The Billy May Collection 1939-60 > Billy May


Recording Details

Type
Audio / Vocal Recording / (Compilation)
Language
English
Music
Harold Arlen (576), Hoagy Carmichael (125), Noël Coward (257), Gene de Paul (78), Sammy Fain (203), Arthur Johnston (45), Jerome Kern (660), Burton Lane (256), Frank Loesser (387), Jimmy McHugh (230), Cole Porter (925), Richard Rodgers (1285), Sigmund Romberg (190), Arthur Schwartz (254), Jule Styne (541), James Van Heusen (231), Harry Warren (358), Meredith Willson (95)
Lyrics
Johnny Burke (173), Sammy Cahn (318), Betty Comden (239), Noël Coward (257), Howard Dietz (192), Al Dubin (189), Dorothy Fields (369), Ira Gershwin (709), Mack Gordon (188), Adolph Green (246), Oscar Hammerstein II (902), Lorenz Hart (598), Irving Kahal (63), Frank Loesser (387), Johnny Mercer (501), Cole Porter (925), Meredith Willson (95)
Liner Notes
Geoff Wilding (6)
Performer
The Andrews Sisters (86), Louis Armstrong (199), Mel Blanc (14), Hoagy Carmichael (125), Rosemary Clooney (226), Nat King Cole (139), Bing Crosby (463), Bobby Darin (73), Ella Fitzgerald (252), Tennessee Ernie Ford (6), The Four Freshmen (31), Stan Freberg (14), Dick Haymes (142), Bob Hope (87), Betty Hutton (99), Danny Kaye (92), Peggy Lee [1] (287), Jerry Lewis (23), Nellie Lutcher (8), Gisele MacKenzie (28), Dean Martin (120), Johnny Mercer (501), Ella Mae Morse (15), Anita O'Day (84), Sue Raney (25), Trudy Richards (7), Frank Sinatra (377), Keely Smith (61), Jeri Southern (40), Jo Stafford (182), Kay Starr (75), Yma Sumac (5), Mel Tormé (158), Margaret Whiting (142), Nancy Wilson (74)
Musician
Billy May (91), George Shearing (66)
Shortcode
[r26104]

