Vaughn Monroe - 1944-1945 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Beloved by jazz and blues fans everywhere, Eddie traveled the world and back for decades. This 1976 LP finds him with Ted Easton's five-piece Dutch band, breathing new fire into Kidney Stew; Alimony Blues; Juice Head Baby; Clean head Blues; Things Ain't What They Used to Be (two takes), and more! Album Tracks 1. Cleanhead Blues 2. Kidney Stew Blues 3. Just a Dream (On My Mind) 4. Things Ain't What They Used to Be 5. Tenderly 6. Juice Head Baby 7. Alimony Blues 8. Somebody's Gotta Go 9. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Take 2)

Pianist with George Mraz, Billy Hart, Jimmy Knepper and Pepper Adams. Album Tracks 1. Audobon (Take 4) 2. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Take 2) 3. Hellure 4. Groovin' High 5. Medley Alfie/Laura/Prelude to a Kiss/I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 6. Beautiful Love (Take 3)/I'm Gettin Sentimental Over You (Alternate Take 1) 7. Beautiful Love (Alternate Take 1) 8. Audobon (Alternate Take 3) 9. Audobon [Alternate Take 3]

Vaughn Monroe was a trumpeter, bandleader and baritone singer who became hugely popular during the 1940s and through '50s, helped not only by his matinee-idol good looks but also a continuous presence on radio through regular 'live' broadcasts, as well appearances in Hollywood movies. His music initially was very much part of the swing era, but as time went on he moved much more in the straight pop arena, providing a vehicle for his trademark vocals, and eventually flirting with rock 'n' roll flavoured pop in the late '50s. He recorded prolifically for RCA, and in the course of his career had nearly 60 hits. In the context of this great value 48-track 2-CD set, we are only able to accommodate the biggest of those hits, and the collection comprises every single one of his releases which made the US pop Top 20, covering a period from 1940 through to 1956, presented in chronological order. It includes, of course, all of his five No. 1s - InchThere I've Said It AgainInch, InchLet It Snow!Inch, InchBallerinaInch, InchRiders In The SkyInch and InchSomedayInch - and it's evocative anthology of the mainstream popular music of the era, as well as a great showcase for his talents as bandleader and big-voiced vocalist, and is an evocative. Album Tracks 1. There I Go (Vaughn Monroe & His Orch., Voc Vaughn Monroe) 2. So You're the One (Vaughn Monroe & His Orch., Voc Vaughn Monroe) 3. High on a Windy Hill (Vaughn Monroe & His Orch., Voc Vaughn Monroe) 4. There'll Be Some Changes Made (Vaughn Monroe & His Orch., Voc Marilyn Duke) 5. G'bye Now (Vaughn Monroe & His Orch., Voc Marilyn Duke) 6. Yours (Quiereme Mucho) 7. The Shrine of Saint Cecilia (Vaughn Monroe & His Orch., Voc Vaughn Monroe) 8. Tangerine (Vaughn Monroe & His Orch., Voc Vaughn Monroe) 9. Three Little Sisters (Vaughn Monroe & His Orch., Voc the Four Vs) 10. My Devo