Forties' Guys & Dolls

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Oh! What It Seemed to Be
recording of:
Oh, What It Seemed to Be
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Frankie Carle and George David Weiss
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Santly-Joy, Inc. and The Songwriters Guild
Frank Sinatra3:05
2You’ll Never Walk Alone
cover recording of:
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), T.B. Harms Company, The Welk Music Group, Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Judy Garland3:22
3A Cottage for Sale
cover recording of:
A Cottage for Sale
lyricist:
Larry Conley (jazz bandleader/songwriter/trombonist)
composer:
Willard Robison
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
Billy Eckstine2:50
4I Can’t Begin to Tell You
engineered in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-08-07)
piano:
Carmen Cavallaro (American pianist) (on 1945-08-07)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1945-08-07)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (in 1945)
orchestra:
Carmen Cavallaro's Orchestra
conductor:
Carmen Cavallaro (American pianist) (in 1945)
performer:
Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
recording of:
I Can’t Begin to Tell You (on 1945-08-07)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
James V. Monaco
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
part of:
The 19th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Bing Crosby32:53
5The Gypsy
vocals:
Dinah Shore (on 1946-02-19)
orchestra:
Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke (on 1946-02-19)
recording of:
The Gypsy (on 1946-02-19)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
Dinah Shore3:01
6Prisoner of Love
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1945-12-18)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (on 1945-12-18)
cover recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1945-12-18)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1945-12-18)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Perry Como43:29
7Golden Earrings
cover recording of:
Golden Earrings
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
Peggy Lee3:02
8To Each His Own
Eddy Howard2:27
9That’s My Desire
recording of:
That’s My Desire
lyricist:
Carroll Loveday
composer:
Helmy Kresa
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
Frankie Laine2:49
10My Happiness
cover recording of:
My Happiness
lyricist:
Borney Bergantine (in 1933) and Betty Peterson (in 1948)
composer:
Borney Bergantine (in 1933)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK) and Happiness Music Corp.
Ella Fitzgerald3:21
11Mam’selle
Art Lund3:17
12So Tired
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1948-11-02)
vocals:
Kay Starr
recording of:
So Tired (on 1948-11-02)
writer:
Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader) and Jack Stuart
Kay Starr2:51
13Peg o’ My Heart
Buddy Clark3:24
14Ballerina
vocals:
Vaughn Monroe
recording of:
Ballerina (on 1947-08-12)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Carl Sigman
Vaughn Monroe3:32
15Some Enchanted Evening
Jo Stafford3:13
16Nature Boy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-08-22)
additional guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1947-08-22)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-08-22)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-08-22)
violin:
Harry Bluestone (on 1947-08-22)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-08-22)
orchestra:
Frank De Vol Orchestra (on 1947-08-22)
recording of:
Nature Boy (on 1947-08-22)
lyricist and composer:
eden ahbez (in 1947)
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc., Crestview Music Corp., David J. Janowiak d/b/a Golden World (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
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)
Nat King Cole32:41
17Again
recording of:
Again
lyricist:
Dorcas Cochran
composer:
Lionel Newman
Doris Day2:49
18Little White Lies
Dick Haymes3:15
19It’s Magic
Gordon MacRae3:04
20Black Coffee
lead vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1949-01-20)
orchestra:
Joe Lipman & His Orchestra (on 1949-01-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recording of:
Black Coffee (1948 song) (on 1949-01-20)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1948)
composer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1948)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Sondot Music Corp. and Webster Music Co.
Sarah Vaughan4.53:20
21Careless Hands
Mel Tormé3:16
22With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming
recording of:
With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming (Shoot the Works)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
Patti Page3:12
23You’re Breaking My Heart
Vic Damone3:16
24There’s No Tomorrow
Tony Martin3:18
25Now Is the Hour
recording of:
Now Is the Hour
additional lyricist:
Dorothy Stewart (from 1945 until 1947)
lyricist:
Maewa Kaihau (in 1920)
composer:
Clement Scott (Clement William Scott, 1841-1904, theatre critic, playwright and lyricist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., On Backstreet Music Inc., Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and The Boston Music Company
translated version of:
Po atarau (based on “The Swiss Cradle Song”, with English and Maori lyrics)
Margaret Whiting3:03