Acrobats British Hit Parade series has been established for well over a decade as a unique range of completist original artist collections comprising every record that appeared in the UK record sales charts in every year since the charts began in 1952. In recent years Acrobat has introduced parallel collections which consist of the B sides of all the records included in the main compilations, and these have proved hugely popular with collectors, since many of the records concerned have never been available on CD and are very rarely heard.

This 3-CD set is the first of two companion products to our existing 1955 British Hit Parade Parts One & Two (ACTRCD 9008 & 9009), and features the B sides of the tracks on Part One of those collections, excluding the ones which appeared on the original collection as Double A-side hits. It also includes the B sides of relevant records which were chart entries in the Melody Maker, Record Mirror and Record Retailer charts, and which were not included in the original sets, but appeared later on our 1950s British Hit Parades - The Hits We Missed collection (ADDCD3078). As ever, its an eclectic snapshot of an ignored but fascinating aspect of the pop business, including in-depth 10-000+ word booklets with background notes on every record.
 

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Disc 1
Track	Artist	Title
1	I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time	The Four Aces
2	Thirteen Women	Bill Haley & His Comets
3	What Can You Do With A General	Bing Crosby
4	Tell Me, Tell Me	Suzi Miller & The Johnston Brothers
5	River Of No Return	Tennessee Ernie Ford
6	Do You Love Old Santa Claus	Max Bygraves
7	He's A Real Tough Guy	Max Bygraves
8	Surprisingly	Ronnie Harris & The Coronets
9	What Could Be More Beautiful	Ruby Murray
10	Danger Signs	Frankie Vaughan
11	Addio (Ah-Dee-O)	The Ames Brothers
12	That's All I Want From You	Dean Martin
13	Baby, Baby, Baby	Teresa Brewer
14	Open Your Heart	David Whitfield
15	These Are The Things We'll Share	Ray Burns
16	Lazy Gondolier	Mantovani & His Orchestra
17	It's Love	De Castro Sisters
18	Marionette	Joan Weber
19	Fascinating Rhythm	Petula Clark
20	Beloved	Mario Lanza
21	I Want You All To Myself (Just You)	Dickie Valentine
22	(My Baby Don't Love Me) No More	The Stargazers
23	Alone Too Long	Nat King Cole
Disk 2:
Track	Title	Artist
1	High As A Mountain	Johnny Brandon & The Phantoms
2	Old Shoes	Frankie Laine
3	A Man Chases A Girl (Until She Catches Him)	Eddie Fisher
4	Before We Know It	Ruby Murray
5	Maria Elena	Pérez Prado
6	When You're In Love	Joan Regan
7	Lovin' Spree	Eartha Kitt
8	The Devil's In Your Eyes	Don Cornell
9	Roses Of Picardy	Eddie Calvert
10	You, My Love	Doris Day
11	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Johnnie Ray
12	What Could Be More Beautiful	Dean Martin
13	Take Me Back Again	Tony Bennett
14	Birth Of The Boogie	Bill Haley & The Comets
15	Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)	The Crew-Cuts
16	Vera Cruz	Tony Martin
17	Give Me The Moonlight Give Me The Girl	Frankie Vaughan
18	Am I Too Late	The Ink Spots
19	If You Learn To Love Each Other	Joan Regan
20	Prize Of Gold	Ronnie Hilton
21	(The Diddle-Ee-I) Irish Mambo	Alma Cogan
22	Help Me Forget	Jimmy Young
23	You're Wrong, All Wrong	Georgia Gibbs
Disk 3:
Track	Title	Artist
1	Who Gave You The Roses	Bing Crosby
2	Daybreak	Al Hibbler
3	Brahms' Lullaby (Close Your Eyes)	Rosemary Clooney
4	Parade Of Broken Hearts	Johnnie Ray
5	You'll Always Be The One	The Four Aces feat. Al Alberts
6	Gabrielle	Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra
7	Sing It With Joe	Joe 'Mr. Piano' Henderson
8	Sincerely	Eddie Calvert
9	You Too Can Be A Dreamer	Dickie Valentine
10	The Medic Theme	Les Baxter, His Chorus & Orchestra
11	Hey Mr. Banjo	The Stargazers
12	Just One Of Those Things	Frank Sinatra
13	Here's What I'm Here For	Judy Garland
14	I'll Never Be The Same	Jane Froman
15	The Bridges At Toko-Ri (Love Theme)	Liberace
16	Bubbles	Frankie Laine
17	Pendulum Song	Barbara Lyon
18	Bambino	Ruby Murray
19	Mama	Malcolm Vaughan
20	Strike It Lucky	Johnny Brandon
21	We Stood At The Altar	Slim Whitman