Hollywood's Best: The Forties > Compilation

Recording Details

Date: 1997
Type: Audio / Film Cast / (Compilation)
Method: Studio
Language: English
Music: Harold Arlen (576), George M. Cohan (61), Gene de Paul (78), Herman Hupfeld (26), Jerome Kern (660), Frank Loesser (387), Hugh Martin (129), Jimmy McHugh (230), Cole Porter (925), Arthur Schwartz (254), Harry Warren (358)
Lyrics: Harold Adamson (120), Ralph Blane (114), George M. Cohan (61), Arthur Freed (144), Mack Gordon (188), Oscar Hammerstein II (902), Herman Hupfeld (26), Frank Loesser (387), Johnny Mercer (501), Cole Porter (925), Don Raye (39)
Producer: George Feltenstein (55)
Conductor: Tex Beneke (31), Xavier Cugat (46), Tommy Dorsey (51), Harry James (59), Dorsey. Jimmy
Performer: The Andrews Sisters (86), Fred Astaire (346), James Cagney (27), Bette Davis (14), Jimmy Durante (85), Bob Eberly (17), Judy Garland (486), Lena Horne (205), Ricardo Montalbán (32), Helen O'Connell (26), Jane Powell [1] (109), Ann Sothern (33), Esther Williams (43), Dooley Wilson (22)
Musician: Harry James & His Orchestra (7), Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra (8), Tex Beneke & His Orchestra (3), Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (15), Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra (12)
Shortcode: [r28610]

Releases

Format: CD
Label: Rhino / Wea 72908
Released: 1997-10-28
Country: US
Barcode: 081227290825
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Includes Tracks From: The Sky's The Limit - 1943 Film Soundtrack
Two Girls and a Sailor - 1944 Film Soundtrack
Meet Me in St. Louis - 1944 Film Soundtrack
Ziegfeld Follies - 1944 Film Soundtrack
Lady Be Good - 1941 Film Soundtrack
Yankee Doodle Dandy - 1942 Film Soundtrack
Thank Your Lucky Stars - 1943 Film Soundtrack
Holiday in Mexico - 1946 Film Soundtrack
Hollywood Canteen - 1944 Soundtrack
Neptune's Daughter - 1948 Film
A Date with Judy - 1948 Film
# Tracks: 16
Length: 1:02:03
Lists: 12 collectors / 1 wish list
History: 6 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl45767]

1.	Opus One (from Broadway Rhythm) -- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra track from Broadway Rhythm [1944 Film]
2.	Paper Doll -- Lena Horne, MGM Studio Orchestra song from Two Girls and a Sailor track from Two Girls and a Sailor [1944 Film Soundtrack]
3.	Inka Dinka Doo -- Jimmy Durante, Harry James & His Orchestra track from Two Girls and a Sailor [1944 Film Soundtrack]
4.	Don't Fence Me In -- The Andrews Sisters, Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra song from Adios, Argentina track from Hollywood Canteen [1944 Soundtrack]
5.	The Trolley Song -- Judy Garland, MGM Studio Chorus & Orchestra song from Meet Me in St. Louis track from Meet Me in St. Louis [1944 Film Soundtrack]
6.	This Heart of Mine -- Fred Astaire, MGM Studio Orchestra song from Ziegfeld Follies track from Ziegfeld Follies [1944 Film Soundtrack]
7.	Chattanooga Choo Choo (from Martin Black's Musical Merry Go Round) (short) -- Tex Beneke & His Orchestra song from Sun Valley Serenade
8.	Baby, It's Cold Outside -- Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, MGM Studio Orchestra song from Neptune's Daughter track from Neptune's Daughter [1948 Film]
9.	Walter Winchell Rhumba -- Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra song from Holiday in Mexico track from Holiday in Mexico [1946 Film Soundtrack]
10.	The Last Time I Saw Paris -- Ann Sothern, MGM Studio Orchestra track from Lady Be Good [1941 Film Soundtrack]
11.	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -- Bette Davis, Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra song from Thank Your Lucky Stars track from Thank Your Lucky Stars [1943 Film Soundtrack]
12.	Star Eyes (Extended Version) (from I Dood It) -- Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
13.	It's a Most Unusual Day -- Jane Powell, MGM Studio Orchestra song from A Date with Judy track from A Date with Judy [1948 Film]
14.	One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) -- Fred Astaire, RKO Radio Studio Orchestra song from The Sky's The Limit track from The Sky's The Limit [1943 Film Soundtrack]
15.	As Time Goes By -- Dooley Wilson With Elliot Carpenter, Pianist, And Company song from Everybody's Welcome
16.	You're A Grand Old Flag -- James Cagney song from George Washington, Jr. track from Yankee Doodle Dandy [1942 Film Soundtrack]