My Romance (1997)

About this title: A West Coast denizen, Mike Campbell traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, to record this album of 14 entries in the Great American Songbook plus one Loonis McGlohon original. This session is uncomplicated, straightforward vocalizing with nothing fancy and no vocal fireworks. To be sure, a couple of crooner devices appear from time to time like on "My Romance" and "It Could Happen to You." But for the most part, this is strictly cabaret from one of its most notable male practitioners. His comrade in arms, Loonis McGlohon, is well known as one of Alec Wilder's composing partners as well as for ... read more

Tracks:

1. My Romance [Rodgers/Hart]
2. Anyone Can Whistle [Sondheim]
3. Soon It's Gonna Rain [Jones/Schmidt]
4. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) [Bowman]
5. I Thought About You [VanHeusen/Mercer]
6. It Could Happen to You [VanHeusen/Burke]
7. You Must Believe in Spring [Bergman/Bergman/Dem]
8. How About You? [Lane/Freed]
9. Lucky to Be Me [Bernstein/Comden/Gr]
10. The More I See You [Warren/Gordon]
11. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught [Hammerstein/Rodgers]
12. Imagination [VanHeusen/Burke]
13. For All We Know [Coots/Lewis]
14. Good Old Friends
15. Smile

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