Dinah, All the Way (1998)

About this title: This album presents songs culled from Dinah Shore's television performances of the late 1950s and early 1960s, most from her own program, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show. Given that they are transcribed from live broadcasts, they are surprisingly polished, with Shore in typically, warm, assured voice. The arrangements are often too splashy, but the vocal always dominates. The monophonic, limited-frequency recordings tend to sound boxy, and Shore rarely sings her better-known songs, so this isn't an album for casual fans. On the other hand, ardent fans will rejoice at the chance to hear otherwise ... read more

Tracks:

1. Medley: St. Louis Blues/I Got a Man/Shake, Rattle & Roll/Let the ... [Handy/Freeman/Brown]
2. When Day Is Done [Katscher/DeSylva]
3. Music, Maestro, Please! [Magidson/Wrubel]
4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [Harbach/Kern]
5. Somebody Somewhere [Loesser]
6. Falling in Love With Love [Rodgers/Hart]
7. All the Way [VanHeusen/Cahn]
8. Baia [Barroso/Gilbert]
9. These Foolish Things [Link/Marvell/Strach]
10. Mountain High, Valley Low [Scott/Hanighen]
11. Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On [West/McCaffry/Ringl]
12. When I Fall in Love [Young/Heyman]
13. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year [Loesser]
14. It Never Entered My Mind [Rodgers/Hart]
15. I Can Dream, Can't I? [Fain/Kahal]
16. Bali Ha'i [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
17. Tall Hope [Leigh/Coleman]
18. My Man's Gone Now [Gershwin/Gershwin]
19. Start the New Year Right [Berlin]

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