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This CD gathers 25 tracks including some of the best full-length 1947 pre-recordings sourced from original Goldwyn Studios acetates; cuts from Capitol's InchGiants Of JazzInch CC-106 album whose sales proceeds benefited the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research; several alternate versions of songs from the film that were issued by competing record labels; highlights from a special 1948 radio broadcast promoting the Runyon Memorial Fund and featuring one of the film's musical stars, Louis Armstrong, aired from the famous Blue Note jazz club in Chicago with fellow jazz masters Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines as sidemen in Satchmo's band; and an additional, spirited bonus performance of A Song Is Born from a 1949 Armed Forces Radio Service InchJubileeInch show. Certain of these audio selections have never been released commercially, while others which may be more familiar take a fitting place as part of this package. Album Tracks 1. Rko Studio Orchestra - Opening Title Music 2. Ford Lee Washington - Anitra's Boogie 3. Mel Powell - Muskrat Ramble 4. Tommy Dorsey - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You 5. Charlie Barnet - Redskin Rhumba 6. The Louis Armstrong-Lionel Hampton Nonet - Goldwyn Stomp 7. The Page Cavanaugh Trio - Daddy-O (I'm Gonna Teach You 8. Benny Goodman - Stealin' Apples 9. The Leaders' Orchestra - a Song Was Born 10. The Leaders' Orchestra with Members of the Lionel Hampton 11. Rko Studio Orchestra- Ending Title Music 12. The Golden Gate Quartet, Jeri Sullivan, the Brazilians, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Louis Armstrong, Mel Powell and Orchestra - a Song Was Born, Part I 13. The Golden Gate Quartet, Jeri Sullivan, the Brazilians, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Louis Armstrong, Mel Powell and Orchestra - a Song Was Born, Part II 14. The Benny Goodman Septet - Stealin' Apples 15. The Mel Powe