Billboard Top Movie Hits


Billboard Top Movie Hits is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in April 1996 featuring recordings popularized through their use in movies released from the 1940s through the 1970s. Five albums were released in the series, each containing ten songs from a specified five- or ten-year period.

1940s

  1. "I've Heard That Song Before" – Helen Forrest, Harry James & His Orchestra
  2. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" – James Baskett
  3. "Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter and The Williams Brothers Quartet
  4. "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" – Doris Day, Les Brown & His Orchestra
  5. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" – Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen & His Orchestra
  6. "You'll Never Know" – Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners
  7. "(I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" – Harry Babbiyt, Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
  8. "It's Magic" – Doris Day
  9. "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" – Betty Hutton, Paul Weston & His Orchestra
  10. "As Time Goes By" – Rudy Vallee

1950-1954

  1. "The Song from Moulin Rouge " – Felicia Sanders, Percy Faith & His Orchestra
  2. "Three Coins in the Fountain" – Four Aces, Al Alberts with Chorus
  3. "Aba Daba Honeymoon" – Debbie Reynolds, Carleton Carpenter
  4. "The High and the Mighty" – Victor Young & His Singing Strings
  5. "Ruby" – Richard Hayman & His Orchestra
  6. "Secret Love" – Doris Day
  7. "Ol' Man River" – William Warfield
  8. "Anywhere I Wander" – Julius LaRosa
  9. "Anna" – Silvana Mangano
  10. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" – Frankie Laine

1955-1959

  1. "Unchained Melody" – Les Baxter and His Chorus and Orchestra
  2. "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" – The Four Aces, Al Alberts
  3. "It's Not for Me to Say" – Johnny Mathis, Ray Conniff
  4. "Moonglow" – Morris Stoloff and the Columbia Pictures Orchestra
  5. "Tammy" – Debbie Reynolds
  6. "April Love" – Pat Boone
  7. "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" – Doris Day, Frank De Vol and His Orchestra
  8. "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" – Perez Prado and His Orchestra, Billy Regis
  9. "Fascination" – Jane Morgan & the Troubadours
  10. "The Man with the Golden Arm" – Elmer Bernstein and His Orchestra, Shelly Manne

1960s

  1. "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith & His Orchestra
  2. "Exodus" – Ferrante & Teicher
  3. "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls – Dionne Warwick
  4. "Jean" – Oliver
  5. "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet – Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
  6. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" – B.J. Thomas
  7. "Ballad of the Alamo" – Marty Robbins
  8. "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" – Patti Page
  9. "Born Free" – Roger Williams
  10. "Moon River" – Henry Mancini & His Orchestra

1970s

  1. "Star Wars (Main Title)" – London Symphony Orchestra
  2. "Midnight Cowboy" – Ferrante & Teicher
  3. "Every Which Way but Loose" – Eddie Rabbitt
  4. "Theme from Shaft" – Isaac Hayes
  5. "Gonna Fly Now" – Bill Conti
  6. "You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone
  7. "The Entertainer" – Marvin Hamlisch
  8. "I Got a Name" – Jim Croce
  9. "Dueling Banjos" – Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
  10. "Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - John Williams