1933-37 (1996)

About this title: Take Two Records presents "The Elegant Eddy Duchin" with 1933-37, a chronologically jumbled cross-section of recordings made by this highly successful pianist and his hugely popular dance band between August 8, 1933 and May 14, 1937, with vocals by Lew Sherwood, Jerry Cooper, Harold Arlen, the DeMarco Sisters and Buddy Clark. Handsome, suave and debonair, Duchin assumed leadership of Leo Reisman's Orchestra in 1931 and made records for the Columbia and Brunswick labels before switching to Victor in 1933 and waxing no less than 160 titles for that company over the next four years. Duchin's ... read more

Tracks:

1. It's Delovely [Porter]
2. Moon over Miami [Segar/Burke]
3. Love Is Good for Anything That Ails You [Friend/Malneck]
4. I Only Have Eyes for You [Dubin/Warren]
5. When a Women Loves a Man [Mercer/Henighen/Jen]
6. It's the Talk of the Town [Symes/Neiburg/Livin]
7. Too Marvelous for Words [Mercer/Whiting]
8. A Star Is Born [Dick/Steiner]
9. I've Got a Feelin' Your Foolin' [Freed/Brown]
10. Let's Fall in Love [Koehler/Arlen]
11. Close Your Eyes [Petkere]
12. Dames [Dubin/Warren]
13. I Cover the Waterfront [Heyman/Green]
14. Did You Ever See a Dream Walking [Gordon/Revel]
15. Haunting Me [DeLange/Myrow]
16. South Sea Island Magic [Tomerlin/Long]
17. Ill Wind [Koehler/Arlen]
18. Isn't This a Lovely Day [Berlin]
19. Flirtation Walk [Dixon/Wrubel]
20. I See Two Lovers [Dixon/Wrubel]
21. Heaven Help This Heart of Mine [Samuels/Whitcup/Pow]
22. Lights Out [Hill]

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