Various - Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 64:44

Size: 148.2 MB

Styles: Standards, Easy Listening

Year: 1991

Art: Front

[2:16] 1. Annie Ross - All Of You

[2:03] 2. Peggy Lee - Always True To You In My Fashion

[2:21] 3. Count Basie - Anything Goes

[3:26] 4. Gordon Macrae - Begin The Beguine

[2:44] 5. Martha Tilton - Blow, Gabriel, Blow

[3:47] 6. Stan Kenton - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

[1:50] 7. Peggy Lee - From Now On

[2:41] 8. Stan Kenton - I Get A Kick Out Of You

[2:53] 9. Judy Garland - I Happen To Like New York

[2:15] 10. Helen O'connell - In The Still Of The Night

[2:38] 11. Dinah Shore - It's All Right With Me

[2:35] 12. Louis Prima - I've Got You Under My Skin

[2:13] 13. Nat King Cole - Just One Of Those Things

[2:37] 14. Liza Minnelli - Looking At You

[2:08] 15. Frances Faye - Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)

[2:25] 16. John Raitt - So In Love

[2:30] 17. Dean Martin - True Love

[1:51] 18. Keely Smith - What Is This Thing Called Love

[3:16] 19. Margaret Whiting - Why Shouldn't I

[2:48] 20. Jo Stafford - Wunderbar

[2:35] 21. Nancy Wilson - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

[2:35] 22. Jean Turner - You're The Top

[2:11] 23. Trudy Richards - Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)

[3:03] 24. Jeri Southern - Get Out Of Town

[2:50] 25. The Andrews Sisters - You Do Something To Me

As far as all-star Cole Porter compilations go, Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes is recommended as an entertaining sampler of 25 titles performed by some of the label's biggest stars. These include, on the hip end of the spectrum, Nat King Cole, Nancy Wilson, Frances Faye, Jo Stafford, and Annie Ross, a disarming vocalist who collaborates warmly with baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. Peggy Lee is heard with George Shearing, Keely Smith with Louis Prima, Dinah Shore with Red Norvo, Tony Bennett with Count Basie and Chris Connor, and June Christy with Stan Kenton. Pop singers heard on this collection include Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Margaret Whiting, Dean Martin, Gordon MacRae, and the Andrews Sisters. This mini-survey of great moments in mid-20th century pop culture is suitable for casual listening (and optional singalong) while cleaning house, preparing food, shampooing the cat, or operating heavy machinery during rush hour. ~arwulf arwulf

Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes

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Louis Prima, Keely Smith - Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz 
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:31
Size: 80,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:52)  1. Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl!
(2:32)  2. Banana Split For My Baby
(2:21)  3. You Are My Love
(3:06)  4. Fever
(2:27)  5. Oh, Marie
(3:29)  6. Lazy River
(2:49)  7. Nitey-Nite
(2:41)  8. When The Saints Go Marching In
(2:52)  9. Autumn Leaves
(1:28) 10. Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl! - Reprise
(3:09) 11. Don't Take Your Love From Me
(2:16) 12. (Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby
(2:23) 13. Oh, Marie - Alternate stereo version

Louis Prima and Keely Smith were at the height of their fame when they starred in the Hollywood film Hey Boy! Hey Girl! This soundtrack album has ten numbers from the film including spots for Prima's trumpet on "Oh Marie" and "When the Saints Go Marching In," two numbers for Smith in which she is backed by the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, a feature for Sam Butera on "Fever" and several notable vocal duets by the stars (including "Lazy River" and two versions of the title cut). 

The music never quite cuts loose but does include some exciting moments. Louis Prima fans will want to search for this collector's item. https://www.allmusic.com/album/hey-boy%21-hey-girl%21-mw0000873667

Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

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Keely Smith/Louis Prima - Breaking It Up!

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1951
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:57
Size: 85,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:04)  1. Eleanor
(2:27)  2. Shake Hands with Santa Claus
(2:21)  3. Oooh-Dahdily-Dah
(2:28)  4. Basta
(2:40)  5. The Bigger the Figure
(2:44)  6. Boney Bones
(2:45)  7. One Mint Julep
(1:54)  8. Chili Sauce
(2:19)  9. Oh, Marie
(2:44) 10. Luigi
(2:32) 11. Paul Revere
(2:14) 12. It's Good as New (I Painted It Blue)
(2:25) 13. Barnacle Bill the Sailor
(2:33) 14. Shepherd Boy
(2:40) 15. Chop Suey, Chow Mein

