Various - Capitol Sings Harry Warren

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:33
Size: 127.2 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:49] 1. Nat King Cole - I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)
[2:36] 2. Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo
[2:53] 3. Bobby Darin - You'll Never Know
[2:22] 4. Dakota Staton - September In The Rain
[2:39] 5. Helen Forrest - I Had The Craziest Dream
[3:07] 6. The Four Freshmen - Lulu's Back In Town
[3:09] 7. Ethel Ennis - Serenade In Blue
[2:59] 8. Chet Baker - There Will Never Be Another You
[2:12] 9. Nancy Wilson - The More I See You
[3:10] 10. Nat King Cole Trio - I'll String Along With You
[3:02] 11. Al Belletto - Jeepers Creepers
[2:56] 12. Ann Richards - Lullaby Of Broadway
[3:01] 13. Time-Life Orchestra - At Last
[2:09] 14. June Christy - I Know Why (And So Do You)
[1:32] 15. Count Basie - With Plenty Of Money And You
[3:35] 16. Dinah Shore - I Only Have Eyes For You
[2:26] 17. The Four Freshmen - On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe
[2:41] 18. Peggy Lee - You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
[3:00] 19. Nat King Cole - An Affair To Remember
[3:06] 20. Dean Martin - That's Amore

If this era and genre of music is your taste then you will love this collection. The various singers add a wonderful blend of variety and the orchestrations are time capsules of a day long gone by. (Sad). But this music will bring you back and make you appreciate popular music again. ~Aurexia

Capitol Sings Harry Warren

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Ethel Ennis - Eyes For You

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:48
Size: 89,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:02) 1. I Only Have Eyes For You
(2:59) 2. Summertime
(2:55) 3. Here's That Rainy Day
(2:17) 4. Almost Like Being In Love
(3:25) 5. God Bless The Child
(2:25) 6. The Song Is You
(2:38) 7. I Love Being Here With You
(4:05) 8. Yesterdays
(4:20) 9. Little Girl Blue
(3:08) 10. Angel Eyes
(3:12) 11. But Beautiful
(2:18) 12. Too Close For Comfort

Baltimore jazz institution Ethel Ennis was born November 28, 1932. Beginning her vocal career while a pianist in a high school jazz group, she quickly went on to sing with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington to Count Basie. Ennis' debut LP, Lullabies for Losers, appeared on Jubilee in 1955, with the follow-up, Change of Scenery, issued two years later on Capitol. Around the same time, she toured Europe with Benny Goodman, but finding the grind of the road too intense, she returned home to Baltimore, and much to the detriment of her rising fame rarely played outside of the Charm City area in the decades to come. After 1958's Have You Forgotten?, Ennis did not resurface until six years later, landing at RCA for This Is Ethel Ennis; three more LPs Once Again, Eyes for You, and My Kind of Waltztime quickly followed by another eight-year studio hiatus which finally ended with the 1973 release of the BASF album 10 Sides of Ethel Ennis. That same year, she also sang the National Anthem at the re-inauguration proceedings of President Richard Nixon. Ennis next turned up on vinyl in 1980 with Live at Maryland Inn; a self-titled follow-up was 14 years in the making, with If Women Ruled the World appearing in 1998. Ennis died following a stroke on February 17, 2019; she was 86 years old.~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ethel-ennis-mn0000206512/biography

Eyes For You

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Ethel Ennis - The Great American Songbook

Size: 157,5 MB
Time: 67:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. Taking A Chance On Love (2:47)
02. Blue Prelude (3:02)
03. I've Got You Under My Skin (2:59)
04. You'd Better Go Now (3:45)
05. How About Me (3:36)
06. Love For Sale (3:29)
07. Then I'll Be Tired Of You (2:48)
08. My Foolish Heart (3:07)
09. I Still Get A Thrill (2:36)
10. For All We Know (2:15)
11. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe (4:56)
12. The Song Is Ended (2:26)
13. There's No Fool Like An Old Fool (2:50)
14. I Cried For You (5:13)
15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (2:44)
16. Serenade In Blue (3:07)
17. Deed I Do (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) (2:45)
18. A Fine Romance (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) (2:14)
19. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - I Hadn't Anyone Till You - I've Got You Under My Skin (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) (4:49)
20. There's No Fool Like An Old Fool (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) (3:28)
21. The Song Is Ended (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) (2:29)

Ethel Ennis first won national recognition for her recording “Lullaby for Losers” in 1955. In 1958, she was selected by Benny Goodman as the female vocalist for his all-star band. Later, she was chosen as a featured singer on the Arthur Godfrey Show. After performing at the 1964 Newport Jazz Festival with Billy Taylor, Cozy Cole, and Slam Stewart, she appeared with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra on television's “Bell Telephone Hour.” She followed those amazing achievements by wowing them at the Monterey Jazz Festival in duets with Joe Williams. She returned to her hometown to perform in concerts with the Count Basie Band and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. During that same period, she shared the bill with Cab Calloway at Harlem's Apollo Theater and played supper clubs and concert halls all over the country.

