Title: Bear Family Memorial Series: Sputnik! The Launch Of The Space Race (Various Artists) Artist: Various Artists Label: Bear Family Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 4000127176943 Genre: Pop Release Date: 2023-03-03 Number of Discs: 1
-In the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a fierce race to successfully launch a satellite into space.-The Soviet Union fired up it's Sputnik satellite on Oct. 4, 1957, winning the race and heating up the battle for space supremacy.-Bear Family Records® presents U.S. musicians and singers from a variety of genres who took this topic and recorded a variety of songs.
Tracks: 1.1 Men Into Space - Buddy Morrow ; His Orchestra 1.2 There Goes Sputnik - the Teen-Clefs 1.3 Planetary Run - Joe Montgomery 1.4 Sputniks and Mutniks - Ray Anderson ; the Home Folks 1.5 Stratosphere Boogie - Jimmy Bryant with Speedy West 1.6 Space Age - Frank (Dual Trumpet) Motley ; His Crew 1.7 Gonna Build a Rocket - Galen Denny 1.8 My Satellite - Jesse Belvin ; His Space Riders 1.9 Satellite No. 2 - Carl Mann 1.10 Satellite Fever - Asiatic Flu / Paul Perryman 1.11 Rockin' Satellite - the 3 Honeydrops 1.12 Sputnik Dance - the Equadors 1.13 Space Time - Danny Overbea 1.14 Sputnik (Satellite Girl) - Jerry Engler ; the Four Ekkos 1.15 The Sputnik Story - Bill Thomas 1.16 Rocket Ship - Vernon Green ; the Medallions 1.17 Theme from Spacenik - Comrade X 1.18 Weightless Blues - Jimmy Haskell ; His Orchestra 1.19 Count Down - Flight Into Orbit Bobby Christian ; His Orchestra 1.20 Rocking to Telstar - Cees ; His Skyliners 1.21 Space Guitar - Young John Watson 1.22 Space Man in Orbit - Speedy West 1.23 Rocket Race - Charlie Ryan 1.24 Astrosonic - Jimmie Haskell ; His Orchestra 1.25 Journey to the Stars - the Nocturnes 1.26 Sputnik - los Loud Jets 1.27 Static - the Velvetones 1.28 Shooting Stars - Dick Jacobs ; His Orchestra 1.29 Up There in Orbit - Earl Bostic
