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asv female vocal 1931 - 1937
asv female vocal 1931 - 1937
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| HILDEGARDE / DARLING, JE VOUS AIME BEAUCOUP (5161) |
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23 tracks from 1935-44, incl. "Cheek to Cheek", "A Pretty Girl is Like A Melody"+, 1 hr. 18 min.
[Item Code: 13091 CD: $11.00] |
| IVIE ANDERSON / IT DON'T MEAN A THING (5420) |
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Ivie Anderson was a classy yet swinging singer, one of the best that Duke Ellington ever had. After making her name at the Cotton Club, Duke hired her in 1931, and she spent 11 years with the band. "It Don't Mean A Thing" was Ivie's very first recording with Duke, and it's become a timeless jazz classic. Here are 24 of her finest performances with him, surrounded by superstar soloists, and featuring great contributions from Lawrence Brown, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster, Boys From Dixie, Phil Moore & others.
[Item Code: 33286 CD: $11.00] |
| CONNIE BOSWELL / HEART & SOUL (5221) |
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This British compilation is subtitled "25 Hits 1932-42," and which is not exactly true, since it features only a handful of Connee Boswell's popular recordings from the period (notably, the Bing Crosby duets "Basin Street Blues" and "Bob White," "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart," "On the Isle of May," and "Sand in My Shoes"). Annotator Peter Dempsey puts it better when he writes that the album contains a "cross-section" of Boswell's "wide-ranging discography." The range extends from ballad standards in orchestral arrangements like "You Forgot to Remember" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me" to jazz dates like "Me Minus You," which features a pickup band led by the Dorsey brothers and a Bunny Berigan trumpet solo, and "Gypsy Love Song" with Bob Crosby's Bob-Cats. Although Boswell was an accomplished torch singer in the tradition of Helen Morgan, one might have wished for more of the jazz material since it shows off her terrific sense of swing, which influenced a generation of singers, especially Ella Fitzgerald. Still, at 751Ž2 minutes, this collection is an excellent single-disc sampler.
[Item Code: 20768 CD: $11.00] |
| ELLA FITZGERALD / RHYTHM & ROMANCE (5212) |
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compilation sums up the first decade of her career, 1935-46, inc. "A-tisket A-tasket", "Dedicated To You", feat. The Mills Bros., "Cow Cow Boogie", feat. the Ink Spots & "Frim Fram Sauce" feat. Louis Armstrong
[Item Code: 18607 CD: $11.00] |
| BILLIE HOLIDAY / LADY DAY'S 25 GREATEST (5181) |
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A unique collection of what are arguably the finest tracks made by the outstanding singer in jazz history. w. Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Johnny Hodges, Artie Shaw, Ben Webster, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young
[Item Code: 14563 CD: $11.00] |
| BILLIE HOLIDAY / WISHING ON THE MOON (5277) |
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this collection of 25 tracks from 1935-46 contains 14 of her top ten hits & many of her all-time favorites, feat. musicians Red Allen, Bunny Berigan, Irving Fazola, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Johnny Hodges, Artie Shaw & many others
[Item Code: 25176 CD: $11.00] |
| LENA HORNE / FABULOUS (5238) |
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22 tracks feat. Noble Sissle, Charlie Barnet, Henr Levine, Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Horace Henderson & Phil More, inc. the hit "Stormy Weather"
[Item Code: 19791 CD: $11.00] |
| GRETA KELLER / THESE FOOLISH THINGS (5193) |
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Twenty-five romantic songs. The only CD available devoted to one of the greatest of all pre-war continental singing stars
[Item Code: 16519 CD: $11.00] |
| DOROTHY LAMOUR / THE MOON ON MANAKOORA (5231) |
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original mono recordings, 1937-43, from the late, much-loved star of the "Road" films; this contains "Moonlight & Shadows", "Panamania", "That Sentimental Sandwich" +
[Item Code: 18608 CD: $11.00] |
| VERA LYNN / AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART (5464) |
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Dame Vera Lynn has her place among the immortals of show business as "The Forces' Sweetheart" whose bittersweet songs stirred hearts during the wartime years -- Vera had the morale-boosting voice that sustained Britons through this dark time. Her popularity has never waned, and she remains one of the most beloved British female vocalists. Features the songs "And Love Was Born," "The Bells Of St. Mary's," "Harbor Lights," "Mexicali Rose," "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" and others.