The Great American Songbook

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Ethel Ennis - Lullabies For Losers+Change Of Scenery+Have You Forgotten (3 LPs on 2 CDs + Bonus Tracks)

Ethel Ennis (vcl), with Hank Jones (p), Eddie Briggs (g), Abie Baker (b), Kenny Clarke (d). Ray Ellis, Neal Hefti & Sid Feller Orchestras & Arrangements.

Ethel Ennis was blessed with a remarkable voice and an innate jazz feel that she poured into everything she sang. Relatively unknown when she made these late Fifties recordings, her acclaimed debut album, Sings Lullabies For Losers, spread her fame beyond the small East Coast club circuit and her hometown following in Baltimore, where she was born in 1932. Made with a heavyweight jazz quartet that included pianist Hank Jones and drummer Kenny Clarke, it signaled the emergence of a major singing talent.

She moved to Capitol, with which she made her next two albums, Change of the Scenery and Have You Forgotten. For these the label wheeled out the big guns Neal Hefti arranged and conducted the orchestra for a well-judged programme of swingers and torch songs on the first, while on the second Have You Forgotten? she sings in front of three different backgrounds a large string section, a full brass section and a rhythm section plus vibes and guitar, conducted and arranged by Sid Feller. Throughout, Ethel Ennis handles the diverse settings with remarkable aplomb, with a sure touch for the nuances of feeling and phrasing and singing with a maturity beyond her years.

Album: Lullabies For Losers+change Of Scenery+have You Forgotten (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:46
Size: 107.1 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:23] 1. Love For Sale
[4:34] 2. Dreamer Dreamer
[2:58] 3. Blue Prelude
[2:55] 4. Off Shore
[4:00] 5. Caually
[3:06] 6. Hey Jacques
[3:03] 7. Lullaby For Losers
[3:02] 8. Say It Aiin't So, Joe
[3:12] 9. You Better Go Now
[3:26] 10. Blue Willow
[4:19] 11. Bon Voyage
[2:52] 12. I've Got You Under My Skin
[3:17] 13. Got It In My Blood (Bonus Track)
[2:33] 14. A Pair Of Fools (Bonus Track)

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Album: Lullabies For Losers+change Of Scenery+have You Forgotten (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:04
Size: 160.4 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:03] 1. My Foolish Heart
[4:54] 2. Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe
[2:44] 3. Taking A Chance On Love
[4:02] 4. I Remember-The Corn Fields Of Home
[2:32] 5. I Still Get A Thrill
[2:27] 6. The Song Is Ended
[5:10] 7. I Cried For You
[3:40] 8. A Change Of The Scenery
[2:40] 9. Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye
[3:24] 10. Thrill Me
[2:49] 11. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
[2:53] 12. Have You Forgotten
[3:33] 13. How About Me
[2:43] 14. My Apple Pie Guy
[2:51] 15. There's No Fool Like An Old Fool
[3:09] 16. Serenade In Blue
[2:22] 17. A Little Bit Square But Nice
[3:26] 18. It Was So Beautiful
[2:22] 19. Three On A Match
[3:37] 20. The Things I Love
[2:18] 21. For All We Know
[3:13] 22. All I Am To You

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Various - Capitol Sings Hollywood

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:43
Size: 134.4 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. Betty Hutton - Stuff Like That There
[2:56] 2. Bob Manning - That Old Feeling
[2:41] 3. Bobby Darin - There's A Rainbow 'round My Shoulder
[1:53] 4. Dakota Staton - On Green Dolphin Street
[2:17] 5. Dean Martin - Louise
[3:01] 6. Ethel Ennis - My Foolish Heart
[3:04] 7. Johnny Mercer - If I Had A Talking Picture Of You
[3:13] 8. Julie London - It Could Happen To You
[2:39] 9. June Christy - They Can't Take That Away From Me
[3:29] 10. June Hutton - My Baby Just Cares For Me
[3:12] 11. Keely Smith - When Your Lover Has Gone
[2:48] 12. Lena Horne - Singin' In The Rain
[2:46] 13. Mark Murphy - Put The Blame On Mame
[3:11] 14. Mel Tormé - Again
[4:02] 15. Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful
[2:54] 16. Nat King Cole - Smile
[3:07] 17. Peggy Lee - Stormy Weather
[4:17] 18. Sue Raney - I Remember You
[2:06] 19. Trudy Richards - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
[2:00] 20. Vic Damone - Stella By Starlight

