Capitol Collectors Series (1991) ( )

Product Summary Label: Emd/capitol UPC: 00077779163823 Release Date: 1/12/1999 Buy.com Sku: 60135113 Item#: MRF5QD Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Old Acquaintance ~ Jo Stafford 2. How Sweet You Are ~ Jo Stafford 3. Long Ago (And Far Away) ~ Jo Stafford 4. I Love You ~ Jo Stafford 5. It Could Happen To You ~ Jo Stafford 6. Trolley Song, The - (with The Pied Pipers) ~ Jo Stafford 7. There's No You ~ Jo Stafford 8. That's For Me ~ Jo Stafford 9. Symphony ~ Jo Stafford 10. Ridin' On The Gravy Train - (with Nat "King" Cole) ~ Jo Stafford 11. This Is Always ~ Jo Stafford 12. Things We Did Last Summer, The ~ Jo Stafford 13. Smoke Dreams - (with Starlighters) ~ Jo Stafford 14. Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) - (with Red Ingle & The Natural Seven) ~ Jo Stafford 15. I'm So Right Tonight ~ Jo Stafford 16. Serenade Of The Bells ~ Jo Stafford 17. I Never Loved Anyone ~ Jo Stafford 18. He's Gone Away ~ Jo Stafford 19. Congratulations ~ Jo Stafford 20. Once And For Always ~ Jo Stafford 21. Some Enchanted Evening ~ Jo Stafford 22. Whispering Hope - (with Gordon MacRae) ~ Jo Stafford 23. Ragtime Cowboy Joe ~ Jo Stafford 24. Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) ~ Jo Stafford 25. It's Great To Be Alive - (with Johnny Mercer) ~ Jo Stafford 26. No Other Love ~ Jo Stafford (C) Capitol   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel includes: Jo Stafford, Nat "King" Cole, Gordon MacRae, Johnny Mercer (vocals); Paul Weston (arranger). Compilation producers: Ron Furmanek, Bob Furmanek. Recorded between 1943 and 1950. Includes liner notes by Tom Colborn and Bob Furmanek. Jo Stafford first appeared on the scene as one of Tommy Dorsey's original Pied Pipers. One can already hear her distinctive voice emerging out of the four-part harmony backing the young Sinatra on his classic 1941 version of "Stardust." Stafford soon embarked on her own solo career, signing with Johnny Mercer's new Capitol label, but not before marrying one of Dorsey's arrangers, Paul Weston. Her marriage to Weston began a personal and professional partnership that lasted for over 50 years. Considered the "father" of mood music, Weston provided a seamless orchestral backing for Stafford's note-perfect, hymn-like interpretations. 1943's "Long Ago (And Far Away)" is typical as it glides into an elevated musical realm just a little bit removed from this world. The singer didn't lack humor as her many parodies attest. (See her C&W hoot "Tim-tayshun" for a prime example.) Still, whether it was her Midwestern Protestant background or classical training, Stafford (and Weston) never faltered in this modest, striving quest for sheer beauty. Her versions of Rodger's & Hammerstein's "Some Enchanted Evening" and Weston's own "No Other Love," recorded near the end of her tenure at Capitol, achieve an emotional serenity rare in popular music. Musical Guests Nat "King" Cole Gordon MacRae Johnny Mercer   Compilation Appearances Vol. 2-This Is Tommy Dorsey & Always Say Goodbye Haunted Heart Capitol Sings Irving Berlin Vol. 2-Sentimental Journey Vol. 1-Sweet & Lovely Capitol Sings Cole Porter Vol.1-Songs That Got Us Through WWII Vol. 2-Songs That Got Us Through WWII Heard With Friends G.I. Juke Box-Songs From World Vol. 2-You're Sensational Cole That Sentimental Gentleman Power & The Glory At The Hollywood Palladium ROMANTIC SONGS Those Were Our Songs Gi Favorites/song That Won/memories War Years-G.i. Favorites Hits Of The War Years Capitol Records: 1942-2002 (Special Edition) (w/ Book) (Limited Edition) Cool December American Nostalgia Highlights Not So Quiet Please Gals Who Made The Big Bands Swing Swinging Jazz Club Capitol Records: 1942-2002 (Deluxe Edition) (w/ Book) (Limited Edition) Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop Schlager Der 40er Jahre Jazz Lounge Remix Broadway's Gone Hawaii Vol 11:vintage Christmas Lost Highway Tribute To Hank Williams This Is Buddha Lounge All The 50s V2 Love Songs- The Essential Collection While The Music Plays On (girls Of Th Very Best Of Irving Berlin 50S Love Songs Life In Music:songwriter Composer Arr When Radio Was King:vocalists Love Jazz X'mas   Associated Artists and Works Damme, Art Van Duets ~ Laine, Frankie Laine, Frankie MacRae, Gordon MacRae, Gordon Pied Pipers (The) Pied Pipers (Vocal) (The)   Technical Info Release Date : 01/12/1999 Original Release Date : 1991 Catalog ID : 91638 Label : Capitol/EMI Records Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 76m : 0s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mono SPAR Code : AAD UPC : 00077779163823    Product Image