Verve: 819 442-2 (819 443-2--819 444-2). Popular songs and jazz vocals. Title from container. "Twenty-eight of these tracks appeared on ... Verve 819 442-1, a 1985 2-LP reissue"--Container. Compact disc. Program notes by Lee Jeske (22 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Billy Eckstine, vocals ; with various ensembles ; "including sessions with Woody Herman's and George Shearing's groups plus classic meetings with Sarah Vaughan and the Metronome All-Stars"--Container. Recorded 1947-1957, in New York and Los Angeles.
Contents:
Everything I have is yours (3:13) -- Fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) (2:59) -- Blue moon (3:11) -- Mr. B's blues (2:28) -- Temptation (2:54) -- Somehow (3:13) -- Caravan (2:50) -- Bewildered (3:13) -- Body and soul (2:54) -- My foolish heart (3:03) -- Ev'ryday (I fall in love) (2:57) -- I love you (2:39) -- Dedicated to you (2:44) -- You're all I need (3:05) -- I wanna be loved (2:56) -- You've got me crying again (2:38) -- I've never been in love before (3:01) -- I apologize (2:52) -- As long as I live (2:48) -- I left my hat in Haiti (2:41) -- Here comes the blues (3:09) -- Life is just a bowl of cherries (2:43) -- Wonder why (2:53) -- I'm a fool to want you (3:07) -- Taking a chance on love (2:38) -- You're driving me crazy (what did I do?) (3:08) -- Early autumn (3:18) -- Tenderly (3:42) -- One for my baby (and one more for the road) (3:37) -- If you could see me now (3:24) -- Smoke gets in your eyes (3:42) -- Laura (3:16) -- Mister you've gone and got the blues (3:31) -- Ill wind (you're blowin' me no good) (3:38) -- April in Paris (3:06) -- Coquette (3:07) -- Send my baby back to me (2:56) -- How high the moon? : parts 1 and 2 (5:20) -- St. Louis blues : parts 1 and 2 (6:18) -- Don't get around much any more (2:31) -- Lost in loveliness (2:57) -- Passing strangers (2:38).
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