake, Rattle, and Roll (alternate) (12) I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (alternate Take) (13) Heartbreak Hotel (live) (14) Long Tall Sally (live) (15) Blue Suede Shoes (live) (16) Money Honey (live) (17) We’re Gonna Move (alternate) (18) Old Shep (alternate) (19) I Beg of You (alternate) (20) Loving You (slow version) (21) Loving You (uptempo version) (22) Young and Beautiful (alternate) (23) I Want to Be Free (alternate) (24) King Creole (alternate) (25) As Long As I Have You (alternate) (26) Ain't That Loving You Baby (fast version - take 11) Total Running Time: 5:39:29

Rating: 4.729 out of 5.00 (average of 19 ratings) Quotable: -- Awards:

About The King of Rock and Roll: This box set collected all of Elvis’ recordings from the 1950s, which included the albums The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley, Elvis, Loving You, Christmas Album, and King Creole in their entirety. All of those cuts are listed above over the course of the page. Additional tracks, mostly from the fifth disc of the collection, are indicated below. In addition, all the songs featured on Elvis’ first two greatest-hits compilations, Golden Records and 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Gold Records Vol. 2, are included on this set. Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: My Happiness (Betty Peterson Blasco, Borney Bergantine) [2:31] (recorded 7/18/53) KR That’s When Your Heartaches Begin Fred Fisher, Billy Hill, William Raskin) [3:20] (recorded 7/18/53) KR Harbor Lights (Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams) [2:35] (recorded 7/5/54) KR Tomorrow Night (Sam Coslow, Hugh Williams) [2:58] (recorded 9/10/54) KR Fool Fool Fool (Nugetre) [1:51] (recorded 1/6/55) KR Tweedle Dee (live) (Winfield Scott, LaVern Baker) [4/30/55] (recorded 4/30/55) KR Maybellene (live) (Chuck Berry) [8/20/55] KR When It Rains, It Really Pours (William Emerson) [2:01] (recorded 11/20/55) 5x, KR Let Me (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) [recorded 8/24/56] KR Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulsom) [2:53] (recorded 4/12/56) KR Heartbreak Hotel (live) [2:54] (recorded 5/6/56) KR Long Tall Sally (live) [2:15] (recorded 5/6/56) KR Blue Suede Shoes (live) [4:59] (recorded 5/6/56) KR Money Honey (live) [2:34] (recorded 5/6/56) KR That’s When Your Heartaches Begin Fred Fisher, Billy Hill, William Raskin) [3:20] (recorded 1/13/57, released 3/22/57, 58 US) KR Your Cheatin’ Heart (Hank Williams) [2:24] (recorded 2/1/58) KR Ain’t That Loving You Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter, Clyde Otis) [2:22] (recorded 6/10/58) KR Expanded Interview Segment [12:34] (recorded 9/22/58) KR Notes: Not listed above are the alternate versions of songs found on the fifth disc. Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia for Elvis Presley DMDB page for Elvis’ Retrospective: 1954-1977 DMDB page for Elvis: Box Sets DMDB page for Elvis: Studio and Soundtrack Recordings DMDB page for Elvis: Gospel and Christmas Recordings DMDB page for Elvis: Live Recordings AMG All Music Guide review of The King of Rock and Roll BE All Music Guide review of Golden Records by Bruce Eder

Olivia Newton-John, A Retrospective: 1971-1992

Olivia Newton-John A Retrospective: 1971-1992

Overview: The country/pop singer was born 9/26/1948 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. She died on 8/8/2022. Her family moved to Australia in 1953. At age 16, won talent contest to England. Granddaughter of Nobel Prize-winning German physicist Max Born. She was in the Pat & Olivia duo and group Tomorrow before going solo. She won the CMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974. In movies Grease, Xanadu, and Two of a Kind. Married actor Matt Lattanzi in 1984, divorced in 1995. Opened own chain of clothing boutiques (Koala Blue) in 1984. Her daughter Chloe was born in 1986. She battled breast cancer in 1992, was diagnosed with cancer again in 2013, and a third time in 2017. Married John Easterling in 2008. She sold more than 100 million records in her career. On the Web: OliviaNewton-John.com (official site) Facebook Wikipedia Lists: Top 50 Songs

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The Studio Albums: Hover over an album cover to see its title and year of release. Click on the album to go to its dedicated DMDB page. Compilations: IL If You Love Me Let Me Know (1972-74, released 1974) G1 Greatest Hits (1971-77, released 1977) G2 Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1978-82, released 1982) BB Back to Basics (1971-92, released 1992) MV Magic: The Very Best of (1973-90, released 2001) GD Gold (1970-98, released 2005) Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to singles charts.

