The Best of Broadway: The Early 40’s

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1When You Wish Upon a Star (from “Pinocchio”)
Cliff Edwards3:16
2Summertime (from “Porgy and Bess”)
Anne Brown2:34
3I’ve Got My Eyes on You (from “Broadway Melody of 1940”)
Fred Astaire4:07
4(I Like New York in June) How About You? (from “Babes on Broadway”)
Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney5:49
5My Ship (from “Lady in the Dark”)
lead vocals:
Gertrude Lawrence
conductor:
Leonard Joy (composer)
recording of:
Lady in the Dark: My Ship (on 1941-02-23)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Lady in the Dark: Act II. Childhood Dream
Gertrude Lawrence2:59
6Let’s Not Talk About Love (from “Let’s Face It”)
Danny Kaye2:27
7Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (from “Cabin in the Sky”)
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)
Ethel Waters3:02
8For Me and My Gal (from “For Me and My Gal”)
vocals:
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly (US dancer/actor)
orchestra:
MGM Studio Orchestra
recording of:
For Me and My Gal (on 1942-03-21)
lyricist:
E. Ray Goetz (in 1917) and Edgar Leslie (in 1917)
composer:
George W. Meyer (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly4:23
9Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (from “This Is the Army”)
Irving Berlin1:51
10Stormy Weather (from “Stormy Weather”)
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Lena Horne3:54
11Moonlight Becomes You (from “Road to Morocco”)
recording of:
Moonlight Becomes You
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1942)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
Bing Crosby3:05
12People Will Say We’re in Love (from “Oklahoma!”)
Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts3:12
13All er Nothin’ (from “Oklahoma!”)
Celeste Holm & Lee Dixon3:10
14Speak Low (from “One Touch of Venus”)
Mary Martin & Kenny Baker3:19
15The Trolley Song (from “Meet Me in St. Louis”)
lead vocals:
Judy Garland
orchestra:
MGM Studio Orchestra
conductor:
Georgie Stoll
recording of:
The Trolley Song (“‘Clang, Clang, Clang,’ Went the Trolley…”) (on 1944-05-26)
lyricist:
Ralph Blane
composer:
Hugh Martin
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. 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 Garland & MGM Studio Chorus4:05
16I Love You (from “Mexican Hayride”)
Wilbur Evans2:42
17It Might as Well Be Spring (from “State Fair”)
Louanne Hogan3:25
18Strange Music (from “Song of Norway”)
Lawrence Brooks & Helena Bliss4:30
19Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive (from “Here Come the Waves”)
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-12-08)
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1944-12-08) and Bing Crosby (on 1944-12-08)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen’s Orchestra (on 1944-12-08)
conductor:
Vic Schoen (on 1944-12-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
recording of:
Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive (on 1944-12-08)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1944)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1944)
publisher:
Harwin Music Corporation, Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司 (1995–2019)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters42:43
20Ya Got Me (from “On the Town”)
Nancy Walker2:42

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Release

ASIN:US: B000F6SO4S [info]