Art Lund was a singer with the big bands of Benny Goodman, with whom he had several hits, and Harry James before embarking on a solo career and scoring a No. 1 in 1947 with his first release "Mam'selle". He had several more hits during the 1940s and '50s until, as a middle-of-the-road crooner, his music was overtaken by rock 'n' roll and it's aftermath and he turned to TV and movie acting. This great-value 51-track 2-CD set features a number of recordings with the Benny Goodman Orchestra from his early career, including duets with Peggy Lee, and also with The Harry James Orchestra, but mainly comprises selected A and B sides from his solo releases for the MGM and Coral labels from this era, with at least one side included from a significant proportion of of fifty or so releases during these years. It features all his ten career chart entries, including the No. 1 "Mam'selle", the No. 4 "Peg O' My Heart" and the Top 20 hits "And Mimi", "Hair Of Gold, Eyes Of Blue", "On A Slow Boat To China" and "Mona Lisa", plus three Top 20 hits with Benny Goodman, including the No. 5 "Blues Skies". It's an entertaining cross-section of his recordings across the best part of two decades, showcasing the breadth of his talent, and very much capturing the zeitgeist of the popular music of the era.
15 It's a Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)
16 Jealous
17 And Mimi
18 But Beautiful
19 I'll Always Be in Love with You
20 What's Good About Goodbye
21 Someone Cares
22 It Only Happens When I Dance with You
23 I Long to Belong to You
24 Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue
- Disc 2 -
1 You Call Everybody Darling
2 On a Slow Boat to China
3 Bluer Than Blue
4 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
5 You Was!
6 If I Could Be with You
7 Sleepy Hollow
8 My Street
9 Copper Canyon
10 Mona Lisa
11 Birmingham Bounce
12 You Wonderful You
13 If I Were a Bell
14 Serenata
15 From Wizzelton to Wuzzelton (Is Fourteen Miles)
16 My Resistance Is Low
17 In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
18 Hangin' Around with You
19 Business in Missouri
20 Pigtails and Freckles
21 Cincinnati Ding Dong
22 Crying in the Chapel
23 It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane
24 Cherokee
25 Side Tracked
26 Philadelphia, U.S.A
27 My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me
Art Lund was a singer with the big bands of Benny Goodman, with whom he had several hits, and Harry James before embarking on a solo career and scoring a No. 1 in 1947 with his first release "Mam'selle". He had several more hits during the 1940s and '50s until, as a middle-of-the-road crooner, his music was overtaken by rock 'n' roll and it's aftermath and he turned to TV and movie acting. This great-value 51-track 2-CD set features a number of recordings with the Benny Goodman Orchestra from his early career, including duets with Peggy Lee, and also with The Harry James Orchestra, but mainly comprises selected A and B sides from his solo releases for the MGM and Coral labels from this era, with at least one side included from a significant proportion of of fifty or so releases during these years. It features all his ten career chart entries, including the No. 1 "Mam'selle", the No. 4 "Peg O' My Heart" and the Top 20 hits "And Mimi", "Hair Of Gold, Eyes Of Blue", "On A Slow Boat To China" and "Mona Lisa", plus three Top 20 hits with Benny Goodman, including the No. 5 "Blues Skies". It's an entertaining cross-section of his recordings across the best part of two decades, showcasing the breadth of his talent, and very much capturing the zeitgeist of the popular music of the era.
