The Ultimate Carmen McRae

~ Release by Carmen McRae (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
recording of:
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1931) and Buddy DeSylva (in 1931)
composer:
Ray Henderson (in 1931)
2:52
2Who Can I Turn To?
recording of:
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
writer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Concord Music Ltd, Downtown DMP Songs and Musical Comedy Prods.
part of:
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
3:11
3The Music That Makes Me Dance
recording of:
The Music That Makes Me Dance
lyricist:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Broadway Tunes LLC dba Songs of Funny Girl and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Funny Girl (Broadway musical)
3:44
4Gentleman Friend
recording of:
Gentleman Friend
lyricist:
Arnold Horwitt
composer:
Richard Lewine
2:23
5Alfie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1964-08)
bass trombone:
Tony Studd (in 1964-08)
French horn:
Ray Alonge (french horn) (in 1964-08), Dick Berg (french horn) (in 1964-08) and Jim Buffington (US jazz, studio and classical hornist) (in 1964-08)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (in 1964-08)
membranophone:
Archie Freeman (in 1964-08)
piano:
Norman Simmons (in 1964-08)
trombone:
John Messner (trombone) (in 1964-08), Charlie Small (trombone) (in 1964-08) and Chauncey Welsch (in 1964-08)
trumpet:
John Bello (in 1964-08)
woodwind:
Phil Bodner (Woodwind player) (in 1964-08) and Shelly Gold (in 1964-08)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (in 1964-08)
orchestra:
Peter Matz and orchestra (in 1964-08)
cover recording of:
Alfie (in 1964-08)
lyricist:
Hal David (in 1965)
composer:
Burt Bacharach (in 1965)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous-Chappell and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
part of:
The 39th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
Alfie (1966 film)
2:47
6It Shouldn't Happen to a Friend
recording of:
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) and Johnny Hodges
publisher:
United Music Corp.
3:03
7Love Is a Night Time Thing
2:41
8Because You're Mine
recording of:
Because You’re Mine (Because You’re Mine)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Nicholas Brodzsky
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
part of:
The 25th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:34
9Cloudy Morning
recording of:
Cloudy Morning
writer:
Marvin Fisher and Joseph McCarthy, Jr. (Joseph Allen McCarthy, 1922–1975)
3:01
10Limehouse Blues
recording of:
Limehouse Blues
lyricist:
Douglas Furber
composer:
Philip Braham
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Mus. (ASCAP) (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:05
11Blame It on My Youth
recording of:
Blame It on My Youth
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Oscar Levant
publisher:
Oscar Levant Music and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3:32
12Where Did It Go?
3:03
13Once Upon a Summertime
recording of:
Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas)
lyricist:
Eddy Marnay
composer:
Eddie Barclay and Michel Legrand
translator:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Ltd. (ended), Leeds/BIEM, Patricia Editions Musical (SACEM-affiliated publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden)
translated version of:
La Valse des lilas
2:27
14Sweet Georgia Brown
recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
3:20
15Don't Ever Leave Me
recording of:
Don’t Ever Leave Me (from “Sweet Adeline”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
writer:
Hammerstein II, Kern (Songwriting collaboration whose great success included their biggest hit, 1927's "Show Boat")
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
2:41
16Foolin' Myself
recording of:
Foolin’ Myself
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
publisher:
Chappell Music Co. Inc.
3:05