Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Greatest Hits

Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Greatest Hits

Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Greatest Hits

ASIN: B00004UFD1

Track Listings
 
1. Lady from 29 Palms
2. Dream
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat
4. Scatterbrain
5. Laura
6. Managua, Nicaragua
7. Bumble Boogie
8. To Each His Own
9. Symphony
10. Hut Sut Song
11. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
12. Sabre Dance Boogie
13. On a Slow Boat to China
14. Rose O'Day (The Filla-Ga-Dusha Song)
15. Dickey-Bird Song
16. Tonight We Love
17. I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
18. Aba Daba Honeymoon

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Smooth Sounds of the Great Dance Bands
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A real sound treasure.
 Smooth Sounds of the Great Dance Bands
Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Manufacturer: Eric Collection
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006LSQT
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

  1. Moonlight Serenade
  2. Marie
  3. Sunrise Serenade
  4. Sugar Blues
  5. You Made Me Love You
  6. Frenesi
  7. In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
  8. Josephine
  9. Boo Hoo
  10. Heartaches
  11. My Shawl
  12. To Each His Own
  13. Does Your Heart Beat For Me?
  14. Daddy
  15. Hell's Bells
  16. Hors D'oeuvre
  17. Bubbles In The Wine
  18. Blue Danube Waltz
  19. Bumble Boogie
  20. Piano Concerto In B Flat (Tonight We Love)
  21. When Day Is Done

Album Description

The original arrangements in Full Dimensional Stereo. Freddy Martin does for smooth dance music what Glen Gray does for Swing (see Eric #11506 & #11516). He takes the original arrangements of the themes of the classic bands from the 20s, 30s and 40s and turns them into spectacular stereo performances worthy of your home-theater sound system! 65 minutes of great music.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A real sound treasure........2004-07-11

This well polished performance collection should not be missed - just wonderful to sit back and listen to.
Mr. Silvertone
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Martin at his mellow best
 Mr. Silvertone
Freddy Martin
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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ASIN: B00005NCYO
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

  1. Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor - Jack Fina, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  2. April in Paris - Elmer Feldkamp, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  3. I Saw Stars - Elmer Feldkamp, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  4. It's Been So Long - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Terry Shand
  5. Goody Goody - Elmer Feldkamp, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  6. Scatterbrain - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  7. Intermezzo (Souvenir de Vienne) - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Clyde Rogers
  8. Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade) - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Eddie Stone
  9. Blue Champagne - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  10. Rose O'Day (The Filla-da-Gusha Song) - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Eddie Stone
  11. Tonight We Love - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Clyde Rogers
  12. Symphony - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Clyde Rogers
  13. Bumble Boogie - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  14. Now and Forever - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Artie Wayne
  15. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  16. To Each His Own - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Stuart Wade
  17. Dingbat the Singing Cat - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, Stuart Wade
  18. Managua, Nicaragua - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra,
  19. Cumana - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  20. Dickie Bird Song - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  21. On a Slow Boat to China - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  22. Sabre Dance Boogie - Barclay Allen, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  23. Cz- Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  24. I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - Merv Griffin, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
  25. Music! Music! Music! - Merv Griffin, Martin Men, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Martin at his mellow best.......2007-06-01

This is great collection of Freddy Martin's prime years from 1933 to 1950 including his semi-classical and novelty hits. There are so many great selections here from the catchy "Bumble Boogie" and ""Sabre Dance Boogie" to the novelty ditties "Dingbat the Singing Cat" and "Rose O' Day". It ends with two of songster, Merv Griffin, big hits. This album is a winner! So get a copy and enjoy Freddy Martin at his best.
Classic and Boogie: The Original Recordings
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • FUN FUN FUN
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Freddy Martin and His Orchestra
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ASIN: B000031WE4
Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

