The Best of Broadway: The ’30s

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Beyond the Blue Horizon (From “Monte Carlo”)
Jeanette MacDonald2:11
2On the Sunny Side of the Street (From “International Revue”)
Harry Richman3:06
3Minnie the Moocher (From “Rythmania”)
Cab Calloway3:18
4Night and Day (From “Gay Divorce”)
reeds:
Jess Smith (reeds in Leo Reisman & His Orchestra) (on 1932-11-22) and Burt Williams (on 1932-11-22)
trombone:
Ernie Gibbs (on 1932-11-22)
trumpet:
Lew Sherwood (on 1932-11-22)
violin:
Lew Conrad (on 1932-11-22) and Sammy Schklar (on 1932-11-22)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1932-11-22)
orchestra:
Leo Reisman and His Orchestra (on 1932-11-22)
conductor:
Leo Reisman (violinist, bandleader, arranger) (on 1932-11-22)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #1 (Cherokee A) in New York, New York, United States (on 1932-11-22)
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1932-11-22)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Fred Astaire53:27
5Ol’ Man River (From “Show Boat”)
Paul Robeson4:08
6Stormy Weather (From “Cotton club of 1933”)
Ethel Waters3:06
7Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (From “Roberta”)
Tamara2:54
8The Gold Diggers’ Song (We’re in the Money) (From “Gold Diggers of 1933”)
Ginger Rogers2:47
9By a Waterfall (From “Footlight Parade”)
lead vocals:
Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell (American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss)
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
recording of:
By a Waterfall (in 1933)
lyricist:
Irving Kahal
composer:
Sammy Fain
part of:
Footlight Parade (1933 film)
Dick Powell & Ruby Keeler10:47
10Inka Dinka Doo (From “Palooka”)
Jimmy Durante3:01
11You’re the Top (From “Anything Goes”)
Ethel Merman2:55
12My Romance (From “Jumbo”)
Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis2:58
13I’m in the Mood for Love (From “Every Night at Eight”)
Frances Langford2:57
14You Are My Lucky Star (From “Broadway Melody of 1936”)
Eleanor Powell3:27
15Pennies From Heaven (From “Pennies From Heaven”)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (in 1936)
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
Bing Crosby3:14
16A Fine Romance (From “Swing Time”)
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1936-07-28)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1936-07-28)
orchestra:
Johnny Green and His Orchestra (on 1936-07-28)
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-07-28)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Fred Astaire2:53
17September in the Rain (From “Melody for Two”)
James Melton2:13
18Over the Rainbow (From “The Wizard of Oz”)
vocals:
Judy Garland (on 1938-10-07)
orchestra:
MGM Orchestra (on 1938-10-07)
conductor:
Georgie Stoll and Herbert Stothart (composer) (on 1938-10-07)
arranger:
Herbert Stothart (composer)
orchestrator:
Murray Cutter
recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) (on 1938-10-07)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 12)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
Judy Garland4.52:47
19My Heart Belong to Daddy (From “Leave It to Me”)
recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
Mary Martin2:56
20Hooray for Hollywood (From “Hollywood Hotel”)
Dick Powell, Frances Langford, Johnny "Scat" Davis & Gene Krupa3:42

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ASIN:US: B000FJSIUK [info]