If Not for You

Rating: 4.110 out of 5.00 (average of 4 ratings)

Released: November 1, 1971 Peak: 158 US, 14 AU Sales (in millions): -- Tracks: Me and Bobby McGee If Banks of the Ohio (10/16/71, 94 US, 34 AC, 6 UK, 66 CN, 1 AU) BB-E, BB-AU, GD In a Station Love Song Help Me Make It Through the Night If Not for You (3/20/71, 25 US, 23 CB, 24 HR, 1 AC, 7 UK, 3 CN, 7 AU, 5 DF) G1, BB-E, BB-AU, GD Where Are You Going to My Love Lullaby If I Gotta Leave No Regrets Total Running Time: 35:54

Olivia

Rating: 3.977 out of 5.00 (average of 3 ratings)

Released: August 11, 1972 Peak: -- Sales (in millions): -- Tracks: Angel of the Morning Just a Little Too Much (1972 single) If We Only Have Love Winterwood My Old Man’s Got a Gun Changes (8/72, --) L1, G1 I’m a Small and Lonely Light Why Don’t You Write Me Mary Skeffington IL Behind That Locked Door What Is Life (3/4/72, 34 AC, 16 UK, 34 DF) BB-E Everything I Own Living in Harmony I Will Touch You Total Running Time: 40:38

Let Me Be There (aka “Music Makes My Day”)

Rating: 3.440 out of 5.00 (average of 8 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Released: November 1973 Peak: 54 US, 37 UK, 39 CN Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Tracks: Take Me Home, Country Roads (1/73, 15 UK, 36 DF) BB-E Armoureuse Brotherly Love Heartbreaker Rosewater You Ain’t Got the Right IL Feeling Best Being on the Losing End Let Me Be There (8/25/73, 6 US, 4 CB, 6 HR, 7 RR, 3 AC, 7 CW, 2 CN, 11 AU, 9 DF) G1, BB-AU, MV, GD Music Makes My Day Leaving If We Try Total Running Time: 42:09

Long Live Love

Rating: 3.750 out of 5.00 (average of 4 ratings)

Released: June 24, 1974 Peak: -- US, 40 UK, -- CN, 19 AU Sales (in millions): -- Tracks: Free the People IL Angel Eyes Country Girl IL Someday God Only Knows IL Loving You Ain’t Easy Home Ain’t Home Anymore IL Have Love, Will Travel I Honestly Love You (8/3/74, 12 US, 12 CB, 12 HR, 16 RR, 1 3 AC, 6 CW, 22 UK, 11 CN, 14 AU, 1 DF) IL, G1, BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU, MV, GD Hands Across the Sea The River’s Too Wide IL Long Live Love (3/31/74, 11 UK, 11 AU) DF Total Running Time: 36:46

If You Love Me Let Me Know

Rating: 3.517 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings) Notes: This album was a compilation of material from 1972’s Olivia (2 cuts), 1973’s Let Me Be There (1 cut), and 1974’s Long Live Love (6 cuts) + the single “If You Love Me Let Me Know.”

Released: May 28, 1974 Peak: 11 US, 18 CW, -- UK, 11 CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Tracks: If You Love Me Let Me Know (4/6/74, 5 US, 6 CB, 5 HR, 7 RR, 2 AC, 2 CW, 56 UK, 3 CN, 2 AU, 9 DF) G1, BB-US, BB-AU, MV Mary Skeffington Country Girl I Honestly Love You (8/3/74, 12 US, 12 CB, 12 HR, 16 RR, 1 3 AC, 6 CW, 22 UK, 11 CN, 14 AU, 1 DF) IL, G1, BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU, MV, GD Free the People The River’s Too Wide Home Ain’t Home Anymore God Only Knows Changes You Ain’t Got the Right Total Running Time: 31:08

