Mabel Mercer - Once in a Blue Moon

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:42
Size: 100,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:44)  1. Once in a Blue Moon
(2:04)  2. In the Spring of the Year
(2:45)  3. Look at 'Im
(4:00)  4. Guess I'll Go Back Home
(3:05)  5. I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore
(3:45)  6. My Shining Hour
(4:05)  7. The Twelve Days of Christmas
(3:21)  8. Whenever Winds Blow
(2:45)  9. Isn't He Adorable
(3:56) 10. Isn't It a Pity
(2:50) 11. If You Leave Paris
(2:38) 12. Sunday in New York
(2:49) 13. If Love Were All
(2:48) 14. Sail Away

Respected and honored by her peers, cabaret singer Mabel Mercer was one of the strongest song interpreters in traditional pop, a large influence on singers including Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, as well as a ready rediscoverer of once-forgotten nuggets like "Fly Me to the Moon." Born in Staffordshire, England, Mercer was the child of American jazz singer Warren Mercer, Sr. (who died before Mabel's birth), and British music hall actress Gertrude Doak. Though she was classically trained in voice, her professional debut came as a dancer, while she was still in her teens. Mercer was back to vocals by the '20s, and during the decade she appeared in clubs throughout Europe as well as the Middle East. 

By the end of the Roaring '20s, she had settled in Paris and gained fame on the city's cabaret scene, populated and made famous by American expatriates, from Cole Porter to Ernest Hemingway. Mercer made her New York debut in 1938 and soon began a club residency that eventually lasted 20 years. Her notable influence on Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, and Nat King Cole gained her additional fans; after signing to Atlantic in the early '50s, Mercer recorded several LPs during the decade. During the '60s, she recorded two live LPs with Bobby Short. The following decade saw her appearing at Carnegie Hall and on her own British television special. Despite a brief retirement, she returned in the early '80s and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ~ John Bush  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mabel-mercer/id50234517#fullText

Personnel: Mabel Mercer (vocals); George Cory (arranger, conductor, piano).

Once in a Blue Moon

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Mabel Mercer - Sings Cole Porter

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:12
Size: 114.9 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 1955/1996
Art: Front

[3:37] 1. It's De-Lovely
[3:37] 2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
[3:14] 3. Experiment
[2:46] 4. Ours
[2:57] 5. After You
[2:08] 6. Where, Oh Where
[2:47] 7. It's All Right With Me
[4:35] 8. So In Love
[2:50] 9. Looking At You
[3:10] 10. When Love Comes Your Way
[1:48] 11. I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple
[2:59] 12. Use Your Imagination
[2:37] 13. Ace In The Hole
[2:52] 14. Just One Of Those Things
[5:04] 15. From This Moment On
[1:22] 16. All Of You
[1:42] 17. Down In The Depths

Born at the turn of the century, Mabel Mercer dwelled at the heart of cabaret culture, first as a dancer in Paris's legendary Bricktop's and then as a singer in New York, influencing artists from Frank Sinatra to Bobby Short. Her precise articulation and developed sense of a song's drama defined cabaret singing, and those skills are ideally suited to Porter's songs, what with their sculpted ironies and casual melodies. Her art is especially apparent on Porter's less-celebrated songs--like "Ours" and "I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple"--the crisp minidramas and period pieces that haven't become standards. Beneath their polished surfaces and perfect diction, Mercer's performances are able to suggest different depths of character and restrained passions. ~Stuart Broomer

Sings Cole Porter

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