Through the Years (1999)

About this title: Rhode Island-born baritone Nelson Eddy is honored with a 25-track salute on this first of two Living Era compilations. Issued in 1999, Through the Years blends the refined strains of sentimental nostalgia with popular Tin Pan Alley melodies and colorful show tunes, as the singer demonstrates his exacting artistry backed by studio orchestras under the direction of Leonard Joy and Nathaniel Shilkret. In and amongst sweet reveries like Victor Herbert and Rida Johnson Young's "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" and Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein's "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" Eddy is heard ... read more

Tracks:

1. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life [Young]
2. When I Grow Too Old to Dream [Romberg/Hammerstein]
3. Dusty Road [Rene]
4. Through the Years [Youmans/Heyman]
5. Smilin' Through [Penn]
6. At Dawning [Cadman/Eberhart]
7. Trees [Kilmer/Rasbach]
8. Thy Beaming Eyes [Macdowell/Gardner]
9. The Hills of Home [Fox/Calhoun]
10. Sylvia [Speaks/Scollard]
11. Señorita [Romberg/Kahn]
12. Who Are We to Say? (Obey Your Heart) [Romberg/Kahn]
13. Kashmiri Song [Woodeforde-Finden]
14. Ride, Cossack, Ride! [Stothart/Wright/For]
15. Stouthearted Men [Romberg/Hammerstein]
16. Wanting You [Romberg/Hammerstein]
17. Dear Little Café [Coward]
18. Tokay [Coward]
19. I Married an Angel [Rodgers/Hart]
20. Strange Music [Forrest/Grieg/Wrigh]
21. Without a Song [Eliscu/Rose/Youmans]
22. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
23. Nearer and Dearer [Friml/Heymen]
24. Love Is the Time [Friml/Heymen]
25. In the Still of the Night [Porter]

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