Search - Archie Bleyer :: Golden Classics

A somewhat mixed bag

Bruce R. Gilson | Wheaton, MD United States | 01/15/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This CD includes the only two hits that Archie Bleyer ever really had: "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" (which shared chart honors with another version by the Ames Brothers) and "Hernando's Hideaway." If you know the sound of these two, however, you will be surprised to hear the other songs on the disk. Those two both had vocal choruses, while everything else on the CD is an instrumental. While they sound pretty good, those instrumentals aren't what you might be expecting if you buy this CD based on knowing the two hits.



Still, nothing on here sounds bad, and it does have two authentic hit songs, the most hits you can get of Bleyer!"