Retrospective’s ‘Hits Of’ series (’57 to ’61 so far) now delves back into The Roaring Twenties for all the top hits from the vintage year of 1927.

Irving Berlin’s My Blue Heaven provides the sunny title for Hits of ’27. The carefree spirit of the jazz age was still uppermost, reflected in music of happy hedonism and summed up here by the 25 finest original hits of the year, all performed by the original artists.

There are no fewer than 14 'Number Ones', with the biggest being the title track itself, plus In a little Spanish Town (Paul Whiteman), Charmaine (Guy Lombardo) and Blue Skies (Ben Selvin).

Dance band records by such as Whiteman and Lombardo still commanded huge sales, but they were being equalled by such popular solo singers as Gene Austin and Ruth Etting – the two biggest – as well as Nick Lucas, Whispering Jack Smith, Johnny Marvin, Cliff Edwards, and so many others.

A vintage year indeed!

Track Listing:
1. My Blue Heaven – Gene Austin
2. In A Little Spanish Town – Paul Whiteman
3. Sunday – Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards
4. All Alone Monday – Nat Shilkret
5. ’Deed I Do – Ruth Etting
6. It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry – Fred Waring
7. Some Of These Days – Sophie Tucker
8. Tonight You Belong To Me – Gene Austin
9. I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover – Nick Lucas
10. Someone To Watch Over Me – Gertrude Lawrence
11. The Varsity Drag – George Olsen
12. Russian Lullaby – Roger Wolfe Kahn
13. It All Depends On You – Ruth Etting
14. Me And My Shadow – Whispering Jack Smith
15. Broken Hearted – Paul Whiteman
16. Charmaine! – Guy Lombardo
17. Miss Annabelle Lee – Ben Selvin
18. Side By Side – Nick Lucas
19. Ain't She Sweet? – Gene Austin
20. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider! – Red Nichols
21. Sam, The Old Accordion Man – Ruth Etting
22. Hallelujah! – Nat Shilkret
23. Blue Skies – Johnny Marvin
24. At Sundown – George Olsen
25. When Day Is Done – Paul Whiteman