The Greatest Divas; Classic Tracks by the Legends of Song

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 When a Woman Loves a Man
Peggy Lee 2:49
2 Stormy Weather
Sarah Vaughan 3:30
3 Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
Dinah Washington 2:30
4 Cry Me a River
Julie London 5 2:50
5 The Girl From Ipanema
Eartha Kitt 3:06
6 Sophisticated Lady
Nancy Wilson 2:32
7 ’Round Midnight
Dakota Staton 3:02
8 It’s Only Love
Ella Fitzgerald 3:04
9 How High the Moon
Iris Williams 2:14
10 Strangers in the Night
Vikki Carr 2:25
11 Dreamboat
Alma Cogan 1:47
12 (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along
June Christy 2:46
13 When I Fall in Love
Jeri Southern 3:22
14 More Than Ever
Eve Boswell 2:46
15 It Had to Be You
Kay Starr 2:48
16 I Get a Kick Out of You
Shirley Bassey 2:49
17 It Might as Well Be Spring
Nina Simone 3:57
18 What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Rosemary Squires 2:36
19 Teach Me Tiger
April Stevens 2:23
20 Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Anne Shelton 2:20
21 I Only Have Eyes for You
Dinah Shore 3:35
22 La Vie en rose
Édith Piaf 4:08
23 Sunshine
Françoise Hardy 3:43
24 Come Rain or Come Shine
Judy Garland 3:44
25 Stardust
Keely Smith 2:54
▼ CD 2
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 I Loves You Porgy
Nina Simone 4:04
2 Misty Blue
Ella Fitzgerald 2:29
3 ’s Wonderful
Shirley Bassey 2:16
4 Try a Little Tenderness
Nancy Wilson 2:42
5 Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)
Édith Piaf 3:22
6 Mad About the Boy
Julie London 2:10
7 A Foggy Day
Judy Garland 2:59
8 You Go to My Head
Keely Smith 2:36
9 Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
Kay Starr 2:45
10 Let’s Fly Away
Jeri Southern 2:31
11 Unforgettable
Dorothy Squires 2:41
12 It Must Be Him (Seul sur son étoile)
Vikki Carr 2:48
13 These Foolish Things
Sarah Vaughan 3:47
14 Lover Come Back to Me
Dinah Shore 3:38
15 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
June Christy 2:46
16 Suzanne
Françoise Hardy 3:17
17 I Poured My Heart Into a Song
Rosemary Squires 3:12
18 Let Me Go Lover
Ruby Murray 2:34
19 I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Bobbie Gentry 2:53
20 God Bless the Child
Dakota Staton 3:49
21 Call Me Irresponsible
Dinah Washington 2:19
22 Here in My Heart
Eve Boswell 2:54
23 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Anne Shelton 3:42
24 Little Things Mean a Lot
Alma Cogan 3:17
25 Moon River
Eartha Kitt 3:01

