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Come on Home
(1997)
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Boz Scaggs
On this prime collection of R&B and blues songs and influences from Boz Scaggs' youth -- and four new yet classic-sounding self-penned originals -- the blue-eyed soulman eschews the slick production values of his pop chart-toppers such as "Lido" and "Lowdown," instead getting way down and his hands dirty with the honest blood, sweat, and tears of ...
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Love Songs
(2003)
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Nat King Cole
Released just in time for Valentine's Day 2003, the Capitol compilation Love Songs is a generous collection of romantic ballads sung by Nat King Cole. The compilers have leaned heavily on the Gordon Jenkins-arranged and -conducted albums Love Is the Thing (1957) ("When I Fall in Love," "Stay as Sweet as You Are," "It's All in the Game," "Stardust" ...
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The Very Best of Julie London [2006]
(2006)
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Julie London
The Very Best of Julie London offers an extensive overview of London's recording career with 50 selections she cut for Liberty Records between 1955 and 1969. The tracks are not newly remastered for the most part, but are taken from EMI's series of import two-fers and the domestic reissues Ron Furmanek and Bob Norberg produced in the early '90s. ...
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The Best of Liberace [MCA]
(1972)
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Liberace
This is an excellent sampler that showcases the flamboyant, semi-classical style of the pianist, including "Shubert's Serenade." David Szatmary, All Music Guide
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The 50 Greatest Love Songs
(2001)
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Elvis Presley
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Best of Dinah Washington
(1999)
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington could sing any song and make it sound like everybody's life depended on it. An awe-inspiring jazz vocalist with roots in the R&B scene of the 1940s, she gradually evolved into a pop star during the '50s and would have matured marvelously were it not for an accidental prescription drug overdose that took her out at the age of 39 on ...
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Stardust
(1996)
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Natalie Cole
Continuing her successful foray into the American songbook, Natalie Cole served as executive producer on her third album of pop standards. Eighteen selections, including works by Hoagy Carmichael and songs associated with Nat, Ella, Sarah, and Dinah. Big-band orchestration and a trumpet solo by Wynton Marsalis on "He Was Too Good to Me." Guest ...
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You Bought It: You Name It
(1983)
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Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh attempts and nearly makes the free throw that wins the game. Great songs like "I Can Play That Rock & Roll" and "Space Age Whiz Kids" show he hasn't lost his edge. But the big claim to fame on this record is his "I.L.B.T.s" or "I Love Big Tits." Rather retro in feel, like the title, it harkens back to a wackier time. Good, but flawed. ...
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Am I Not Your Girl?
(1992)
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Sinéad O'Connor
Based on O'Connor's version of "You Do Something to Me" (a highlight on the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot & Blue), an album of pop standards performed with a big band might have actually worked. At times, Am I Not Your Girl? does work. "Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home" is quite chilling, and "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" doesn't deserve ...
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Best of Acker Bilk [GNP]
(1989)
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Acker Bilk
Another European Trad (traditional jazz) man, Acker Bilk, updates (I think). We'll give the chap credit for an original tone (clarinet), but with the strings and non-jazz material there is little else here...There were ten tracks, including a medley of his hit Stranger on the Shore. Bob Rusch, Cadence, All Music Guide
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Back to Balboa
(1958)
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Stan Kenton
For this LP, Stan Kenton's Orchestra performs seven Johnny Richards arrangements and two from Marty Paich, along with Bill Holman's "Royal Blue." The 1958 Kenton big band had several excellent soloists, and there is a generous amount of individual space for tenor saxophonist Bill Perkins, altoist Lennie Niehaus, trumpeter Sam Noto, and trombonist ...
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Call Me Irresponsible/My Fair Lady
(1999)
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Andy Williams
In 1964, Andy Williams released two albums, one devoted to movie theme songs, the other to Broadway show tunes; they are combined on this CD reissue. Since becoming associated with the Henry Mancini-Johnny Mercer song "Moon River" and releasing an earlier film song album, Moon River & Other Great Movie Themes in 1962, Williams had become the ...
