Morgana King - The Early Years: Classic Albums 1956-59 (2025)

Morgana King was a jazz and sophisticated pop singer, who also became a successful movie actor, and juggled the two careers across three or four decades. The daughter of Sicilian parents, she was born Maria Morgana Messina in Pleasantville, NY, in 1930, she started singing professionally when she was 16, and in her early '20s was spotted performing in a Greenwich Village club, which eventually led to a recording contract with Mercury. This 49-track 2-CD collection comprises all the titles from her albums "For You, For Me, Forever More" on Emarcy, "Sings The Blues" on Mercury "Let Me Love You" on United Artists and "Greatest Songs Ever Swung" on RCA, plus titles from singles on Mercury. It features performances with top class small jazz groups, which variously include noted names like Harvey Leonard, Terry Gibbs, Barry Galbraith, Ernie Furtado, Chauncey Welsch, Hank Jones, Al Caiola, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Jones, Chuck Wayne, and others. She later made her screen debut as Mama Corleone in the 1972 movie "The Godfather" and became a major star. This collection provides a great introduction to her music via her early albums and offers substantial and entertaining showcase for her stylish and elegantly distinctive way with a song.

Tracklist:
1-1 Morgana King - For You, For Me, Forever More [3:03]
1-2 Morgana King - Here I'll Stay [3:09]
1-3 Morgana King - There's A Lull In My Life [3:15]
1-4 Morgana King - Delovely [2:14]
1-5 Morgana King - Down In The Depths [3:02]
1-6 Morgana King - The Song Is You [2:19]
1-7 Morgana King - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning [2:25]
1-8 Morgana King - Ev'rything I Love [3:11]
1-9 Morgana King - If You Could See Me Now [3:16]
1-10 Morgana King - I'll String Along With You [3:10]
1-11 Morgana King - Everything I've Got [2:51]
1-12 Morgana King - You're Not So Easy To Forget [2:30]
1-13 Morgana King - More Than You Know [4:04]
1-14 Morgana King - Frankie And Johnnie [2:42]
1-15 Morgana King - Mean To Me [3:27]
1-16 Morgana King - When Your Lover Has Gone [3:14]
1-17 Morgana King - Something To Remember You By [3:44]
1-18 Morgana King - I See Two Lovers [3:55]
1-19 Morgana King - Body And Soul [4:09]
1-20 Morgana King - Mad About The Boy [3:27]
1-21 Morgana King - It's Only A Paper Moon [2:48]
1-22 Morgana King - Bill [2:49]
1-23 Morgana King - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [3:56]
2-24 Morgana King - Why Was I Born? [3:59]
2-25 Morgana King - For You And Me [3:00]
2-26 Morgana King - Mine For The Taking [2:44]
2-27 Morgana King - All Or Nothing At All [1:57]
2-28 Morgana King - Let Me Love You [3:29]
2-29 Morgana King - I Love You Much Too Much [2:22]
2-30 Morgana King - I'll Never Smile Again [2:31]
2-31 Morgana King - I'll Remember April [2:38]
2-32 Morgana King - You Always Hurt The One You Love [2:25]
2-33 Morgana King - The End Of A Love Affair [2:37]
2-34 Morgana King - Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues [3:36]
2-35 Morgana King - The Ole Devil Called Love [4:02]
2-36 Morgana King - Undecided [0:37]
2-37 Morgana King - You Don't Know What Love Is [3:07]
2-38 Morgana King - I've Found A New Baby (Slow Version) [2:52]
2-39 Morgana King - I've Found A New Baby (Fast Version) [2:07]
2-40 Morgana King - Just You, Just Me [2:00]
2-41 Morgana King - And The Angels Sing [3:24]
2-42 Morgana King - Take The ''A'' Train [2:44]
2-43 Morgana King - I Can't Get Started [3:00]
2-44 Morgana King - Lullaby Of Birdland [2:21]
2-45 Morgana King - A Foggy Day [2:37]
2-46 Morgana King - How High The Moon [2:13]
2-47 Morgana King - Perdido [1:56]
2-48 Morgana King - Lonesome Road [3:56]
2-49 Morgana King - At Sundown [2:35]