VA - Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (1994)
Artist: VA
Title: Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Capitol Records
Genre: Jazz, Easy Listening, Traditional Pop, Oldies
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 59:30
Total Size: 153/308 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Capitol Records
Genre: Jazz, Easy Listening, Traditional Pop, Oldies
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 59:30
Total Size: 153/308 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. Bobby Darin – Hello, Young Lovers (02:54)
2. Jo Stafford – Some Enchanted Evening (03:14)
3. Gordon MacRae & Ray Anthony – The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (03:09)
4. Peggy Lee – Something Wonderful (03:14)
5. Jeff Alexander Singers – Happy Talk / Honey Bun (02:59)
6. Helen O'Connell – No Other Love (02:56)
7. Al Martino – If I Loved You (02:46)
8. Nancy Wilson – People Will Say We're in Love (01:59)
9. The Andrews Sisters – Younger Than Springtime (03:11)
10. Bobby Darin – Love, Look Away (02:01)
11. Jo Stafford – The Gentleman Is a Dope (02:51)
12. Starlighters, The – I Whistle a Happy Tune (02:47)
13. Peggy Lee – I Enjoy Being a Girl (02:12)
14. Tennessee Ernie Ford – My Favorite Things (02:01)
15. Margaret Whiting – Wonderful Guy (02:48)
16. Dick Haymes – It Might as Well Be Spring (03:08)
17. Nancy Wilson – Getting to Know You (02:34)
18. Vic Damone – The Sound of Music (03:30)
19. Judy Garland – You'll Never Walk Alone (04:06)
20. Sinfonia of London – The Carousel Waltz (05:14)
For nostalgia buffs and fans of the American popular song hit parade, here's a blast directly out of "this was your life": 20 tracks from the good old days of pop-cum-jazz via the Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein songbook bring you such talented -- but ultimately soft-soap -- singers as Peggy Lee, Al Martino, Vic Damone, and Judy Garland, vocal groups the Andrews Sisters and the Starlighters, a jazzier young Nancy Wilson, and the much hipper Bobby Darin. The funniest number is Jo Stafford's "The Gentleman Is a Dope," the weirdest is Tennessee Ernie Ford doing "My Favorite Things," and the most out-of-context cut is the finale -- by the Sinfonia of London? Quaintness and reverence for the old days does have an appeal, albeit limited in modern times, so if you wax poetic for this type of show tunes and don't have these artists in your home, this could fill the bill.
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