50 All-American Favorites (2004)

About this title: This double-disc set is one of the more bountiful compilations gleaned from Mitch Miller's voluminous Columbia Records catalog. Unfortunately, the contents of 50 All-American Favorites (2004) have been confined to the years 1958 to 1962, during which time Miller's unconventional performance style was on its final descent. Mitch Miller & the Gang consisted of Miller fronting a full choral ensemble of vocalists who sang in unison. As the bandleader was also the concurrent head of Columbia Records' Artists and Repertoire, he was able to use his business savvy and influence to flood the market ... read more

Tracks:

1. You Are My Sunshine [Davis/Mitchell]
2. Home on the Range [Carroll/Traditional]
3. My Darling Clementine [Stanton/Cavanaugh]
4. Red River Valley [Carroll]
5. When Johnny Comes Marching Home [Carroll]
6. When the Saints Go Marching In [Carroll]
7. I've Got Sixpence/I've Been Working on the Railroad/That's Where ... [Carroll/Box/Cox/Hal]
8. On Top of Old Smoky [Seeger]
9. Hinky Dinky Parlez-Vous/She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain [Carroll/Traditional]
10. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean [Album Version] [Carroll]
11. Shine on Harvest Moon/For Me and My Gal [Norworth/Bayes/Lesl]
12. My Gal Sal/Cuddle Up a Little Closer [Dresser/Harbach/Hos]
13. Goodnight, Ladies/Home, Sweet Home [Carroll/Traditional]
14. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair [Carroll/Foster]
15. Peg O' My Heart/Peggy O'Neil [Bryan/Fisher/Pease/]
16. By the Light of the Silvery Moon [Madden/Edwards]
17. Down by the Old Mill Stream [Taylor]
18. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree/In the Good Old Summertime [Williams/Van Alstyn]
19. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling/My Wild Irish Rose [Olcott/Graff/Ball]
20. When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along [Woods]
21. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover [Dixon/Woods]
22. Side by Side [Woods]
23. Ain't We Got Fun [Kahn/Whiting/Egan]
24. Bye Bye Blackbird [Dixon/Henderson]
25. Swanee [Caesar/Gershwin]
26. Camptown Races/Oh Susanna! [Carroll]
27. Sweet Georgia Brown [Bernie/Pinkard/Case]
28. Carolina in the Morning [Kahn/Donaldson]
29. I'm Goin' Back to Dixie/Dixie [Riker/Traditional]
30. Sweet Adeline/Let Me Call You Sweetheart [Gerard/Armstrong/Wh]
31. I Love You Truly [Bond]
32. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now [Adams/Hough/Orlob]
33. The Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart" [Ryan]
34. (Back Home Again In) Indiana [Macdonald/Hanley]
35. My Melancholy Baby [Norton/Burnett/Nort]
36. Beautiful Ohio [Macdonald/Earl]
37. K-K-K-Katy [O'Hara]
38. Somebody Stole My Gal [Wood]
39. When You Wore a Tulip (And I Wore a Big Red Rose) [Mahoney/Wenrich]
40. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi [Stokes/Vernor]
41. By the Beautiful Sea [Atteridge/Carroll]
42. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles [Kellette/Kendis/Bro]
43. Tea for Two [Caesar/Youmans]
44. School Days/Sweet Rosie O'Grady/The Sidewalks of New York [Carroll/Cobb/Edward]
45. Sweet and Low/All Through the Night [Carroll/Traditional]

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