Bless This House

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Whispering Hope
vocals:
Gordon MacRae and Jo Stafford
recording of:
Whispering Hope
lyricist and composer:
Septimus Winner (in 1868)
Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae3:10
2Faith of Our Fathers
instruments:
The Dragoni Brothers
arranger:
Frank Wappat
instrumental recording of:
Faith of Our Fathers (tune: O Mensch, bewein)
writer:
Frederick W. Faber (hymn writer), Henri F. Hemy and James Walton (James Douglas Walton; US blues singer and harmonica player (1922-2000))
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
The Dragoni Brothers2:26
3All in the April Evening
choir vocals:
Glasgow Orpheus Choir
recording of:
All in the April Evening (vocal version)
lyricist:
Katharine Tynan
composer:
Hugh Roberton
version of:
All in the April Evening
Glasgow Orpheus Choir3:40
4My Prayer
performer:
The Inkspots
recording of:
My Prayer
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Georges Boulanger (Romani-Romanian violinist, conductor, composer)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music, Skidmore Music Co., Inc., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Avant de mourir
The Inkspots3:12
5The Rosary
vocals:
Paul Robeson (American bass baritone)
recording of:
The Rosary
lyricist:
Robert Cameron Rogers (songwriter)
composer:
Ethelbert Nevin
Paul Robeson1:39
6When I Leave the World Behind
vocals:
Cavan O’Connor
recording of:
When I Leave the World Behind
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Cavan O’Connor3:19
7Holy City
vocals:
Josef Locke (Irish tenor)
recording of:
The Holy City
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
Stephen Adams
Josef Locke4:34
8Count Your Blessings
choir vocals:
Luton Girls Choir (English choir)
recording of:
Count Your Blessings
lyricist:
Edith Temple
composer:
Reginald Morgan
Luton Girls Choir2:52
9Lost Chord
vocals:
Richard Crooks (tenor)
recording of:
The Lost Chord
lyricist:
Adelaide Anne Procter (until 1860)
composer:
Sir Arthur Sullivan (composer) (until 1877-01-13)
Richard Crooks4:32
10Sunshine of Your Smile
vocals:
Gordon MacRae
recording of:
The Sunshine of Your Smile
lyricist:
Leslie Leonard Cooke
composer:
Lilian Ray
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Gordon MacRae3:05
11Bells of St Marys
vocals:
Bing Crosby
recording of:
The Bells of St. Mary’s
lyricist:
Douglas Furber (in 1917)
composer:
A. Emmett Adams (in 1917)
Bing Crosby3:08
12The Lords Prayer
vocals:
Gracie Fields
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (composer) (in 1935)
Gracie Fields2:48
13Cowboy Camp Meeting
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-03-15)
performer:
Sons of the Pioneers
recording of:
Cowboy Camp Meeting (on 1946-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Nolan (Western songwriter) and Tim Spencer (Songwriter Vernon Harold Timothy Spencer)
Sons of the Pioneers2:36
14Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
performer:
Golden Gate Quartet
recording of:
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Golden Gate Quartet2:45
15I’ll Pray for You
vocals:
Vera Lynn
recording of:
I'll Pray for You
writer:
Stanley Hill (performance alias of Noel Gay) (in 1934) and Roy King (in 1934)
Vera Lynn3:21
16Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Lemington Male Voice Choir
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Lemington Male Voice Choir5:16
17That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
vocals:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”)
recording of:
That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine (on 1931-10-29)
publisher:
Jimmy Long (on 1931-03-06)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Jimmy Long
Gene Autry52:39
18I’ll Walk With God
vocals:
John Gaffney
recording of:
I’ll Walk With God (written for 1954 film “The Student Prince”)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Nicholas Brodzsky
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music
part of:
The Student Prince (1954 film)
John Gaffney2:51
19Ashes of Roses
vocals:
Steve Conway
recording of:
Ashes of Roses
writer:
Lew Porter, Mitchell L. Tableporter and Harry Tobias
Steve Conway2:50
20My Ain Folk
vocals:
Master Joe Petersen
recording of:
My Ain Folk
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Master Joe Petersen3:16
▼ CD 2
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1Let the Rest of the World Go By
vocals:
Dick Haymes
recording of:
Let the Rest of the World Go By
lyricist:
J. Keirn Brennan
composer:
Ernest R. Ball
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
part of:
Out of Africa (soundtrack of the 1985 film)
Dick Haymes3:12
2Daddy’s Little Girl
vocals:
Steve Conway
recording of:
Daddy’s Little Girl
writer:
Horace C. Gerlach and Robert H. Burke
Steve Conway3:04
3Deck of Cards
spoken vocals:
Phil Harris (US singer, songwriter, jazz musician, actor and comedian)
recording of:
The Deck of Cards
writer:
T. Texas Tyler
translated version of:
Balíček karet
Phil Harris3:47
4Sonny Boy
vocals:
Al Jolson
recording of:
Sonny Boy (on 1946-03-27)
lyricist and composer:
Lew Brown (in 1928-08), Buddy DeSylva (in 1928-08) and Ray Henderson (in 1928-08)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) (in 1928-08)
Al Jolson3:10
5Serenade of the Bells
vocals:
Don Cornell
orchestra:
Sammy Kaye Orchestra
recording of:
Serenade of the Bells
writer:
Al Goodhart, Kathleen Twomey and Alfred Urbano
Don Cornell with the Sammy Kaye Orchestra3:13
6Scarlet Ribbons
vocals:
Jo Stafford
recording of:
Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)
lyricist:
Jack O. Segal (US songwriter) (in 1949)
composer:
Evelyn Danzig (in 1949)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Helton Music and Mills Music Limited
Jo Stafford2:32
7Wedding of Lili Marlene
vocals:
Anne Shelton
recording of:
The Wedding of Lili Marlene
writer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter) and Johnny Reine (songwriter)
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp.
