Eight Classic Albums

~ Release by George Shearing (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Memories of You
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
recording of:
Memories of You
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:04
2Lulu’s Back in Town
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
recording of:
Lulu’s Back in Town
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:13
3If You Were Mine
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
recording of:
If You Were Mine (from “To Beat the Band”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
2:48
4Burnished Brass
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
3:02
5Thesis Things You Left Me
2:25
6Mine
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
recording of:
Mine
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
New World Music Corp. (in 1933)
part of:
Let 'em Eat Cake: Act II
2:48
7Beautiful Love
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
recording of:
Beautiful Love (Jazz Standard)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie
composer:
Egbert Van Alstyne, Wayne King and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Movie Tone Music and Sam Fox Publishing Co. (London) Ltd.
2:24
8Cuckoo in the Clock
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
recording of:
Cuckoo in the Clock
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Walter Donaldson
2:39
9Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
recording of:
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10072)
3:42
10Cheek to Cheek
recording of:
Cheek to Cheek (from “Top Hat”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
publisher:
Irving Berlin (England) Music Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1935 nominee)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
2:42
11Blame It on My Youth
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
recording of:
Blame It on My Youth
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Oscar Levant
publisher:
Oscar Levant Music and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3:10
12Basie’s Masement
conductor:
Billy May
arranger:
Billy May
2:37
13Deep Night
recording of:
Deep Night
lyricist:
Rudy Vallée
composer:
Charles Henderson
publisher:
Advanced Music corp.
2:34
14In the Blue of Evening
recording of:
In the Blue of Evening (1940s song)
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Alfonso D’Artega (songwriter and conductor)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
3:08
15I Could Write a Book
recording of:
I Could Write a Book
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Pal Joey
2:07
16Sleepy Manhatten
2:56
17If I Had You
2:48
18Just Plain Bill
2:42
19First Floor Please
2:52
20Chelsea Bridge
recording of:
Chelsea Bridge
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1941)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
2:57
21A Ship Without a Sail
recording of:
A Ship Without a Sail
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1929)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1929)
2:49
22Stairway to the Stars
recording of:
Stairway to the Stars
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
2:47
23You Look Like Someone
3:00
24Night Flight
2:16
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