The Very Best of Harry Secombe

~ Release by Harry Secombe (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1If I Ruled the World
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1963)
recording of:
If I Ruled the World (Pickwick)
lyricist:
Leslie Bricusse
composer:
Cyril Ornadel
publisher:
Delfont Music
part of:
Pickwick
2:40
2The Song from ‘Moulin Rouge’
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1963)
recording of:
The Song From Moulin Rouge (aka “Where Is Your Heart”)
lyricist:
William Engvick
composer:
Georges Auric (composer)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
part of:
Moulin Rouge (1952 film)
2:39
3Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Paganini: “Girls were Made to Love and Kiss”
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
translator:
A.P. Herbert (librettist and politician)
translated version of:
Paganini: Akt II. Nr. 9 “Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküsst” (Paganini)
3:35
4Vienna City of My Dreams
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Vienna, City of My Dreams (English version of „Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume“)
composer:
Rudolf Sieczyński
translator:
Edward Lockton
translated version of:
Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Wien, Wien, nur du allein)
4:03
5A Man Without Love
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1966)
recording of:
A Man Without Love
lyricist:
Peter Callander
composer:
Cyril Ornadel
2:25
6Lead Kindly Night
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
Lead, Kindly Light
lyricist:
John Henry Newman
composer:
C H Purdy (composer & professor of music)
3:25
7Falling in Love With Love
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Falling in Love With Love
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
The Boys From Syracuse
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:24
8Santa Lucia
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
conductor:
Wally Stott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1966)
recording of:
Santa Lucia (Italian version)
lyricist and composer:
Teodoro Cottrau (composer)
translator:
Enrico Cossovich (Italian poet) (in 1849)
translated version of:
Santa Lucia (original traditional Neapolitan song)
3:01
9Summer Song
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1965)
recording of:
Summer Song
lyricist:
Alexander Faris (conductor), Bernard Grun and Eric Maschwitz
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer), Alexander Faris (conductor) and Bernard Grun
part of:
Summer Song
3:53
10Bless This House
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1960)
recording of:
Bless This House
lyricist:
Helen Taylor (poet / lyricist)
composer:
May Brahe (composer)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Pub. Ltd.
2:39
11This Is My Song
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1967)
recording of:
This Is My Song (in 1967-02)
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker) (in 1966)
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
part of:
A Countess From Hong Kong
3:20
12Grinzing (In Grinzing Back with You)
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
In Grinzing Back With You
lyricist and composer:
Ralph Benatzky
translator:
Edward Lockton
arrangement of:
Ich muß wieder einmal in Grinzing sein
3:39
13Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1962)
recording of:
Love Is a Many‐Splendored Thing
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Miller Music (publisher) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 28)
2:13
14Funiculi, Funicula
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1959)
recording of:
Funiculì, funiculà
composed in:
Castellammare di Stabia, Napoli, Campania, Italy (in 1880)
lyricist:
Peppino Turco
composer:
Luigi Denza (composer) (in 1880)
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. and Robbins Music Corp.
2:41
15I Long to See the Day (from 'The Matchgirls’)
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1966)
recording of:
I Long to See the Day
lyricist:
Bill Owen (actor and songwriter)
composer:
Tony Russell (trombonist and composer)
part of:
The Matchgirls
2:38
16Il lamento de Frederico (from ‘L’arlesiana’)
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1966)
recording of:
L’arlesiana: Atto II. “È la solita storia del pastore” (Lamento di Federico)
composer:
Francesco Cilea (composer) (in 1897)
librettist:
Leopoldo Marenco (librettist)
publisher:
Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, Milano
part of:
L’arlesiana: Atto II
4:37
17Stranger in Paradise (from ‘Kismet’)
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1965)
recording of:
Stranger in Paradise (popular song from the 1953 musical “Kismet”)
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
Alexander Borodin (Alexander Borodin), George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Scheffel Music Corp, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell and Frank Music Co. Ltd. (from 1953 to present)
is based on:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: II. Gliding Dance of the Maidens: Andantino, 4/4, A major
part of:
Kismet (full musical)
2:20
18Be My Love
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1964)
recording of:
Be My Love
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Nicholas Brodzsky
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
3:20
19Here in My Heart
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1966)
recording of:
Here in My Heart
writer:
Bill Borrelli (writer “Here in My Heart”), Pat Genaro (Songwriter) and Lou Levinson (writer “Here in My Heart”)
publisher:
Algonquin Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Mellin Music
2:22
20Abide With Me
tenor vocals:
Harry Secombe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (for copyrights use only) (in 1961)
recording of:
Abide With Me (Set to tune ‘Eventide’)
lyricist:
Henry Francis Lyte (in 1847)
composer:
William Henry Monk (in 1861)
is based on:
Abide With Me (hymn without specified tune)
4:37

Credits

Release

manufactured in:EEC
liner notes:Corbett Nolan (in 1996)
manufactured by:Universal M & L, UK (Universal Manufacturing & Logistics Ltd., UK)
distributed by and marketed by:Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Karusell International (in 1997)
licensed to:Karusell International
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5946622 [info]
ASIN:UK: B0000081YV [info]