VA - Chart-Topping Beginnings (A Butterboy Compilation) (18 x CDs) First Hits PART1

FIRST HITS PART 1

VA - Chart-Topping Beginnings (A Butterboy Compilation) (18 x CDs)

This compilation is an unforgettable journey through the first hits an artist's genesis of greatness if you will. It aims to show where an artist was first recognised with a hit. 

Embark on an extraordinary journey across 360 tracks that span the decades of the 1940s to the 2000s. Each song in this compilation is a reminder of the moment an artist first broke through the noise and etched their name into music history. These tracks do not necessarily reflect the artists' first attempt at a hit or their biggest hits (though some may be their greatest hit), instead, this series celebrates the FIRST HIT, those songs that burst onto the scene and propelled these artists towards stardom.

It's worth clarifying that this is an artists' first hit - A first hit, also known as a hit record, hit single, or simply hit, is a song or instrumental that becomes widely popular and has made its mark on official music charts through repeated radio airplay, audience impressions, significant streaming data, or commercial sales. While many artists go on to achieve even greater success, their first hit is the genesis of their musical journey.  A song is considered a first hit if it entered the top 100 charts anywhere in the world. Additionally, tracks that charted in multiple countries are also included, giving you a global perspective of these artists' initial breakthroughs. This compilation is not limited to one region. 

In the United States, a single is considered a hit when it reaches the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, while in the United Kingdom, it's the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart. However, the magic number of "100" holds significance; since the Official Charts Company increased their chart size on 23 June 2007, reaching the top 100 signifies a hit due to the expanded singles market, including download singles. 

Beyond the Numbers, these tracks left an indelible mark on the music landscape.

Why should you dive into this meticulously curated compilation of first hits? These tracks offer a unique glimpse into the raw, unfiltered talent of artists at the dawn of their careers. You'll experience the excitement and energy that comes with a debut hit, the spark that ignited their rise to fame. It's a journey through music history, showcasing the diversity and evolution of genres over the decades. Feel the thrill of discovery once more as you listen to the first hits that became the steppingstones to legendary careers. Whether you're a seasoned music lover or a curious newcomer, this compilation is a treasure of musical milestones waiting to be explored.  (B)

All tracks are presented in year of release order.

Please note:

This set will be presented in two parts. This is PART 1, and it showcases the first 9 CDs. 

Part 2 will be presented next week. 

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Track lists

PART1

CD01

01 Patti Page - Confess 2:46 1947

02 Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied 2:41 1948

03 Fats Domino - The Fat Man 2:38 1949

04 Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group - Rock Island Line 2:28 1955

05 George Hamilton IV - A Rose and A Baby Ruth 2:01 1956

06 Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Be-Bop-a-Lula 2:35 1956

07 Tommy Steele - Rock With The Caveman 1:55 1956

08 Four Seasons - You're the Apple of My Eye 2:13 1956

09 Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 2:24 1957

10 Paul Anka - Diana 2:25 1957

11 Simon & Garfunkel (as Tom & Jerry) - Hey, Schoolgirl 2:16 1957

12 Buddy Holly & the Crickets - That'll Be the Day 2:17 1957

13 Patsy Cline - Walking After Midnight 2:36 1957

14 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On 2:51 1957

15 Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance 2:31 1958

16 Shirelles - I Met Him on A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) 2:15 1958

17 Dion & The Belmonts - I Wonder Why 2:18 1958

18 Duane Eddy - Moovin' N' Groovin' 2:04 1958

19 Bobby Darin - Splish Splash 2:12 1958

20 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Tears on My Pillow 2:19 1958

