Sophistication - Songs of the Thirties

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Tracklist

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1Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1935-10)
instrumental recording of:
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (from “Top Hat”) (in 1935-10)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends33:03
2Things Are Looking Up
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1937-10-17)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1937-10-17)
orchestra:
Ray Noble and His Orchestra (on 1937-10-17)
recording of:
Things Are Looking Up (A Damsel in Distress) (on 1937-10-17)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
Fred Astaire33:13
3The Touch of Your Lips
vocals:
Hildegarde (US singer, Hildegarde Loretta Sell) (on 1936-05-01)
orchestra:
Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends ("Boy Friends" is a subset of the "Savoy Orpheans") (on 1936-05-01)
recording of:
The Touch of Your Lips (on 1936-05-01)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music, Jerry Leiber Music, Range Road Music and Silver Seahorse Music LLC
Hildegarde33:04
4Just Let Me Look at You
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1938-03-24)
piano:
Carroll Gibbons (on 1938-03-24)
recording of:
Just Let Me Look at You (on 1938-03-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jerome Kern
Noël Coward33:18
5Limehouse Blues / You Were Meant for Me / Do Do Do / Someone to Watch Over Me / Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You/ Wild Thyme / Experiment
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1936-03-04)
conductor:
Carroll Gibbons (on 1936-03-04)
medley including a recording of:
A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You (on 1936-03-04)
lyricist:
Al Dubin and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
medley including a recording of:
Do, Do, Do (on 1936-03-04)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
medley including a recording of:
Experiment (Nymph Errant) (on 1936-03-04)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1933)
part of:
Nymph Errant (Cole Porter Musical)
medley including a recording of:
Limehouse Blues (on 1936-03-04)
lyricist:
Douglas Furber
composer:
Philip Braham
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Mus. (ASCAP) (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
medley including a recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1936-03-04)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
medley including a recording of:
Wild Thyme (from Tails Up!) (on 1936-03-04)
lyricist:
Davy Burnaby (actor) and Hugh Wright
composer:
Philip Braham
medley including a recording of:
You Were Meant for Me (on 1936-03-04)
writer:
Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle
Gertrude Lawrence8:27
6Nightfall
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1936-04-15)
recording of:
Nightfall (on 1936-04-15)
composer:
Benny Carter
Benny Carter and His Orchestra43:12
7So Little Time
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-12)
recording of:
So Little Time (So Much to Do) (on 1938-07-12)
lyricist:
Billy Hill (US songwriter)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
Greta Keller33:09
8I Poured My Heart Into a Song
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1939-09)
recording of:
I Poured My Heart Into a Song (in 1939-09)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 nominee)
Hutch33:06
9You Do Something to Me
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer) (on 1939-12-11)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1939-12-11)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (Hollywood; fka Recordings, Inc. 1934–40, before Decca took it over) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1939-12-11)
recording of:
You Do Something to Me (Fifty Million Frenchmen musical comedy) (on 1939-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Marlene Dietrich33:03
10Dancing Honeymoon / And Her Mother Came Too / Fancy Our Meeting / Who / Two Little Bluebirds / Goodnight Vienna / It's Not You / There's Always Tomorrow
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1933-10-05)
conductor:
Ray Noble (on 1933-10-05)
medley including a recording of:
And Her Mother Came Too (on 1933-10-05)
lyricist:
Dion Titheradge
composer:
Ivor Novello
medley including a recording of:
Dancing Honeymoon (on 1933-10-05)
composer:
Irving Berlin and Philip Braham
medley including a recording of:
Fancy Our Meeting (on 1933-10-05)
writer:
Phil Charig, Douglas Furber and Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
medley including a recording of:
It's Not You (on 1933-10-05)
writer:
Phil Charig and Douglas Furber
medley including a recording of:
