The Very Best of Sarah Vaughan

~ Release by Sarah Vaughan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Danny Boy
4:40
2 A Lover's Concerto
2:50
3 Waltz for Debbie
2:06
4 Lullaby of Birdland
4:02
5 Michelle
3:25
6 The Shadow of Your Smile
3:59
7 The Boy From Ipanema
2:29
8 C'est la Vie
2:33
9 Yesterday
2:16
10 Fly Me to the Moon
4:37
11 I Left My Heart in San Francisco
4:11
12 Moon River
2:53
13 Stardust
3:19
14 Summertime
2:54
15 My Funny Valentine
3:01
16 Over the Rainbow
3:32
17 The Days of Wine and Roses
2:42
18 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
2:27
19 Close to You
3:09
20 Someone to Watch Over Me
4:02
▼ CD 2
# Title Rating Length
1 Misty
5:57
2 Quiet Night (Corcovado)
3:25
3 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
4:01
4 It Never Entered My Mind
3:39
5 Prelude to a Kiss
2:48
6 Autumn in New York
3:23
7 Jive Samba
2:54
8 Bewitched
3:33
9 April in Paris
6:22
10 How High the Moon
2:38
11 Lover Man
3:19
12 Night Song From 'Golden Boy'
3:16
13 A Foggy Day
3:51
14 Body and Soul
3:15
15 Embraceable You
4:49
16 September Song
5:47
17 How Long Has This Been Going On?
5 4:03
18 Dancing in the Dark
2:39
19 Eternally
2:26
20 Just One of Those Things
2:33

Credits

CD 1

composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (track 14)
Henry Mancini (American composer, conductor and arranger) (track 12)
George Gershwin (composer) (1926) (track 20)
George Gershwin (composer) (1937) (track 18)
Richard Rodgers (1937) (track 15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (track 14)
DuBose Heyward (track 14)
Johnny Mercer (track 12)
Ira Gershwin (1926) (track 20)
Ira Gershwin (1937) (track 18)
Lorenz Hart (1937) (track 15)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (tracks 14, 18, 20)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. (track 14)
Chappell & Co., Inc. (track 14)
Chappell Music Ltd. (track 14)
Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing (track 14)
Famous Music Corporation (track 12)
Famous Music Publishing Germany GmbH & Co. KG (track 12)
George Gershwin Music (track 14)
Sony/ATV Harmony (track 12)
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (track 20)
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (track 15)
Warner/Chappell (tracks 14–15)
Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV (track 14)
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (track 14)
Williamson Music Company (track 15)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (track 12)
Ira Gershwin Music (1935) (track 14)
WB Music Corp. (1935) (track 14)
Gershwin Publishing Corp (1937) (track 18)
arrangements:
12 Songs: Summertime (track 14)
My Funny Valentine (arr. Bjørn Kruse) (track 15)
Someone to Watch Over Me (for trumpet and piano, Turrin) (track 20)
Someone to Watch Over Me (for solo piano, arr. by Keith Jarrett) (track 20)
Summertime (catch-all for arrangements) (track 14)
cover recording of:
Moon River (track 12)
My Funny Valentine (from "Babes in Arms") (track 15)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara) (track 14)
is the basis for:
And the Living Is Easy (track 14)
Doin’ Time (track 14)
Summertime (Rick Wakeman arrangement) (track 14)
The Bones of You (track 14)
later translated parody versions:
Tschibuti (track 14)
later translated versions:
Die die aufpasst auf mi (track 20)
Gemmas doch afoch auf (track 18)
Quem tome conta de mim (track 20)
Sommartid (track 14)
Summa is (track 14)
Αν φύγεις (Moon River) (track 12)
その人は誰 (track 20)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical) (track 15)
Crazy For You (1992 Musical) (track 20)
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical) (track 20)
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack) (track 18)
recording of:
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (track 18)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (track 20)
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (track 14)
referred to in medleys:
Porgy and Bess Suite (track 14)
Medley: You’re the Cream in My Coffee / Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (track 18)