CD02

21 Isley Brothers - Shout, Pt. 1 2:15 1959

22 Freddy Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie 2:12 1959

23 Santo & Johnny - Tear Drop 2:07 1959

24 Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool in Love 2:53 1960

25 Ernest Tubb - Walking the Floor Over You 2:40 1960

26 John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom 2:32 1961

27 Nancy Sinatra - Cuff Links and A Tie Clip 1:53 1961

28 Tony Orlando - Halfway to Paradise 2:36 1961

29 Chuck Jackson - I Don't Want to Cry 2:18 1961

30 Mar-Keys - Last Night 2:41 1961

31 Hayley Mills - Let's Ge Together 1:29 1961

32 Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman 2:30 1961

33 Beach Boys - Surfin' 2:16 1961

34 Spinners - That's What Girls Are Made For 3:12 1961

35 Temptations - (You're My) Dream Come True 2:57 1962

36 Cookies - Chains 2:31 1962

37 Dionne Warwick - Don't Make Me Over 2:43 1962

38 Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love) 2:40 1962

39 Rolling Stones - Come On 1:49 1963

40 Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger 2:46 1963

CD03

41 Gerry & The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It. 1:55 1963

42 Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him 2:26 1963

43 Lesley Gore - It's My Party 2:23 1963

44 Righteous Brothers - Little Latin Lupe Lu 2:21 1963

45 Marvin Gaye - Pride and Joy 2:10 1963

46 Tymes - So Much in Love 2:23 1963

47 Bee Gees - The Battle of The Blue and Grey 2:05 1963

48 Otis Redding - These Arms of Mine 2:33 1963

49 Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop 2:01 1964

50 Connie Smith - Once A Day 2:20 1964

51 Johnny Rivers - Memphis 2:34 1964

52 Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy 2:24 1964

53 Kinks - Long Tall Sally 2:13 1964

54 Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 2:32 1964

55 Four Tops - Baby, I Need Your Loving 2:44 1964

56 Barbra Streisand - People 3:42 1964

57 Zombies - She's Not There 2:25 1964

58 Toys - A Lover's Concerto 2:41 1965

59 Len Barry - 1-2-3 2:24 1965

60 Edwin Starr - Agent Double-O-Soul 2:41 1965

CD04

61 Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' 2:40 1965

62 Donovan - Catch The Wind 2:17 1965

63 Who - I Can't Explain 2:05 1965

64 Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour 2:36 1965

65 Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe 2:12 1965

66 Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual 2:01 1965

67 Guess Who - Shaking All Over 2:40 1965

68 Junior Walker & the All-Stars - Shotgun 3:19 1965

69 Small Faces - Whatcha Gonna Do About It 1:57 1965

70 Association - Along Comes Mary 2:52 1966

71 5th Dimension - Go Where You Wanna Go 2:19 1966

72 Young Rascals - Good Lovin' 2:29 1966

73 Tommy James & the Shondells - Hanky Panky 2:54 1966

74 Cat Stevens - I Love My Dog 2:19 1966

75 Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville 2:45 1966

76 Cowsills - Most of All 2:18 1966

77 Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball 2:19 1966

78 Janis Ian - Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) 3:13 1966

79 Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman 2:56 1966

80 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale 4:07 1967

CD05

81 Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne 2:57 1967

82 Al Green - Back Up Train 2:21 1967

83 Ohio Express - Beg, Borrow and Steal 2:26 1967

84 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now 3:14 1967

85 Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get to Phoenix 2:42 1967

86 Stone Poneys; Linda Ronstadt - Different Drum 2:39 1967

87 Dolly Parton - Dumb Blonde 2:30 1967

88 Charley Pride - Just Between You and Me 2:14 1967

89 Bob Seger & The Last Heard - Heavy Music (Pt. 1) 2:41 1967

90 Buckinghams - Kind of A Drag 2:09 1967

91 Traffic - Paper Sun 3:21 1967

92 Box Tops - The Letter 1:56 1967

93 Casinos - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye 3:13 1967

94 1910 Fruitgum Company - Simon Says 2:15 1967

95 Suzi Quatro - Can The Can 3:37 1968

96 Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me 3:52 1968

97 Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You 3:19 1968

98 Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking in The Sand) 2:18 1968