Living in Clover (on 1933-10-05)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell
composer:
George Posford (English Composer)
medley including a recording of:
There's Always Tomorrow (on 1933-10-05)
writer:
Phil Charig and Douglas Furber
medley including a recording of:
Two Little Bluebirds (on 1933-10-05)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
medley including a recording of:
Who? (on 1933-10-05)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
Jack Buchanan39:07
11Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1935-05-20)
piano:
Carroll Gibbons (on 1935-05-20)
recording of:
Darling, je vous aime beaucoup (on 1935-05-20)
lyricist and composer:
Anna Sosenko (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Francis Day S.A.
medley of:
La Vie en rose (French original)
Hildegarde32:42
12Drop in Next Time You're Passing
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1936-10-13)
double bass:
Wally Morris (jazz bassist) (on 1936-10-13)
guitar:
Ivor Mairants (on 1936-10-13)
piano:
Gene Rodgers (on 1936-10-13)
vocals:
Elisabeth Welch (on 1936-10-13)
recording of:
Drop in Next Time You're Passing (on 1936-10-13)
writer:
Vivian Ellis (composer)
Elisabeth Welch33:01
13The Way You Look Tonight
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1936-07-26)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1936-07-26)
orchestra:
Johnny Green and His Orchestra (on 1936-07-26)
recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-07-26)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
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)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 winner)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Fred Astaire33:14
14One Little Kiss From You / Let Me Give My Happiness to You / When You've Got a Little Springtime in Your Heart / Over My Shoulder / I Nearly Let Love Go Slipping Through My Fingers / Got to Dance My Way to Heaven / Everything's in Rhythm With My Heart / Can Wiggle My Ears
conductor:
Jay Wilbur (on 1937-08-07)
medley including a recording of:
Everything’s in Rhythm With My Heart (First a Girl) (on 1937-08-07)
writer:
Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman and Maurice Sigler
medley including a recording of:
Got to Dance My Way to Heaven (on 1937-08-07)
writer:
Sam Coslow
medley including a recording of:
I Can Wiggle My Ears (on 1937-08-07)
writer:
Al Hoffman and Maurice Sigler
medley including a recording of:
I Nearly Let Love Go Slipping Through My Fingers (on 1937-08-07)
writer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
medley including a recording of:
Let Me Give My Happiness to You (on 1937-08-07)
writer:
Douglas Furber and George Posford (English Composer)
medley including a recording of:
One Little Kiss From You (on 1937-08-07)
writer:
Noel Gay and Clifford Grey
medley including a recording of:
Over My Shoulder (on 1937-08-07)
writer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
medley including a recording of:
When You've Got a Little Springtime in Your Heart (on 1937-08-07)
writer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
Jessie Matthews8:19
15Falling in Love Again
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer) (on 1939-12-11)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1939-12-11)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (Hollywood; fka Recordings, Inc. 1934–40, before Decca took it over) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1939-12-11)
recording of:
Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It) (on 1939-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Friedrich Hollaender
translator:
Reginald Connelly and Sammy Lerner
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, BMG Songs, Inc. (in 1930) and Samuel M. Lerner Publications (in 1930)
translated version of:
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt
Marlene Dietrich2:57
16Where Are the Songs We Sung?
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1938-02-03)
orchestra:
His Majesty's Theatre Orchestra (on 1938-02-03)
conductor:
Francis M. Collinson (british conductor) (on 1938-02-03)
recording of:
Operette: Act I. Where Are the Songs We Sung? (on 1938-02-03)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
Operette (Noël Coward musical)
Noël Coward3:08

Credits

Release

manufactured in:EU (Europe)
printed in:EU (Europe)
liner notes:Margaret Orr (soprano) (in 1994)
Hugh Palmer (compiler/co‐ordinator) (in 1994)
compiler:Michael Daly
Hugh Palmer (compiler/co‐ordinator)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Past Perfect Limited (UK reissue label) (in 1994)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/14375225 [info]

Release group

part of:Sophistication (number: 1) (order: 1)