Legendary Performers [Original recording remastered]

Legendary Performers [Original recording remastered]

ASIN: B0009W5JNC

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Margaritaville - Freddy Fender

2. My Blue Heaven - Freddy Fender

3. Que - Freddy Fender

4. Stormy Monday - Freddy Fender

5. Another Shot of Ambition - Freddy Fender

6. Cowboy Cumbia - Freddy Fender

7. You Send Me - Freddy Fender

8. Amor No Fumes en la Cama - Freddy Fender

9. Six Days on the Road - Freddy Fender

10. Porque Encontre - Freddy Fender

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Lonely Wine - Mickey Gilley

2. Down the Line - Mickey Gilley

3. Forgive - Mickey Gilley

4. My Babe - Mickey Gilley

5. I'm to Blame - Mickey Gilley

6. Turn Around - Mickey Gilley

7. Night After Night (Love After Love) - Mickey Gilley

8. Susie-Q - Mickey Gilley

9. I'll Make It All Up to You - Mickey Gilley

10. Is It Wrong - Mickey Gilley

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Everybody's Lookin' (Around for an Angel)
Put on a Happy Face
After You, Who?
Trouble Comes
Season's Greetings
The Family Is Home
Sunday in New York
Lazy Afternoon
When the World Was Young
While We're Young
I Feel Pretty
Isn't He Adorable?
They Were You
Mira
Merely Marvelous
From This Moment On
Some Fine Day
Days Gone By
Once Upon a Time
If You Leave Paris
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Looking at You
More I Cannot Wish You

Customer Reviews:

Best "Mabel" in years!.......2002-11-19

This recording of live performances from the 1960's captures Mabel Mercer at her best, unlike some of the performances recorded toward the end of her career. It's great to hear excellent performances of both her special songs ("Lazy Afternoon", "Isn't He Adorable", etc.) as well as some which I've never heard on record, such as "Everybody's Lookin' Around For an Angel" and "After You, Who?"

The sound is crisp and clean, the piano accompaniments (mostly by Sam Hamilton and Cy Walter) stylish, timeless and unobtrusive, and the liner notes by Will Friedwald and Donald Smith extensive and interesting.

In my opinion, this CD captures the experience of Mabel Mercer in her natural habitat -- small clubs, with an audience -- better than any studio recording, and her voice is way better than on the wonderful, but slightly sad videos which are available.

"Merely Marvelous" Mabel Mercer.......2002-05-13

These never-before-released 1960s live recordings are quintessential Mabel: a quixotic mixture of the familiar and the obscure. Those who know these "Mercer tunes" from her Atlantic albums and those who come newly to these renditions will be pleased differently, but very pleased indeed. The singular sound of Mabel's voice, her unique delivery, and the near-pristine transfers make this CD a great treasure. Hats off to the guys who put it together--and to Mabel. Treat yourself to these 23 tracks. As she sings on the last title--"More I Cannot Wish You."

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Susan Johnson: A great Broadway singer
MY HEART IS SO FULL OF SUE
They just don't sing like this on Broadway anymore...
Beautiful B'way Belter!

Legendary Performers - Susan Johnson
Susan Johnson-Kehn
Manufacturer: Harbinger
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000065C55
Release Date: 2002-04-30

Tracks:

Say It with Music (Irving Berlin Medley)
It's a Lovely Day Today
What'll I Do
Remember
I Got the Sun in the Morning
The Song Is Ended
If I Were a Bell (Frank Loesser Medley)
I Believe in You
Somebody, Somewhere
Big D
I Love Paris (Cole Porter Medley)
C'est Magnifique
I've Got Somebody Waiting
Always True to You in My Fashion
Pennies from Heaven (Johnny Burke Medley)
But Beautiful
Sunday, Monday or Always
He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely
Wishin' Stone
I Wouldn't Bet One Penny
Swinging on a Star
I Wish I Were in Love Again (Richard Rodgers Medley)
Glad to Be Unhappy
I Cain't Say No
I Could Write a Book
A Wonderful Guy

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One of the great underrecorded voices in Broadway history, Susan Johnson is best known for singing "Big D" in the original cast of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella as well as a handful of mostly forgotten shows such as 1958's Oh Captain. Harbinger's 2002 Legendary Performers release helps to right that wrong by capturing the singer in a series of 1960s TV studio performances in sound quality that varies from a bit cavernous to very good, especially considering the vintage of the recordings. The 26 songs from Irving Berlin, Loesser, Cole Porter, Johnny Burke (Donnybrook!), and Richard Rodgers (with both Hart and Hammerstein) are mostly in abridged form, often clocking in under two minutes each. But they're still enough to show that Johnson could stand up to the Mermans ("I Got the Sun in the Morning") and Martins ("A Wonderful Guy") of her day. Still not convinced? Try the ballads "Somebody, Somewhere" and Burke's "He Makes Me Feel I'm Lovely," or Donnybrook!'s comic duet "I Wouldn't Bet One Penny" and see what you--and other Broadway fans--have been missing all these years. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

Susan Johnson: A great Broadway singer.......2003-03-18

If you are a fan of truly great Broadway singing from the mid-century, buy this CD. The sound is variable (these are live TV performances) and some of the songs are too short (they are in medley format), but in the end all that matters is the opportunity to hear this exciting singer whose generosity of spirit fills every phrase.