  1. The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)
  2. Easy To Love
  3. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat
  4. Serenade For Strings
  5. Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
  6. The Warsaw Concerto
  7. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
  8. Symphony
  9. In The Middle Of May
  10. Cornish Rhapsody Theme
  11. Bumble Boogie
  12. To Each His Own
  13. Night And Day
  14. Managua, Nicaragua
  15. Cumana
  16. Hora Stacato
  17. Miserlou
  18. On A Slow Boat To China
  19. Jungle Rhumba
  20. Sabre Dance Boogie
  21. Shangri-La
  22. Czardas

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars FUN FUN FUN.......2001-01-25

My father has always wanted a copy of Bumblebee Boogie. I finally found this CD for him. It is wonderful. I am not a big Freddy Martin fan, but the songs on this album are very enjoyable. If you like Freddy Martin, you will LOVE this album.
Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Believe it or not, an important CD
  • Just one cut is worth the price
 Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Greatest Hits
Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004UFD1
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

  1. Lady from 29 Palms
  2. Dream
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat
  4. Scatterbrain
  5. Laura
  6. Managua, Nicaragua
  7. Bumble Boogie
  8. To Each His Own
  9. Symphony
  10. Hut Sut Song
  11. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
  12. Sabre Dance Boogie
  13. On a Slow Boat to China
  14. Rose O'Day (The Filla-Ga-Dusha Song)
  15. Dickey-Bird Song
  16. Tonight We Love
  17. I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
  18. Aba Daba Honeymoon

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Believe it or not, an important CD.......2001-01-12

Freddy Martin is, alas, largely forgotten today. He mostly did "sweet" recordings, many of them based on classical themes (and the best of which are included in this album). He is today best remebered for the song "Bumble Boogie" (included on this CD) which Walt Disney has kept alive. Few songs, though, have the impact in their heyday that "The Hut-Sut" song did. The "Hut-Sut" song was a nonesense song, but many of the people who heard GIs sing it all over the world didn't know that! "Lovely Bunch of Coconuts," and "Managua, Nicaragua" were also big hits (I spent much of the mid-eighties whistling "Managua Nicaragua" and wondering if the song would have a comeback if the U. S. directly intervened in the war against the Sandinistas). It would have been nice to have had his version of Chopin's "Heroic" Polonaise, which was the theme song of the Polish resistance during WWII, and for that reason brings tears to the eyes. Martin's was not a great jazz organization, but the individual performances of members of his orchestra are at times awe-inspiring. If you like big band music, you won't go wrong. And someday, somewhere, you'll catch yourself humming, "Hut-sut bralsen on the ritta-rah..."

3 out of 5 stars Just one cut is worth the price.......2000-12-16

I bought this CD (along with "Classics and Boogie: the Original..."), just for the unbelievable rendition of the piano soloist Jack Fina, in dialogue with F.M.'s orchestra, of the "Bumble Boogie", based on Rimsky-Korsakoff's well-known piece: it was part of the Walt Disney's full-length cartoon movie "Melody Time" of 1948, and I had been looking for it since 1950! Except for the few introductory orchestral bars, it's all here with all its piano wizardry. Just this piece makes the purchase of this CD worthwhile.
Your Hit Parade - 1947
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  • Track List
 Your Hit Parade - 1947

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ASIN: B000BDBR9O

Product Description

Assorted Artists. 24 Song Total.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Track List.......2006-12-16

Track Title
1. Open the Door Richard -- Count Basie & His Orchestra
2. A Gal in Calico -- Tex Beneke And The Glenn Miller Orchestra
3. Linda -- Ray Noble & His Orchestra
4. A Sunday Kind of Love -- Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
5. Anniversary Song -- Al Jolson
6. Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) -- Perry Como
7. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah -- Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
8. Feudin & Fightin -- Dorothy Shay
9. That's My Desire -- Frankie Laine
10. I Wish I Didn't Love You So -- Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra
11. Mam'selle -- Art Lund
12. Heartaches -- Ted Weems & His Orchestra
13. Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo) -- Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters
14. Managua, Nicaragua -- Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
15. I Never Knew -- Sam Donohue And His Orchestra
16. Across the Alley from the Alamo -- The Mills Brothers
17. Peg O' My Heart -- Buddy Clark
18. Guilty -- Margaret Whiting
19. Near You -- Francis Craig & His Orchestra
20. Ballerina -- Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra
21. When You Were Sweet Sixteen -- Perry Como
22. You Do -- Dinah Shore
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24. Huggin & Chalkin -- Hoagy Carmichael
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    In the Mood with Freddy Martin
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        Nipper's - Greatest Hits - The 40's Volume 1
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          		Nipper's - Greatest Hits - The 40's Volume 1
          Artie Shaw , Glenn Miller & Tex Beneke And The Modernaires , Freddy Martin , Dinah Shore , Tommy Dorsey , Lena Horne , Vaughn Monroe , Spike Jones And His City Slickers , Charlei Barnet , and The King Sisters
          Manufacturer: RCA/BMG
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          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000MOSGUU