CD 2

recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (1954-12-16) (track 16)
New York, New York, United States (1954-12-18) (tracks 9, 15)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (tracks 3, 20)
Thad Jones (tracks 3, 20)
Eugene Young (tracks 3, 20)
Clifford Brown (1954-12-16) (track 16)
Clifford Brown (1954-12-18) (track 9)
drums:
Roy Haynes (track 11)
Sonny Payne (tracks 3, 20)
Roy Haynes (1954-12-16) (track 16)
Roy Haynes (1954-12-18) (tracks 9, 15)
flute:
Herbie Mann (1954-12-16) (track 16)
Herbie Mann (1954-12-18) (track 9)
guitar:
Freddie Green (tracks 3, 20)
bass:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) (tracks 3, 20)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (track 11)
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (1954-12-16) (track 16)
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (1954-12-18) (tracks 9, 15)
saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (tracks 3, 20)
Charlie Fowlkes (tracks 3, 20)
Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (tracks 3, 20)
Marshall Royal (tracks 3, 20)
Frank Wess (tracks 3, 20)
piano:
Ronnell Bright (tracks 3, 20)
John Malachi (track 11)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (1954-12-16) (track 16)
Paul Quinichette (1954-12-18) (track 9)
trombone:
Henry Coker (tracks 3, 20)
Al Grey (tracks 3, 20)
Benny Powell (tracks 3, 20)
arranger:
Joe Lovano (tracks 15, 15)
Ernie Wilkins (tracks 9, 15–16)
composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker) (track 19)
Jerome Kern (track 3)
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (track 11)
Kurt Weill (track 16)
Vernon Duke (track 6)
George Gershwin (composer) (1928) (tracks 15, 15, 17)
Vernon Duke (1932) (track 9)
Cole Porter (1935) (track 20)
George Gershwin (composer) (1937) (track 13)
Morgan Lewis (1940) (track 10)
Richard Rodgers (1940) (track 8)
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (1942) (track 11)
Jimmy Sherman (1942) (track 11)
conductor:
Ernie Wilkins (1954-12-16) (track 16)
Ernie Wilkins (1954-12-18) (tracks 9, 15)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson (track 16)
Vernon Duke (track 6)
Otto Harbach (track 3)
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) (track 19)
John Turner (lyricist) (track 19)
Ira Gershwin (1928) (tracks 15, 15, 17)
Yip Harburg (1932) (track 9)
Cole Porter (1935) (track 20)
Ira Gershwin (1937) (track 13)
Nancy Hamilton (1940) (track 10)
Lorenz Hart (1940) (track 8)
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (1942) (track 11)
Jimmy Sherman (1942) (track 11)
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (1942) (track 11)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (tracks 3, 8, 11, 13, 20)
Sarah Vaughan (1954-12-16) (track 16)
Sarah Vaughan (1954-12-18) (tracks 9, 15)
publisher:
Chappell (track 10)
Chappell & Co. (tracks 3, 6, 16)
Chappell Music Ltd. (tracks 9, 13)
Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (track 16)
Imagem CV (track 8)
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (track 11)
New World Music Corp. (tracks 15, 15)
T.B. Harms (US sheet music publisher 1875 sold to Warner Brothers 1929 sold to Welk Music 1970) (track 3)
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (track 3)
WB Music Corp. (tracks 15, 15)
WB Music Group (track 8)
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (track 10)
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (track 8)
Williamson Music Company (track 8)
New World Music Co. (1927) (track 17)
arrangements:
Dym (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes) (for two violins and piano, Frolov) (track 3)
September Song (from "Knickerbocker Holiday") (Fox Trot Arrangement) (track 16)
cover recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song (1954-12-16) (track 16)
April in Paris (1954-12-18) (track 9)
Embraceable You (1954-12-18) (track 15)
is the basis for:
7 Virtuoso Études: Embraceable You (tracks 15, 15)
Basal Metabolism (Funny Face, 1957 film cast) (track 17)
later translated versions:
A Newö heit (track 13)
Abraçável você (tracks 15, 15)
Fumo negli occhi (track 3)
Jour de brouillard (track 13)
Um dia de garoa (track 13)
Vous auriez bien pu (track 8)
later versions:
En slump (track 8)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score) (track 13)
Can‐Can (1960 musical film) (track 20)
Crazy For You (1992 Musical) (tracks 15, 15)
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical) (tracks 15, 15)
High Society (stage musical) (track 20)
Jubilee (track 20)
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical) (track 16)
Panama Hattie (1942 film) (track 20)
Roberta (track 3)
Rosalie (track 17)
Pal Joey (track 8)
recording of:
A Foggy Day (in London Town) (track 13)
Autumn in New York (1934) (track 6)
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Pal Joey) (track 8)
Eternally (track 19)
How High the Moon (track 10)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Funny Face, 1957 film cast) (track 17)
Just One of Those Things (track 20)
Embraceable You (1954-12-16) (track 15)
Lover Man (1957-02-14) (track 11)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1958-12-15 –) (track 3)
referred to in medleys:
A Foggy Day / Nice Work If You Can Get It (track 13)
version of:
Limelight: Theme (track 19)