Tony Martin - Hit Collection 1936-57 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tony Bennett - Tony Bennett [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/31/2006

Tony Pastor was a jazz and big band saxophonist, singer and bandleader who was with Artie Shaw's orchestra during the '30s before launching his own band in 1940, subsequently enjoying a highly successful chart career through the 1940s with a distinctive style of upbeat and entertaining middle-of-the-road music, including the novelty-flavoured material popular in that era. In the later years of the decade, he provided an early career opportunity for Rosemary Clooney and her sister Betty, who recorded with Pastor through 1948-49, and who are featured on a dozen or more titles here. This 72-track 3-CD set comprises selected A and B sides from his singles on the Bluebird, RCA-Victor, Cosmo and Columbia labels during this era, and features all his fifteen US chart entries, including the Top 10 hits InchMaria ElenaInch, InchDance With A DollyInch, InchBell Bottom TrousersInch, Sioux City SueInch, InchRed Silk Stockings And Green PerfumeInch and InchThe Lady From Twenty-Nine PalmsInch. It features at least one side of a significant proportion of his releases during these years. Along with Tony Pastor himself and The Clooney Sisters, featured vocalists include Johnny McAfee, Eugenie Baird, Dorsey Anderson, Kay Little, Elisse Cooper, Kay Foster, Rita McCullough and Virginia Maxey. It's a substantial and enjoyable showcase for the music of an artist who is not much talked about these days but who made a significant contribution to the popular music of this primary decade and more of his career. Album Tracks 1. Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking) 2. The Rhymin' Game (Rhyme Your Name) 3. It Never Entered My Mind 4. I Want to Live (As Long As You Love Me) 5. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) 6. I've Got You Under My Skin 7. Love of My Life 8. You're the One for Me 9. Paradiddle Joe 10. With a Twist of the Wrist 11. Pale Moon 12. For Whom the

Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James was one of the most important, successful and influential personalities of the swing and big band era, his unmistakeable bravura trumpet style providing an inspiration and benchmark for trumpeters across the jazz and orchestral genres. He was hugely popular on radio, as a 'live' attraction and on record with his music not only appealing to cutting edge jazz and big band enthusiasts, but also, through his recordings of InchsweeterInch orchestral material, featuring the many male and female vocalists who launched their careers with his bands, capturing a wider audience to achieve a remarkable string of big-selling hits from his debut as a bandleader in the late '30s right through into the 1950's just before the dawn of the rock 'n' roll era. This great-value 71-track 3-CD set comprises just about all his records which featured in one form or another of the charts during his career, including the few that were listed as being Top 10 hits before the launch of the record sales charts in Billboard in 1940, and those which featured thereafter in one or other of the published Billboard charts or related listings. It naturally includes his No. 1 hits InchSleepy LagoonInch, InchI Had The Craziest DreamInch, InchI've Heard That Song BeforeInch, InchI'll Get ByInch, InchI'm Beginning to See the LightInch and InchIt's Been a Long, Long TimeInch. Among the featured vocalists are Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest, Kitty Kallen, Johnny McAfee, Buddy DeVito, Betty Grable, Willie Smith, Ginnie Powell, Marion Morgan, Art Lund and Dick Williams, and it also includes Harry's 1950s hits with Doris Day and Rosemary Clooney. It's a hugely entertaining overview of the commercially successful output of one of the great stylists and innovators of the big band era. Album Tracks 1. It's the Dreer in Me 2. One O'Clock Jump 3. Ciribiribin 4.