The Fantastic 40s

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Cover the Waterfront
Louis Armstrong3:17
2Nature Boy
recording of:
Nature Boy
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 Cole2:56
3My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time
recording of:
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
lyricist:
Mann Curtis
composer:
Vic Mizzy (US television & movie composer) (in 1945)
Doris Day3:22
4Trolley Song
Pied Pipers3:01
5You Always Hurt the One You Love
recording of:
You Always Hurt the One You Love
lyricist:
Allan Roberts (songwriter)
composer:
Doris Fisher
publisher:
Doris Fisher Music Corp.
The Mills Brothers3:25
6American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
Glenn Miller Orchestra3:25
7String of Pearls
Benny Goodman3:01
8Riders in the Sky
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra2:57
9All That Meat and No Potatoes
recording of:
All That Meat and No Potatoes
lyricist and composer:
Ed Kirkeby (also known as Ed Lloyd and Ted Wallace) and Fats Waller
Fats Waller2:49
10San Fernando Valley
recording of:
San Fernando Valley
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Jenkins
Bing Crosby3:15
11Hurry On Down
recording of:
Hurry on Down
lyricist and composer:
Nellie Lutcher
Nellie Lutcher2:29
12On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
recording of:
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (The Harvey Girls, 1946 film)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 19th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1946 winner)
part of:
The Harvey Girls (1946 film)
Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers3:08
13Fools Rush In
Tony Martin2:58
14Der Fuehrer’s Face
recording of:
Der Fuehrer’s Face
lyricist and composer:
Oliver Wallace (English composer and conductor, Walt Disney Studios)
Spike Jones2:42
15Sentimental Journey
recording of:
Sentimental Journey
lyricist:
Bud Green (in 1944)
composer:
Les Brown (American big band & jazz musician) (in 1944) and Ben Homer (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Holliday Publishing, Morley Music Co. Inc. and Morley Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
Les Brown and His Orchestra3:15
16Rum and Coca Cola
recording of:
Rum and Coca‐Cola (calypso)
additional lyricist:
Morey Amsterdam
lyricist:
Lord Invader (calypso vocalist and songwriter)
additional composer:
Paul Baron (conductor) and Jeri Sullivan
composer:
Lionel Belasco (Trinidadian-Venezuelan calypso pianist, composer and bandleader)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and EMI Partnership Musikverlag GmbH
The Andrews Sisters3:12
17It’s Been a Long Long Time
Kitty Kallen3:26
18Stormy 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
Lena Horne3:51
19Cruising Down the River
recording of:
Cruising Down the River (1945 song)
writer:
Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton
Russ Morgan2:39
20I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Frankie Laine2:50
21Linda
recording of:
Linda (1946 song)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
Buddy Clark3:18
22Heartaches
Ted Weems2:44
23Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
Will Bradley and His Orchestra2:40
24Twelfth Street Rag
recording of:
12th Street Rag
Pee Wee Hunt2:54
25A Tree in the Meadow
recording of:
A Tree in the Meadow (1948 song)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
Margaret Whiting2:56