Anne Shelton2:38
8Will the Circle Be Unbroken
vocals:
Eddie Arnold
cover recording of:
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)
publisher:
Charles M. Alexander, Chicago, Illinois (gospel) (on 1907-04-30)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
A.P. Carter
lyricist:
Ada Ruth Habershon (in 1907)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1907)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1935-06-22)
version of:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
recording of:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
publisher:
Charles M. Alexander, Chicago, Illinois (gospel) (on 1907-04-30)
lyricist:
Ada Ruth Habershon (in 1907)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1907)
publisher:
Skyhill Music
Eddie Arnold43:16
9God Bless the Child
vocals:
Frankie Laine
recording of:
God Bless the Child
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Frankie Laine2:45
10Flowers of the Rarest
instruments:
Dragoni Brothers
choir vocals:
St Anthony’s Girls Choir
arranger:
Frank Wappat
recording of:
Bring Flowers of the Rarest
writer:
Mary E. Walsh
Dragoni Brothers and St Anthony’s Girls Choir4:21
11Sweet by and By
instruments:
Peter Scatter
arranger:
Frank Wappat
instrumental recording of:
The Sweet By-and-By
lyricist:
Sanford Fillmore Bennett (in 1868)
composer:
Joseph Philbrick Webster (in 1868)
Peter Scatter2:15
12In a Monastery Garden
vocals:
Peter Dawson (Australian bass-baritone / songwriter)
recording of:
In a Monastery Garden
composer:
Albert Ketèlbey (English composer) (in 1915)
Peter Dawson3:31
13Lord’s My Shepherd
choir vocals:
Glasgow Orpheus Choir
recording of:
Crimond (The Lord’s my shepherd) (Psalm 23)
additional composer:
William Baird Ross
composer:
Jessie Seymour Irvine
Glasgow Orpheus Choir3:32
14Abide With Me
choir vocals:
Massed Choirs (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
arranger:
Frank Wappat
recording of:
Abide With Me (Set to tune ‘Eventide’)
lyricist:
Henry Francis Lyte (in 1847)
composer:
William Henry Monk (in 1861)
is based on:
Abide With Me (hymn without specified tune)
Massed Choirs3:12
15Jerusalem
vocals:
Paul Robeson (American bass baritone)
recording of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer) (in 1916)
is based on:
Jerusalem (poem by Blake)
Paul Robeson2:23
16Because
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
recording of:
Because
lyricist:
Edward F. Lockton and Frank Teschemacher
composer:
Guy d’Hardelot
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music
Perry Como2:55
17My Mother’s Eyes
vocals:
Nellie Lutcher
recording of:
My Mother’s Eyes
lyricist:
L. Wolfe Gilbert
composer:
Abel Baer
Nellie Lutcher3:20
18Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
vocals:
Richard Crooks (tenor)
recording of:
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere (Hymn)
lyricist:
Jessie Pounds (American librettist)
composer:
John Fearis (American composer)
Richard Crooks3:33
19Lights of Home
choir vocals:
The Revival Choir
recording of:
Lights of Home
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
The Revival Choir3:39
20Danny Boy
vocals:
Bing Crosby
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
Bing Crosby3:15
21Bless This House
vocals:
Gracie Fields
recording of:
Bless This House
lyricist:
Helen Taylor (poet / lyricist)
composer:
May Brahe (composer)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Pub. Ltd.
Gracie Fields3:11

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liner notes:Frank Wappat
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:GCM Recordings (in 2000)