Releases

Format
4-CD
Label
Acrobat 7036
Released
2012-09-11
Country
UK
Barcode
824046703622
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# Tracks
111
Lists
3 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode
[rl40777]
Disc 1
1. Cherokee (Charlie Barnet & His Orch.)
2. Ida Sweet As Apple Cider (Glenn Miller & His Orch.)
3. Boulder Bluff (Glenn Miller & His Orch.)
4. Clambake in B.Flat (The Capitol Jazzmen)
5. Captain Kidd (Ella Mae Morse)
6. Buzz Me (Ella Mae Morse)
7. The Coffee Song (The King Sisters)
8. Bloop Bleep (Danny Kaye)
9. Memphis in June (Hoagy Carmichael)
10. Put Yourself in My Place Baby (Hoagy Carmichael)
11. Sparky's Magic Piano (Henry Blair)
12. Blind Date (Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope)
13. Home Cookin' (Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope)
14. I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat (Mel Blanc)
15. I'm A Little Busybody (Jerry Lewis)
16. D'Ya Wanna Go to Tia Juana (Mel Blanc)
17. So Far, So Good (Peggy Lee)
18. My Magic Heart (Peggy Lee)
19. Mean to Me (Nellie Lutcher)
20. Fat Man Boogie (Billy May & His Orch.)
21. Lean Baby (Billy May & His Orch.)
22. Walkin' My Baby Back Home (Nat King Cole)
23. What Does It Take (Nat King Cole)
24. Two Brothers (Kay Starr)
25. La Ronde (Gisele MacKenzie)
26. Please (Gisele MacKenzie)
Disc 2
1. Mayhem (Billy May & His Orch.)
2. Memphis In June (Johnny Mercer)
3. You And The Night And The Music (Billy May & His Orch.)
4. Bacchanalia (Billy May & His Orch.)
5. South Of The Border (Frank Sinatra)
6. This Must Be The Place (Tennessee Ernie Ford & Betty Hutton)
7. The Honeymoon's Over (Tennessee Ernie Ford & Betty Hutton)
8. River Of No Return (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
9. Sh - Boom (Stan Freberg with The Toads)
10. Open Up The Doghouse (Dean Martin & Nat King Cole)
11. Long Long Ago (Dean Martin & Nat King Cole)
12. The Dixieland Band (Billy May & His Orch.)
13. Hello Out There, Hello (Johnny Mercer)
14. Papa Loves Mambo (Nat King Cole)
15. Mad about the Boy (Billy May & His Orch.)
16. Pick Yourself Up (Billy May & His Orch.)
17. It's the Natural Thing To Do (Billy May & His Orch.)
18. Oklahoma! (Billy May & His Orch.)
19. Bo Mambo (Yma Sumac )
20. Carnivalito Boliviano (Yma Sumac )
21. Street Of Dreams (Billy May & His Orch. & The Encores )
22. I'll See You Again (Billy May & His Orch.)
23. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Billy May & His Orch.)
24. Main title theme from The Man With The Golden Arm (Billy May & His Orch.)
25. Floater (Billy May & His Orch.)
26. Christopher Columbus (Billy May & His Orch.)
27. I Never Get Enough Of You (Dick Haymes )
28. Love Is A Great Big Nothin' (Billy May & His Orch.)
29. The Banana Boat Song (Day - O) (Stan Freeberg with Peter Leeds.)
Disc 3
1. Aren't You Glad You're You (The Four Freshmen)
2. Accentuate The Positive (The Four Freshmen)
3. My Romance (The Andrews Sisters)
4. Younger Than Springtime (The Andrews Sisters)
5. Send For Me (Nat King Cole with McCoy's Boys)
6. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me (Trudy Richards)
7. The Party's Over (Nat King Cole)
8. Brushed Off (Alvin Stoller )
9. Let's Get Away From It All (Frank Sinatra)
10. Moonlight In Vermont (Frank Sinatra)
11. Come Fly With Me (Frank Sinatra)
12. Pawn Ticket (Billy May & His Orch.)
13. Brassmen's Holiday (Billy May & His Big Fat Brass)
14. Lulu's Back In Town (George Shearing Quintet with Billy May's Brass Choir)
15. Mine (George Shearing Quintet with Billy May's Brass Choir)
16. Memories Of You (George Shearing Quintet with Billy May's Brass Choir)
17. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Keely Smith)
18. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Keely Smith)
19. Sposin' (Keely Smith)
20. Solving The Riddle (Billy May & His Orch.)
21. Fancy Meeting You Here (Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney)
22. Isle Of Capri (Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney)
23. Something's Gotta Give (Frank Sinatra)
24. Adios (Billy May's Rico Mambo Orch.)
25. Frenesi (Billy May's Rico Mambo Orch.)
26. Don't Look At Me That Way (Jeri Southern)
27. Which (Jeri Southern)
28. You're The Top (Jeri Southern)
Disc 4
1. You'd Be So Easy To Love (Anita O'Day)
2. South of The Border (Mel Torme)
3. Perfidia (Mel Torme)
4. Adios (Mel Torme)
5. In The Mood Cha Cha (Billy May & His Orch.)
6. Snowfall (Billy May & His Orch.)
7. The More I See You (Nancy Wilson)
8. People Will Say We're In Love (Nancy Wilson)
9. Belly Up To The Bar Boys (Billy May, Stan Kenton, Nelson Riddle)
10. Pretty Eyes (Peggy Lee)
11. Because I Love Him So (Peggy Lee)
12. I Remember You (Peggy Lee)
13. Moments Like This (Peggy Lee)
14. Happy Is The Word (For Love) (Jo Stafford)
15. Candy (Jo Stafford)
16. What A Feeling (Jo Stafford)
17. Ten Cents A Dance (Anita O'Day)
18. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong)
19. Muskrat Ramble (Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong)
20. Little Ol' Tune (Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong)
21. Impossible (Sue Raney)
22. September In The Rain (Sue Raney)
23. Medley: Paddlin' Madeline Home, Row Row Row (Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer)
24. Lonesome Polecat (Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer)
25. Indiana (Back Home In) (Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer)
26. It's Only A Paper Moon (Ella Fitzgerald)
27. The Man That Got away (Ella Fitzgerald)
28. The Atchison Topeka & the Santa Fe (The Four Freshmen)

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