Billboard Pop Memories


Billboard Pop Memories is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in 1994, each featuring ten hit recordings spanning a five- or ten-year period from the 1920s through the 1950s.
The tracks from the 1940s and 1950s compilations were major hits on the various Billboard magazine best-sellers, jockeys and jukebox charts.
As the rock era moved into full swing, chronologically the series continues with "lighter" hits from the 1960s in the Billboard Top Pop Hits series of albums. These were followed up by sets of adult contemporary and easy listening music from 1970 through 1974 with the Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits series.

The 1920s

  1. "Valencia" - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
  2. "My Blue Heaven" - Gene Austin
  3. "Sonny Boy" - Al Jolson
  4. "Charmaine!" - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
  5. "The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
  6. "Whispering" - Paul Whiteman & His Ambassador Orchestra
  7. "April Showers" - Al Jolson
  8. "Swingin' Down the Lane" - Isham Jones Orchestra
  9. "Ramona" - Gene Austin
  10. "Dardanella" - Selvin's Novelty Orchestra

    The 1930s

  11. "Begin the Beguine" - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
  12. "Deep Purple" - Larry Clinton and His Orchestra
  13. "Sing, Sing, Sing " - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
  14. "Pennies from Heaven" - Bing Crosby
  15. "The Stein Song " - Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
  16. "Boo-Hoo" - Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
  17. "Night and Day" - Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
  18. "Mood Indigo" - Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
  19. "Over the Rainbow" - Judy Garland
  20. "Moonlight Serenade" - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

    1940–1944

  21. "I've Heard That Song Before" - Harry James & His Orchestra
  22. "Frenesi" - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
  23. "Paper Doll" - The Mills Brothers
  24. "Swinging on a Star" - Bing Crosby, John Trotter and The Williams Brothers Quartet
  25. "I'll Never Smile Again" - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
  26. "Amapola" - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly
  27. "You'll Never Know" - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners
  28. "Don't Fence Me In" - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
  29. "In the Mood" - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
  30. "Stardust" - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

    1945–1949

  31. "" - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra
  32. "Mañana " - Peggy Lee
  33. "Heartaches" - Ted Weems & His Orchestra
  34. "The Old Lamp-Lighter" - Sammy Kaye
  35. "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" - Les Brown & His Orchestra
  36. "The Gypsy" - The Ink Spots
  37. "Buttons and Bows" - Dinah Shore and Her Happy Valley Boys
  38. "Rumors Are Flying" - Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
  39. "Cruising Down the River" - Russ Morgan & His Orchestra
  40. "Sentimental Journey" - Les Brown & His Orchestra

    1950–1954

  41. "Falling Like Rain" - Tina Turner
  42. "The Tennessee Waltz" - Patti Page
  43. "The Song from Moulin Rouge " - Percy Faith & His Orchestra
  44. "How High the Moon" - Les Paul and Mary Ford
  45. "You Belong to Me" - Jo Stafford
  46. "Cry" - Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads
  47. "Wheel of Fortune" - Kay Starr
  48. "Oh! My Pa-Pa " - Eddie Fisher
  49. "Come On-A My House" - Rosemary Clooney
  50. "Goodnight Irene" - Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers

    1955–1959

  51. "Lets Call The Whole Thing Off" — Fred Astaire
  52. "The Wayward Wind" — Gogi Grant
  53. "Unchained Melody" — Les Baxter
  54. "Love Letters in the Sand" — Pat Boone
  55. "It's All in the Game" — Tommy Edwards
  56. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" — Four Aces
  57. "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White " — Perez "Prez" Prado & His Orchestra
  58. "Sleep Walk" — Santo & Johnny
  59. "Sincerely" — The McGuire Sisters
  60. "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" — Morris Stoloff