Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Till the Clouds Roll By - Bing Crosby
2. They Didn't Believe Me - Dinah Shore
3. Look For the Silver Lining - Connee Boswell
4. Who? - George Olsen
5. Bill - Helen Morgan
6. Make Believe - James Melton
7. Ol' Man River - Paul Robeson
8. Why Do I Love You? - Frances Langford
9. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Helen Morgan
10. Song Is You, The - Lawrence Tibbett
11. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Dinah Shore
12. Yesterdays - Leo Reisman
13. I Won't Dance - Eddy Duchin/Lew Sherwood
14. Lovely to Look At - Eddy Duchin/Lew Sherwood
15. Way You Look Tonight, The - Fred Astaire
16. Fine Romance, A - Fred Astaire
17. Pick Yourself Up - Fred Astaire
18. Can I Forget You? - Bing Crosby
19. Folks Who Live on the Hill, The - Bing Crosby
20. All the Things You Are - Tony Martin
21. Last Time I Saw Paris, The - Noël Coward
22. Dearly Beloved - Dinah Shore
23. Long Ago and Far Away - Helen Forrest/Dick Haymes
DISC 2:
1. Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bessie Smith
2. What'll I Do - Walter Pidgeon/Lester Hodges
3. Always - Layton & Johnstone
4. Song Is Ended, But the Melody Lingers On, The - Seger Ellis
5. Puttin' on the Ritz - Fred Astaire
6. Me! - Ruth Etting
7. Say It Isn't So - Greta Keller
8. Heat Wave - Ethel Waters
9. I Never Had a Chance - Greta Kelly
10. Cheek to Cheek - Fred Astaire
11. Isn't This a Lovely Day - Hildegarde
12. Let's Face the Music and Dance - Fred Astaire
13. Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, A - Cavan O'Connor/Geraldo
14. This Year's Kisses - Billie Holiday
15. Marie - Tommy Dorsey
16. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dick Powell
17. You Forgot to Remember - Connee Boswell
18. It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow - Vera Lynn
19. All Alone - Dinah Shore
20. Blue Skies - Frank Sinatra
21. How Deep Is the Ocean - Peggy Lee
22. Girl That I Marry, The - Frank Sinatra
23. They Say It's Wonderful - Perry Como
24. Easter Parade - Bing Crosby
25. White Christmas
DISC 3:
1. Anything Goes - Cole Porter
2. I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman
3. You're the Top - Cole Porter
4. I'm in Love Again - Revelers
5. Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love - Bing Crosby
6. What Is This Thing Called Love - Leo Reisman
7. You Do Something to Me - Lee Wiley
8. Love For Sale - Libby Holman
9. Night and Day - Fred Astaire
10. Miss Otis Regrets - Douglas Byng
11. Just One of Those Things - Hutch
12. Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw
13. It's de Lovely - Eddy Duchin/Jerry Cooper
14. I've Got You Under My Skin - Frances Langford
15. Easy to Love - Frances Langford/Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
16. In the Still of the Night - Tommy Dorsey
17. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin/Eddy Duchin
18. Do I Love You, Do I? - Anne Lenner/Carroll Gibbons
19. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - Dinah Shore
20. I Love You - Jo Stafford
21. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby/The Andrews Sisters
22. So in Love - Patricia Morison
23. Always True to You in My Fashion - Lisa Kirk/Pembroke Davenport
24. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Benny Goodman/Peggy Mann
DISC 4:
1. Swanee - Al Jolson
2. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise - Georges Guétary
3. Somebody Loves Me - Dinah Shore
4. Oh, Lady Be Good! - Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards
5. Fascinating Rhythm - Fred & Adele Astaire
6. Looking For a Boy - Ella Fitzgerald
7. Clap Yo' Hands - Jack Smith
8. Someone to Watch Over Me - Frank Sinatra
9. Man I Love, The - Sarah Vaughan
10. 'S Wonderful - Jack Smith
11. How Long Has This Been Going On - Peggy Lee
12. Liza, All the Clouds'll Roll Away - Al Jolson
13. Embraceable You - Nat King Cole
14. I Got Rhythm - Judy Garland
15. But Not For Me - Ella Fitzgerald
16. Summertime - Sarah Vaughan
17. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin - Lawrence Tibett
18. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Lawrence Tibbett/Helen Jepson
19. It Ain't Necessarily So - Paul Robeson
20. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Fred Astaire
21. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Fred Astaire
22. Foggy Day, A - Fred Astaire
23. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Fred Astaire
24. Love Walked In - Kenny Baker
25. Our Love Is Here to Stay - Larry Clinton
DISC 5: RICHARD RODGERS (1902-1979) & LORENZ HART:
1. Manhattan - Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
2. Mountain Greenery - Frank Crumit/Jack Shilkret
3. Girl Friend, The - George Olsen & His Music/Fran Frey/Bob Borger/Larry Murphy
4. Blue Room, The - Revelers/Ed Smalle
5. My Heart Stood Still - Jessie Matthews/Hutch
6. Thou Swell - Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
7. You Took Advantage of Me - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra/Bix Beiderbecke/Bing Crosby/Jack Fulton/Charles Gaylord/Austin Young
8. With a Song in My Heart - Hutch
9. Ten Cents a Dance - Ruth Etting
10. Isn't It Romantic? - Jeanette MacDonald/Nat W. Finston & His Orchestra
11. Lover - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra/Jack Fulton
12. You Are Too Beautiful - Frank Sinatra/Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra
13. Blue Moon - Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra/Kenny Sargent
14. It's Easy to Remember - Bing Crosby/Georgie Stoll & His Orchestra/The Rhythmettes/Three Shades Of Blue
15. My Romance - Dinah Shore/Frank Sinatra/Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra/Chorus
16. There's a Small Hotel - Hal Kemp & His Orchestra/Maxine Gray
17. Where or When - Lena Horne/Lou Bring & His Orchestra
18. My Funny Valentine - Mary Martin/Lehman Engel & His Orchestra
19. Johnny One Note - Wynn Murray/Ruby Newman & Her Rainbow Room Orchestra
20. Lady Is a Tramp, The - Sophie Tucker/Harry Sosnik & His Orchestra
21. Falling in Love With Love - Allan Jones/Charles Previn & His Orchestra
22. This Can't Be Love - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra/Martha Tilton
23. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Margaret Whiting/Frank DeVol & His Orchestra
24. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Doris Day/Mellomen/John Rarig & His Orchestra
| Details | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
I Write the Songs gathers into a box set the five single-disc albums that British label ASV/Living Era released of America's greatest pop songwriters, 1997's The Melody Lingers On (Irving Berlin), 2000s Anything Goes (Cole Porter), 2002's 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin) and 2001's Till the Clouds Roll By (Jerome Kern) and With a Song in My Heart (Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart). The result is an impressive survey of the heart of the American Songbook, with original mono recordings done between 1924 and 1951 featuring some of the greatest singers and musicians of the pop and jazz side of the 20th century. Historic gems abound, from Bing Crosby's timeless version of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" to Paul Robeson's historic turn on Jerome Kern's "Ol' Man River," Frances Langford's take on Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin," Nat King Cole's elegant rendering of the Gershwins' "Embraceable You," and Sophie Tucker's saucy delivery of Rodgers & Hart's "The Lady Is a Tramp." Classic songs in classic versions. ~ Steve Leggett
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