Have You Never Been Mellow

Rating: 3.018 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Released: February 12, 1975 Peak: 11 US, 11 CW, 37 UK, 3 CN, 13 AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Tracks: Have You Never Been Mellow (1/21/75, 11 US, 11 CB, 11 HR, 15 RR, 11 AC, 3 CW, 13 CN, 10 AU, 9 DF) G1, BB-US, BB-E, BB-AUF, MV, GD Loving Arms Lifestream Goodbye Again Water Under the Bridge I Never Did Sing You a Love Song It’s So Easy The Air That I Breathe Follow Me And in the Morning Please Mr. Please (5/30/75, 3 US, 11 CB, 5 HR, 6 RR, 13 AC, 5 CW, 11 CN, 35 AU, 9 DF) G1, BB-US, MV, GD Total Running Time: 39:29

Clearly Love

Rating: 2.478 out of 5.00 (average of 7 ratings)

Released: September 30, 1975 Peak: 12 US, -- UK, 39 CN, 56 AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Tracks: Something Better to Do (9/20/75, 13 US, 15 CB, 30 HR, 28 RR, 13 AC, 19 CW, 26 CN, 60 AU, 22 DF) G1, GD Lovers Slow Down Jackson He’s My Rock Sail into Tomorrow Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying Clearly Love Let It Shine (12/6/75, 30 US, 12 AC, 5 CW, 17 CN) G1, GD Summertime Blues Just a Lot of Folk (The Marshmallow Song) He Ain’t Heavy…He’s My Brother Total Running Time: 31:13

Come on Over

Rating: 3.755 out of 5.00 (average of 4 ratings)

Released: February 29, 1976 Peak: 13 US, 49 UK, 30 CN, 29 AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Tracks: Jolene (8/5/76, 29 AU, 33 DF) Pony Ride Come on Over (3/13/76, 23 US, 30 CB, 30 HR, 30 RR, 11 AC, 5 CW, 22 CN, 55 AU) G1, MV, GD It’ll Be Me Greensleeves Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Don’t Throw It All Away Who Are You Now? Smile for Me Small Talk and Pride Wrap Me in Your Arms The Long and Winding Road Total Running Time: 41:10

Don’t Stop Believin’

Rating: 2.458 out of 5.00 (average of 7 ratings)

Released: October 30, 1976 Peak: 33 US, -- UK, 56 CN, 88 AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Tracks: Don’t Stop Believin’ (8/7/76, 33 US, 11 AC, 37 CN, 93 AU, 34 DF) G1, BB-AU, MV, GD A Thousand Conversations Compassionate Man New-Born Babe Hey Mr. Dreammaker Every Face Tells a Story (10/30/76, 55 US, 6 AC, 58 CN) GD Sam (1/29/77, 20 US, 12 AC, 40 CW, 6 UK, 24 CN, 56 AU, 10 DF) G1, BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU, MV, GD Love You Hold the Key I’ll Bet You a Kangaroo The Last Time You Loved Total Running Time: 34:19

Making a Good Thing Better

Rating: 3.363 out of 5.00 (average of 4 ratings)

Released: November 3, 1977 Peak: 33 US, 60 UK, 33 CN, 71 AU Sales (in millions): -- Tracks: Making a Good Thing Better (6/18/77, 87 US, 20 AC) GD Slow Dancing Ring of Fire Coolin’ Down Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina (1977 single) Sad Songs You Won’t See My Cry So Easy to Begin I Think I’ll Say Goodbye Don’t Ask a Friend If Love Is Real Total Running Time: 42:22

Greatest Hits

Rating: 4.207 out of 5.00 (average of 10 ratings) Notes: All 12 cuts on this compilation had been previously released. For songs appearing on previously mentioned albums, see those album listings for chart peaks and appearances on other compilations

Charted: November 12, 1977 Covers: 1971-1977 Peak: 13 US, 19 UK, 11 CN, 18 AU, 6 DF Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.3 UK Tracks: If Not for You (3/20/71) Changes (8/72, --) Let Me Be There (8/25/73) If You Love Me Let Me Know (4/6/74) I Honestly Love You (8/3/74) Have You Never Been Mellow (1/21/75) Please Mr. Please (5/30/75) Something Better to Do (9/20/75) Let It Shine (12/6/75) Come on Over (3/13/76) Don’t Stop Believin’ (8/7/76) Sam (1/29/77)

Grease (soundtrack)

Rating: 4.337 out of 5.00 (average of 22 ratings) Notes: See the DMDB page for Grease here.

