The Very Best of Billy Ward and the Dominos

~ Release by Billy Ward and His Dominoes (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Chicken Blues
2:50
2No! Says My Heart
3:08
3Do Something for Me
3:01
4Weeping Willow Blues
2:21
5Sixty Minute Man
recording of:
Sixty Minute Man (on 1950-12-30)
lyricist and composer:
Rose Marks (until 1951) and Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist) (until 1951)
3.52:29
6Harbor Lights
lead vocals:
Clyde McPhatter (on 1950-12-30)
recording of:
Harbour Lights (on 1950-12-30)
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Williams (aka Hugh Williams)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
3:18
7That’s What You’re Doing to Me
recording of:
That's What You're Doing To Me (on 1951-05-24)
writer:
Rose Marks and Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
2:22
8I Am With You
3:09
9These Foolish Things Remind Me of You
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1951-05-24)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
3:05
10Have Mercy Baby
2:21
11When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
cover recording of:
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano (on 1952-01-28)
lyricist:
Leon René
composer:
Leon René (in 1940)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
3:02
12I’d Be Satisfied
2:22
13The Bells
recording of:
The Bells
writer:
Rose Marks and Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
3:15
14Pedal Pushin’ Papa
2:29
15Yours Forever
2:14
16You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down
2:11
17Rags to Riches
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-10-12)
lead vocals:
Jackie Wilson (soul singer) (on 1953-10-12)
arranger:
Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
cover recording of:
Rags to Riches (on 1953-10-12)
writer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Saunders Publications Inc. (from 1953 until 2010), J & J Ross Co. (from 2011 to present) and Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd. (from 2011 to present)
2:39
18Christmas in Heaven
2:42
19Until the Real Thing Comes Along
lead vocals:
Jackie Wilson (soul singer) (on 1953-12-03)
cover recording of:
Until the Real Thing Comes Along (on 1953-12-03)
lyricist and composer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
3:06
20Three Coins in the Fountain
lead vocals:
Jackie Wilson (soul singer) (on 1954-05-25)
cover recording of:
Three Coins in the Fountain (on 1954-05-25)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Robbins Music Corp. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 27th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1954 winner)
2:30
21I Really Don’t Want to Know
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-06-07)
lead vocals:
Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist) (on 1954-06-07)
cover recording of:
I Really Don’t Want to Know (on 1954-06-07)
lyricist:
Howard Barnes (US songwriter) (in 1953)
composer:
Don Robertson (“Happy Whistler” songwriter) (in 1953)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Don Robertson Music Corp.
2:35
22Can’t Do Sixty No More
2:31
23Give Me You
2:20
24May I Never Love Again
cover recording of:
May I Never Love Again (on 1955-06-23)
writer:
Jack Erickson and Sano Marco
2:55
25Over the Rainbow
2:49