Vocal Highlights

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

Annotation

One of five blue note compilation box sets. The others are:

Brass Highlights - 7243 874625 2 6
Saxophone Highlights - 7243 874631 2 7
Rhythm 1 Highlights - 7243 874613 2 1
Rhythm 2 Highlights - 7243 874617 2 7

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-31 14:51 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Female 1
2▼CD: Female 2
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1Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
cover recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Dinah Washington3:25
2Them There Eyes
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-01-18)
alto saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1945-01-18) and Manny Gershman (on 1945-01-18)
baritone saxophone:
Harry Suchman (bass) (on 1945-01-18)
bass:
Phil Stevens (country bass player) (on 1945-01-18)
double bass:
Phil Stephens (bass and tuba player) (on 1945-01-18)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1945-01-18)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1945-01-18)
piano:
Milt Raskin (Milton Raskin) (on 1945-01-18)
tenor saxophone:
Herbie Haymer (on 1945-01-18)
trombone:
Jimmy Skyles (on 1945-01-18) and Jimmy Skyles (on 1945-01-18)
trumpet:
Charlie Griffith (trumpet) (on 1945-01-18)
vocals:
Anita O’Day (on 1945-01-18)
conductor:
Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1945-01-18)
arranger:
Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist)
part of:
Capitol Records (by matrix number) (number: 550-3)
cover recording of:
Them There Eyes (on 1945-01-18)
lyricist:
William Tracey (in 1930)
composer:
Maceo Pinkard (in 1930) and Doris Tauber (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present)
recording of:
Them There Eyes (on 1945-01-18)
lyricist:
William Tracey (in 1930)
composer:
Maceo Pinkard (in 1930) and Doris Tauber (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present)
Anita O’Day2:42
3I've Heard that Song Before
cover recording of:
I’ve Heard That Song Before
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1942)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1942)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company and Morley Music Co. Inc.
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 nominee)
Helen Forrest2:56
4Fever
Helen Shapiro2:27
5Swining on a Star
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1956-05)
alto saxophone:
Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (in 1956-05)
baritone saxophone:
Danny Bank (reeds) (in 1956-05) and George Berg (in 1956-05)
bass:
Milt Hinton (in 1956-05)
bongos:
Ted Sommer (in 1956-05)
clarinet:
Al Epstein (in 1956-05)
drums (drum set):
Don Lamond (in 1956-05)
French horn:
Julius Watkins (in 1956-05)
guitar:
Billy Bauer (US cool jazz guitarist) (in 1956-05) and Barry Galbraith (in 1956-05)
harp:
Janet Putnam (harpist) (in 1956-05)
piano:
Moe Wechsler (in 1956-05)
trombone:
Urbie Green (in 1956-05)
trumpet:
Nick Travis (in 1956-05)
vocals:
Beverly Kenney (in 1956-05)
orchestra:
Ralph Burns' Orchestra (in 1956-05)
cover recording of:
Swinging on a Star (in 1956-05)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1944)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1944)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke & Van Heusen, Inc. and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1944 winner)
Beverly Kenney3:05
6Comes Love
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
producer:
Jack Lewis (jazz producer)
vocals:
Irene Kral (in 1958)
orchestra:
The Herb Pomeroy Orchestra (in 1958)
orchestrator:
Herb Pomeroy
recording of:
Comes Love
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Irene Kral2:36
7Hawaiian War Chant
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter
double bass:
Bob West (US session bassist, producer & songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Louie Bellson
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
conductor:
Benny Carter
arranger:
Benny Carter
recording of:
Hawaiian War Chant (Ta‐Hu‐Wa‐Hu‐Wai)
composer:
Ralph Freed, Prince Leleiohoku and Johnny Noble
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald2:19
8I Got Rhythm
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (in 1963-06)
recorded at:
Universal Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1963-06)
cover recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Sarah Vaughan1:55
9This Can't Be Love
engineer:
John Kraus (1950s US engineer)
producer:
Russell Keith
cover recording of:
This Can’t Be Love
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Abbey Lincoln2:24
10Forbidden Fruit
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist) (in 1961)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (in 1961)
guitar:
Al Schackman (in 1961)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1961)
recording of:
Forbidden Fruit (in 1961)
writer:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
Nina Simone33:50
11Woman of the Ghetto
recording of:
Woman of the Ghetto
writer:
Richard Evans (US jazz/soul bassist, composer, arranger and producer), Bobby Miller (US songwriter & record producer) and Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw58:25
12The Beat Goes On
live recording of:
The Beat Goes On (arr. Rogers - Buddy Rich version)
writer:
Sonny Bono
arranger:
Shorty Rogers (trumpet)
arrangement of:
The Beat Goes On
Cathy Rich4:54
13Tears
Flora Purim3:31
14Mi Vida
Dianne Reeves4:03
15Honeysuckle Rose
Rebecka Törnqvist5:57
16La Caravane
arranger:
Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine3:25
17Seventeen
recording of:
Seventeen
lyricist and composer:
Keren Ann (singer-songwriter)
Keren Ann2:25
3▶CD: Male