Essential Crooners Collection

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 I Get a Kick Out of You
Frank Sinatra 3:03
2 Sway
Dean Martin 2:45
3 Begin the Beguine
Sammy Davis Jr. 3:25
4 Unforgettable
Nat King Cole 3:14
5 When You’re Smiling
Perry Como 2:17
6 Because of You
Tony Bennett 3:00
7 Moonlight Becomes You
Bing Crosby 3:14
8 They Say It’s Wonderful
Frank Sinatra 3:10
9 Pennies From Heaven
Dean Martin 2:42
10 Hey There
Sammy Davis Jr. 2:48
11 Mona Lisa
Nat King Cole 3:16
12 My Melancholy Baby
Perry Como 3:04
13 Kiss Me
Vic Damone 2:37
14 You’re My Everything
Russ Columbo 3:21
15 Taking a Chance on Love
Frank Sinatra 2:13
16 That’s Amore
Dean Martin 5 3:09
17 Again
Vic Damone 2:57
18 If
Billy Eckstine 3:07
19 As If I Didn’t Have Enough on My Mind
Dick Haymes 2:36
20 The Very Thought of You
Al Bowlly accompanied by Monia Liter 2:58
▼ CD 2
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Too Young
Nat King Cole 3:26
2 Cold, Cold Heart
Tony Bennett 2:40
3 Night and Day
Frank Sinatra 3:42
4 On a Slow Boat to China
Dean Martin 2:03
5 My Funny Valentine
Sammy Davis Jr. 3:08
6 My Heart Stood Still
Perry Como 3:15
7 April in Portugal
Vic Damone 2:54
8 Where the Blue of the Night
Russ Columbo 3:22
9 All of Me
Frank Sinatra 2:38
10 I Got the Sun in the Morning
Dean Martin 2:54
11 I’m in the Mood for Love
Nat King Cole 3:13
12 Everything I Have Is Yours
Billy Eckstine 3:16
13 You’ve Got Me Crying Again
Bing Crosby 3:09
14 Goodnight Sweeatheart
Al Bowlly 3:22
15 Don’t Take Your Love From Me
Jean Sablon 2:49
16 That Old Black Magic
Frank Sinatra 2:35
17 Easy to Love
Sammy Davis Jr. 2:27
18 Girl of My Dreams
Perry Como 3:17
19 Sugar
Vic Damone 3:19
20 Mimi
Maurice Chevalier 2:27
▼ CD 3
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 That Certain Party
Dean Martin 3:04
2 Someone to Watch Over Me
Frank Sinatra 3:22
3 How Deep Is the Ocean?
Nat King Cole 2:55
4 Something’s Gotta Give
Sammy Davis Jr. 2:06
5 Temptation
Perry Como 2:46
6 I Apologise
Billy Eckstine 2:54
7 I’m Walking Behind You
Vic Damone 2:58
8 Be Careful, It’s My Heart
Bing Crosby 2:45
9 But Beautiful
Frank Sinatra 3:14
10 I’m Gonna Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters
Dean Martin 3:11
11 It Only Happens Once
Nat King Cole 2:56
12 I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
Perry Como 3:07
13 Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear
Russ Columbo 3:28
14 Amor, Amor
Vic Damone 2:53
15 Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
Dean Martin 2:55
16 Be My Love
Billy Eckstine 2:59
17 Love Is the Sweetest Thing
Al Bowlly 3:20
18 La Mer (Beyond the Sea)
Charles Trenet 3:25
19 The Song From Moulin Rouge
Jean Sablon 2:53
20 Body and Soul
Perry Como 3:11