Credits

CD 1

cello:
Edgar Lustgarten (track 13)
double bass:
John Kitzmiller (track 13)
piano:
Jeri Southern (track 13)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle (track 25)
composer:
Arthur Hamilton (track 4)
Thelonious Monk (track 7)
Cootie Williams (track 7)
Victor Young (track 13)
Jack Hoffman (track 11)
Hoagy Carmichael (1927) (track 25)
Duke Ellington (American composer, pianist, & jazz bandleader) (1932) (tracks 6, 6)
Harold Arlen (1933) (track 2)
Bart Howard (1954) (track 3)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (track 25)
lyricist:
Arthur Hamilton (track 4)
Bernie Hanighen (track 7)
Edward Heyman (track 13)
Jack Hoffman (track 11)
Mitchell Parish (tracks 6, 6)
Mitchell Parish (1929) (track 25)
Ted Koehler (1933) (track 2)
Bart Howard (1954) (track 3)
orchestra:
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (track 25)
producer:
Voyle Gilmore (track 25)
Andy Wiswell (track 7)
vocals:
Julie London (track 4)
Dinah Shore (track 21)
Keely Smith (track 25)
Dakota Staton (track 7)
writer:
Irving Mills (1932) (tracks 6, 6)
publisher:
Advanced Music corp. (track 7)
Chappell & Co. (track 13)
Chappell & Co., Inc. (tracks 4, 13)
Chappell Music Co. Inc. (track 4)
Chappell Music Ltd. (track 13)
Duke Ellington Music (tracks 6, 6)
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) (track 2)
Famous Music Corporation (tracks 6, 6)
Harmony Grace Publishing (track 4)
Hoagy Publishing Co. (track 25)
Intersong-U.S.A., Inc. (track 13)
Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (track 25)
Mills Music, Inc. (tracks 6, 6, 25)
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises (track 7)
Saunders Publications Inc. (track 4)
TRO Essex Music Ltd. (track 3)
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (track 7)
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (track 7)
Warner/Chappell Music, Ltd. (1996–present) (track 7)
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (tracks 4, 7, 13)
arrangements:
Fly Me to the Moon (Quincy Jones arr.) (track 3)
cover recording of:
Fly Me to the Moon (track 3)
Sophisticated Lady (track 6)
Stardust (the jazz standard) (track 25)
is the basis for:
Triologue no. 2: When I Fall in Love (track 13)
later translated versions:
Autour de minuit (lyrics translated by Boris Vian) (track 7)
Autour de minuit (lyrics translated by Claude Nougaro) (track 7)
Ciel de plomb "Stormy Weather" (track 2)
Joet tulvimaan itke (track 4)
Noir est ta couleur (Cry Me a River) (track 4)
Ohne dich (Stürmisches Wetter) (track 2)
Pleure (track 4)
Pleurer des rivières (track 4)
Polvere di stelle (track 25)
Schieß mich doch zum Mond (track 3)
Voin sanoa sen toisinkin (track 3)
Volons vers la lune (track 3)
later versions:
Nostalgia (Marie Myriam song) (track 2)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical) (tracks 6, 6)
recording of:
Cry Me a River (track 4)
Dreamboat (1955 song) (track 11)
Sophisticated Lady (track 6)
Stormy Weather (track 2)
When I Fall in Love (track 13)
’Round About Midnight (aka “’Round Midnight”) (track 7)
referred to in medleys:
Arenature (track 4)
Medley: Sophisticated Lady / Rocks in My Bed (tracks 6, 6)

CD 2

composer:
Burt Bacharach (tracks 19, 19)
Noël Coward (track 6)
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (track 9)
Carl Stutz (track 24)
Harry M. Woods (track 4)
Irving Gordon (track 11)
Bob Montgomery (track 2)
Sigmund Romberg (1928) (track 14)
Duke Ellington (American composer, pianist, & jazz bandleader) (1938) (track 15)
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (1942) (track 9)
Jimmy Sherman (1942) (track 9)
engineer:
Ted Keep (track 6)
lyricist:
Noël Coward (track 6)
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher) (track 4)
Reginald Connelly (track 4)
Hal David (tracks 19, 19)
Irving Gordon (track 11)
Edith Lindeman (track 24)
Bob Montgomery (track 2)
Oscar Hammerstein II (1928) (track 14)
Irving Mills (1938) (track 15)
Henry Nemo (1938) (track 15)
John Redmond (House vocalist) (1938) (track 15)
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (1942) (track 9)
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (1942) (track 9)
Jimmy Sherman (1942) (track 9)
orchestra:
Pete King and His Orchestra (track 6)
producer:
Bobby Troup (track 6)
vocals:
Julie London (track 6)
Dinah Shore (track 14)
writer:
Cole Porter (track 10)
publisher:
BMG Recordi ex Recordi G.&C. (track 4)
Blue Seas Music, Inc. (tracks 19, 19)
Bourne Co. (track 11)
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (track 4)
Chappell Music Ltd. (track 6)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (tracks 19, 19)
JAC Music Co., Inc. (tracks 19, 19)
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (track 9)
MCA Music Ltd. (tracks 19, 19)
Reservoir One America (track 2)
Robbins Music Corp. (track 4)
Universal (plain logo: "Universal") (tracks 19, 19)
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (track 14)
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (track 14)
ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (– 2017-03-31) (track 14)
Talmont Music (publisher) (1966 –) (track 2)
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) (2017-04-01 –) (track 14)
arrangements:
Mad About the Boy (arr Paul Campbell) (track 6)
cover recording of:
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (Promises, Promises) (track 19)
Little Things Mean a Lot (track 24)
Mad About the Boy (track 6)
Misty Blue (track 2)
later translated versions:
Laiverd, kom weer bie mie (track 14)
Non mi innamoro più (I’ll Never Fall in Love Again) (tracks 19, 19)
乖乖 (tracks 19, 19)
恋よさようなら (tracks 19, 19)
恋人よ我に帰れ (今は淋しく 君は去りて 忘れられない あの面影…) (track 14)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II (track 14)
recording of:
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again (Promises, Promises) (track 19)
Let's Fly Away (track 10)
Lover Man (track 9)
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon) (track 14)
Try a Little Tenderness (track 4)
Unforgettable (track 11)
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (1949-09-29) (track 15)

Release

ASIN: UK: B00081MUR2 [info]