Best in Lounge: Easy Listening

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 That's Amore
Dean Martin 5 3:08
2 Chicago
Tony Bennett 2:08
3 On the Street Where You Live
Vic Damone 2:39
4 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Sammy Davis Jr. 2:39
5 Strangers in the Night
Matt Monro 2:29
6 Mad About the Boy
Julie London 2:11
7 Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
Bobby Darin 2:55
8 I've Got You Under My Skin
Danny Williams 3:16
9 That Old Black Magic
Louis Prima & Keely Smith feat. Sam Butera & The Witnesses 2:57
10 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington 5:32
11 Misty Blue
Ella Fitzgerald 2:29
12 The Very Thought of You
Nancy Wilson 2:53
13 She'll Never Know
Andy Williams & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 3:02
14 The More I See You
Dick Haymes 2:50
15 Eight Days a Week
Alma Cogan 3:53
16 Dedicated to You
Dakota Staton 3:07
17 I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
Gordon MacRae 2:38
18 (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
Shirley Bassey 3:16
▼ CD 2
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Somewhere My Love
Vince Hill 2:56
2 Kiss
Dean Martin 5 2:23
3 (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
Peggy Lee 2:45
4 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Louis Armstrong and The Duke Ellington Orchestra 4:00
5 Try a Little Tenderness
Nina Simone 3:26
6 Spanish Eyes
Al Martino 2:47
7 Cry Me a River
Julie London 5 2:49
8 Call Me Irresponsible
Dinah Washington 2:19
9 We've Only Just Begun
Bing Crosby 3:07
10 Born Free
Matt Monro 2:48
11 The Story of My Life
Michael Holliday 2:15
12 Night and Day
Fred Astaire 3:48
13 Something
Shirley Bassey 3:35
14 The Girl From Ipanema
Eartha Kitt 3:05
15 Unchained Melody
Frankie Vaughan 3:39
16 It Had to Be You
Dinah Shore & André Previn 4 3:23
17 They All Laughed
Chet Baker 2:09
18 You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
Mel Tormé 3:07

Credits

CD 1

cello:
Edgar Lustgarten (track 12)
strings:
George Poole (track 12)
drums:
Kenny Dennis (track 12)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (track 12)
bass:
Jimmy Bond (track 12)
celesta:
Jack Wilson (Jazz Pianist) (track 12)
piano:
Jack Wilson (Jazz Pianist) (track 12)
arranger:
Johnny Harris (track 18)
Benny Carter (track 16)
Gerald Wilson (US jazz trumpeter/bandleader/composer/arranger) (track 12)
composer:
Noël Coward (track 6)
Bert Kaempfert (German easy listening and jazz-orientated orchestra leader, music producer, and songwriter, 1923-1980) (track 5)
Francis Lai (track 18)
Bob Montgomery (track 11)
Ray Noble (tracks 12, 12)
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (track 1)
Duke Ellington (American composer, pianist, & jazz bandleader) (1941) (track 10)
Bart Howard (1954) (track 7)
conductor:
Johnny Harris (track 18)
Benny Carter (track 16)
Gerald Wilson (US jazz trumpeter/bandleader/composer/arranger) (track 12)
Dick Stabile (1953-08-13) (track 1)
engineer:
Ted Keep (track 6)
lyricist:
Noël Coward (track 6)
Bob Montgomery (track 11)
Ray Noble (tracks 12, 12)
Jack Brooks (English-American lyricist) (track 1)
Carl Sigman (track 18)
Charles Singleton (Composer/lyricist) (track 5)
Eddie Snyder (track 5)
Paul Francis Webster (1941) (track 10)
Bart Howard (1954) (track 7)
orchestra:
Pete King and His Orchestra (track 6)
producer:
Brad Benedict (track 12)
Lee Gillette (track 1)
Johnny Harris (track 18)
Tom Morgan (producer) (track 12)
Bobby Troup (track 6)
Andy Wiswell (track 16)
remixer:
Malcolm Addey (track 12)
Bob Norberg (track 12)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (track 18)
Julie London (track 6)
Dakota Staton (track 16)
Nancy Wilson (jazz/blues/soul singer) (track 12)
Dean Martin (American singer/actor) (1953-08-13) (track 1)
writer:
Sammy Cahn (track 16)
Saul Chaplin (track 16)
John Lennon (Beatle) (track 15)
Paul McCartney (track 15)
Hy Zaret (track 16)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. (track 6)
EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG) (track 5)
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (tracks 12, 12)
Reservoir One America (track 11)
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (track 5)
Songs of Universal, Inc. (track 5)
TRO Essex Music Ltd. (track 7)
Universal MCA Music Publishing (US film music publisher) (track 5)
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) (track 5)
Universal/MCA Music Publishing GmbH (track 5)
Talmont Music (publisher) (1966 –) (track 11)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (track 12)
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (1953-08-13) (track 1)
arrangements:
Fly Me to the Moon (Quincy Jones arr.) (track 7)
Mad About the Boy (arr Paul Campbell) (track 6)
cover recording of:
Eight Days a Week (track 15)
Fly Me to the Moon (track 7)
Mad About the Boy (track 6)
Misty Blue (track 11)
The Very Thought of You (track 12)
is the basis for:
Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 3 (In the Style of J. S. Bach): Eight Days a Week - Rondeau (track 15)
later parody versions:
Eight Ways to Be (track 15)
’Night Mother (That’s Amore / Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me) (track 1)
later translated versions:
In di cun tai (Eight Days a Week) (track 15)
Je suis mordue (track 10)
Muukalaiset yössä (track 5)
Näin kestä en (track 15)
Obsession (tracks 12, 12)
Schieß mich doch zum Mond (track 7)
Son amores (track 1)
Voin sanoa sen toisinkin (track 7)
Volons vers la lune (track 7)
Ça fait mal (J'suis mordue) (track 10)
Путники в ночи (Translation of "Strangers in the Night") (track 5)
later versions:
Huit jours par semaine (track 15)
That’s Amore (in Swedish) (track 1)
Zehnmal am Tag (Eight Days a Week) (track 15)
Étrangers dans la nuit (Strangers in the Night) (track 5)
recording of:
(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story (Love Story) (track 18)
Dedicated to You (track 16)
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (track 10)
Strangers in the Night (track 5)
The Very Thought of You (track 12)
That’s Amore (1953-08-13) (track 1)
referred to in medleys:
Beatles Medley (Stars on 45) (track 15)

