Nelson Eddy's Greatest Hits (1967)

About this title: When Nelson Eddy died suddenly on March 6, 1967, Columbia Records, the label for which he had recorded from 1939 to 1952, hastily assembled this best-of, adorning it with an album cover on which the title and the photograph of the artist emerged from a black background in mourning. Despite the rush, it was a reasonable selection for its time, that is, a collection of a mere 11 tracks with a running time of less than 34 minutes. Eddy hadn't had any "hits" in the sense of records that had gone up the charts, but he had a repertoire of songs drawn from the operettas in which he had appeared on ... read more

Tracks:

1. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (Along the Highway) [From Naughty Marietta] [Young/Herbert]
2. Rose-Marie [Friml/Hammerstein]
3. The Mounties [From Rose-Marie] [Friml/Hammerstein]
4. At the Balalaika [From At the Balalaika] [Forrest/Stothart/Ma]
5. Song of the Volga Boatmen [From At the Balalaika] [Traditional]
6. Shortnin' Bread [Wood/Wolfe]
7. Stouthearted Men [From The New Moon] [Hammerstein/Romberg]
8. Lover, Come Back to Me [From The New Moon] [Hammerstein/Romberg]
9. I'll See You Again [From Bittersweet] [Coward]
10. My Hero [From The Chocolate Soldier] [Stange/Straus]
11. I Married an Angel [From I Married an Angel] [Hart/Rodgers]

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