Acrobat
's British Hit Parade series spotlights the hits from a specific year by the original artists. This volume samples 75 tracks that made the charts between January and July of 1956, including the original versions of "Sixteen Tons" (
Tennessee Ernie Ford
), "Love Is the Tender Trap" (
Frank Sinatra
), and "Memories Are Made of This" (
Dean Martin
), in addition to tracks by
Kay Starr
,
Johnnie Ray
, and
Frankie Laine
. ~ Al Campbell