In late 1951, Louis Prima was hot on the heels of a comeback success the year before with "Oh Babe!," and a record so big that it spawned numerous cover versions by everyone from Wynonie Harris and Lionel Hampton to Kay Starr and even a Spanish language version by Lalo Guerrero ("Chitas Patas Boogie" on Imperial and used in the movie Zoot Suit with Edward James Olmos). After three follow-ups went nowhere (one of which was the immortal "Zooma Zooma"), Prima came to Columbia Records and was handed over to A&R chief Mitch Miller. And here was part of the problem. Prima's audience liked a cruder Louis and were used to records cut on shoestring budgets with production values that were as raw as the music they framed, while Miller's production was state-of-the-art squeaky-clean. Miller had Prima covering R&B hits of the day ("One Mint Julep") jump blues ("Oooh-Dahdilly-Dah" and one of the few tracks to feature Keely Smith on here), Latin-flavored tunes ("Chili Sauce"), novelty tunes like "Barnacle Bill the Sailor," "Boney Bones," and "It's Good as New (I Painted It Blue)," as well as his patented Italian shuffles like "Eleanor," "Basta," "Luigi," "The Bigger the Figure" and a bombastic version of "Oh Marie" (perhaps the only dud in this entire package), framed in the corniest "Sing Along with Mitch" arrangement imaginable and a million light-years away from his famous Capitol recording of the same tune. This entire set combines all 14 sides of the seven singles issued, plus the addition of "Chop Suey, Chow Mein" along with the original 1958 cover art to Columbia's original issue of this material. Not his best, but an interesting one to add to the collection after you have most of everything else. ~ Cub Koda https://www.allmusic.com/album/breaking-it-up%21-mw0000045185

Breaking It Up!

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Louis Prima - Strictly Prima!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:40
Size: 79.4 MB
Styles: Jump blues, Swing
Year: 1959/2011
Art: Front

[3:03] 1. If You Were The Only Girl
[2:47] 2. Judy
[2:09] 3. Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days
[3:13] 4. That's My Home
[4:07] 5. Sing, Sing, Sing
[2:29] 6. Gotta See Baby Tonight
[2:56] 7. Felicia No Capicia
[2:50] 8. Moonglow
[2:11] 9. Bourbon Street Blues
[6:14] 10. Fee Fie Foo
[2:34] 11. The Music Goes 'round And Around

Bass – Tony Liuzza; Drums – Paul Ferrara; Guitar – Bobby Roberts (3); Performer – Sam Butera And The Witnesses; Piano – Willie MacCumber; Tenor Saxophone – Sam Butera; Trombone – Lou Sino. Louis Prima in a frantic session recorded at the Sahara in Las Vegas.

Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an Italian American singer, actor, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s, and performed as a Vegas lounge act in the late 1950s and 1960s.[citation needed]

From the 1940s through the 1960s, his music further encompassed early R&B and rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie, and even Italian folk music, such as the tarantella. Prima made prominent use of Italian music and language in his songs, blending elements of his Italian identity with jazz and swing music. At a time when "ethnic" musicians were often discouraged from openly stressing their ethnicity, Prima's conspicuous embrace of his Italian ethnicity opened the doors for other Italian-American and "ethnic" American musicians to display their ethnic roots

Strictly Prima! mc
Strictly Prima! zippy

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Louis Prima Jr. and The Witnesses - Blow

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:44
Size: 94,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:40)  1. Blow
(4:19)  2. Go, Let's Go
(5:10)  3. New Orleans
(5:10)  4. Someday (feat. Leslie Spencer)
(3:21)  5. That's My Home (feat. Louis Prima)
(2:51)  6. Fame and Glory
(3:24)  7. Might Be Crazy (feat. Leslie Spencer)
(3:17)  8. Goody Two Shoes
(3:21)  9. I Just Wanna Have Fun (feat. Leslie Spencer)
(2:39) 10. Robin Hood
(4:27) 11. Those Million Things

