Harry James - The Hits Collection 1938-53 (2018)

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Artist: Harry James
Title: The Hits Collection 1938-53
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Acrobat
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Big Band
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 215:49 min
Total Size: 521 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. It's The Dreamer In Me
02. One O'Clock Jump
03. Ciribiribin
04. Music Makers
05. Flight Of The Bumblebee
06. Trumpet Rhapsody (Part 1)
07. Lament To Love
08. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)
09. A Sinner Kissed An Angel
10. Misirlou
11. I Don't Want To Walk Without You
12. Skylark
13. Easter Parade
14. Sleepy Lagoon
15. One Dozen Roses
16. Strictly Instrumental
17. But Not For Me
18. He's My Guy
19. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)
20. Manhattan Serenade
21. Mister Five By Five
22. I Had The Craziest Dream
23. Daybreak
24. The Devil Sat Down And Cried
25. I Remember You
26. Flash
27. I've Heard That Song Before
28. Moonlight Becomes You
29. Velvet Moon
30. Prince Charming
31. All Or Nothing At All
32. I Heard You Cried Last Night
33. Two O'Clock Jump
34. Cherry
35. Jump Town
36. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
37. Back Beat Boogie
38. On A Little Street In Singapore
39. Memphis Blues
40. Sleepy Time Gal
41. Every Day Of My Life
42. Estrellita (My Little Star)
43. It's Funny To Everyone But Me
44. I'm Beginning To See The Light
45. I Don't Care Who Knows It
46. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
47. Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta
48. The More I See You
49. If I Loved You
50. 11_60 P.M.
51. I'll Buy That Dream
52. It's Been A Long, Long Time
53. Autumn Serenade
54. Waitin' For The Train To Come In
55. I Can't Begin To Tell You
56. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
57. Who's Sorry Now'
58. Do You Love Me
59. And Then It's Heaven
60. This Is Always
61. Oh, But I Do
62. Jalousie (Jealousy)
63. Heartaches
64. I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away
65. Stella By Starlight
66. I Still Get Jealous
67. Mona Lisa
68. Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)
69. Castle Rock
70. You'll Never Know
71. Ruby

Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James was one of the most important, successful and influential personalities of the swing and big band era, his unmistakeable bravura trumpet style providing an inspiration and benchmark for trumpeters across the jazz and orchestral genres. He was hugely popular on radio, as a 'live' attraction and on record with his music not only appealing to cutting edge jazz and big band enthusiasts, but also, through his recordings of sweeter orchestral material, featuring the many male and female vocalists who launched their careers with his bands, capturing a wider audience to achieve a remarkable string of big-selling hits from his debut as a bandleader in the late '30s right through into the 1950's just before the dawn of the rock 'n' roll era. This great-value 71-track 3-CD set comprises just about all his records which featured in one form or another of the charts during his career, including the few that were listed as being Top 10 hits before the launch of the record sales charts in Billboard in 1940, and those which featured thereafter in one or other of the published Billboard charts or related listings. It naturally includes his No. 1 hits Sleepy Lagoon, I Had The Craziest Dream, I've Heard That Song Before, I'll Get By, I'm Beginning to See the Light and It's Been a Long, Long Time. Among the featured vocalists are Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest, Kitty Kallen, Johnny McAfee, Buddy DeVito, Betty Grable, Willie Smith, Ginnie Powell, Marion Morgan, Art Lund and Dick Williams, and it also includes Harry's 1950s hits with Doris Day and Rosemary Clooney. It's a hugely entertaining overview of the commercially successful output of one of the great stylists and innovators of the big band era.

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