MY HEART IS SO FULL OF SUE.......2002-08-29

I can't tell you how gratified I am to have this recording. To my mind, Susan Johnson is the greatest singer of all time. An effortless belter with a warmth and vulnerability that COMMUNICATES -- both the intention of the songwriter and the pure joy of singing. If I make it to heaven, the angels had better all sound like Susan Johnson.

Buy this CD now, dammit!

They just don't sing like this on Broadway anymore..........2002-06-14

Terrific, terrific sound- Susan Johnson has a crisp, clear, beautifully rich voice that so many of us wish could be heard on Broadway or anywhere more often nowadays...Where are they??
She's one of the greatest of her kind-
A compilation of her songs from the musicals she's done (some were hits, some were not) on one CD would be wonderful, too! (hint hint)

Beautiful B'way Belter!.......2002-05-29

A great star in rare TV performances. This is amazing stuff that hasn't been heard since first aired. A great show-biz belter, who is convincing in ballad performances, unlike Merman. Primo.

Smithsonian Legendary Performers: Bogart

Average customer rating:

I put it off...

Smithsonian Legendary Performers: Bogart
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Radio Spirits
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General Broadcasting | Radio | Entertainment | Subjects | Books

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: 1570194165
Release Date: 2001-10-30

Customer Reviews:

I put it off..........2004-08-13

I put off buying this CD set for a long time because the listing said NOTHING. I even searched other online stores trying to find information about this item. I couldn't find anything through Google. I will save you the trouble.

6 CD set containing many of Humphrey Bogarts radio "appearances". In fact all of his best known programs with one exception, "The Petrified Forest".

Contents are 10 radio programs that include radio performances of:
The Maltese Falcon
Love's Lovely Counterfeit
Casablanca
The Jack Benny Program: To Have and to Have Not
The African Queen
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Eddie Cantor Show
The Humphrey Bogart Theater
Bold Venture
Across the Pacific

Szell, Hegen, Bülow, Weingartner: Original Music by Legendary Conductors

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Szell, Hegen, Bülow, Weingartner: Original Music by Legendary Conductors

Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000058TG0
Release Date: 2001-10-02

Tracks:

Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Thema
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var I
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var II
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var III
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var IV
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var V
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var VI
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var VII
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var VIII
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var IX
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var X
Vars On An Original Theme, Op.4: Var XI
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Thema
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Var I: Moderato Marziale E Energico
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Var II: Molto Vivace
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Var III: Andante Grazioso
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Var IV: Allegro Molto
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Var V: Lento Melancolico
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Var VI: Allegretto Amabile
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Var VII: Presto Scherzando
Verdi Vars, Op.23: Finale: Maestoso
Nirwana, Op.20
Lustige Ov, Op.53

Guys and Dolls: Songs & Music from Legendary Shows

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Guys and Dolls: Songs & Music from Legendary Shows
Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Spotlight Theater
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005BJMT
Release Date: 2001-04-17

Tracks:

Fugue for Tinhorns - Lindsay Benson, Bernard Cribbins, Nick Curtis
Follow the Fold - Liz Robertson, Chorus
Oldest Established - Bernard Cribbins, Dennis Lotis
I'll Know - Keith Michell, Keith Mitchell, Liz Robertson
Bushel and a Peck - Barbara Windsor, Chorus
Guys and Dolls - Bernard Cribbins, Nick Curtis
Adelaide's Lament - Barbara Windsor, Chorus
If I Were a Bell - Liz Robertson
My Time of Day - Keith Michell, Keith Mitchell
I've Never Been in Love Before - Keith Michell, Keith Mitchell, Liz Robertson
Take Back Your Mink - Barbara Windsor, Chorus
More I Cannot Wish You - Dennis Lotis
Luck Be a Lady - Keith Michell, Keith Mitchell
Sue Me - Liz Robertson, Barbara Windsor
Marry the Man Today - Liz Robertson, Barbara Windsor
Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat - Bernard Cribbins, Chorus
Guys and Dolls (Reprise) - Bernard Cribbins, Nick Curtis

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