Released: April 14, 1978 Peak: 112 US, 113 UK, 1u CN, 114 AU, 16 DF Sales (in millions): 14.0 US, 2.37 UK, 40.4 world (includes US and UK) Tracks (just those featuring Olivia Newton-John): You’re the One That I Want (with John Travolta) (4/1/78, 11 US, 3 CB, 11 HR, 3 RR, 23 AC, 19 UK, 2 CN, 19 AU, 2 DF) G2, BB-US, BB-E, MV, GD Hopelessly Devoted to You (7/8/78, 3 US, 4 HR, 3 RR, 7 AC, 20 CW, 2 UK, 11 CN, 2 AU, 4 DF) G2, BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU, MV, GD Summer Nights (with John Travolta and Cast) (8/5/78, 5 US, 3 CB, 4 HR, 10 RR, 21 AC, 17 UK, 4 CN, 6 AU, 3 DF) BB-US, BB-E, MV, GD Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee We Go Together (with John Travolta)

Totally Hot

Rating: 3.697 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Released: November 21, 1978 Peak: 7 US, 30 UK, 5 CN, 7 AU, 14 DF Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.1 UK, 1.25 world (includes US and UK) Tracks: Please Don’t Keep Me Waiting Dancin’ ‘Round and ‘Round (7/28/79, 82 US, 25 AC, 29 CW, 37 DF) GD Talk to Me Deeper Than the Night (4/14/79, 11 US, 19 CB, 17 HR, 14 RR, 4 AC, 87 CW, 64 UK, 18 CN, 74 AU, 11 DF) BB-US, MV, GD Borrowed Time A Little More Love (11/25/78, 3 US, 4 CB, 4 HR, 3 RR, 4 AC, 94 CW, 4 UK, 2 CN, 9 AU, 8 DF) G2, BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU, MV, GD Never Enough Totally Hot (7/28/79, 52 US, 92 CN, 20 DF) GD Boats Against the Current Gimme Some Lovin’ Total Running Time: 39:19

Xanadu (soundtrack)

Rating: 3.765 out of 5.00 (average of 17 ratings) Notes: See the DMDB page for Xanadu here.

Released: June 27, 1980 Peak: 4 US, 2 UK, 2 CN, 16 AU, 18 DF Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.1 UK, 3.07 world (includes US and UK) Tracks (just those featuring Olivia Newton-John): Magic (5/23/80, 14 US, 13 CB, 13 HR, 12 RR, 15 AC, 32 UK, 12 CN, 4 AU, 1 DF) G2, BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU, MV, GD Xanadu (with Electric Light Orchestra) (6/6/80, 8 US, 9 CB, 4 HR, 2 RR, 2 AC, 11 UK, 6 CN, 2 AU, 2 DF) G2, BB-E, BB-AU, MV, GD Suddenly (with Cliff Richard) (10/10/80, 20 US, 19 CB, 19 HR, 12 RR, 4 AC, 15 UK, 6 CN, 37 AU, 6 DF) G2, BB-E, MV, GD Dancin’ (with the Tubes) Suspended in Time Whenever You’re Away from Me (with Gene Kelly)

Physical

Rating: 3.954 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Released: October 13, 1981 Peak: 6 US, 11 UK, 3 CN, 3 AU, 15 DF Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.1 UK, 2.86 world (includes US and UK) Tracks: Landslide (1/16/82, 52 US, 18 UK, 8 DF) GD Stranger’s Touch Make a Move on Me (2/12/82, 5 US, 5 CB, 4 HR, 11 RR, 6 AC, 43 UK, 4 CN, 8 AU, 4 DF) G2, BB-AU, MV, GD Falling Love Make Me Strong Physical (9/28/81, 110 US, 18 CB, 19 HR, 2 RR, 29 AC, 28 RB, 7 UK, 16 CN, 15 AU, 1 DF) G2, BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU, MV, GD Silvery Rain Carried Away Recovery The Promise (The Dolphin Song) (9/28/81, 6 DF) Total Running Time: 38:23

Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2

Rating: 4.408 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more). Notes: This compilation featured two new songs (“Heart Attack” and “Tied Up”) along with eight previously released songs. For songs appearing on previously mentioned albums, see those album listings for chart peaks and appearances on other compilations.