Credits

CD 1

trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (1954-04-19) (track 15)
piano:
Nat King Cole (1950-03-11) (track 11)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle (track 15)
Nelson Riddle (1950-03-11) (track 11)
composer:
Vernon Duke (track 15)
Jay Livingston (track 11)
Larry Shay (track 5)
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (track 16)
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) (track 10)
Irving Gordon (track 4)
Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist) (track 10)
Ernie Burnett (1911) (track 12)
Cole Porter (1934) (track 1)
Cole Porter (1935) (track 3)
conductor:
Percy Faith (track 6)
Ralph Carmichael (1950-03-11) (track 11)
Dick Stabile (1953-08-13) (track 16)
Nelson Riddle (1954-04-19) (track 15)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (1954-04-19) (track 15)
lyricist:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) (track 10)
Jack Brooks (English-American lyricist) (track 16)
Ray Evans (track 11)
Ted Fetter (track 15)
Mark Fisher (Songwriter) (track 5)
Joe Goodwin (track 5)
Irving Gordon (track 4)
John Latouche (track 15)
Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist) (track 10)
George A. Norton (1912) (track 12)
Cole Porter (1934) (track 1)
Cole Porter (1935) (track 3)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (track 12)
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (1954-04-19) (track 15)
performer:
Les Baxter and His Orchestra (1950-03-11) (track 11)
producer:
Lee Gillette (tracks 11, 16)
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr. (track 10)
Nat King Cole (1950-03-11) (track 11)
Dean Martin (American singer/actor) (1953-08-13) (track 16)
writer:
Arthur Hammerstein (track 6)
Dudley Wilkinson (track 6)
phonographic copyright by:
Masterworks Series (2013) (track 15)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (track 4)
Chappell Music (track 1)
Chappell Music Ltd. (tracks 1, 3)
EMI April Music Inc. (track 15)
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. (track 15)
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. (track 12)
Harms, Inc. (track 1)
J & J Ross Co. (track 10)
Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd. (track 10)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (1953-08-13) (track 16)
KHJ Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (1954-04-19) (track 15)
cover recording of:
Hey There (The Pajama Game) (track 10)
Mona Lisa (1950-03-11) (track 11)
is the basis for:
Divine biguine (french) (track 3)
later parody versions:
’Night Mother (That’s Amore / Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me) (track 16)
later translated versions:
Beguine (track 3)
Daß ich Dich wiederseh’ (Taking a Chance on Love) (track 15)
Eu só me ligo em você (track 1)
Mona Lisa (track 11)
Son amores (track 16)
Volver a empezar (Begin the Beguine) (track 3)
later versions:
Begin the Beguine (unknown language, not English) (track 3)
That’s Amore (in Swedish) (track 16)
part of:
Anything Goes (track 1)
Jubilee (track 3)
The Pajama Game (musical) (track 10)
recording of:
Because of You (track 6)
Begin the Beguine (track 3)
I Get a Kick Out of You (track 1)
My Melancholy Baby (track 12)
Unforgettable (track 4)
When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) (track 5)
That’s Amore (1953-08-13) (track 16)
Taking a Chance on Love (1954-04-19) (track 15)
referred to in medleys:
Melody: Hey There / Hernando’s Hideaway (track 10)
Medley :you rascal you... (track 5)
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson) (track 12)

CD 2

arranger:
Bill Holman (track 16)
composer:
Irving Berlin (track 10)
Sidney Lippman (track 1)
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (track 11)
Johnny Mercer (track 16)
Richard Rodgers (track 20)
Hank Williams (country music legend) (track 2)
Sunny Clapp (1927) (track 18)
Richard Rodgers (1937) (track 5)
Harold Arlen (1942) (track 16)
lyricist:
Irving Berlin (track 10)
Sylvia Dee (track 1)
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (track 11)
Lorenz Hart (track 20)
Hank Williams (country music legend) (track 2)
Sunny Clapp (1927) (track 18)
Lorenz Hart (1937) (track 5)
Johnny Mercer (1942) (track 16)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (track 18)
translator:
Rudy Vallée (track 14)
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist) (track 2)
Sammy Davis Jr. (track 5)
writer:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher) (track 14)
Reginald Connelly (track 14)
Isham Jones (track 13)
Charles Newman (Charles Chas Newman, early 20th century songwriter) (track 13)
Ray Noble (track 14)
Gerald Marks (1932) (track 9)
Seymour Simons (1932) (track 9)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Music, Inc. (track 2)
Bourne Co. (track 9)
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. (track 9)
Hiriam Music (track 2)
MCI Music Publishing Ltd. (track 11)
Marlong Music Corp. (track 9)
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (track 5)
Warner/Chappell (track 5)
Williamson Music Company (track 5)
arrangements:
My Funny Valentine (arr. Bjørn Kruse) (track 5)
cover recording of:
Cold, Cold Heart (track 2)
My Funny Valentine (from "Babes in Arms") (track 5)
is the basis for:
Moody's Mood for Love (track 11)
later translated versions:
Mimi (film "Aimez-moi ce soir") (track 20)
later versions:
Ce diable noir (track 16)
I’m in the Mood for Love (track 11)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical) (track 5)
Annie Get Your Gun (track 10)
recording of:
All of Me (track 9)
Girl of My Dreams (track 18)
Goodnight, Sweetheart (track 14)
I Got the Sun in the Morning (from "Annie Get Your Gun") (track 10)
I’m in the Mood for Love (track 11)
Mimi (from 1932 film "Love Me Tonight") (track 20)
That Old Black Magic (track 16)
Too Young (track 1)
You’ve Got Me Crying Again (track 13)
referred to in medleys:
Medley: All of Me / After You’ve Gone (track 9)
Annie Get Your Gun Suite (track 10)
Ja-Da Medley (track 9)

