Guitar innovator Les Paul is known for his many hit recordings with Mary Ford-the best of which are featured on the second disc of this collection-but he also backed many other singers during his Decca label days with the Les Paul Trio, as you'll hear on disc one. Bing Crosby, Helen Forrest, Dick Haymes, the Andrews Sisters and Kay Starr all take their turn on these 29 stellar tracks. Add the 33 favorites with Mary Ford, and you've got one awesome Les Paul collection!
1 Gotta Get Me Somebody to Love - with Bing Crosby
2 What Am I Gonna Do About You? - with Bing Crosby
3 It's Been a Long, Long Time - with Bing Crosby
4 Pretending - with Bing Crosby
5 Whose Dream Are You? - with Bing Crosby
6 Drifting and Dreaming - with Bing Crosby
7 Gotta Get Me Somebody to Love - with Bing Crosby
8 Hey Lolly Lolly Lo - with Bing Crosby
9 I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way - with Bing Crosby
10 Blue Skies - with Bing Crosby
11 Baby, What You Do for Me - with Helen Forrest
12 Everybody Knew But Me - with Helen Forrest
13 A One Sided Affair - with Delta Rhythm Boys
14 What Would It Take? - with Delta Rhythm Boys
15 Rumours Are Flying - with the Andrews Sisters
16 It's a Pity to Say Goodnight - with the Andrews Sisters
17 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - with Dick Haymes
18 My Future Just Passed - with Dick Haymes
19 What Can I Say Dear, After I Say I'm Sorry - with Kay Starr
20 There's a Lull in My Life - with Kay Starr
21 What Goes Up, Must Come Down - with Kay Starr
22 What a Difference a Day Made - with Kay Starr
23 Ain't Misbehavin' - with Kay Starr
24 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - with Kay Starr
25 Honeysuckle Rose - with Kay Starr
26 My Future Just Passed - with Kay Starr
27 Betcha I Getcha - with Kay Starr
28 The Dixieland Band - with Kay Starr
29 My Extraordinary Gal - with Clancy Hayes
- Disc 2 -
1 Mocking Bird Hill - with Mary Ford
2 Cryin' - with Mary Ford
3 Dry My Tears - with Mary Ford
4 I Wish I'd Never Seen Sunshine - with Mary Ford
5 Tennessee Waltz - with Mary Ford
6 How High the Moon - with Mary Ford
7 Just One More Chance - with Mary Ford
8 In the Good Old Summertime - with Mary Ford
9 I'm Confessin' - with Mary Ford
10 Three Little Words - with Mary Ford
11 Smoke Rings - with Mary Ford
12 Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me - with Mary Ford
13 The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise - with Mary Ford
14 My Baby's Comin' Home - with Mary Ford
15 Tiger Rag - with Mary Ford
16 Bye Bye Blues - with Mary Ford
17 St. Louis Blues - with Mary Ford
18 I'm Sittin' on Top of the World - with Mary Ford
19 Vaya Con Dias - with Mary Ford
20 Johnny Is the Boy for Me - with Mary Ford
21 I Really Don't Want to Know - with Mary Ford
22 Don'cha Hear Them Bells - with Mary Ford
23 I'm a Fool to Care - with Mary Ford
24 Blues Stay Away from Me - with Mary Ford
25 The Auctioneer - with Mary Ford
26 Mr Sandman - with Mary Ford
27 The Lonesome Road - with Mary Ford
28 I'm Movin' on - with Mary Ford
29 Baby Won't You Please Come Home - with Mary Ford
30 The Best Things in Life Are Free - with Mary Ford
31 Don't Cry Baby - with Mary Ford
32 Some of These Days - with Mary Ford
33 The Moon of Manakoora - with Mary Ford
Guitar innovator Les Paul is known for his many hit recordings with Mary Ford-the best of which are featured on the second disc of this collection-but he also backed many other singers during his Decca label days with the Les Paul Trio, as you'll hear on disc one. Bing Crosby, Helen Forrest, Dick Haymes, the Andrews Sisters and Kay Starr all take their turn on these 29 stellar tracks. Add the 33 favorites with Mary Ford, and you've got one awesome Les Paul collection!
