Acrobat
's British Hit Parade series spotlights the hits from a specific year by the original artists. This volume samples 103 tracks that made the charts between January and July of 1959, including the original versions of "Queen of the Hop" (
Bobby Darin
), "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (
the Platters
), and "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (
Cliff Richard
), in addition to tracks by
Connie Francis
,
Little Richard
, and
Duane Eddy
. ~ Al Campbell