Title:
The Gershwin years [CD].
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Publication Date:
2004
2001
Publication Information:
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Music, p2004 ([New York] : Manufactured by BMG Special Products)
Physical Description:
4 compact dics : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Performers:
Various performers.
Contents:
Disk 1. Embraceable you (Bing Crosby) -- S'Wonderful (Kate Smith) -- Love is here to stay (Nat "King" Cole) -- Someone to watch over me (Helen Forrest) -- A foggy day (Fred Astaire) -- Nice work if you can get it (Dinah Shore) -- They can't take that away from me (Perry Como). But not for me (Rosemary Clooney) -- He loves and she loves (Fred Astaire) -- Somebody loves me (Peggy Lee) -- They all laughed (Bing Crosby) -- I've got a crush on you (Ella Fitzgerald) -- How long has this been going on? (Judy Garland) -- Swanee (Al Jolson) -- Do-do-do (Julie Andrews) -- Bidin' my time (Margaret Whiting) -- That certain feeling (Bob Hope) -- Fascinatin' rhythm (Hi-Lo's). Let's call the whole thing off (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong).
Disk 2. I've got my love to keep me warm (Les Brown & His Band of Renown) -- Skylark (Harry James Orchestra/Helen Forrest, vocal) -- Oh, Lady be good (Benny goodman Quartet) -- Stardust (Glenn Miller & his Army Air Force Band; Dinah Shore, vocal) -- Lovely to look at (Eddy Duchin; Lew Sherwood, vocal) -- Blue moon (Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra) -- It's de-lovely (Carmen Cavallaro, his piano & orchestra) -- Love walked in (Sammy Kaye Orchestra; Tommy Ryan, vocal) -- I got rhythm (Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra) -- My heart belongs to Daddy (Glenn Miller Orchestra; Marion Hutton, vocal) -- I can't get started (With you) (Al Hirt, trumpet).
Disk 3. Begin the beguine (Norman Luboff Choir) -- My romance (Mario Lanza) -- I only have eyes for you (Margaret Whiting) -- Without a song (Ed Ames) -- The way you look tonight (Romantic Voices) -- Why do I love you? (London Promenade Orchestra) -- Deep in my heart, dear (Jeannette Scovotti & William Lewis) -- Of thee I sing (Robert Mandell) -- Over the rainbow (Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers; Paul Weston Orchestra) -- Lullaby of Broadway (Tophatters) -- My one and only (Fred Astaire) -- Look for the silver lining (John Norman Chorale) -- Wonderful one (Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor) -- All the things you are (Michael Maguire, vocal; New York Pops; Skitch Henderson, piano) -- I'll get by (As long as I have you) (Romantic Strings Orchestra) -- Night and day (Ed Ames) -- September song (Hildegarde) -- Always (Gordon MacRae).
Disk 4. Rhapsody in blue (George Gershwhin, piano; Paul Whiteman's Concert Orchestra) -- Variations on "I got rhythm" (Jeffrey Siegel, piano; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Gerhardt, conductor) -- Theme from Prelude no. 2 (Michael Reeves, piano; London Promenade Orchestra; Eric Hammerstein, conductor) -- An American in Paris (National Philharmonic Orchestra; Morton Gould, conductor) -- Porgy and Bess: Prelude and Summertime (Anna Moffo); A woman is a sometime thing (Andrew Frierson); It ain't necessarily so (Avon Long); I got plenty o' nuttin' (Valentine Pringle); Bess, you is my woman now (Valentine Pringle, Urlee Leonardos); My man's gone now (Billie Daniels); There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (Avon Long); Oh Lawd, I'm on my way (Valentine Pringle).
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Language:
English
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