The Song Is You: Capitol Sings Jerome Kern (1992)

About this title: One of the most prolific of Tin Pan Alley scribes, Jerome Kern is given the royal treatment here with 25 vintage interpretations by some of the finest singers in jazz and pop. The likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan may be missing (two stars from songbook competitors Verve), but Capitol more than makes up for it with golden takes from Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford, and Judy Garland. Among the many other choice cuts on display, the disc features particularly fine sides by Dinah Washington ("Jim") and Nancy Wilson ("Dearly Beloved"). A perfect Kern primer. Stephen ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Song Is You [Hammerstein/Kern]
2. All the Things You Are [Hammerstein/Kern]
3. Pick Yourself Up [Fields/Kern]
4. In Love in Vain [Kern/Robin]
5. The Way You Look Tonight [Fields/Kern]
6. Why Was I Born? [Hammerstein/Kern]
7. Lovely to Look At [Fields/Kern/McHugh]
8. I Won't Dance [Fields/Hammerstein/]
9. Look for the Silver Lining [DeSylva/Kern]
10. They Didn't Believe Me [Kern/Reynolds]
11. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [Hammerstein/Kern]
12. Long Ago (And Far Away) [Gershwin/Kern]
13. Who? [Hammerstein/Harbach]
14. I'm Old Fashioned [Kern/Mercer]
15. The Folks Who Live on the Hill [Hammerstein/Kern]
16. The Last Time I Saw Paris [Hammerstein/Kern]
17. Sure Thing [Gershwin/Kern]
18. Make Believe [Hammerstein/Kern]
19. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [Harbach/Kern]
20. Bill [Hammerstein/Kern/Wo]
21. You Were Never Lovelier [Kern/Mercer]
22. A Fine Romance [Fields/Kern]
23. Dearly Beloved [Kern/Mercer]
24. Yesterdays [Harbach/Kern]
25. Ol' Man River [Hammerstein/Kern]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.