Hollywood Years (2000)

About this title: Taken from various movie soundtracks, this brings together 20 classic duets from the silver screen. Kicking off with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' "A Fine Romance," the set also features standards from Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, Bob Hope and Shirley Ross (the definitive version of his theme, "Thanks for the Memory"), and Frank Sinatra and Connie Haines. Although a bit reverb-heavy in the remastering, the sound quality is pretty astounding, considering the age and condition of the source material. Cub Koda, All Music ... read more

Tracks:

1. A Fine Romance [Kern/Fields]
2. Oh! Look at Me Now [Bushkin/DeVries]
3. For Me and My Gal [Meyer/Leslie/Goetz]
4. I'm Falling in Love With Someone [Herbert/Young]
5. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off [Gershwin/Gershwin]
6. Thanks for the Memory [Robin/Rainger]
7. Tangerine [Mercer/Schertzinger]
8. Ciribiribin [James/Lawrence/Pest]
9. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [Fields/McHugh]
10. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) [Brown/Tobias/Stept]
11. When You Wore a Tulip [Mahoney/Wenrich]
12. Indian Love Call [Friml/Hammerstein]
13. The Music Goes 'Round and Around [Farley/Hodgson/Rile]
14. Blues in the Night [Mercer/Arlen]
15. People Will Say We're in Love [Hammerstein/Rodgers]
16. Why Do I Love You? [Kern/Hammerstein]
17. Green Eyes [Menendez/Rivera/Woo]
18. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life [Herbert/Young]
19. An Apple for the Teacher [Burke/Monaco]
20. That Old Feeling [Brown/Fain]

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