| Description |
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Verve songbook series
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Verve songbook series.
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| Note |
Most songs introduced in motion pictures. |
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"John Herndon 'Johnny' Mercer is the lyricist on all tracks with additional composers as indicated"--Insert. |
| Performer |
Various singers; with acc. |
| Event |
Recorded 1952-1992. |
| Note |
Selections previously released. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Dave Gelly and complete personnel on insert. |
| Contents |
Blues in the night : (My mama done tol' me) / Harold Arlen (Louis Armstrong) (5:11) -- I thought about you / Jimmy Van Heusen (Billie Holiday) (2:45) -- Come rain or come shine / Harold Arlen (Anita O'Day) (2:13) -- Hit the road to Dreamland / Harold Arlen (Mel Tormé) (2:24) -- Dearly beloved / Jerome David Kern (Margaret Whiting) (2:49) -- Goody goody / Matty Malneck (Buddy Rich) (3:13) -- Skylark / Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (Ella Fitzgerald) (3:09) -- Laura / David Raskin (Billy Eckstine) (3:15) -- Day in, day out / Rube Bloom (Sarah Vaughan) (2:15) -- Early autumn / Ralph Burns (Woody Herman) (2:52) -- I remember you / Victor Schertzinger (Dinah Washington) (2:43) -- Any place I hang my hat is home / Harold Arlen (Helen Merrill) (4:55) -- Too marvelous for words / Richard A. Whiting (Joe Williams) (5:25) -- Autumn leaves = Les feuilles mortes / Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert (Dee Dee Bridgewater) (6:48) -- One for my baby (and one more for the road) / Harold Arlen (Billie Holiday) (5:38) -- Jeepers creepers / Harry Warren (Bing Crosby) (2:32). |
| Genre/Form |
Jazz vocals.
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| Subject |
Motion picture music, Arranged -- Excerpts.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular music.
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| Added Author |
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971. voc
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959. voc
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O'Day, Anita. voc
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Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999. voc
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Whiting, Margaret. voc
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Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987. voc
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Fitzgerald, Ella. voc
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Eckstine, Billy. voc
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Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990. voc
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Herman, Woody, 1913-1987. voc
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Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963. voc
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Merrill, Helen. voc
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Evans, Gil, 1912-1988. voc
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Bridgewater, Dee Dee. voc
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Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977. voc
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Bregman, Buddy. voc
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Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976.
Songs. Selections.
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| Added Title |
Johnny Mercer songbook |
| Music No. |
314 553 268-2 Verve |
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