Released: September 3, 1982 Covers: 1978-1982 Peak: 16 US, 8 UK, 6 CN, 12 AU, 17 DF Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.3 UK Tracks: Heart Attack (9/4/82, 3 US, 2 CB, 5 RR, 46 UK, 2 CN, 22 AU, 1 DF) G2, MV, GD Magic (5/23/80) Physical (9/28/81) Hopelessly Devoted to You (7/8/78) Make a Move on Me (2/12/82) A Little More Love (11/25/78) You’re the One That I Want (with John Travolta) (4/1/78) Tied Up (1/15/83, 38 US, 43 CN, 54 AU, 9 DF) G2, GD Suddenly (with Cliff Richard) (10/10/80) Xanadu (with Electric Light Orchestra) (6/6/80) Total Running Time: 35:54

Two of a Kind (soundtrack)

Rating: 3.037 out of 5.00 (average of 8 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Charted: December 3, 1983 Peak: 26 US, -- UK, 32 CN, 35 AU, 16 DF Sales (in millions): 1.0 US Tracks (just those featuring Olivia Newton-John): Twist of Fate (10/21/83, 5 US, 5 CB, 4 RR, 57 UK, 4 CN, 4 AU, 1 DF) BB-US, BB-AU, MV, GD Take a Chance (with John Travolta) (11/5/83, 3 AC, 6 DF) Livin’ in Desperate Times (2/11/84, 31 US, 29 CB, 27 RR, 13 CN, 81 AU, 3 DF) GD Shaking You

Soul Kiss

Rating: 2.810 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Released: October 25, 1985 Peak: 29 US, 66 UK, 34 CN, 11 AU, 14 DF Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Tracks: Toughen Up (1/25/86, 69 AU, 10 DF) Soul Kiss (9/25/85, 20 US, 20 CB, 24 RR, 100 UK, 25 CN, 20 AU, 1 DF) BB-AU, GD Queen of the Publication Emotional Tangle Culture Shock Moth to a Flame Overnight Observation You Were Great, How Was I? (with Carl Wilson) Driving Music The Right Moment Total Running Time: 39:39

The Rumour

Rating: 3.113 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Released: August 2, 1988 Peak: 67 US, -- UK, 94 CN, 30 AU, 16 DF Sales (in millions): -- Tracks: The Rumour (4/88, 62 US, 33 AC, 85 UK, 50 CN, 35 AU, 10 DF) BB-E, GD Love and Let Live Can’t We Talk It Over in Bed (1988 single, 17 DF) GD Let’s Talk About Tomorrow It’s Not Heaven Get Out Big and Strong Car Games Walk Through Fire Tutta La Vita Total Running Time: 40:42

Warm and Tender

Rating: 2.948 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings)

Released: September 9, 1989 Peak: 124 US, -- UK, -- CN, 109 AU, 12 DF Sales (in millions): -- Tracks: Jenny Rebecca Rocking Way You Look Tonight Lullaby My Lovely You’ll Never Walk Alone Sleep My Princess The Flower That Shattered the Stone Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Warm and Tender (promo single, 37 DF) BB-E Rock-A-Bye Baby Over the Rainbow Twelfth of Never All the Pretty Little Horses When You Wish Upon a Star Brahm’s Lullaby / Reach Out for Me (1/6/90, 32 AC, 35 DF) GD Total Running Time: 41:27

Back to Basics

Rating: 3.683 out of 5.00 (average of 10 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more). Notes: This career-spanning retrospective featured four new songs (“Deeper Than a River,” “Not Gonna Be the One,” I Want to Be Wanted,” and “I Need Love”). There were three separate editions – the American edition (BB-US), the European/Japanese edition (BB-EBB-AU). For songs appearing on previously mentioned albums, see those album listings for chart peaks and appearances on other compilations.

