Lee Wiley - The One And Only Lee Wiley (2000)

Tracklist

01. Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love
02. Easy To Love
03. Find Me A Primitive Man
04. How Long Has This Been Going On
05. I Got A Crush On You
06. Sam And Delilah
07. You Do Something To Me
08. Looking At You
09. Sweet And Low Down
10. It's Wonderful
11. Why Shouldn't I?
12. Someone To Watch Over Me

Her husky, surprisingly sensual voice and exquisitely cool readings of pop standards distinguished her singing, but Lee Wiley earns notice as one of the best early jazz singers by recognizing the superiority of American popular song and organizing a set of songs around a common composer or theme -- later popularized as the songbook or concept LP. She was also a songwriter in her own right, and one of the few white vocalists with more respect in the jazz community than the popular one. Even more tragic then, that while dozens of inferior vocalists recorded LPs during the late '50s and '60s, Wiley appeared on record just once between 1957 and her death in 1975. After 14 years off-record, Wiley returned with one final session, 1971's Back Home Again. She died four years later.

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