Various - Philadelphia Pop: Rockin' and Croonin' On Bandstand 1957-1959

after the initial rise of r'n'r, and with thanks to the power of tv the city of philadelphia briefly became the centre for a new kind of teenage pop music that dominated the charts in the late '50s. virtually every one of the 44 tracks on this great set was a chart record either in america or the uk, often both!