Capitol Records has one of the most distinctive buildings in Los Angeles and if a movie shows the city begin destroyed by aliens or tornadoes it usually involves the destruction of the round building that bears the company's name. Capitol was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, the first major label on the West Coast competing with New York City's Columbia, Decca and RCA-Victor. Starting with artists like Paul Whiteman and Martha Tilton, by the end of the decade the label was recording Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Les Brown, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra. While the works of Crosby and Sinatra are exempt from the Capitol Sings series, you will always find familiar singers singing familiar songs, as with the title track sung by Lena Horne, as often as you hear unfamiliar songs sung by forgotten singers, such as Ethel Ennis singing "My Foolish Heart."

"Captiol Sings Hollywood" is Volume 20 in the series and one brings together twenty tracks representing a particular venue (e.g., Broadway) instead of a specific songwriter (e.g., Irving Berlin). Just be aware that if a song originated in a Broadway show that was made into a Hollywood musical then it is exempt from being included in this collection. That would explain why you may well be unfamiliar with most of these twenty songs. "Singin' in the Rain" and "Stormy Weather" are recognizable classics, and the same should be said for Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," sung here by Nat King Cole in one of the best tracks on the album. and June Christy's swing version of "They Can't Take That Away From Me." But after that you may recognize singers like Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and Mel Torme more than "Louise," "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder," and "Again." Still you will find a few new little gems on this album, what with Sarah Vaughn's "I Remember You" and Nancy Murphy's saucy "Put the Blame on Mame." That last is from the movie "Gilda" (I mention this because I was drawing blanks on the vast majority of these tracks as to what movies they were culled from and this one immediately jumped to my mind, as did the fact that Anita Ellis sang it for Rita Haywroth).

Despite the unfamiliar songs this is still an enjoyable album, even if it is a lesser one by the standard of the Capitol Sings series. But if you like one of these albums you will certainly enjoy the rest of them. Final Note: On this album Peggy Lee sings Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather," but on the "Over the Rainbow: Capitol Sings Harold Arlen" the song is sung by Keely Smith. So even when a song by a particular composer or lyricist shows up on more than one album, you will find different cover versions on each album. Again, this simply reflects how deep the Capitol vault is when it comes to these songs. ~Lawrence Bernabo

Capitol Sings Hollywood

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Ethel Ennis - Once Again...

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 32:55

Size: 75.4 MB

Styles: Jazz vocals

Year: 1964/2004

Art: Front

[2:39] 1. Since I've Been To You

[2:25] 2. Show Me A Man (I Can Look Up To)

[3:21] 3. Falling Leaves

[2:18] 4. For Every Man There's A Woman

[2:04] 5. Thrill Me

[3:11] 6. Love For Sale

[2:50] 7. Like Love

[2:30] 8. Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart

[4:14] 9. Mr. Wonderful

[2:12] 10. You've Got To Want Me Enough

[3:09] 11. One Man Woman

[1:56] 12. Wild Is Love

Baltimore jazz institution Ethel Ennis was born November 28, 1932. Beginning her vocal career while a pianist in a high school jazz group, she quickly went on to sing with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington to Count Basie. Ennis' debut LP, Lullabies for Losers, appeared on Jubilee in 1955, with the follow-up, Change of Scenery, issued two years later on Capitol; around the same time, she toured Europe with Benny Goodman, but finding the grind of the road too intense, she returned home to Baltimore, and -- much to the detriment of her rising fame -- rarely played outside of the Charm City area in the decades to come. After 1958's Have You Forgotten?, Ennis did not resurface until six years later, landing at RCA for This Is Ethel Ennis; three more LPs -- Once Again, Eyes for You and My Kind of Waltztime -- quickly followed by another eight-year studio hiatus which finally ended with the 1973 release of the BASF album 10 Sides of Ethel Ennis. That same year, she also sang the National Anthem at the re-inauguration proceedings of President Richard Nixon. Ennis next turned up on vinyl in 1980 with Live at Maryland Inn; a self-titled follow-up was 14 years in the making, with If Women Ruled the World appearing in 1998. ~bio by Jason Ankeny

Once Again...