[Item Code: 49627 CD: $11.00] |
| ETHEL MERMAN / AN EARFUL OF MUSIC (5510) |
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Ethel Merman (1909-1984) was the brass-voiced (it was Cole Porter who said she was like a "brass band going by") leading lady who gave the first performances of countless Broadway classics. Her strident, powerful voice and larger-than-life personality filled any theatre she starred in. An Earful Of Music is certainly what Ethel Merman gives in Living Era's survey of her extraordinary show business career. How different the history of Broadway would have been without her! From the time of her appearance in Gershwin's 1930 show Crazy Girl, when she 'created' I Got Rhythm, belting a high C for 16 bars in the coda, she was on the road to fame. The disc sequence monitors triumph after triumph. She introduced a remarkable number of songs that have become standards: Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries, I Get A Kick Out Of You, You're The Top, Friendship, The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball and of course all those fabulous numbers from Annie Get Your Gun
[Item Code: 55655 CD: $11.00] |
| EDITH PIAF / THE GREAT FRENCH STARS, HER GREATEST RECORDINGS (5165) |
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21 tracks from the early career of the best loved chanteuse of them all.
[Item Code: 22073 CD: $11.00] |
| EDITH PIAF / LA VIE EN ROSE (5307) |
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25 classic tracks from 1935-47, feat. "Tu es Partout", which was featured in the film "Saving Private Ryan"
[Item Code: 25175 CD: $11.00] |
| MAXINE SULLIVAN / LOCH LOMOND (5253) |
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24 of her greatest recordings from 1937-42 - this compilation sums up the finest years of the creator of smooth "folk/jazz"
[Item Code: 24119 CD: $11.00] |
| MARTHA TILTON / AND THE ANGEL SINGS (5669) |
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A sad ending to 2006 brought the death of Texan songstress Martha Tilton (1915-2006) at the age of 91. "The Liltin' Miss Tilton" is best remembered as the glamorous angel who sang in front of the great Benny Goodman band for many of its biggest hits, especially And The Angels Sing. But she was more than just one of the many top female vocalists of the Swing Era; she went on to enjoy a successful solo career into the 50s that brought her half a dozen Top Ten hits and a cult following that never deserted her. And The Angel Sings is Living Era's tribute. The first 9 tracks are the most popular of the many she made with Benny Goodman (I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, This Can't Be Love, What Goes On Here In My Heart? - all "top three" - and the exuberant 6:36-long Bei mir bist du schoen with the Quintet). She also has tracks with Artie Shaw (Now We Know) and Gene Krupa (Drum Boogie from a 1941 film), before 12 solo hits displaying a wide range, from jazz to wistful ballads such as I'll Walk Alone (a No.4 hit) or How Are Things In Glocca Morra? (No.8). And, giving a Goodman-esque symmetry to the whole programme, Martha closes with You Turned The Tables On Me, which she featured in the 1955 film The Benny Goodman Story.
[Item Code: 60932 CD: $11.00] |
| HELEN WARD / THE QUEEN OF BIG BAND SWING (5289) |
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25 tracks from 1916-98 pays tribute to popular vocalist, feat. five #1 songs & seven other Top 10 hits, inc. the orchestras of Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Bob Crosby, Joe Sullivan
[Item Code: 24365 CD: $11.00] |
| LEE WILEY / TIME ON MY HANDS (5417) |
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Jazz singer Lee Wiley was famous for her collaborations with jazz greats of the thirties on songs by Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers, Arlen and more. This recording features a who's who of jazz stars that accompany Lee in a survey of 24 of her biggest hits.
[Item Code: 36878 CD: $11.00] |
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