the best songs ever

[Eric the Green]

This site has the complete listing of the tracks on the CD and DVD sets you could get by pledging to your local PBS station:
http://www.wvpt.net/magicmoments.html#cds

Here are my best-ever picks and honorable mentions from the list, as far as I know:
* best ever pick

From the DVD #1, not on the CD set:
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - The Four Aces
Istanbul - The Four Lads
Lollipop - Lynn Evans of The Chordettes
26 Miles - The Four Preps
Big Man - The Four Preps

From 6 CD set:
Goodnight Irene -- Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
Tammy -- Debbie Reynolds
*Sugartime -- The McGuire Sisters (mentioned above)
Music, Music, Music -- Teresa Brewer
*Stranger In Paradise -- The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (the original by Borodin, of course, is my real pick)
*It's All In The Game -- Tommy Edwards (mentioned already)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -- The Platters
Catch A Falling Star -- Perry Como (heard and liked this one in 1957)
Chances Are -- Johnny Mathis (already honorably mentioned)
*Don't Be Cruel -- Elvis Presley (already mentioned)
You Belong To Me -- Jo Stafford
Love Me Tender -- Elvis Presley (already honorably mentioned)
Theme From “A Summer Place” -- Percy Faith (already honorably mentioned)
The Yellow Rose Of Texas – Mitch Miller
Smile -- Johnny Mathis
Memories Are Made of This -- Dean Martin
*The Wayward Wind -- Gogi Grant (already mentioned)
Too Young -- Nat King Cole
Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie Ford
Fever -- Peggy Lee (she recently sang this one to Justin Bieber in honor of "Bieber Fever")
Mr. Sandman -- The Chordettes
*Mona Lisa -- Nat King Cole

From show soundtrack:
Try To Remember – The Brothers Four

Twilight Time by The Platters has been mentioned already by a couple of people.