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| Harry
Connick, Jr. Blue Light Red Light 1991 Columbia Records |
Blue
Light, Red Light ..... ..... (Someone's There) A Blessing and a Curse You Didn't Know Me When Jill He Is They Are With Imagination (I'll Get There) |
If
I Could Give You More The Last Payday It's Time She Belongs to Me Sonny Cried Just Kiss Me |
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| In
1991, this was an amazing
thing - a current artist who embraced the Big Band, Swing, and Crooner styles of the 30s and 40s. And all of his songs were originals! no covers of classic tunes! Connick has a fantastic voice that is HIGHLY reminiscent of both Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, two of the best. Although, for some reason this and the soundtrack to When Harry Met Sally are the only albums I have of his. I wonder why that is . . . ? |
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| Bing
Crosby The Definitive Collection 2006 Decca / Geffen Records |
Where
the Blue of the Night . . . . (Meets the Gold of the Day) Stardust Blue Hawaii Pennies from Heaven Sweet Leilani You Must Have Been a . . . . . . . . . . . . Beautiful Baby Home On the Range White Christmas Sunday, Monday or Always Swinging On a Star Too-Ra-Loo-Ra Loo-Ral . . . . . (That's an Irish Lullaby) |
Don't
Fencce Me In Road to Morocco It's Been a Long, Long Time MacNamara's Band Alexander's Ragtime Band Now is the Hour . . . . . . (Maori Farewell Song) Dear Hearts and Gentle People Play a Simple Melody In the Cool, Cool, Cool of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the Evening Ol' Man River Around the World (in Eighty Days) |
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| Not
really swing, Crosby was more of a crooner. This career spanning
set touches on just about every era. Don't know how definitive this is, but it's nice to have. |
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| Louis
Jordan Five Guys Named Moe 1993 Charly Records |
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You Is or Is You . . . . . . . . . Ain't My Baby? Knock Me a Kiss (I'm Gonna Move to the) . . . . . . . . Outskirts of Town I Found a New Baby Give Guys Named Moe Jumpin' at the Jubilee You Can't Get That No More |
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End of My Worry How High Am I Hey Now, Let's Live Deacon Jones I Like Em Fat Like That Bahama Joe Nobody But Me. |
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| Have
to admit, the only reason I got this was because of Joe
Jackson's Jumpin' Jive CD. Wanted to hear the originals of some of the swing stuff he was doing. Not bad, but nothing to write home about. However, Jordan is credited as one of the influences of early rock 'n' roll. |
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| Dean
Martin Dino: The Essential Dean Martin 2004 Capitol/EMI Records |
Ain't
That a Kick in the Head That's Amore Memories Are Made of This Just in Time Sway I'd Cry Like a Baby Volare Under the Bridges of Paris Love Me, Love Me If Mambo Italiano Let Me Go Lover Standing On the Corner You Belong to Me Powder Your Face with Sunshine . . . . . . . . (Smile! Smile! Smile!) |
Innamorata
(Sweetheart) I'll Always Love You (Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . After Day) Kiss You're Nobody 'Til . . . . . . SomebodyLoves You Return to Me (Rittorna Me) The Door is Still Open . . . . . . . . . . . . (to My Heart) Houston Send Me the Pillow You Dream On Everybody Loves Somebody In the Chapel in The Moonlight I Will Little Ole Wine Drinker Me Somewhere There's a Someone In the Misty Moonlight Gentle On My Mind |
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| Aahhh
. . . Dean Martin . . . . Ohio's own! Fantastic career-spanning collection,
touches on just about everything. |
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| Glenn
Miller In the Digital Mood 1983 GRP Records |
In
the Mood Chattanooga Choo-Choo The American Patrol A String of Pearls Little Brown Jug |
Kalamazoo Tuxedo Junction St. Louis Blues March Pennsylvania 6-5000 Moonlight Serenade |
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| All the best, and all you'll need, from The Glenn Miller Orchestra. Instrumental Swing at it's best. | ||||||||
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| Frank
Sinatra Swing and Dnace with Frank Sinatra 1950 / 1996 Columbia Records |
Saturday
Night (Is the Loneliest . . . . . . . . . . Night of the Week) All of Me I've Got a Crush On You The Hucklebuck It All Depends On You Bye Bye Baby All of Me (alternate take) Should I You Do Something to Me |
Lover When You're Smiling It's Only a Paper Moon My Blue Heaven The Continental Meet Me at the Copa Nevertheless There's Something Missing Farewell, Farewell to Love |
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| Frank
had lost it by 1949. He was a has been, his voice was shot and he just didn't
seem to have "it" anymore. Along came George Siravo in 1950 with a batch of songs he arranged that were already recorded - they just needed a voice. He somehow corralled Frank into the studio and the result was an EP of 8 songs that showed Frank could swing with the best of them, and this EP is considered as the time Frank's career was reborn. 46 years later, the album was remastered and released as this CD (with an additianol 10 songs). This thing smokes! It swings! It rocks! Frank was the best and here's the proof. |
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| Frank
Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Sammy Cahn 1996 Capitol Records |
Come
Fly With Me Time After Time (Love is) The Tender Trap Guess I'll Hang My Tears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Out to Dry Love and Marriage Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest . . . . . . . . . . Night of the Week) All the Way I've Heard That Song Before All My Tomorrows |
It's
the Same Old Dream Come Dance with Me Three Coins in the FOuntain Day By Day To Love and Be Loved High Hopes If It's the Last Thing I Do Five Minutes More The Last Dance |
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| Sammy
Cahn was an astute
business man and a prolific songwriter in the 50s. Frank loved his work,
and recorded several of Cahn's songs over the years, many of them becoming signatures of Frank's own work. This is a collection of those songs writen by Sammy Cahn and sung by Frank Sinatra. With these 2 Sinatra CD's, I feel I have everything of import the man ever did. I may be wrong, but these two CD's are all I'll ever need to enjoy Frank. |
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