Icons: Fifties Classics

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1She Wears Red Feathers
recording of:
She Wears Red Feathers
composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl) (in 1952)
Guy Mitchell3:13
2The Great Pretender
recording of:
The Great Pretender
lyricist and composer:
Buck Ram
publisher:
Panther Music Corp, Peermusic (UK) Ltd., Southern Music and Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
The Platters2:40
3Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
recording of:
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Slim Willet
Perry Como2:44
4Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)
recording of:
Vaya con Dios (original)
writer:
Inez James, Buddy Pepper and Larry Russell (Film composer)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Chappell Music Ltd. and Manuskript (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Les Paul & Mary Ford2:52
5Wish You Were Here
recording of:
Wish You Were Here (1952 song from the musical “Wish You Were Here”)
lyricist and composer:
Harold Rome
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), 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:
Wish You Were Here (1952 musical)
Eddie Fisher3:01
6Ain’t That a Shame
Pat Boone2:28
7April in Paris
Doris Day3:15
8Sixteen Tons
recording of:
Sixteen Tons
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
arranger:
Paul Brody
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
Tennessee Ernie Ford2:39
9Betwitched
Bill Snyder2:53
10With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming
Patti Page Quartet3:13
11Unchained Melody
Al Hibbler2:57
12Harbour Lights
Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra3:22
13A Woman in Love
recording of:
A Woman in Love (1955 film "Guys and Dolls")
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
part of:
Guys and Dolls (1955 musical film)
Frankie Laine2:23
14Pretend
recording of:
Pretend (1952 song popularized by Nat King Cole)
lyricist:
Lew Douglas, Frank Lavere and Cliff Parman
composer:
Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Frank Lavere and Cliff Parman
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Nat King Cole2:46
15C’Est Si Bon (It’s So Good)
recording of:
C’est si bon (original French version)
lyricist:
André Hornez (in 1947)
composer:
Henri Betti (songwriter and pianist) (in 1947)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
Eartha Kitt3:03
16Don’t Laugh at Me (’Cause I’m a Fool)
recording of:
Don’t Laugh At Me (Cause I’m A Fool)
writer:
June Tremayne and Norman Wisdom (actor, comedian, musician, singer)
Norman Wisdom3:39
17Three Coins in the Fountain
recording of:
Three Coins in the Fountain
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Robbins Music Corp. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 27th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1954 winner)
The Four Aces3:02
18Cry Me a River
recording of:
Cry Me a River
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Hamilton
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Co. Inc., Harmony Grace Publishing, Saunders Publications Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., 1968‐09‐19–1999‐11‐09), Daksel Music Corp. (in 1982) and Song and Dance Music Co. (in 1982)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
Julie London3:01
19The Road to Bali
recording of:
Road to Bali
writer:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) and Jimmy Van Heusen
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope & The Rhythmaires2:33
20I Apologise
recording of:
I Apologize
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp. and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
Billy Eckstine2:57
21Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
recording of:
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (1951 song, version of “Cerisier rose et pommier blanc”)
composer:
Louiguy (French composer Louis Guglielmi)
translator:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
is based on:
Cerisier rose et pommier blanc (1950 song)
Pérez Prado and His Orchestra3:04
22Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl
recording of:
Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Albert Von Tilzer
Frankie Vaughan2:46
23Such a Night
Johnnie Ray2:16
24Little Things Mean a Lot
recording of:
Little Things Mean a Lot
lyricist:
Edith Lindeman
composer:
Carl Stutz
Kitty Kallen3:03
25That’s My Boy
Stan Freberg3:11
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Memories Are Made of This
recording of:
Memories Are Made of This
writer:
Richard Dehr (in 1955), Terry Gilkyson (in 1955) and Frank Miller (American singer & songwriter) (in 1955)
publisher:
Montclare Music
Dean Martin?:??
2Till I Waltz Again With You
recording of:
’Til I Waltz Again With You
lyricist and composer:
Sidney Prosen (in 1952)
Teresa Brewer?:??
3Zing Zing, Zoom Zoom
recording of:
Zing Zing Zoom Zoom
lyricist:
Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg
Perry Como?:??
