As adjuncts to our highly popular "America's Greatest Hits" series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early '60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in... more

Dick Haymes - I Like The Likes Of You: Broadcast Recordings 1947-62 / Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and popular vocalists of the 1940s and '50s. Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and... more

Ink Spots - The Hits Collection 1939-51 The Ink Spots, along with the Mills Brothers, were one of the leading early doowop vocal groups during the decades spanning WWII, bringing together the... more

Blind Lemon Jefferson - Complete Releases 1926-29 / Blind Lemon Jefferson was one of the most important, influential and successful of the early bluesmen, a singer, songwriter and guitarist who has... more

Roy Rogers was one of the most prominent of the singing cowboys, forging a career as a singer and actor in western movies during the 1930s as he followed in the footsteps of Gene Autry as King Of The... more

The Famous Ward Singers, based in Philadelphia, were one of the foremost gospel groups of the post-war era. Originally founded as a family group in 1931 by Gertrude Ward as a family group, then... more

The 1952 R&B Hits Collection - it provides a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings. This great value 90-track 4-CD anthology... more

Barney Kessel - The Contemporary Years: Selected Recordings 1953-57 / Ranging across standards and his own compositions, it's a fascinating and enlightening showcase for a great guitarist - Barney... more

Art Farmer - The Art Of Farmer: Classic Albums 1953-55 / Comprising mainly original material, but with a sprinkling of standards. - Art Farmer was a jazz trumpeter, born in 1928, who came to the fore... more

Earl Coleman - Early Years: The Collection 1946-56 / Earl Coleman was one of a coterie of fine African-American jazz and R&B crooners who came to the fore during the post-war era, and which included... more

Ruth Etting - All The Hits And More 1926-37 / Ruth Etting, who acquired the nickname "America's Sweetheart Of Song", was a singer and actress who was one of the most popular and successful performers... more

Gene Krupa - Drummin' Man: Hits & Classic Recordings 1938-50 Gene Krupa was one of the most admired and influential drummers in the history of jazz, with his impact extending into the pop era, not... more

The Country No. 1s Of The '40s - Acrobat already has on catalogue collections which present "America's No. 1s of the '50s" (ACFCD7501), "America's No. 1s of the '40s" (ACSCD6005), "America's R&B No.... more

Fats Waller - All The Hits And More 1922-43 swing era, an artist with an unmistakably distinctive style and a way with a song whose work transcended the different strands of jazz that emerged during... more

Eddie Fisher - The Hits Collection 1948-62 Eddie Fisher was one of biggest stars of the first half of the 1950s, both as a singer and movie actor, and had more than 60 hits across the Billboard, Cash... more

One of the great arrangers and conductors of the post-war era who also excelled as a musician and composer, Nelson Riddle's extensive output encompassed an extraordinary roll call of the top male and... more

Gerard Hoffnung - The Comic Genius Of Gerard Hoffnung: Classic Albums 1956-61 / Gerard Hoffnung was an extraordinarily talented personality, an artist, cartoonist, musician, broadcaster, raconteur... more

Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go: The Collection 1935-62 / Big Joe Williams was a Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist famous for the distinctive sound of his unique nine-string... more

Composer, arranger and conductor Henry Mancini is renowned for his involvement in music for the movies, none more so than his memorable and legendary collaboration with lyricist Johnny Mercer on... more

Gene Autry - The Singing Cowboy: All The Hits And More 1933-52 - This 53-track 2-CD collection comprises all his 40 and more hits in the US pop and country charts. Gene Autry was the first of the... more