Sometimes I Wonder (1999)

About this title: Howard Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael wrote some of the 20th century's most endearing and enduring popular songs. Active as pianist and vocalist and later famous as a character actor in motion pictures, Carmichael left behind a trail of phonograph recordings both timeless and charmingly dated. Living Era's Sometimes I Wonder brings together some of his best work recorded between November 1927 and December 1947. Some of these performances use drawling Southern dialects that typify a sizeable portion of the material composed and performed in the U.S. entertainment marketplace during the first half ... read more

Tracks:

1. Stardust [Carmichael/Parish]
2. Washboard Blues [Callahan/Carmichael]
3. Rampart Street Blues [Robinson]
4. Rockin' Chair [Carmichael]
5. Georgia on My Mind [Carmichael/Gorrell]
6. Bessie Couldn't Help It [Bayha/Richmond/Warn]
7. Lazy River [Carmichael/Arodin]
8. Sing It Way Down Low [Carmichael/Trent]
9. Snowball [Carmichael]
10. Lazy Bones [Carmichael/Mercer]
11. One Morning in May [Carmichael]
12. Judy [Carmichael/Lerner]
13. Moon Country [Carmichael/Mercer]
14. Two Sleepy People [Carmichael/Loesser]
15. Riverboat Shuffle [Carmichael/Parish]
16. New Orleans [Carmichael]
17. The Old Music Master [Carmichael/Mercer]
18. Don't Forget to Say No Baby [Carmichael/Johnson/]
19. Hong Kong Blues [Carmichael]
20. Huggin' and Chalkin' [Hayes/Goell]
21. I May Be Wrong [Sullivan/Ruskin]
22. Ole Buttermilk Sky [Carmichael/Brooks]
23. A Tune for Humming [Loesser]
24. Memphis in June [Carmichael/Webster]
25. Rockin' Chair [Carmichael]

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