Release Date: 04 May 2015
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 604988365825
Genres: Country Easy Listening
Description
This compilation anthologises Leroy's career between 1956-62, featuring all his studio recordings during this period, including demo's, outtakes, a rare German-language version of 'Walk On By' and his first two Mercury LPs, 'Walk On By' and 'Moving Van Dyke'.
In November 1994, in a survey which looked back to October 1958, Billboard magazine identified Leroy Van Dyke's Countrypolitan classic 'Walk On By' as the biggest country record of that thirty-six year period, based on sales, plays and weeks on the charts. Although Van Dyke is chiefly remembered for his biggest hit, he'd already enjoyed a million-seller with his very first release, 'The Auctioneer', five years earlier.
Also includes C&W and crossover pop hits like "Big Man in a Big House", 'If a Woman Answers', 'Dim Dark Corner', 'I Sat Back and Let It Happen' and 'Black Cloud'. Many of the tracks featured on Disc 2 have never previously appeared on CD.
Although now well into his eighties, Van Dyke continues to perform regular concerts and still has an ambassadorial role with the Country Music Association.
Tracklisting
The Mudlarks
The Goofers
Slim Willet
Sleepy LaBeef
Marty Wilde
June Carter
Jimmy McCrackin
Gene Vincent
Leroy Van Dyke
Leroy Van Dyke