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          Nipper's - Greatest Hits - The 40's Volume 1 // 1. Frenesi - Artie Shaw 2. Don't Get Around Much Any More - Duke Ellington 3. Holiday For Strings - David Rose 4. Pompton Turnpike - Charlie Barnet 5. Daddy - Swing And Sway With Sammy Kay & The Kay Choir 6. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller & Tex Beneke And The Modernaires 7. There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers 8. The Hut-Sut Song - The King Sisters 9. Piano Concert in B Flat - Freddy Martin 10. Blues In The Night - Dinah Shore 11. Night And Day - Frank Sinatra 12. Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey 13. Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller 14. Star Dust - Artie Shaw 15. I Hear A Rhapsody - Charlei Barnet 16. Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones And His City Slickers 17. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Duke Ellington 18. There I've Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe 19. Stormy Weather - Lena Horne 20. Pistol Packin' Mama - Glenn Miller and The Army Air Force Band
          Bewitched
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • Pure Mervana (Merv with Freddy Martin).
          		 Bewitched
          Freddy Martin & His Orchestra , and Merv Griffin
          Manufacturer: Hindsight Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00005BCAS
          Release Date: 2001-04-17

          Tracks:

          1. Bumble Boogie
          2. Bewitched
          3. Tenderly
          4. Anytime
          5. Rachmaninoff Concerto
          6. Manhattan
          7. Ballin' the Jack
          8. Until
          9. Cumana
          10. Hello, Young Lovers
          11. Dream Melody
          12. Be My Life's Companion
          13. More Than You Know
          14. I'll Remember April
          15. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Pure Mervana (Merv with Freddy Martin)........2002-02-04

          This chintzily-packaged but highly entertaining CD features, among other attractions, a young Merv Griffin singing five numbers with the Freddy Martin Orchestra in the early 1950s. The sound quality is decent, the source being for-radio-only recordings (I think that's the term), the kind of recordings the Hindsight label specializes in. In fact, I found a few of these very tracks on a Seeburg label 45-rpm record (extended play) which appears to have been designed as muzak-style background music! This means that in the 1950s at least some people shopped (or worked) to the sounds of Merv Griffin with Freddy Martin. Believe it or not.

          Anyway, these tracks are exemplary middle-of-the-road big band music, all of them arranged by Bob Ballard, who is better known for his superb, if less than progressive, charts for Lawrence Welk. Ace pianists Barclay Allen and Murray Arnold tear up the keyboard in such semi-classical showstoppers as "Bumble Boogie," "Cumana," and "Slaughter on Tenth Aveue," all brilliantly performed and with nary a note out of place. Featured on six numbers, vocalist Merv Griffin is all mellowness, especially on "Hello Young Lovers," which he ends with a long, strongly sustained "own" ("a love of my ...") on the keynote as the band draws out the final cadence in a properly dramatic fashion. This is undoubtedly the CD's most sublime moment of Mervana.

          The collection is rounded out by some charming novelty numbers and one of the most unswinging versions of "Ballin' the Jack" ever put on wax. It is worth keeping in mind that Martin's brand of big band music was every much a part of his day as the swingier music of Miller, Ellington, Dorsey, and Basie. And it was every bit as good. There's not much of Martin on CD, so buy this while it's still there.

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