CD 3

recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (1945-07-30) (track 2)
violin:
David Frisina (1945-07-30) (track 2)
Mischa Russell (1945-07-30) (track 2)
cello:
Fred Goerner (1945-07-30) (track 2)
drumset:
Ray Hagan (1945-07-30 – 1947-07-30) (track 2)
viola:
Sam Freed (1945-07-30) (track 2)
flute:
John Mayhew (flutist) (1945-07-30) (track 2)
guitar:
George van Eps (1945-07-30) (track 2)
double bass:
John Ryan (producer) (1945-07-30) (track 2)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.) (1945-07-30) (track 2)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl (tracks 2, 9)
composer:
Irving Berlin (track 8)
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter) (tracks 5, 5)
Harry Carroll (track 12)
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (track 12)
Jimmy Van Heusen (track 9)
Ray Noble (track 17)
George Gershwin (composer) (1926) (track 2)
Irving Berlin (1932) (track 3)
Albert Lasry (1945) (track 18)
Charles Trenet (1945) (track 18)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (track 9)
Axel Stordahl (1945-07-30) (track 2)
guest performer:
The Satisfiers (track 12)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (track 9)
Frank Sinatra (1945-07-30) (track 2)
lyricist:
Irving Berlin (track 8)
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (track 9)
Arthur Freed (tracks 5, 5)
Joseph McCarthy (songwriter/lyricist) (track 12)
Ray Noble (track 17)
Ira Gershwin (1926) (track 2)
Irving Berlin (1932) (track 3)
Charles Trenet (1945) (track 18)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (track 12)
Ted Steele and His Orchestra (track 5)
producer:
Bill Richards (producer) (track 2)
publisher:
Burton Avenue Songs (track 12)
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (track 12)
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. (track 3)
Irving Berlin Music Corp. (track 3)
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (track 2)
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (track 12)
リトルスター・コピーライトマネージメント (track 12)
株式会社ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (track 12)
arrangements:
Someone to Watch Over Me (for trumpet and piano, Turrin) (track 2)
Someone to Watch Over Me (for solo piano, arr. by Keith Jarrett) (track 2)
cover recording of:
Temptation (track 5)
later translated versions:
Das Meer (track 18)
Die die aufpasst auf mi (track 2)
Quem tome conta de mim (track 2)
その人は誰 (track 2)
later versions:
Beyond the Sea (track 18)
part of:
Crazy For You (1992 Musical) (track 2)
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical) (track 2)
Singin' in the Rain (1952 film) (tracks 5, 5)
recording of:
Be Careful It's My Heart (track 8)
But Beautiful (track 9)
How Deep Is the Ocean? (track 3)
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows (track 12)
La Mer (Charles Trenet song) (track 18)
Love is the Sweetest Thing (track 17)
Temptation (track 5)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (1945-07-30) (track 2)
referred to in medleys:
Bing Crosby Medley (track 9)
Overture (tracks 5, 5)
version of:
Fantaisie-impromptu in C-sharp minor, op. 66 (track 12)

Release

ASIN: US: B004V5N9CG [info]