The JOHNNY MANN SINGERS supplied backing vocals on hit records by Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette, Gene McDaniels and Timi Yuro amongst others before making their own albums. Together on one CD for the first time all the tracks from their BALLADS OF THE KING that features songs sung by ELVIS and GOLDEN FOLK SONG HITS which brings together folk hits originally recorded by The Kingston Trio, The Highwaymen, Burl Ives, Harry Belafonte and others. Added as bonus tracks are the A and B sides of a single on which THE JOHNNY MANN SINGERS were accompanied by SI ZENTNER ORCHESTRA and their own singles which coupled the ROY ORBISON song SUMMERSONG with MR. AND MRS. MILLIONAIRE. Multi GRAMMY Award winning writer, arranger, JOHNNY MANN is best remembered for his 1967 hit ‘Up Up And Away’, but he was an early signee at Liberty Records after writing and arranging music for several film studios. The twenty-eight tracks demonstrate the versatility of THE JOHNNY MANN SINGERS on a variety of ballads and up tempo numbers. The CD comes with full writer credits, catalogue numbers and release information along with a detailed history of JOHNNY MANN and various label scans, sleeves and press reviews.