| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00724383177424 | | Release Date: 1/12/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60136129 | | Item#: MVHN6G | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - Frank Sinatra ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Imagination - Dean Martin ~ Various Artists | | | 3. My Buddy - Mel Torme ~ Various Artists | | | 4. There! I've Said It Again - Vic Damone ~ Various Artists | | | 5. P.S. I Love You - Bob Manning ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine - Gordon MacRae ~ Various Artists | | | 7. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Bobby Darin ~ Various Artists | | | 8. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Matt Monro ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Too Marvelous For Words - Andy Russell ~ Various Artists | | | 10. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan - Tony Bennett ~ Various Artists | | | 11. When I Fall In Love - Dick Haymes ~ Various Artists | | | 12. You Are My Lucky Star - Sammy Davis Jr. ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Impossible - Jack Jones ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Stormy Weather - Lou Rawls ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Stardust - Frank Ifield ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Hooray For Love - Johnny Mercer ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Affair To Remember, An - Al Martino ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) - Louis Armstrong ~ Various Artists | | | 19. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker ~ Various Artists | | | 20. That's All - Nat "King" Cole ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Originally released on Capitol (31774). | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano). | | Audio Remixer: Bob Norberg. | | Recording information: 11/??/1947-12/19/1966. | | Director: Wayne Watkins. | | Capitol presents the first in a double-dip tribute to those marvelous-to-maudlin male crooners who dominated the entertainment industries during the two decades that followed the Second World War. This was the golden age of dressing up and posing while putting across pop songs in a debonair and often sentimental manner. Some of these names became household words, like "Spam" or "Pez." First and foremost come the juggernauts of suavity: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Al Martino, Mel Torm?, Vic Damone, Dick Haymes, Gordon MacRae, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Capitol's co-founder Johnny Mercer. While not every singer, no matter how well groomed, could achieve such ubiquitous fame, a comparable if decidedly peripheral place in the sun was occupied by various crooners whose long-playing records existed in many a middle class record collection. Redolent of Brylcreem and Vitalis, this group included Bobby Darin, Jack Jones, Andy Russell, Bob Manning, England's Matt Monro and Australia's Frank Ifield. A special echelon is reserved for the authentically hip vocalists who actually had more than passing or forfeited connections with Afro-American culture and real jazz. They are Tony Bennett, Lou Rawls, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and Chet Baker. Each singer on this anthology exudes a distinctive male persona. Ideal for cocktail parties, affected lounging, and aimless carousing. ~ arwulf arwulf |
Producer: Brad Benedict; Brad Benedict (Compilation) |
Engineer: Count Basie Orchestra |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/23/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1995 | | Catalog ID : 31774 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724383177424 |
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