Various - Heart & Soul: Celebrating The Unforgettable Songs Of Frank Loesser

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:16
Size: 147.1 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. Helen Forrest - I Don't Want To Walk Without You
[3:06] 2. Bea Wain - Heart And Soul
[3:45] 3. Della Reese - Two Sleepy People
[2:31] 4. Kay Kyser - Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
[2:48] 5. Sarah Vaughan - Can't Get Out Of This Mood
[2:59] 6. Vaughn Monnroe - Let's Get Lost
[2:49] 7. Johnny Mathis - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
[2:40] 8. Sarah Vaughan - Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
[2:55] 9. Dinah Shore - I Wish I Didn't Love You So
[2:56] 10. Pearl Bailey - Baby, It's Cold Outside
[7:32] 11. Four Lads - Where's Charley
[3:01] 12. Doris Day - I've Never Been In Love Before
[2:15] 13. Barry Manilow - Luck Be A Lady
[2:50] 14. Four Lads - Standing On The Corner
[2:51] 15. Doris Day - Somebody Somewhere
[3:55] 16. Johnny Mathis - Joey, Joey, Joey
[2:40] 17. Vic Damone - Never Will I Marry
[3:21] 18. Michele Lee - I Believe In You
[6:22] 19. Arthur Fiedler - Hans Christian Anderson Medley

There may be no better shorthand for Frank Loesser’s genius than the words “heart and soul.” They never deserted him, from the dapper hit-parade favorites he wrote for Hollywood, to his ambitious Broadway career that produced – in little more than a decade – Where’s Charley?, Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. A complex and sophisticated man, Loesser somehow managed to keep the essence of “heart and soul” in everything he wrote, without ever seeming glib. His craft deepened and broadened, but it never lost an almost streetwise honesty that is as dazzling and sharp as a diamond. You never feel cheated or manipulated in a Frank Loesser song. Seduced, maybe. Teased and kidded, certainly. Moved, almost always. And joyously entertained. ~ David Foil

Heart & Soul: Celebrating The Unforgettable Songs Of Frank Loesser

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Kay Kyser - Best Of Big Bands

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:29
Size: 108.7 MB
Styles: Big band, Easy Listening
Year: 1980/1990
Art: Front

[2:31] 1. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition!
[2:22] 2. There Goes That Song Again
[2:54] 3. Indian Summer
[3:24] 4. That's For Me
[2:42] 5. If I Only Had A Brain
[2:44] 6. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
[2:35] 7. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover
[2:59] 8. Two Sleepy People
[3:06] 9. Bell Bottom Trousers
[3:16] 10. On A Slow Boat To China
[3:05] 11. Ole Buttermilk Sky
[2:59] 12. Deep Purple
[3:19] 13. (I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
[3:01] 14. The Woody Woodpecker Song
[3:09] 15. Huggin' And Chalkin'
[3:16] 16. The Old Lamplighter

Kay Kyser was never much more than an entertaining curio in the field of swing music, a novelty act with an unusually good band to back him up. All of his hits from the late '30s until the end of the '40s are represented, most of which have more nostalgic interest today than major musical value, although Ginny Simms and her successors sing well enough. The sound on this collection isn't ideal, as it dates from a period when Columbia in particular was getting a cold, harsh texture from much of its '40s big band masters; but it is fair, and there's unlikely to be an upgrade anytime soon. ~Bruce Eder

Best Of Big Bands

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