Various Artists - NOW Yearbook Presents - The 60s - Volume 2: 1963-1964 [4CD DLX]

Format: 4 x CD
Catalogue No.: CDYBXNOW602
Barcode: 0198029811124
Release Date: 27 Feb 2026
Genre: Pop

The 60s story continues with NOW Yearbook Presents – The 60s – Volume 2, the next essential chapter in the Yearbook Presents series. Celebrating the explosion in pop music during 1963 and 1964, this collection brings together 88 iconic recordings across 4 CDs, showcasing a golden age of chart-topping pop alongside timeless soul, rock ’n’ roll energy and unforgettable ballads.
 
Available as a deluxe hard-back-book edition, complete with a 28-page booklet packed with notes on all of the featured tracks.
CD1 kicks off with The Kinks’ groundbreaking UK No.1 ‘You Really Got Me’, a track that helped define the British Invasion era, followed by equally unforgettable tracks ‘House Of The Rising Sun’ from The Animals, ‘Shout’ from Lulu And The Luvvers, and Dusty Springfield with ‘I Only Want To Be With You’. The disc is packed with instantly recognisable chart gold, from Roy Orbison’s signature ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’ to Elvis Presley’s ‘Viva Las Vegas’, alongside timeless pop classics including, from the U.S., The Beach Boys and Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, plus British favourites The Hollies, The Searchers, Gerry & The Pacemakers and Cilla Black.
 
Disc 2 showcases the unstoppable rise of soul and sophisticated pop, led by Petula Clark’s international smash ‘Downtown’, a record that conquered charts on both sides of the Atlantic, followed by Sandie Shaw and Dionne Warwick who both scored huge hits with timeless songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Motown greats feature prominently with The Supremes’ breakthrough No.1 ‘Where Did Our Love Go’ and Marvin Gaye’s unforgettable ‘How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)’, alongside era-defining hits from Martha & The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder and Mary Wells. Chart favourites from The Shadows, Lesley Gore and Peter And Gordon are included with Skeeter Davis closing the disc with her enduring classic ‘The End Of The World’.
 
CD3 opens with the legendary ‘Be My Baby’ by The Ronettes and continues with The Crystals’ ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and The Shangri-Las’ ‘Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)’, followed the jazz-influenced ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ by Stan Getz, João Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto; a Grammy-winning hit that brought bossa nova to the mainstream. The CD closes with a run of easy-pop from Andy Williams, Tony Bennett, Doris Day and Dean Martin and finishes in unforgettable style with Louis Armstrong’s ‘Hello, Dolly!’, No.1 in the US.
The final disc delivers wall-to-wall classics, opening with Roy Orbison’s ‘In Dreams’, and Bobby Vinton’s ‘Blue Velvet’. ‘You Don’t Own Me’ by Lesley Gore is as popular now as then, and The Supremes’ huge No.1 ‘Baby Love’, one of Motown’s biggest-selling singles, still sounds fresh more than 60 years on. Second appearances from Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Dusty Springfield, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and The Kinks leads to a pair of cinematic showstoppers, both from ‘James Bond’ movies: Matt Monro with ‘From Russia With Love’ and Shirley Bassey’s iconic and instantly recognisable ‘Goldfinger’. The collection closes with a timeless anthem with Gerry & The Pacemakers’ emotive and chart topping ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.
 
NOW Yearbook Presents – The 60s – Volume 2 - a vibrant celebration of these years — packed with the songs that shaped popular music forever. An essential companion to Volume 1 and a must-have for fans of classic hits, timeless songwriting and one of the greatest eras in music history.
 
Tracklist
CD 1
1. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
2. The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun 
3. Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1 
4. Lulu And The Luvvers - Shout 
5. Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 
6. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman 
7. The Beach Boys - I Get Around
8. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Walk Like A Man 
9. Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas 
10. The Chiffons - He's So Fine 
11. The Ronettes - Baby, I Love You 
12. The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me 
13. The Swinging Blue Jeans - The Hippy Hippy Shake
14. Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Twist And Shout 
15. Billy J Kramer, The Dakotas - Do You Want To Know A Secret? 
16. The Hollies - Just One Look
17. Gerry & The Pacemakers – I Like It
18. The Searchers - Needles And Pins
19. Freddie & The Dreamers - I'm Telling You Now 
20. Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good 
21. Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart 
22. Shirley Bassey - I (Who Have Nothing)
 
CD2
1. Petula Clark - Downtown
2. Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
3. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By 
4. The Drifters - On Broadway 
5. Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
6. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go 
7. Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) 
8. Mary Wells - My Guy
9. Stevie Wonder - Fingertips, Pt. 2
10. Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop 
11. Lesley Gore - It's My Party
12. Little Peggy March - I Will Follow Him (Chariot) 
13. Billie Davis - Tell Him 
14. Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - Diamonds 
15. The Shadows - Dance On 
16. Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - That's What Love Will Do
17. Gerry & The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It?
18. The Merseybeats - I Think Of You 
19. Peter And Gordon - A World Without Love 
20. Roy Orbison - It's Over 
21. Brenda Lee - As Usual
22. Skeeter Davis - The End Of The World 
 
CD3 
1. The Ronettes - Be My Baby 
2. The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron 
3. The Chiffons - One Fine Day 
4. The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back 
5. The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sand) 
6. The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain 
7. The Four Pennies - Juliet 
8. Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 
9. Frank Ifield - The Wayward Wind 
10. Brenda Lee - All Alone Am I
11. The Bachelors - Diane 
12. Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me 
13. The Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet
14. Billy J Kramer, The Dakotas - Little Children 
15. Kathy Kirby - Secret Love 
16. Cilla Black - You're My World 
17. Stan Getz, João Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
18. Andy Williams - Can't Get Used To Losing You 
19. Tony Bennett - The Good Life
20. Doris Day - Move Over Darling 
21. Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody 
22. Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly!
 
CD4 
1. Roy Orbison - In Dreams 
2. Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet 
3. Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
4. Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 
5. Dave Berry - The Crying Game 
6. The Supremes - Baby Love
7. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
8. The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk 
9. The Four Seasons - Rag Doll 
10. The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A.
11. Jan & Dean - Surf City
12. The Surfaris - Wipe Out
13. The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night
14. Elvis Presley - (You're The) Devil In Disguise 
15. Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Do You Love Me? 
16. The Honeycombs - Have I The Right 
17. Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
18. The Shadows – Foot Tapper 
19. The Tornados - Globetrotter
20. Matt Monro - From Russia With Love 
21. Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger 
22. Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone