Various - This Is My Mother's Day (2010) [Hi-Res]

THE perfect gift for Mothering Sunday – a unique offering that will last much longer than flowers. March 14th is Mothering Sunday. What shall we get for Mum? Well, here is a present that mothers of “Retrospective” age will greatly appreciate: a fragrant bouquet of 26 vintage songs absolutely dripping with sentimentality, all in praise of the lady with the “silver hair and heart of gold.”

Trawling our compilers’ 78 collections has resulted in a huge catch of songs inspired by love for one's mother and, as “This Is My Mother’s Day”, the best 26 can now be presented. Typical is the heartfelt offering of Vera Lynn with the title track. Many of the greatest singing stars present their tributes (everyone has a mother, after all): top tenors John McCormack (Little Mother Of Mine) and Beniamino Gigli (Mamma), Bing Crosby (My Mother's Waltz) and, walking a million miles, Al Jolson (My Mammy - of course).

In all, 20 widely ranging artists are represented, from Brazilian bombshell Carmen Miranda (Mama yo quiero), R&B great Nellie Lutcher (My Mother’s Eyes), through boy singers Bobby Breen (M-O-T-H-E-R) and Joe Petersen (actually a girl!) (A Boy's Best Friend), to “The Street Singer” Arthur Tracy, singing – as are they all – To Mother With Love.

Tracklist:
1-1. Al Jolson - Remember Mother's Day (03:20)
1-2. Arthur Tracy - To Mother - With Love (03:09)
1-3. The Peerles Quartet - I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad (02:43)
1-4. John McCormack - Little Mother of Mine (02:30)
1-5. Franklyn Baur - Little Mother (03:45)
1-6. Morton Downey - I'll Always Be Mother's Boy (03:24)
1-7. Lewis James - Silver-haired Sweetheart (03:15)
1-8. Al Rinker - Your Mother and Mine (03:07)
1-9. Turner Layton - Silver Hair and Heart of Gold (03:10)
1-10. Roy Smeck - My Mom (03:03)
1-11. John McCormack - Mother, My Dear (02:43)
1-12. Joe Peterson - A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother (03:07)
1-13. Arthur Tracy - It's My Mother's Birthday Today (03:08)
1-14. Bobby Breen - M-o-t-h-e-r, a Word That Means the World to Me (03:10)
1-15. Richard Crooks - Mother o' Mine (02:23)
1-16. John McHugh - Mother Machree (03:01)
1-17. Turner Layton - A Bedtime Story (02:35)
1-18. Paul Robeson - Songs My Mother Taught Me (02:13)
1-19. Al Jolson - My Mammy (02:54)
1-20. Carmen Miranda - Mama Yo Quiero (02:40)
1-21. Beniamino Gigli - Mamma (03:35)
1-22. Anne Shelton - My Yiddish Mommie (03:39)
1-23. Bing Crosby - My Mother's Waltz (02:54)
1-24. Nellie Lutcher - My Mother's Eyes (03:20)
1-25. Arthur Tracy - I'll Have the Last Waltz with Mother (02:46)
1-26. Vera Lynn - This Is My Mother's Day (02:58)