Track Listing
1. Long Ago (And Far Away) - Jo Stafford/Paul Weston & His Orchestra
2. Shoo Shoo Baby - Dick Walters & His Orchestra/Ella Mae Morse
3. Hurry Hurry - Benny Carter & His Orchestra
4. It Had to Be You - Paul Weston & His Orchestra/Betty Hutton
5. I'll Walk Alone - Martha Tilton
6. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
7. Moonlight in Vermont - Billy Butterfield Orchestra
8. I Should Care - Martha Tilton
9. It Might as Well Be Spring - Margaret Whiting/Paul Weston & His Orchestra
10. Stranger in Town, A - Martha Tilton
11. It's Been a Long, Long Time - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
12. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Paul Weston & His Orchestra/Betty Hutton
13. I Don't Know Enough About You - Dave Barbour & His Orchestra/Peggy Lee
14. Day by Day - Jo Stafford/Paul Weston & His Orchestra
15. It's a Good Day - Dave Barbour & His Orchestra/Peggy Lee
16. Hurry on Down - Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm
17. I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
18. Golden Earrings - Dave Barbour & His Orchestra/Peggy Lee
19. Serenade of the Bells - Stafford/Paul Weston & His Orchestra/Jo Stafford & Chorus
20. But Beautiful - Frank DeVol & His Orchestra/Margaret Whiting
21. Everybody Loves Somebody - Dave Barbour & His Orchestra/Peggy Lee
22. You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love) - Kay Starr
23. Little Bird Told Me, A - Blue Lu Barker
24. Teardrops from My Eyes - Frank DeVol & His Music of the Century
25. Some Enchanted Evening - Jo Stafford/Paul Weston & His Orchestra
| Details | | Producer: | Billy Vera (Compilation) | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Recorded between 1944 and 1950. Includes liner notes by Billy Vera.
Digitally remastered by Dave McEowen (Capitol Mastering).
This is part of Capitol Records' From The Vaults series.
Personnel: Helen O'Connell, June Christy, Lillian Lane, Margaret Whiting, Anita O'Day, Savannah Churchill (vocals).
This volume of From the Vaults highlights early Capitol Records hits by the ladies of the tower, so to speak. Individual talents such as Jo Stafford, Anita O'Day, and Peggy Lee began to emerge from many top orchestras and soon became Vine Street divas in their own right. The timing for this incipient wave of girl power couldn't have been better, since WW II was preoccupying many of the country's top male vocalists. The extensive selection of musical genres on the label didn't hurt either. Among the most popular of these were show tunes. Jo Stafford led her fellow female artists scoring Top Ten hits with songs from both stage and screen. Vine Street Divas includes two Stafford classics: "Long Ago (And Far Away)" from the film Cover Girl, as well as "Some Enchanted Evening" from the stage adaptation of South Pacific. Among the other soundtrack or cast recordings featured on this compilation are Ella Mae Morse's "Shoo-Shoo Baby" from the motion picture Three Cheers for the Boys," and Betty Hutton's classic "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" as featured in The Stork Club. This volume has cleverly gathered rare and hard to find early recordings by ladies who quickly gained international acclaim, such as Anita O'Day ("And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine"), June Christy ("It's Been a Long, Long Time"), and Margaret Whiting (who is featured with no less than three different orchestras on this collection). Vine Street Divas is accompanied by a ten-page liner notes booklet containing vintage memorabilia, photos, and other previously unpublished eye candy. Plus, to fill in the details is an essay by musician and music historian Billy Vera. Initial pressings -- limited to 10,000 -- are cleverly packaged in a digipack designed to replicate the 78-rpm records and sleeves of the era. ~ Lindsay Planer
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