Just Sings (1995)

About this title: A reissue of Jerry's Decca album which, inexplicably climbed the charts to number three in 1956. His Jolson-like renditions of standards surprised everyone, especially those who had only heard him mugging shamelessly on his earlier Capitol recordings with and without sidekick Dean Martin; when "Rockabye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" became a Top Ten single from the album, it suddenly made the general public view this comic in a whole new light. This reissue also features five bonus tracks, a pair of singles from his second album session, and some interesting false starts to "Rockabye." ... read more

Tracks:

1. Come Rain or Come Shine [Arlen/Mercer]
2. A Shine on Your Shoes [Schwartz/Dietz]
3. How Long Has This Been Going On? [Gershwin/Gershwin]
4. I've Got the World on a String [Arlen/Koehler]
5. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody [Schwartz/Young/Lewi]
6. Bye Bye Baby [Styne/Robin]
7. I'm Sitting on Top of the World [Henderson/Lewis/You]
8. Get Happy [Arlen/Koehler]
9. By Myself [Dietz/Schwartz]
10. Back in Your Own Backyard [Dreyer/Rose/Jolson]
11. Sometimes I'm Happy [Youmans/Caesar]
12. Birth of the Blues [DeSylva/Henderson]
13. It All Depends on You [Brown/DeSylva/Hende]
14. Let Me Sing and I'm Happy [Berlin]
15. My Mammy [Donaldson/Lewis/You]
16. With These Hands [Silver/Davis]
17. Rock-A-Bye False Starts [Lewis/Schwartz/Youn]

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