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Ethel Ennis - This Is Ethel Ennis

Styles: Jazz, Vocal

Year: 1963

File: MP3@224K/s

Time: 57:14

Size: 101,3 MB

Art: Front

(3:01)  1. He Loves Me

(2:51)  2. An Occasional Man

(3:17)  3. Dear Friend

(2:39)  4. Nobody Told Me

(2:33)  5. As You Desire Me

(2:58)  6. Joey, Joey, Joey

(2:46)  7. The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)

(2:21)  8. Who Will Buy?

(2:45)  9. Night Club

(3:04) 10. Love, Don't Turn Away

(2:40) 11. Starry-Eyed and Breathless

(2:02) 12. When Did I Fall in Love

(2:28) 13. The Boy from Ipanema

(2:15) 14. When Will the Hurt Be Over

(2:31) 15. Now I Have Everything

(2:06) 16. Matchmaker, Matchmaker

(2:08) 17. San Juan

(2:41) 18. For a Little While

(2:00) 19. I've Got That Feeling

(2:44) 20. About Love

(2:37) 21. We Could Learn Together

(2:38) 22. Look at Me

Baltimore jazz institution Ethel Ennis was born November 28, 1932. Beginning her vocal career while a pianist in a high school jazz group, she quickly went on to sing with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington to Count Basie. Ennis' debut LP, Lullabies for Losers, appeared on Jubilee in 1955, with the follow-up, Change of Scenery, issued two years later on Capitol; around the same time, she toured Europe with Benny Goodman, but finding the grind of the road too intense, she returned home to Baltimore, and  much to the detriment of her rising fame rarely played outside of the Charm City area in the decades to come. After 1958's Have You Forgotten?, Ennis did not resurface until six years later, landing at RCA for This Is Ethel Ennis; three more LPs Once Again, Eyes for You and My Kind of Waltztime quickly followed by another eight-year studio hiatus which finally ended with the 1973 release of the BASF album 10 Sides of Ethel Ennis. That same year, she also sang the National Anthem at the re-inauguration proceedings of President Richard Nixon. Ennis next turned up on vinyl in 1980 with Live at Maryland Inn; a self-titled follow-up was 14 years in the making, with If Women Ruled the World appearing in 1998. ~ Jason Ankeny  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ethel-ennis-mn0000206512/biography

Repressing. 2007 reissue of this album from the Baltimore native, originally released on RCA in 1958. In her heyday, the critics hailed as "the most accomplished singer performing today." That stature was earned by her magnificent voice, her brilliant compositions, her joyful performances and her collaboration with the finest musicians. Ethel Ennis first won national recognition for her recording 'Lullaby for Losers' in 1955. In 1958, Benny Goodman chose her as the female vocalist for the all-star band that he took to Europe for the Brussel's World Fair. This Is Ethel Ennis is highly indicative of the taste, originality and selectivity that went into her choice of songs. Poker. ~ Editorial Reviews http://www.amazon.com/This-Is-Ethel-Ennis/dp/B000X20ZBY

This Is Ethel Ennis

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Ethel Ennis - If Women Ruled The World

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:35
Size: 136.4 MB
Styles: Standards, Vocal jazz
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[5:05] 1. Spider Web
[4:59] 2. If Women Ruled The World
[5:54] 3. God Bless The Child
[4:43] 4. You Gotta Be
[5:33] 5. For Free
[4:41] 6. Sometimes I Don't Wanna Go Home
[6:31] 7. Tell It Like It Is
[4:08] 8. So Far Away
[3:12] 9. When I Need You
[5:47] 10. Willow Weep For Me
[4:07] 11. Nick Of Time
[4:49] 12. Hey You

This is a historic release on two levels. It was one of the first recordings of new jazz for Savoy in a couple decades (unfortunately the label's venture into recording new music did not last long) and it was singer Ethel Ennis' first recording in quite some time. For this project, she interprets a dozen songs written by women, ranging from "God Bless the Child" and "Willow Weep for Me" to more recent songs by Joan Osborne, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, Carole King, and herself ("Hey You"). The performances range from swinging pieces to folk music with Ennis assisted by pianist Marc Copland, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, guitarist John Abercrombie, soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom, and a couple different rhythm sections. This is a fine effort, making one wish that Ethel Ennis would record much more often. ~Scott Yanow

If Women Ruled The World

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