Most Famous Hits

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Tracklist

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1There's No Business Like Show Business
recording of:
There’s No Business Like Show Business (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
3:20
2Oh What a Beautiful Morning
recording of:
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma!)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd., Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music Ltd. and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:34
3Ol' Man River
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
3:31
4On a Little Steet in Singapore
recording of:
On a Little Street in Singapore
writer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio) and Billy Hill (US songwriter)
2:48
5The House I Live In
recording of:
The House I Live In
lyricist:
Lewis Allan
composer:
Earl Robinson (40s US folk artist)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
3:21
6Someone to Watch Over Me
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-07-30)
producer:
Bill Richards (producer)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1945-07-30)
double bass:
John Ryan (double bassist) (on 1945-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-07-30)
flute:
John Mayhew (flutist) (on 1945-07-30)
guitar:
George van Eps (on 1945-07-30)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.) (on 1945-07-30)
viola:
Sam Freed (on 1945-07-30)
violin:
David Frisina (on 1945-07-30) and Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1945-07-30)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-07-30)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-07-30)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1945-07-30)
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)
23:20
7I'll Be Seeing You
recording of:
I’ll Be Seeing You
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1938)
composer:
Sammy Fain (in 1938)
publisher:
Fain Music (ASCAP), New Irving Kahal Music and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
3:06
8Wispering
recording of:
Whispering
lyricist:
Richard Coburn (in 1920) and Malvin Schönberger (Malvin Schonberger) (in 1920)
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader) (in 1920) and John Schoenberger (John Schonberger) (in 1920)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Fisher Music Corp., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Sherman, Clay & Co. (in 1920)
3:00
9Over the Rainbow
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-05-01)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1945-05-01), Arthur Kafton (on 1945-05-01) and John Sewell (on 1945-05-01)
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1945-05-01)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-05-01)
French horn:
James Stagliano (on 1945-05-01)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1945-05-01)
harp:
Irma Clow (on 1945-05-01)
piano:
Mark McIntyre (American pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter.) (on 1945-05-01)
saxophone:
Leonard Hartman (on 1945-05-01), Herbie Haymer (on 1945-05-01), Heine Beau (on 1945-05-01), Manny Gershman (on 1945-05-01) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1945-05-01)
trombone:
Carl Loeffler (on 1945-05-01), Jimmy Skiles (on 1945-05-01) and Paul Weigand (on 1945-05-01)
trumpet:
Charles Griffard (on 1945-05-01), Leonard Mach (on 1945-05-01) and Horace Nelson (on 1945-05-01)
viola:
Allan Harshman (violist) (on 1945-05-01), Maurice Perlmutter (on 1945-05-01) and Dave Sterkin (on 1945-05-01)
violin:
Victor Arno (on 1945-05-01), Peter Ellis (1940s violinist) (on 1945-05-01), Sam Freed (on 1945-05-01), Gerald Joyce (on 1945-05-01), George Kast (on 1945-05-01), Sol Kindler (on 1945-05-01), Samuel Levine (violinist) (on 1945-05-01), Anthony Perrotti (on 1945-05-01), Nick Pisani (on 1945-05-01), Ted Rosen (on 1945-05-01), Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1945-05-01) and Olcott Vail (on 1945-05-01)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-05-01)
vocals and performer:
Ken Lane Singers (on 1945-05-01)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-05-01)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) (on 1945-05-01)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S.E.Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
3:14
10I've Got a Crush on You
recording of:
I’ve Got a Crush on You
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
New World Music Corp. (ended), Warner Bros. Music Corp. (ended), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Treasure Girl (1928 musical)
3:17
11Everybody Loves Somebody
recording of:
Everybody Loves Somebody
lyricist:
Sam Coslow and Irving Taylor
composer:
Sam Coslow and Ken Lane
publisher:
Sands Music Corp. and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
Warner Chappel Music Belgium NV
3:16
12Day By Day
recording of:
Day by Day
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Barton Music Corp. and Hanover Music Corp.
