The Very Best of Vaughn Monroe (1998)

About this title: If ever there was a musical populist of the big-band era who managed to hang on into the rock & roll era, it was bandleader/vocalist Vaughn Monroe. Monroe's pleasant baritone vocalizing fit like a glove around the smooth love ballads that his band played, scoring numerous hits (70 all told) well into the late '50s. This 20-track collection samples the very biggest of these hits, including "Racing with the Moon," "Riders in the Sky," "There! I've Said It Again," "My Devotion," "Red Roses for a Blue Lady," "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)," "Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)," and "That ... read more

Tracks:

1. Racing with the Moon (Vaughn's Theme) [Monroe/Pope/Watson]
2. There I Go [Zaret/Weiser]
3. My Devotion [Hillman/Napton]
4. When the Lights Go on Again (All Over the World) [Seiler/Marcus/Benja]
5. Let's Get Lost [Loesser/McHugh]
6. The Trolley Song [Martin/Blaine]
7. There! I've Said It Again [Evans/Mann]
8. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! [Styne/Cahn]
9. I Wish I Didn't Love You So [Loesser]
10. Ballerina [Sigman/Russell]
11. Red Roses for a Blue Lady [Tepper/Brodsky]
12. Riders in the Sky [Jones]
13. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) [Hodges]
14. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) [Gillespie/Smith]
15. Bamboo [Bernier/Simon]
16. Thanks, Mister Florist [Tepper/Brodsky]
17. Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant) [Duckworth/Lentz]
18. They Call the Wind Maria [Lerner/Loewe]
19. Lady Love [Russell/Lee]
20. They Were Doin' the Mambo [Burke/Raye]

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