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    09/16/2008

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    All Music Guide Review

    This three-disc budget set is titled The Great Songwriters, and there are great songs collected here, indeed, all from America's golden age of pop melody, but it could just as easily have been called "The Great Singers" because great melodies require singers to match in order to really unfold, and that very unfolding process happens again and again throughout this delightful compilation. Included are tracks as varied as Dick Haymes' "How Deep Is the Ocean," Bing Crosby's classic versions of "White Christmas" and "Don't Fence Me In," the Ink Spots' "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," and Paul Robeson's sonorous and almost eerily perfect take on "Summertime," to name just a few of the gems peppering this set list. The bottom line is that one gets a whole lot of great music for not too much of a financial investment. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

    Great Songwriters (Red X) Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • How Deep Is the Ocean
  • Haymes, Dick
  • 3:07

  • 2
  • You Keep Coming Back Like a Song (From "Blue Skies")
  • Stafford, Jo
  • 2:43

  • 3
  • Blue Skies (From "Betsy")
  • Miller, Glenn & His Orchestra
  • 3:36

  • 4
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • 3:02

  • 5
  • Puttin' on the Ritzazy Feet")azy Feet") (From "Crazy Feet")
  • Astaire, Fred
  • 2:37

  • 6
  • Doin' What Comes Natur'lly (From Annie Get Your Gun)
  • Shore, Dinah
  • 3:11

  • 7
  • Marieseys")seys") (From "The Fabulous Dorseys")
  • 3:20

  • 8
  • Let Yourself Go (From "Everybody Sing")
  • Rogers, Ginger
  • 2:32

  • 9
  • Be Careful, It's My Heart (From "Holiday Inn")
  • Sinatra, Frank
  • 2:50

  • 10
  • Everybody Step (From "Blue Skies")
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • 2:42

  • 11
  • Now It Can Be Told (From "Alexander's Ragtime Band")
  • Martin, Tony
  • 3:11

  • 12
  • He Ain't Got Rhythm (From "On the Avenue")
  • 2:48

  • 13
  • They Say It's Wonderful (From Annie Get Your Gun)
  • Como, Perry
  • 2:35

  • 14
  • This Year's Kisses (From "On the Avenue")
  • Holiday, Billie
  • 3:08

  • 15
  • I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (From "On the Avenue")
  • Mills Brothers
  • 3:15

  • 16
  • I've Got the Sun in the Morning (From Annie Get Your Gun)
  • 2:34

  • 17
  • White Christmas (From "Holiday Inn")
  • Crosby, Bing
  • 3:06

  • 18
  • There's No Business Like Show Business (From Annie Get Your Gun)
  • Merman, Ethel
  • 2:33

  • 19 (2)
  • Someone to Watch Over Mem "Oh Kay") (From "Oh Kay")
  • Sinatra, Frank
  • 3:25

  • 20 (2)
  • The Man I Love (From Strike Up the Band)
  • Horne, Lena
  • 3:19

  • 21 (2)
  • Rhapsody in Blue (From "Rhapsody in Blue")
  • Miller, Glenn & His Orchestra
  • 3:03

  • 22 (2)
  • Mine)) (From "Let 'Em Eat Cake")
  • 2:46

  • 23 (2)
  • Embraceable You (From Girl Crazy)
  • Stafford, Jo
  • 2:53

  • 24 (2)
  • Lady Be Good (From Lady Be Good)
  • Shaw, Artie & His Orchestra
  • 3:11

  • 25 (2)
  • Fascinatin' Rhythm (From Lady Be Good)
  • 2:28

  • 26 (2)
  • But Not for Me (From Girl Crazy)
  • 3:04

  • 27 (2)
  • I Got Rhythm (From Girl Crazy)
  • Waller, Fats & His Rhythm
  • 3:11

  • 28 (2)
  • Swanee (From Sinbad)
  • Jolson, Al
  • 1:56

  • 29 (2)
  • I Was Doing All RightThe Golden Follies") (From "The Golden Follies")
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • 2:54

  • 30 (2)
  • S'wonderful (From "Funny Face")
  • Goodman, Benny Quartet
  • 3:26

  • 31 (2)
  • Love Walked Inden Follies")den Follies") (From "The Golden Follies")
  • Baker, Kenny [Vocals]
  • 2:43

  • 32 (2)
  • Nice Work If You Can Get Itfrom "Damsel in Distress")
  • 2:22

  • 33 (2)
  • Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (From Shall We Dance)
  • Ink Spots
  • 2:36

  • 34 (2)
  • Summertime (From Porgy and Bess)
  • Robeson, Paul
  • 2:35

  • 35 (2)
  • They Can't Take That Away from Me (From Shall We Dance)
  • Holiday, Billie
  • 3:22

  • 36 (2)
  • I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (From Porgy and Bess)
  • Duncan, Todd
  • 2:46

  • 37 (3)
  • Begin the Beguine (From Jubilee)
  • Shaw, Artie
  • 3:18

  • 38 (3)
  • Easy to Love (From Born To Dance)
  • Haymes, Dick
  • 3:07

  • 39 (3)
  • I Get a Kick out of You (From Anything Goes)
  • Vaughan, Sarah
  • 2:52

  • 40 (3)
  • Why Shouldn't I? (From Jubilee)
  • Sinatra, Frank
  • 2:54

  • 41 (3)
  • Night and Day (From The Gay Divorcee)
  • Holiday, Billie
  • 3:04

  • 42 (3)
  • Let's Do It (From Can Can)
  • 2:03

  • 43 (3)
  • You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (From "Something to Shout About")
  • Clark, Buddy
  • 3:07

  • 44 (3)
  • I Love You (From "Mexican Hayride")
  • Stafford, Jo
  • 2:43

  • 45 (3)
  • Don't Fence Me In (From "Hollywood Canteen")
  • 3:05

  • 46 (3)
  • My Heart Belongs to Daddy (From "Leave It to Me")
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • 3:09

  • 47 (3)
  • What Is This Thing Called Love? (From wake Up and Dream)
  • Cole, Nat King Trio
  • 3:00

  • 48 (3)
  • Let's Be Buddiesa Hattie")a Hattie") (From "Panama Hattie")
  • 3:06

  • 49 (3)
  • I've Got You on My Mind (From The Gay Divorcee)
  • Astaire, Fred
  • 2:45

  • 50 (3)
  • Do I Love You (From "Du Barry Was a Lady")
  • 3:03

  • 51 (3)
  • Miss Otis Regrets (From Night and Day)
  • Mills Brothers
  • 3:29

  • 52 (3)
  • You Do Something to Me"Fifty Million French Men") (From "Fifty Million
  • Dietrich, Marlene
  • 2:59

  • 53 (3)
  • Friendship (From "Du Barry Was a Lady")
  • 2:36

  • 54 (3)
  • Ev'rything I Love (From let's Face It)
  • Shore, Dinah
  • 2:59

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