3:10
13That Old Black Magic
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1943-12-26)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1943-12-26)
recorded at:
Liederkranz Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1943-12-26)
cover recording of:
That Old Black Magic (on 1943-12-26)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:47
14As Time Goes By
recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (ended), Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司 (Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch)
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
2:15
15Stormy Weather
recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
4:14
16Nancy
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-08-22)
bass:
Jack Ryan (jazz bassist) (on 1945-08-22)
cello:
Cy Bernard (on 1945-08-22), Arthur Kafton (on 1945-08-22) and Jack Sewell (on 1945-08-22)
drums (drum set):
Ray Hagan (on 1945-08-22)
French horn:
James Stagliano (on 1945-08-22)
guitar:
Perry Botkin (on 1945-08-22)
harp:
Ann Mason Stockton (American harpist) (on 1945-08-22)
piano:
Frank Leithner (on 1945-08-22)
trombone:
Peter Beilman (trombonist) (on 1945-08-22), Carl Loeffler (on 1945-08-22) and Elmer Smithers (on 1945-08-22)
trumpet:
Bruce Hudson (on 1945-08-22), Leonard Mach (on 1945-08-22) and Uan Rasey (on 1945-08-22)
viola:
Allan Harshman (violist) (on 1945-08-22), Maurice Perlmutter (on 1945-08-22) and Dave Sterkin (on 1945-08-22)
violin:
William Bloom (violinist, worked with Frank Sinatra) (on 1945-08-22), Walter Edelstein (on 1945-08-22), Peter Ellis (1940s violinist) (on 1945-08-22), Sam Freed, Jr. (Violinist) (on 1945-08-22), David Frisina (on 1945-08-22), Howard Halbert (on 1945-08-22), Gerald Joyce (on 1945-08-22), Sol Kindler (on 1945-08-22), Samuel Levine (violinist) (on 1945-08-22), Anthony Perrotti (on 1945-08-22), Nicholas Pisani (on 1945-08-22) and Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1945-08-22)
woodwind:
Heinie Beau (on 1945-08-22), Leonard Hartman (on 1945-08-22), Harold Lawson (on 1945-08-22), Don Lodice (on 1945-08-22) and Fred Stulce (on 1945-08-22)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1945-08-22)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1945-08-22)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recording of:
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) (on 1945-08-22)
lyricist:
Phil Silvers (actor)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
recording of:
Nancy
writer:
Phil Silvers (actor) and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
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17Daybreak
alto saxophone:
Fred Stulce (on 1942-07-01)
bass:
Phil Stevens (country bass player) (on 1942-07-01)
cello:
Harold Bemko (on 1942-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1942-07-01)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1942-07-01)
harp:
Ruth Hill (harpist) (on 1942-07-01)
piano:
Milt Raskin (Milton Raskin) (on 1942-07-01)
saxophone:
Harry Schuchman (on 1942-07-01)
tenor saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1942-07-01), Don Lodice (on 1942-07-01) and Bruce Snyder (on 1942-07-01)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1942-07-01), Dave Jacobs (jazz trombonist) (on 1942-07-01) and Jimmy Skiles (on 1942-07-01)
trumpet:
Jimmy Blake (jazz trumpeter) (on 1942-07-01), Ziggy Elman (on 1942-07-01), Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1942-07-01) and Jimmy Zito (on 1942-07-01)
viola:
Leonard Atkins (on 1942-07-01) and Sam Ross (violin) (on 1942-07-01)
violin:
Alex Beller (on 1942-07-01), William Ehrenkrantz (on 1942-07-01), Seymour Miroff (on 1942-07-01), Raoul Polikian (on 1942-07-01), Leonard Posner (on 1942-07-01) and Bernie Tinterow (on 1942-07-01)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1942-07-01)
orchestra:
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (on 1942-07-01)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1942-07-01)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
RCA Studio 2 in New York, New York, United States (on 1942-07-01)
recording of:
Daybreak (on 1942-07-01)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
is based on:
Mississippi Suite: IV. Mardi Gras. Allegro – Andantino (espressivo e sostenuto) – Assai maestoso e appassionato
3:12
18I'll Never Smile Again
double bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1940-05-23)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1940-05-23)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1940-05-23)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1940-05-23)
saxophone:
Don Lodice (on 1940-05-23), Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-05-23), Johnny Mince (on 1940-05-23), Hymie Shertzer (on 1940-05-23) and Fred Stulce (on 1940-05-23)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1940-05-23), Les Jenkins (on 1940-05-23) and Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-05-23)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1940-05-23), Jimmy Blake (jazz trumpeter) (on 1940-05-23), Leon Dubrow (on 1940-05-23) and Ray Linn (on 1940-05-23)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1940-05-23)
orchestra:
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (on 1940-05-23)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1940-05-23)
arranger:
Fred Stulce
recorded at:
RCA Studio 2 in New York, New York, United States (on 1940-05-23)
recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (on 1940-05-23)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
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)
23:10
19Kisses and Tears
recording of:
Kisses and Tears
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
2:49
20April in Paris
recording of:
April in Paris
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:24