VA - Pennies From Heaven: Capitol's Great Gentlemen of Song, Vol.2 (1995)
Artist: VA
Title: Pennies From Heaven: Capitol's Great Gentlemen of Song, Vol.2
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Capitol Records/EMI
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Pop, Oldies
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:00:06
Total Size: 155/329 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Pennies From Heaven: Capitol's Great Gentlemen of Song, Vol.2
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Capitol Records/EMI
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Pop, Oldies
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:00:06
Total Size: 155/329 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong – Now You Has Jazz (04:18)
2. Frank Sinatra – I've Got the World on a String (02:12)
3. Dean Martin – Until the Real Thing Comes Along (03:01)
4. Matt Monro – Let's Face the Music and Dance (02:30)
5. Bobby Darin – Always (02:25)
6. Billy Eckstine, Count Basie Orchestra – I Want a Little Girl (03:26)
7. The Pied Pipers, Andy Russell – I Cried for You (03:12)
8. Chet Baker – But Not for Me (03:04)
9. Louis Armstrong – It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (03:59)
10. Tony Bennett – With Plenty of Money and You (01:34)
11. Gordon MacRae – Pennies from Heaven (02:42)
12. Al Martino – Don't Take Your Love from Me (03:09)
13. Johnny Mercer, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra – Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed (03:04)
14. Dick Haymes – Love Walked In (01:41)
15. Vic Damone – I'm Nobody's Baby (02:17)
16. Mark Murphy – That Old Black Magic (02:11)
17. Nat King Cole – There Will Never Be Another You (03:37)
18. Joe Williams – Every Day I Have the Blues (04:41)
19. Louis Prima – Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (04:44)
20. Mel Torme – Goodbye (02:27)
Great Gentlemen of Song, Vol. 2 is Capitol's sequel to a star-studded collection of male vocalists who achieved notoriety during a golden age of nightclub singers that dawned at the end of the Second World War and lasted roughly until the emergence of Jim Morrison and Captain Beefheart (1945-1966). Along with their dolled up female counterparts, carefully coiffed men who sang conventional pop tunes were America's entertainment staples during these years. Quite a few of the guys on Vol. 2 appeared already on Hooray for Love: Great Gentlemen of Song, Vol. 1; additions to the roster are big-voiced Louis Prima, Argentine-born Dick Haymes, archetypal groaner Bing Crosby, and authentic jazz singers Billy Eckstine, Joe Williams, and Mark Murphy. This charming compendium of mainstream popular entertainment (laced with jazzy residuum) is guaranteed to irradiate any tryst or cocktail party with its mannered masculinity and suave sophistication.