The Best of the Fantastic Forties

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

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Frenesi
recording of:
Frenesi
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:04
2Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1940-08-28)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (on 1940-08-28)
recording of:
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (1940 song) (on 1940-08-28)
writer:
Hughie Prince, Don Raye and Eleanore Sheehy
The Andrews Sisters2:52
3I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1940-11-14)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (on 1940-11-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (Universal Music Group, Inc., operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1940)
recording of:
(I’ll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time (on 1940-11-14)
lyricist:
Neville Fleeson
composer:
Albert Von Tilzer
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
The Andrews Sisters3:02
4Let's Get Away From It All
recording of:
Let’s Get Away From It All
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
Dorsey Brothers Music
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra5:09
5The Last Time I Saw Paris
recording of:
The Last Time I Saw Paris
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 14)
Kate Smith2:38
6Blues in the Night
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Dinah Shore2:04
7Sleepy Lagoon
vocal:
Peggy Mann
Teddy Powell and his Orchestra3:36
8I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
recording of:
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Tommy Tucker Time2:28
9Pistol Packin' Mama
Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra3:02
10Paper Doll
Cliff Edwards2:44
11All or Nothing at All
recording of:
All or Nothing at All
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Frank Sinatra3:02
12Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer
Bea Wain1:50
13They're Either Too Young or Too Old
Bette Davis5:04
14You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Bing Crosby & Ginny Simms2:08
15You'll Never Know
The Emil Cote Glee Club3:43
16Warsaw Concerto
recording of:
Warsaw Concerto (Dangerous Moonlight)
orchestrator:
Roy Douglas (British composer, pianist)
composer:
Richard Addinsell (composer)
part of:
Dangerous Moonlight (film soundtrack)
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra2:57
17Lili Marlene
Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra3:18
18Tico Tico
Carmen Miranda1:38
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Zip-a-dee-doo-dah
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra1:57
2San Fernando Valley
recording of:
San Fernando Valley
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Jenkins
Bing Crosby2:48
3The Trolley Song
recording of:
The Trolley Song (“‘Clang, Clang, Clang,’ Went the Trolley…”)
lyricist:
Ralph Blane
composer:
Hugh Martin
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and United Partnership Ltd.
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
Judy Garland3:09
4Nancy
recording of:
Nancy
writer:
Phil Silvers and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
Frank Sinatra3:39
5Sentimental 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., Morley Music Corp., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Incorporated, song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
Doris Day2:54
6Till the End of Time
Art Mooney & His Orchestra3:10
7Rum and Coca Cola
lead vocals:
Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
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
Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra3:28
8Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive
Bobby Sherwood & His Orchestra3:50
9Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
recording of:
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1940)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1940)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra4:38
10There! I've Said It Again
Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra3:04
11Choo Choo Ch'boogie
The Four Knights1:56
12To Each His Own
Eddy Howard2:26
13Prisoner of Love
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra3:26
14Heartaches
Ted Weems and His Orchestra2:37
15On a Slow Boat to China
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra2:51
16A Little Bird Told Me
Bing Crosby2:19
17Far Away Places
Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra4:05
18Cruising Down the River
Blue Barron and His Orchestra2:37