Fred Astaire - All the Hits and More: The Singles Collection 1923-1942 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Flying Down to Rio (U.K. Issue) 2. Flying Down to Rio (U.S. Issue) 3. Music Makes Me (U.K. Issue) 4. Music Makes Me (U.S. Issue) 5. Cheek to Cheek 6. No Strings 7. Isn't This a Lovely Day 8. Top Hat 9. The Piccolino 10. Let Yourself Go 11. Let's Face the Music and Dance 12. We Saw the Sea 13. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket 14. I'd Rather Lead a Band 15. I'm Building Up to An Awful Let-Down 16. Pick Yourself Up 17. The Way You Look Tonight 18. Never Gonna Dance 19. Bojangles of Harlem 20. A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song) - Fred Astair 21. The Waltz in Swing Time - Fred Astair

Sammy Davis Jr. Was a multi-talented artist, a singer, dancer, stage and movie actor, comedian and TV personality, whose career encompassed not only performing and recording in those arenas, but also film and TV direction. Later famous as a member of the Rat Pack, he made his first records in 1949, but came to the fore after performing at the 1951 Academy Awards, to develop his many-faceted career. With a style rooted in old school big band music, he expanded his musical scope to have a dozen or so hits during the era covered by this collection, and as many again in subsequent years, as well as being a highly successful album seller. This great-value 78-track 3-CD set comprises most of the A & B sides from releases on the Capitol, Decca and Reprise labels from these years, including duets with Carmen McRae, Gary Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. It features all his US & UK chart entries from this era, including the Top 20 hits InchHey ThereInch, InchLove Me Or Leave MeInch, InchSomething's Gotta GiveInch, InchThat Old Black MagicInch, InchWhat Kind Of Fool Am IInch and InchMe And My ShadowInch. The repertoire and the style of his performances and the production range across sophisticated pop, big band jazz, straight chart-focused pop, classy ballads and novelty-ish pieces, all making for a varied showcase for his extraordinary talent and versatility as an entertainer. Album Tracks 1. I Don't Care Who Knows 2. The Way You Look Tonight 3. Yours Is My Heart Alone 4. Wagon Wheels 5. Laura 6. I'm Sorry Dear 7. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 8. I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me) 9. You Are My Lucky Star 10. Can't You See I've Got the Blues 11. Bebop the Beguine 12. Azure 13. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile 14. Hey There 15. And This Is My Beloved 16. Because of You - Part 1 17. Glad to Be Unhappy 18. The Red Grapes 19.

Becoming famous during the 1940s and '50s for his radio and TV shows which brought him the accolade of being InchThe Man Who Taught America How to SingInch. Fred Waring was a remarkable and high-profile personality in American popular music over many decades, becoming famous during the 1940s and '50s for his radio and TV shows which brought him the accolade of being The Man Who Taught America How to Sing. However, he began his career as a trombonist and bandleader performing hot dance music in the early 20s, and with his brother Thomas formed Waring's Pennsylvanians, whose recordings for Victor over the ensuing decade into the 1930s became hugely popular in the era often called The Roaring Twenties, before Waring's band abruptly stopped recording in 1932. Although there were no record sales charts in those days, there were sheet music and other listings, which have been analysed by researchers to produce chart listings for records. This great-value 46-track 2-CD set consists entirely of recordings by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians which feature in Top 15 positions in those chart analyses, and it comprises most of their listed hits. It includes early recordings of some of the songs from the era which became classics over the years, and features the No. 1s Sleep, Memory Lane, Laugh, Clown, Laugh!, Little White Lies and I Found a Million Dollar Baby. It's a hugely evocative musical snapshot of a remarkable era in popular music as it became a mass market phenomenon. Album Tracks 1. Sleep 2. Stack O' Lee Blues 3. Memory Lane 4. Down Home Blues 5. Maytime 6. June Night 7. At the End of the Road 8. Collegiate 9. Freshie 10. I Love My Baby 11. Thanks for the Buggy Ride 12. Cherie, I Love You 13. Looking at the World Thro' Rose-Coloured Glasses 14. The Little White House (At the End of Honeymoon Lane) 15. It Made Me Happy When You Made You Made