Dick Haymes - You'll Never Know: The Best of Dick Haymes (1990)

06 Feb, 22:15
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Artist: Dick Haymes
Title: You'll Never Know: The Best of Dick Haymes
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: MCA Records [MSD-35197]
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 68:54
Total Size: 291 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) (with Harry James) (2:46)
02. You'll Never Know (2:47)
03. Where or When (2:52)
04. I'll Buy That Dream (with Helen Forrest) (3:02)
05. Mam'selle (3:08)
06. Till the End of Time (3:07)
07. The More I See You (3:05)
08. They Didn't Believe Me (2:58)
09. Oh! What It Seemed to Be (with Helen Forrest) (2:59)
10. It's Magic (2:32)
11. I Only Have Eyes for You (3:00)
12. How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) (3:07)
13. Little White Lies (with 4 Hits and a Miss) (3:15)
14. It Might as Well Be Spring (3:10)
15. Together (with Helen Forrest) (3:10)
16. Moonlight Becomes You (4:04)
17. Laura (3:08)
18. It Had to Be You (with Helen Forrest) (3:14)
19. The Very Thought of You (3:35)
20. The Girl That I Marry (3:08)
21. The Nearness of You (3:21)
22. Long Ago (And Far Away) (with Helen Forrest) (3:26)

As compilations go, this 69-minute, 22-track selection of recordings by Dick Haymes scores points for breadth, if not depth. Haymes began as a band singer, then was one of the most popular solo singers of the second half of the 1940s. Starting things off here is "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)," and his biggest hit as a band singer, recorded with Harry James and His Orchestra and licensed from Columbia Records. Later on come three tracks licensed from Capitol Records and drawn from his commercially negligent 1950s recordings. But the bulk of the set is drawn from his considerable cache of hit records for Decca. Both alone and in duets with Helen Forrest, Haymes reached the Top Ten 27 times between 1943 and 1950, and the 12 Top Ten hits selected here include such smashes as the title song, "Little White Lies," and "Long Ago (And Far Away)." Inexplicably, however, there are also five non-hits, while major records like "It Can't Be Wrong" and "Maybe It's Because" are missing. Haymes fans may applaud the diversity, but they will miss a lot of favorites. (The album has no annotations.)~William Ruhlmann

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