Hooray for Love: Great Gentlemen of Song, Vol. 1 (1995)

About this title: Capitol presents the first in a double-dip tribute to those marvelous-to-maudlin male crooners who dominated the entertainment industries during the two decades that followed the Second World War. This was the golden age of dressing up and posing while putting across pop songs in a debonair and often sentimental manner. Some of these names became household words, like "Spam" or "Pez." First and foremost come the juggernauts of suavity: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Al Martino, Mel Tormé, Vic Damone, Dick Haymes, Gordon MacRae, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Capitol's co-founder Johnny Mercer. While not ... read more

Tracks:

1. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning [Mann/Hilliard]
2. Imagination [Burke/VanHeusen]
3. My Buddy [Kahn/Donaldson]
4. There! I've Said It Again [Evans/Mann]
5. P.S. I Love You [Mercer/Jenkins]
6. Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine [Harbach/Hoschna]
7. I'm Beginning to See the Light [James/Ellington/Hod]
8. I Get Along Without You Very Well [Thompson/Carmichael]
9. Too Marvelous for Words [Mercer/Whiting]
10. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans [Dietz/Schwartz]
11. When I Fall in Love [Heyman/Young]
12. You Are My Lucky Star [Freed/Brown]
13. Impossible [Allen]
14. Stormy Weather [Koehler/Arlen]
15. Stardust [Parish/Carmichael]
16. Hooray for Love [Arlen/Robin]
17. An Affair to Remember [Adamson/McCarey/War]
18. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) [Gaines/Ellington]
19. My Funny Valentine [Hart/Rodgers]
20. That's All [Brandt/Haymes]

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