For a while, Louis Prima Jr. resisted the call of the wild. The only son of the celebrated Vegas headliner, Prima Jr. fronted a locally successful rock outfit in his 20s and continued to dabble in music while building a career in Sin City’s food and beverage trade. It wasn’t until 1995 that the trumpeter and vocalist, then 30, decided to focus fulltime on recapturing the colossal showmanship of his late father. Seventeen years later, having formed his own band of Witnesses, he made his recording debut with Return of the Wildest!, comprising mostly covers from his dad’s repertoire. Blow is fresher, bolder and braver, its playlist dominated by sharp, rowdy originals. Prima Sr. was a master of controlled chaos. While Prima Jr. captures his old man’s frenetic, party-all-night ethos ably, his sound is more loosely explosive with distinct rock underpinnings. His voice barely hints at Sr.’s barbequed foghorn, remaining much closer in tone and timbre to Huey Lewis. Papa Prima had two secret weapons: Keely Smith and Sam Butera. In Marco Palos, Prima Jr. has a sax ace every bit as ferocious as Butera. Vocalist Leslie Spencer sounds nothing like Smith (who ever could?) but is an impressively soulful stylist, gutsy and powerful. Prima invades his father’s songbook just twice, for a rollicking “Robin Hood” and a blistering, from-the-grave duet with Louis Sr. on “That’s My Home.” Side-by-side with his father, Louis Jr. proves how worthy an heir he is to dad’s King of Cool mantle. ~Christopher Loudon https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/louis-prima-jr-the-witnesses-blow/

Personnel: Louis Prima Jr. (vocals, trumpet); Leslie Spencer (vocals); Ryan McKay (guitar); Marco Palos (saxophone); Ted Schumacher (trumpet); Steve Pandis (flugelhorn); Philip Clevinger (trombone); Gregg Fox (piano, organ); A.D. Adams (drums).

Blow

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Louis Prima - The Wildest!

Styles: Vocal And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:02
Size: 77,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:49)  1. Medley: Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
(2:43)  2. (Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby
(2:23)  3. The Lip
(3:29)  4. Body And Soul
(2:35)  5. Oh Marie
(4:19) 6. Medley: Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South
(3:33)  7. Jump, Jive, An' Wail
(3:04)  8. Buono Sera
(2:52)  9. Night Train
(3:14) 10. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You

A veritable greatest-hits album, The Wildest! is the gem of Louis Prima's catalogue. None of his other efforts transcend its raunchy mix of demented gibberish, blaring sax, and explosive swing, which rocked as hard as anything released at the time. Almost all of Prima's signature songs are found here: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody," "Oh Marie," "Jump, Jive, an' Wail," and "Buona Sera," to name a few. A plethora of greatest-hits packages (especially Capitol's Collectors Series) may offer wider song selection and greater value, but the reissue of Prima's masterpiece is a welcome event that's been a long time coming. ~ Jim Smith https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-wildest%21-mw0000065221

Personnel:  Louis Prima - vocals, trumpet;  Keely Smith - vocals;  Jack Marshall - guitar;  Sam Butera - tenor saxophone;  James Blount, Jr. - trombone;  Willie McCumber - piano;  Amato Rodrigues - bass guitar;  Bobby Morris - drums                

The Wildest!

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Louis Prima - On Broadway

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1967
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 25:44
Size: 105,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:45)  1. Mame
(2:27)  2. Cabaret
(1:56)  3. Illya Darling
(2:57)  4. I Believe In You
(2:48)  5. Sunrise, Sunset
(3:20)  6. The Impossible Dream
(2:30)  7. Hello Dolly
(2:19)  8. On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever
(2:36)  9. Poor Old Marat
(2:02) 10. My Cup Runneth Over

Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an Italian-American singer, actor, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band in the late 1920s, fronted a swing combo in the 1930s and a big band group in the 1940s, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s, and performed as a Vegas lounge act in the late 1950s and 1960s. From the 1940s through the 1960s, his music further encompassed early R&B and rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie, and even Italian folk music, such as the tarantella. Prima made prominent use of Italian music and language in his songs, blending elements of his Italian identity with jazz and swing music. At a time when "ethnic" musicians were often discouraged from openly stressing their ethnicity, Prima's conspicuous embrace of his Italian ethnicity opened the doors for other Italian-American and "ethnic" American musicians to display their ethnic roots. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Prima

Thank You Scoredaddy!!
On Broadway

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Various - We're Swingin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:48
Size: 102.6 MB
Styles: Retro Swing
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[4:44] 1. Bellevue Cadillac - Prozac
[4:37] 2. Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums - Jumptown
[3:08] 3. Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's - Straight Eight
[3:44] 4. The Swingtips - Checkbook Daddy-O
[3:42] 5. Bill Elliott - Mildred, Won't You Behave
[2:34] 6. Speak Easy Spies - Hey Kat
[5:32] 7. Lee Press-On & The Nails - Big Pants Dance
[4:01] 8. The Acme Swing Co. - Warm It Up
[3:58] 9. Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - What's The Matter With You
[2:08] 10. Louis Prima - Lip
[3:49] 11. New York Jimmy & The Jive Five - She Won't Dance
[2:47] 12. New Morty Show - Knockin' At Your Door

As they say within, 'Jump, joy and swing your blues away'. ~Stephem Cramer

We're Swingin'

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