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The Best of Eydie Gorme [Curb]
(1991)
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Eydie Gorme
Best of Eydie Gormé is a 12-track budget-priced collection that features some of her biggest hits, including "Fly Me to Moon," "Love Letters," "September Song," "April Showers," "Tea for Two," "Day By Day," "It Could Happen to You," "I'll Take Romance" and "Be Careful, It's My Heart." Although this isn't a bad budget-priced disc, there are far ...
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There Goes My Heart/I Hear a Rhapsody
(2005)
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Jerry Vale
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Swingin' for Schuur
(2001)
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Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson
Well regarded as one of our greatest living jazz singers, Schuur seems to enjoy album titles created out of puns of her name -- prior to this there was Friends for Schuur -- but don't let the novelties distract you from this sassy, explosively brassy swing project blending her inventive vocals with Ferguson's blistering trumpet and the ensemble ...
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Heart and Soul
(1995)
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Elvis Presley
The concept that seems to be guiding this, one in a long line of rehash repackages, is a focus on romantic ballads. You get well-worn hits like "Love Me Tender," "Can't Help Falling in Love," and "Suspicious Minds," not-so-well-worn hits like "She's Not You," the original version of "The Girl of My Best Friend" (covered by Ral Donner for a big hit ...
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Piano Playhouse
(1957)
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Various Artists
The recordings on this LP were originally supposed to be released by the Mode label in the late '50s but the company went defunct before it could come out. Released for the first time by V.S.O.P. in 1986, these 16 selections (all recorded the same day) feature five different pianists (Carl Perkins, Jimmy Rowles, Paul Smith, Gerald Wiggins and Lou ...
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Cookin' on All Burners
(1982)
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Tal Farlow
On the fifth of six Concord albums (a surprising amount of activity considering that he only played locally in the New England area during most of 1957-1975), the brilliant bop-based guitarist Tal Farlow performs concise renditions (none over six and a half minutes in length) of nine standards with pianist James Williams, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi, ...
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Love Songs [BMG International]
(1999)
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Elvis Presley
Time-Life's The Elvis Presley Collection is a series of two-CD compilations grouping Presley recordings by various criteria. Love Songs has an obvious unifying theme, and among its 31 selections are most of Presley's best-known romantic ballads, including the Top Ten hits "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," "Love Me Tender," "Love Me," "Don't, ...
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Torch Songs [Time Life]
(2003)
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Various Artists
Torch Songs may not do vocal-jazz fans too many favors, but it's an intriguing collection for those who want to hear a broad-based set of downbeat (and down-hearted) songs. Though jazz fans wouldn't dare compile songs by Linda Ronstadt, Carly Simon, k.d. lang, Patsy Cline, or Diana Ross -- especially when the latter is covering Billie Holiday; she ...
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Treasury of Love
(2004)
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Various Artists
Treasury of Love is an enjoyable trip through the romantic side of popular music in the late 20th century. Spanning four decades of hits, this compilation gathers a broad selection of 20 sentimental favorites comprising jazz vocalists Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, traditional pop singers Johnny Mathis and Tony Bennett, smooth Motown sounds ...
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Blue Gardenia
(2001)
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Etta James
The legendary blues singer indeed lives up to the silly cliché about being able to sing the phone book and make it sound rich, meaningful, and soulful. Still, it's always exciting to hear her tackle materials she's missed before. Here she shifts gears impressively into the intimate jazz club mode, performing beautifully arranged takes on a wide ...
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Wartime Heart Throbs
(2000)
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Various Artists
ASV/Living Era's Wartime Heart-Throbs continues the label's efforts to preserve and collect vintage pop music. This album features classic crooners like Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Nat King Cole interpreting wartime standards, including "I'll Be Seeing You," "I'll Never Smile Again," "Embraceable You," "Stardust," and ...
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Mercy
(1987)
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Steve Jones
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Love Is the Thing
(1957)
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Nat King Cole
This 1996 gold audiophile CD reissue of a 1956 Nat "King" Cole vocal set is augmented by three numbers taken from his similar 1963 album Where Did Everyone Go? By the mid-'50s, Cole was primarily known to the general public as a superb ballad vocalist, and he sticks exclusively to that role on these 15 selections, which include "When I Fall in ...
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