CD 2

piano:
André Previn (track 16)
arranger:
Johnny Harris (track 13)
composer:
John Barry (film composer; known for James Bond) (track 10)
Bert Kaempfert (German easy listening and jazz-orientated orchestra leader, music producer, and songwriter, 1923-1980) (track 6)
Lionel Newman (track 2)
Arthur Hamilton (track 7)
George Harrison (The Beatles) (track 13)
Isham Jones (1924) (track 16)
Cole Porter (1932) (track 12)
conductor:
Johnny Harris (track 13)
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist) (track 10)
Haven Gillespie (track 2)
Arthur Hamilton (track 7)
George Harrison (The Beatles) (track 13)
Charles Singleton (Composer/lyricist) (track 6)
Eddie Snyder (track 6)
Gus Kahn (1924) (track 16)
Cole Porter (1932) (track 12)
producer:
Tony Colton (track 13)
Lee Gillette (track 2)
Johnny Harris (track 13)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (track 13)
Julie London (track 7)
Matt Monro (track 10)
Dinah Shore (track 16)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co. (track 16)
Chappell & Co., Inc. (track 7)
Chappell Music Co. Inc. (track 7)
Chappell Music Ltd. (track 12)
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) (track 13)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (track 16)
Gilbert Keyes Music Company (track 16)
Harmony Grace Publishing (track 7)
Harms, Inc. (track 12)
Harrisongs Ltd. (track 13)
Saunders Publications Inc. (track 7)
Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd. (track 10)
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (track 7)
日音 Synch事業部 (track 13)
cover recording of:
Something (track 13)
later translated versions:
Algo (Lyrics start with "Algo en tu mirar yo vi") (track 13)
Algo (Lyrics start with "Algo va a pasar en mi") (track 13)
Jag är mycket ensam nu (track 13)
Joet tulvimaan itke (track 7)
Manchmal (Something) (track 13)
Manchmal (Something) (track 13)
Noir est ta couleur (Cry Me a River) (track 7)
Pleure (track 7)
Pleurer des rivières (track 7)
Se jokin (track 13)
Tout le jour, toute la nuit (Night and Day; du film "Joyeuse divorcée") (track 12)
Ночь и день (track 12)
サムシング (track 13)
part of:
Gay Divorce (track 12)
Born Free (track 10)
recording of:
Born Free (track 10)
Cry Me a River (track 7)
It Had to Be You (track 16)
Kiss (Niagara) (track 2)
Night and Day (Cole Porter song) (track 12)
Spanish Eyes (track 6)
referred to in medleys:
Arenature (track 7)
The Beatles Concerto: 2nd Movement: Andante espressivo (Here, There and Everywhere / Something) (track 13)
Something / Blue Jay Way (Love version) (track 13)
The Music of The Beatles (tracks 13, 13)
version of:
Moon Over Naples (track 6)