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Dreamboats and Petticoats
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released5 November 2007
GenreRock and roll

Dreamboats and Petticoats is a 2007 compilation album composed of songs from the 1950s and early 1960s. The compilation remained on the UK Top 40 Compilitation Chart for a total of 157 weeks.[citation needed] Its success led to a series of six similarly themed follow-up compilation albums being released.[1] The series also includes a "Summer Holidays" album (which includes the Cliff Richard and the Shadows song after which it is named), a Christmas album, and a "Best of Del Shannon" album called Runaway.

Track listing of the original compilation album

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Disc 1

  1. Marty Wilde - Teenager in Love
  2. John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
  3. Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise
  4. Buddy Holly - Heartbeat
  5. Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
  6. Johnnie Ray - Just Walking in the Rain
  7. Mike Sarne & Wendy Richard - Come Outside
  8. Craig Douglas - Only 16
  9. Joe Brown - That's What Love Will Do
  10. The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
  11. Mark Wynter - Go Away Little Girl
  12. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
  13. The Allisons - Are You Sure?
  14. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
  15. Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
  16. Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I
  17. The Marcels - Blue Moon
  18. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
  19. Kenny Lynch - Up on the Roof
  20. Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby
  21. Terry Dene - A White Sport Coat
  22. Johnny Burnette - You're Sixteen
  23. Connie Francis - Lipstick on Your Collar
  24. Kathy Kirby - Secret Love
  25. Bobby Darin- Dream Lover
  26. The Cascades - Rhythm of the Rain

Disc 2

  1. Bill Haley And His Comets - Rock Around the Clock
  2. Cliff Richard - Move It
  3. Adam Faith - What Do You Want
  4. Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
  5. Joe Brown - Picture of You
  6. Mark Wynter - Venus in Blue Jeans
  7. Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
  8. Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball
  9. Susan Maughan - Bobby's Girl
  10. Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
  11. Dion DiMucci - Runaround Sue
  12. Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps - Be Bop A Lula
  13. Del Shannon - Runaway
  14. Little Eva - The Loco-Motion
  15. Helen Shapiro - Walking Back to Happiness
  16. Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand
  17. John Leyton - Wild Wind
  18. Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt
  19. Billy Fury - Like I've Never Been Gone
  20. Heinz - Just Like Eddie
  21. Eddie Cochran - Three Steps to Heaven
  22. Neil Sedaka - Oh! Carol
  23. Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet
  24. Duane Eddy & the Rebels - Because They're Young
  25. The Tornados - Telstar
  26. The Shadows - "Wonderful Land"

Sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom — 677,000[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dreamboats and Petticoats (Music)". Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  2. ^ Amazon (UK): Dreamboats and Petticoats – CD
  3. ^ Paine, Andre (October 3, 2009). "Shop 'Til You Drop". Billboard. p. 11. Retrieved February 23, 2024.


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