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Ray Anthony is a trumpeter, bandleader, composer and film star who led one of the most respected and successful big bands of the 1950s. Starting his career as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the early 1940s, he launched his own band after serving in the US Navy in WWII, and had his first hit with InchA Dreamer's HolidayInch in 1949, racking up a string of over 25 chart entries through into the 1960s. This great-value 82-Track 3-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from his one hundred or so singles on the Capitol tag during this era, and features 26 US Billboard and Cash Box chart entries plus his UK hits, including the No. 2 successes InchAt LastInch and InchDragnetInch, and his other Top 10 hits InchSentimental Me, InchCount Every StarInch, InchCan Anyone ExplainInch, InchHarbor LightsInch, InchNevertheless, As Time Goes ByInch, and InchPeter GunnInch. It includes hit performances by his featured vocalists Dick Noel, Ronnie Deauville, The Skyliners, Tommy Mercer, Gloria Craig, Marcie Miller and Jo Ann Greer, as well as many notable jazz-flavoured instrumentals which provide a fine vehicle for Ray Anthony's substantial talent as a trumpeter. It's an entertaining showcase for one of the best and most innovative contemporary big bands of these years. Album Tracks 1. Darktown Strutter's Ball 2. Slider 3. A Dreamer's Holiday 4. Sitting By the Window 5. Count Every Star 6. Spaghetti Rag 7. Sentimental Me 8. Little Peach from East Orange 9. In the Mood 10. Tenderly 11. Roses 12. Scattered Toys 13. Mama, Teach Me to Do the Charleston 14. Lackawanna Local 15. Young Man with a Horn 16. Stardust 17. Can Anyone Explain? 18. Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) 19. Harbor Lights 20. Harlem Nocturne 21. Mr Anthony's Boogie 22. Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) 23. The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful 24. Be My
