In Town Tonight: 25 Nostalgic Theatre and Cabaret Songs

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1London Pride
vocals:
Noël Coward (on 1941-07-03)
conductor:
Carroll Gibbons (on 1941-07-03)
recording of:
London Pride (on 1941-07-03)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
Words and Music
Noël Coward3:20
2Someday I’ll Find You
vocals:
Gertrude Lawrence (on 1932-03-11)
recording of:
Someday I’ll Find You (on 1932-03-11)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
Gertrude Lawrence3:03
3Home Town
recording of:
Home Town
composer:
Michael Carr (songwriter) and Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
Flanagan and Allen3:03
4Walter, Walter, Lead Me to the Altar
vocals:
Gracie Fields (on 1938-01-18)
Gracie Fields3:22
5Goodnight, Vienna
vocals:
Al Bowlly (on 1932-04-01)
Al Bowlly2:27
6Mad About the Boy
vocals:
Beatrice Lillie (on 1939-02-14)
recording of:
Mad About the Boy (on 1939-02-14)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
Beatrice Lillie3:06
7Everything’s in Rhythm with My Heart
vocals:
Jessie Matthews (early 20th century English actress, dancer & singer) (on 1935-09-18)
Jessie Matthews2:56
8Mae Time
vocals:
Florence Desmond (in 1934)
Florence Desmond3:25
9Dancing in the Dark
vocals:
Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson (Leslie Hutchinson) (in 1932)
recording of:
Dancing in the Dark (in 1932)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
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:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson3:05
10Mad Dogs and Englishmen
vocals:
Noël Coward (on 1932-09-20)
conductor:
Ray Noble (on 1932-09-20)
recording of:
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (on 1932-09-20)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
Words and Music
Noël Coward2:51
11Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart
vocals:
Al Bowlly (on 1932-04-20)
Al Bowlly2:22
12Sophisticated Lady
vocals:
Adelaide Hall (American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer) (on 1944-08-04)
Adelaide Hall3:13
13Broadway Melody
performer:
Layton & Johnstone (in 1929)
recording of:
Broadway Melody (in 1929)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
part of:
The Broadway Melody (1929 film)
Layton & Johnstone2:16
14Free
performer:
Flanagan and Allen (in 1937)
recording of:
Free (in 1937)
composer:
Michael Carr (songwriter) and Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
Flanagan and Allen3:13
15Little Betty Bouncer
performer:
Flotsam and Jetsam (British Musical Comedy Act) (on 1927-06-14)
recording of:
Little Betty Bouncer (on 1927-06-14)
composer:
Flotsam and Jetsam (British Musical Comedy Act)
Flotsam and Jetsam2:19
16My Sweet Virginia
vocals:
Al Bowlly (on 1932-04-01)
recording of:
My Sweet Virginia (on 1932-04-01)
lyricist:
Raymond Klages and Jack Meskill (songwriter)
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
Al Bowlly2:22
17Shirts
vocals:
Lupino Lane (in 1934)
recording of:
Shirts (in 1934)
composer:
Lupino Lane
Lupino Lane2:48
18The Little Silkworm
vocals:
Jessie Matthews (early 20th century English actress, dancer & singer) (on 1935-09-18)
Jessie Matthews3:07
19My Sweet
vocals:
Gertrude Lawrence (on 1932-03-11)
Gertrude Lawrence3:06
20When I Grow Too Old to Dream
vocals:
Gracie Fields (from 1935-07 until 1935-08)
recording of:
When I Grow Too Old to Dream (from 1935-07 until 1935-08)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1934)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music
translated version of:
Altijd zal het zomer zijn
Gracie Fields3:07
21You Were Meant for Me
performer:
Layton & Johnstone (in 1929)
recording of:
You Were Meant for Me (from “Singin’ in the Rain”) (in 1929)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (stage musical)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
Layton & Johnstone2:33
22I Wanna be Loved
vocals:
Adelaide Hall (American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer) (on 1940-10-09)
Adelaide Hall2:55
23Rain on the Roof
vocals:
Al Bowlly (on 1932-04-20)
Al Bowlly2:18
24Simon the Bootlegger
performer:
Flotsam and Jetsam (British Musical Comedy Act) (on 1929-10-25)
recording of:
Simon the Bootlegger (on 1929-10-25)
composer:
Flotsam and Jetsam (British Musical Comedy Act)
Flotsam and Jetsam3:10
25You’re Blasé
vocals:
Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson (Leslie Hutchinson) (in 1932)
recording of:
You’re Blasé (in 1932)
lyricist:
Bruce Sievier
composer:
Ord Hamilton
Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson3:23

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liner notes:Earl Okin
manufactured by and distributed by:Prism Leisure Corporation plc (not for release label use)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label) (in 1996)
ASIN:DE: B00000JZWU [info]