Released: June 9, 1992 Peak: 121 US, 12 UK, -- CN, 15 AU, 11 DF Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Tracks: * If Not for You (3/20/71) BB-E, BB-AU Banks of the Ohio (10/16/71) BB-E, BB-AU What Is Life (3/4/72) BB-E Take Me Home, Country Roads (1/73) BB-E Let Me Be There (8/25/73) BB-AU If You Love Me Let Me Know (4/6/74) BB-US, BB-AU I Honestly Love You (8/3/74) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU Have You Never Been Mellow (1/21/75) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU Please Mr. Please (5/30/75) BB-US Don’t Stop Believin’ (8/7/76) BB-AU Sam (1/29/77) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU You’re the One That I Want (with John Travolta) (4/1/78) BB-US, BB-E Hopelessly Devoted to You (7/8/78) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU Summer Nights (with John Travolta and Cast) (8/5/78) BB-US, BB-E A Little More Love (11/25/78) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU Deeper Than the Night (4/14/79) BB-US Magic (5/23/80) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU Xanadu (with Electric Light Orchestra) (6/6/80) BB-E, BB-AU Suddenly (with Cliff Richard) (10/10/80) BB-E Physical (9/28/81) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU Make a Move on Me (2/12/82) BB-AU, Twist of Fate (10/21/83) BB-US, BB-AU Soul Kiss (9/25/85) BB-AU The Rumour (4/88) BB-E Warm and Tender (1988 promo single) BB-E The Grease Megamix (with John Travolta) (12/22/90, 25 US, 12 RR, 23 A40, 3 UK, 50 CN, 15 AU) BB-AU, MV, GD I Need Love (7/11/92, 96 US, 75 UK) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU Deeper Than a River (8/22/92, 20 AC, 40 DF) BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU, GD Not Gonna Be the One BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU I Want to Be Wanted BB-US, BB-E, BB-AU * Tracks from American, European/Japanese, and Australian editions are all listed above in chronological order.

Magic: The Very Best Of

Rating: 3.964 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings) Notes: This compilation is the best bet for fans wanting a capsule of Olivia’s career in one disc.

Released: November 9, 2001 Covers: 1973-1990 Peak: 150 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU, -- DF Sales (in millions): 0.17 US Tracks: Let Me Be There If You Love Me Let Me Know I Honestly Love You Please Mr. Please Come on Over Don’t Stop Believin’ Sam You’re the One That I Want (with John Travolta) Hopelessly Devoted to You Summer Nights (with John Travolta & Cast) A Little More Love Deeper Than the Night Magic Xanadu (with Electric Light Orchestra) Suddenly (with Cliff Richard) Physical Make a Move on Me Heart Attack Twist of Fate The Grease Megamix (with John Travolta)

Gold

Rating: 4.572 out of 5.00 (average of 5 ratings) Notes: This two-disc retrospective includes “Fool Country,” a B-side from the Xanadu era that had never been released on an album. It also has “The Best of Me,” a 1986 duet with David Foster, and a 1998 re-recording of “I Honestly Love You” with Babyface. For songs appearing on previously mentioned albums, see those album listings for chart peaks and appearances on other compilations.

Released: June 14, 2005 Covers: 1971-1998 Peak: -- US, -- UK, -- CN, 71 AU, -- DF Sales (in millions): -- Tracks, Disc 1: (1) If Not for You (2) Banks of the Ohio (3) Let Me Be There (4) If You Love Me Let Me Know (5) I Honestly Love You (6) Have You Never Been Mellow (7) Please Mr. Please (8) Something Better to Do (9) Let It Shine (10) Come on Over (11) Don’t Stop Believin’ (12) Every Face Tells a Story (13) Sam (14) Making a Good Thing Better (15) Hopelessly Devoted to You (16) Summer Nights (with John Travolta & Cast) (17) You’re the One That I Want (with John Travolta) (18) A Little More Love (19) Deeper Than the Night (20) Dancin’ ‘Round and ‘Round (21) Totally Hot (22) Fool Country Tracks, Disc 2: (1) Xanadu (with Electric Light Orchestra) (2) Magic (3) Suddenly (with Cliff Richard) (4) Physical (5) Make a Move on Me (6) Landslide (7) Heart Attack (8) Tied Up (9) Twist of Fate (10) Livin’ in Desperate Times (11) Soul Kiss (12) The Best of Me (with David Foster) (13) Can’t We Talk It Over in Bed (14) The Rumour (15) Reach Out for Me (16) Deeper Than a River (17) Grease Megamix (18) I Honestly Love You (with Babyface) Total Running Time: 145:23

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