This is the first in a new Acrobat series which will be devoted to the illustrious composers who made significant contributions to the Great American Songbook - the songs written during the half-century or so from the dawn of the recording era, many from stage musicals or movies, other purely the product of Tin Pan Alley, which provided the core repertoire for many of the finest and most prominent vocalists, big bands and jazz musicians of those and subsequent decades. This great-value 50-track 2-CD collection brings together some of the best-known and most-performed songs by the great Cole Porter, one of the more unusual composers of his time, since, whereas many songwriters worked in partnerships, he wrote alone, in a highly sophisticated and individual style, which reflected his different cultural background from many of his peers. The selected songs are presented here broadly in chronological order of their composition, using recordings from across the years since they were introduced, some by artists who were legendary interpreters of Porter's work, like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, along with others who simply dipped into his rich catalogue of landmark songs for their singles releases or albums. Their interpretations reflect not only the melodic quality and lyrical craft in his songs, but their timeless adaptability. It's a highly entertaining showcase for the work of one of popular music's most talented and influential practitioners.
4 Find Me a Primitive Man - Libby Holman with the Colonial Club Orchestra
5 You Do Something to Me - Lee Wiley
6 What Is This Thing Called Love? - Anita O'Day/Will Bradley and His Orchestra
7 Let's Fly Away - Jeri Southern
8 Love for Sale - Kitty Kallen with Jack Teagarden's Orchestra
9 Night and Day - Dick Haymes
10 Don't Fence Me in - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
11 All Through the Night - Ella Fitzgerald
12 Anything Goes - Tony Bennett & the Count Basie Orchestra
13 I Get a Kick Out of You - Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
14 You're the Top - Jeri Southern
15 Miss Otis Regrets - Alberta Hunter/Jack Jackson Orchestra
16 Begin the Beguine - Jo Stafford
17 Just One of Those Things - Peggy Lee
18 Why Shouldn't I - Lee Wiley
19 Easy to Love - Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
20 I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
21 It's De-Lovely - Ethel Merman
22 Ridin' High - Doris Day
23 In the Still of the Night - Della Reese
24 At Long Last Love - Lena Horne
25 My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Eartha Kitt
- Disc 2 -
1 Get Out of Town - Anita O'Day/Billy May and His Orchestra
2 Do I Love You? - Ella Fitzgerald
3 Well, Did You Evah! - Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra
4 I Concentrate on You - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Anita Boyer
5 Please Don't Monkey with Broadway - George Murphy and Fred Astaire
6 Ace in the Hole - Johnny Mathis
7 I Love You - Jo Stafford
8 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to - Dinah Shore
9 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
10 Always True to You in My Fashion - Lisa Kirk
11 Another Op'nin', Another Show - the Norman Luboff Choir
12 So in Love - Shirley Bassey
13 Too Darn Hot - Mel Tormé
14 Why Can't You Behave? - Dinah Washington
15 From This Moment on - Lena Horne
16 Nobody's Chasing Me - Dinah Shore
17 C'est Magnifique - Dean Martin
18 I Am in Love - Nat King Cole
19 I Love Paris - Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus
20 It's All Right with Me - Sammy Davis JR
21 All of You - Nancy Wilson
22 I Love You Samantha - Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
23 True Love - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
24 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Frank Sinatra & Celeste Holm
25 Ca C'est L'amour - Tony Bennett
This is the first in a new Acrobat series which will be devoted to the illustrious composers who made significant contributions to the Great American Songbook - the songs written during the half-century or so from the dawn of the recording era, many from stage musicals or movies, other purely the product of Tin Pan Alley, which provided the core repertoire for many of the finest and most prominent vocalists, big bands and jazz musicians of those and subsequent decades. This great-value 50-track 2-CD collection brings together some of the best-known and most-performed songs by the great Cole Porter, one of the more unusual composers of his time, since, whereas many songwriters worked in partnerships, he wrote alone, in a highly sophisticated and individual style, which reflected his different cultural background from many of his peers. The selected songs are presented here broadly in chronological order of their composition, using recordings from across the years since they were introduced, some by artists who were legendary interpreters of Porter's work, like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, along with others who simply dipped into his rich catalogue of landmark songs for their singles releases or albums. Their interpretations reflect not only the melodic quality and lyrical craft in his songs, but their timeless adaptability. It's a highly entertaining showcase for the work of one of popular music's most talented and influential practitioners.