99 Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie 3:48 1968

100 Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up 2:38 1968

CD06

101 Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman 2:55 1968

102 David Bowie - Space Oddity 4:34 1968

103 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q. (Pt. 1) 4:38 1968

104 Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men 3:11 1968

105 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days 5:10 1968

106 Badfinger - Come and Get It 2:21 1969

107 John Lennon; Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance 4:54 1969

108 Santana - Evil Ways 3:55 1969

109 Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times 2:47 1969

110 Jackson Five - I Want You Back 3:00 1969

111 Candi Staton - I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool) 2:04 1969

112 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express 2:38 1969

113 Automatic Blues Inc. - Natural Born Bugie 3:12 1969

114 Eric Clapton - After Midnight 3:14 1970

115 Free - All Right Now 5:32 1970

116 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 4:43 1970

117 Ringo Starr - Beaucoups of Blues 2:33 1970

118 Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close to You 4:34 1970

119 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi 2:15 1970

120 Elton John - Border Song 3:21 1970

CD07

121 Dawn - Candida 3:08 1970

122 King Floyd - Groove Me 3:02 1970

123 Partridge Family - I Think I Love You 2:55 1970

124 James Taylor - Fire and Rain 3:14 1970

125 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl 3:00 1970

126 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime 3:32 1970

127 Bread - Make it With You 3:12 1970

128 Gilbert O'sullivan - Nothing Rhymed 3:22 1970

129 Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch 3:00 1970

130 Brotherhood of Man - United We Stand 2:53 1970

131 Osmonds - One Bad Apple 2:44 1970

132 Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band 4:45 1970

133 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine 4:06 1970

134 Black Sabbath - Paranoid 2:49 1970

135 John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver 3:12 1971

136 Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture 5:30 1971

137 Paul McCartney - Day 3:42 1971

138 America - A Horse with No Name 4:11 1971

139 Faces - Stay with Me 4:38 1971

140 Slade - Get Down and Get With It 3:48 1971

CD08

141 Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard it Should Be 4:18 1971

142 Steely Dan - Do it Again 5:56 1972

143 10cc - Donna 2:55 1972

144 Eagles - Take it Easy 3:32 1972

145 Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes 3:17 1972

146 Roberta Flack - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:23 1972

147 Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim 3:02 1972

148 Foghat - I Just Want to Make Love to You 3:16 1972

149 Jethro Tull - Love Story 3:03 1972

150 Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother 3:42 1972

151 Doobie Brothers - Listen to The Music 3:28 1972

152 Roxy Music - Virginia-Plain 2:57 1972

153 Lou Reed - Walk on The Wild Side 4:15 1972

154 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get to Heaven 3:06 1973

155 Melissa Manchester - Midnight Blue 3:57 1973

156 John Fogerty - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 3:17 1973

157 Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby 7:10 1973

158 Barry Manilow - Mandy 3:19 1973

159 Dave Loggins - Please Come to Boston 4:07 1974

160 Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man 4:33 1974

CD09

161 Pilot - Just A Smile 3:15 1974

162 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 2:47 1974

163 Bad Company - Can't Get Enough 4:14 1974

164 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama 4:45 1974

165 Arrows - Touch Too Much 3:02 1974

166 Heart - Crazy on You 4:54 1975

167 Ambrosia - Holdin' on to Yesterday 3:24 1975

168 Keith Carradine - I'm Easy 3:05 1975

169 Natalie Cole - This Will Be 2:50 1975

170 Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together 3:21 1975

171 Dan Hill - You Make Me Want to Be 3:58 1975

172 Outlaws - Goes Another Love Song 3:05 1975

173 Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby 3:19 1975

174 Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From 3:16 1975

175 Dwight Twilley Band - I'm on Fire 3:16 1975

176 Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get it Right 3:16 1976

177 David Soul - Don't Give Up on Us 3:35 1976

178 Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good to You 4:47 1976

179 Boston - More Than A Feeling 3:26 1976

180 Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son 5:20 1976

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