4Secret Love
recording of:
Secret Love (song from “Calamity Jane”)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Chappell, Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell North America and Warner Chappell North America Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
part of:
The 26th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1953 winner)
part of:
Calamity Jane (stage musical)
Doris Day?:??
5The Shotgun Boogie
recording of:
Shotgun Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
Tennessee Ernie Ford?:??
6It’s Almost Tomorrow
recording of:
It’s Almost Tomorrow
lyricist:
Wade Buff (in 1953)
composer:
Gene Adkinson (in 1953)
publisher:
Macmelodies (aka Macmelodies Ltd., or Macmelodies Music Ltd.)
The Dream Weavers?:??
7La Ronde de L’Amour (Love’s Roundabout)
recording of:
La Ronde
lyricist:
Dorcas Cochran
composer:
Oscar Straus
translated version of:
La Ronde de l'amour
Mantovani?:??
8It Isn’t Fair
recording of:
It Isn’t Fair
writer:
Richard Himber, Sylvester Sprigato and Frank Warshauer
Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra?:??
9Rock and Roll Waltz
recording of:
Rock and Roll Waltz (1955 song)
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
composer:
Shorty Allen (jazz musician and songwriter)
publisher:
SBK United Partnership Ltd.
Kay Starr?:??
10Anywhere I Wander
Danny Kaye?:??
11I’m Movin’ On
recording of:
I’m Moving On
lyricist and composer:
Hank Snow
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Hank Snow & The Rainbow Ranch Boys?:??
12Oh! My Pa‐Pa (O Mein Papa)
recording of:
Oh! My Pa-Pa (English version of O mein Papa)
composer:
Paul Burkhard (Swiss composer)
translator:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd. and Peter Maurice Music Co.
translated version of:
O mein Papa (… war eine wunderbare Clown)
Eddie Fisher?:??
13Me and My Teddy Bear
recording of:
Me and My Teddy Bear
composer:
J. Fred Coots and Jack Winters (co wrote "Me and My Teddy Bear")
Rosemary Clooney?:??
14Somewhere Along the Way
recording of:
Somewhere Along the Way
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
Kurt Adams
publisher:
United Music Corp.
Nat King Cole?:??
15The Yellow Rose of Texas
recording of:
The Yellow Rose of Texas
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music
Mitch Miller?:??
16Rose Marie
recording of:
Rose-Marie (title song of the 1924 operetta)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Rudolf Friml
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical)
Slim Whitman?:??
17Genevieve Waltz
recording of:
Genevieve
composer:
Larry Adler
Larry Adler?:??
18Softly, Softly
recording of:
Softly Softly
lyricist:
Pierre Dudan and Paddy Roberts (singer/songwriter)
composer:
Mark Paul (1950s song composer)
Ruby Murray?:??
19Hoop‐Dee‐Doo
recording of:
Hoop Dee Doo
lyricist:
Milton DeLugg
composer:
Frank Loesser
Perry Como?:??
20Learnin’ the Blues
recording of:
Learnin’ the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Dolores Vicki Silvers
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
Frank Sinatra?:??
21No Other Love
recording of:
No Other Love (Chopin adaptation)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1950)
additional composer:
Paul Weston (in 1950)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer)
is based on:
Étude in E major, op. 10 no. 3: Lento ma non troppo
Jo Stafford?:??
22Bamboo
Vaughn Monroe?:??
23The Typewriter
recording of:
The Typewriter
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1950-10-09)
Leroy Anderson & His Pops Orchestra?:??
24On Moonlight Bay
Doris Day?:??
25Stranger in Paradise
recording of:
Stranger in Paradise (popular song from the 1953 musical “Kismet”)
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
Alexander Borodin (Russian composer), George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Scheffel Music Corp, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Frank Music Co. Ltd. (from 1953 to present)
is based on:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: II. Gliding Dance of the Maidens: Andantino, 4/4, A major
part of:
Kismet (full musical)
Tony Bennett?:??

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ASIN:UK: B000IHYWPE [info]