Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart (1975)

About this title: Bobby Short is the Frank Sinatra of the supper clubs. Like Sinatra, Short is a consummate entertainer, a true professional. But the distance between Caesar's Palace and the Café Carlyle is approximately equal to the distance between Hoboken and uptown Manhattan, and Short's style is absolutely uptown. He has none of the hardscrabble swagger that infused Sinatra's work with pathos. If ever there was a time when Bobby Short was not invited to all the right parties, he doesn't let on, not for a note. The complete absence of angst makes Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart easy listening indeed, ... read more

Tracks:

1. On Your Toes [Hart/Rodgers]
2. Medley: Hollywood Party No. 1/Hollywood Party No. 2 [Hart/Rodgers]
3. You Mustn't Kick It Around [Hart/Rodgers]
4. Where or When [Hart/Rodgers]
5. Have You Met Miss Jones? [Hart/Rodgers]
6. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum [Hart/Rodgers]
7. Johnny One Note [Hart/Rodgers]
8. With a Song in My Heart [Hart/Rodgers]
9. I Didn't Know What Time It Was [Hart/Rodgers]
10. My Romance [Hart/Rodgers]
11. Wait Till You See Her [Hart/Rodgers]
12. There's a Small Hotel [Hart/Rodgers]
13. Soon [Hart/Rodgers]
14. Spring Is Here [Hart/Rodgers]
15. Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon [Hart/Rodgers]
16. Glad to Be Unhappy [Hart/Rodgers]
17. I Still Believe in You [Hart/Rodgers]
18. Nobody's Heart [Hart/Rodgers]
19. You're What I Need [Hart/Rodgers]
20. No Place but Home [Hart/Rodgers]
21. You Took Advantage of Me [Hart/Rodgers]
22. It's Got to Be Love [Hart/Rodgers]
23. Isn't It Romantic? [Hart/Rodgers]
24. Ev'rything I've Got [Hart/Rodgers]
25. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered [Hart/Rodgers]
26. I Wish I Were in Love Again [Hart/Rodgers]

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