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Artist: Crawford, Johnny
Title: The Complete Hits Of Johnny Crawford
Format: CD
Label: HIT PARADE
Catalog Number:12313
Barcode:730531231320 itemnumber=1000113401
Price: $17.98  (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre: OLDIES
Release Date: 2/19/2013
Availability: Not Currently In Stock
Additional Musical Category Notes:
60s Pop Vocalist and Teen Star. Early 60s Pop Vocals 


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Everybody remembers Johnny Crawford as earnest young Mark McCain on the TV western The Rifleman starring Chuck Connors. Fewer of us, no doubt, remember that Johnny got his first big break in show business at the tender age of nine as one of the original Mouseketeers on Disney's Mickey Mouse Club. But how many remember Johnny Crawford as a hitmaker and heartthrob?

Well, he was! Crawford scored eight Billboard Top 100 singles for Del-Fi Records beginning in 1961 at the height of The Rifleman's success. Hit Parade Records' new CD, The Complete Hits of Johnny Crawford, has all of them and a whole lot more - 26 tracks of sweet teen pop adding up to over an hour of expertly mastered listening!

In addition to hits like the 1961 #8 smash "Cindy's Birthday," "Your Nose Is Gonna Grow" (#14, 1962), "Rumors" (#12, 1962), and "Proud" (#29, 1963), you'll hear Johnny’s take on the hits of the day like the Fleetwoods' "Mr. Blue" and pop standards like Sinatra's "In The Wee Small Hours." Complete Hits includes many B-sides from his singles and cuts from all three of his Del-Fi LPs. And, finally, you'll hear a long-lost duet with Johnny's brother Bobby - "Good Buddies," an Everly Brothers-styled track written by the fabled team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King.

It would be easy to dismiss Johnny as a "teen idol" - he was, after all, just 15 when he debuted on the charts, and this was the era of Frankie Avalon and Fabian. Johnny sounded young, certainly, but his voice was sweet and confident, and Del-Fi - best known for rockers like Richie Valens - astutely framed Crawford's boy-next-door vocals with rich, orchestrated arrangements that belied both his age and his close association with a western TV show.

Johnny Crawford's music has been reissued before, but it's all out-of-print and fetches high prices on the collector's market. Hit Parade's Complete Hits of Johnny Crawford not only makes the best of it available again in one album, it also reveals it more clearly than ever with brilliantly remastered sound and true stereo whenever possible. Don't miss this chance to hear some of the most appealing pure pop records of the early 60's!

Track Listing

 1. 
Cindy's Birthday

 2. 
Rumors

 3. 
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow

 4. 
Proud

 5. 
Patti Ann (mono)

 6. 
Daydreams (mono)

 7. 
Cindy's Gonna Cry (mono)

 8. 
Janie Please Believe Me

 9. 
Cry On My Shoulder

10. 
Sittin And A-Watchin'

11. 
No One Really Loves A Clown

12. 
Debbie

13. 
Petite Chanson

14. 
We Belong Together (mono)

15. 
Mr. Blue

16. 
Donna (mono)

17. 
Lonesome Town

18. 
Devil Or Angel

19. 
Living In The Past

20. 
In The Wee Small Hours

21. 
Moon River

22. 
How High The Moon

23. 
Young At Heart

24. 
When I Fall In Love (mono)

25. 
That's All I Want From You (mono)

26. 
Good Buddies (Crawford Bros.) (mono)


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