The Best of America

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1American Song
London Promenade Orchestra2:40
2Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
National Philharmonic Orchestra & Chor, Charles Gerhardt5:33
3Rhapsody in Blue
Henry Mancini und Orchester3:24
4American Salute
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Morton Gould4:22
5Ol’ Man River
Romantic Strings Orchestra3:21
6America, the Beautiful
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-20)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-20)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1962-05-20)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1962-05-20)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1962-05-20)
arranger:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
America the Beautiful (on 1962-05-20)
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy3:37
7Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Ronnie Price, Nick Ingman und sein Orchester2:14
8Yankee Doodle
Hill Bowen und sein Orchester3:33
9The Star Spangled Banner
Spirit of Freedom Singers, Roland Shaw Orchestra4:11
10The Stars and Stripes Forever
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt3:35
11Hello, Dolly
Arthur Greenslade und sein Orchester3:05
12Oklahoma!
Robert Mandell, Chor und Orchester2:41
13Big Spender
producer:
Kenneth Hume and Norman Newell
lead vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
vocals:
Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer)
orchestra:
Alyn Ainsworth and His Orchestra
conductor:
Ernest Freeman
arranger:
Ernest Freeman
recording of:
Big Spender
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
Overture (Sweet Charity)
part of:
Sweet Charity
Shirley Bassey4.51:52
14With One Look
Lena Lucraft3:40
15Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
cover recording of:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Redwood Music, T.B. Harms Co., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
The Platters2:41
16Maria
The Romantic Strings3:01
17As If We Never Said Goodbye
Mary Carewe4:22
18New York, New York (from “Gay Divorce”)
Gordon Langford und sein Orchester2:40
19Night and Day
Ronnie Price und sein Orchester2:20
20Lullaby of Broadway
Douglas Gamley und sein Orchester3:13
21Aquarius
Joan Baxter, Broadway Musical Chorus and Orchestra3:29
22New York, New York
The Young World Singers, John Gregory und sein Orchester3:08
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