The 1950’s: The Singers

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Street of Dreams
recording of:
Street of Dreams
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1932)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
Lee Wiley3:10
2Mack the Knife
recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:21
3Fine and Mellow
recording of:
Fine and Mellow
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday6:27
4Russian Lullaby
recording of:
Russian Lullaby
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Jimmy Rushing5:40
5Mean to Me
recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
Sarah Vaughan2:51
6Easy to Love
recording of:
Easy to Love
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
Johnny Mathis2:29
7Ain’t No Flies on Me
recording of:
Ain't No Flies on Me
writer:
Roy Eldridge
Hot Lips Page3:23
8Ooh Wee
recording of:
Ooh Wee
writer:
Walter Hawkins
Walter Hawkins & The Hawkins Family3:01
9Hey! Bartender, Give That Man a Drink
recording of:
Hey! Bartender, Give That Man a Drink
writer:
Ben R. Saunders
Joe Williams2:23
10Take the “A” Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Betty Roché7:55
11Flying Home
recording of:
Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd and Regent Music (BMI)
version of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
Babs Gonzales2:57
12Frenesi
recording of:
Frenesi
composer:
Alberto Domínguez
translator:
Leonard Whitcup
translated version of:
Frenesi
Betty Carter2:29
13Charleston Alley
recording of:
Charleston Alley
writer:
Hamish Henderson, Jon Hendricks and Leroy Kirkland
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross3:18