Our 'Collectors’ Choice Music' label has released titles from virtually every great vocalist of the ’40s and ’50s, but until now, we’ve overlooked one of the greatest: Sarah Vaughan! But we’re making up for lost time with this release, which features 20 rare radio performances from the ’50s that prove (as if it still needed proving) that when it came to vocal range and expressiveness, no one can touch "Sassy." Just listen to her scat-singing on 'Sometimes I’m Happy' or that extended high note at the end of 'Green Dolphin Street'; then savor her singing on 'Lover Come Back to Me' with Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet; two versions of 'Just One of Those Things', one with the Ray Bloch Orchestra and one rapid-fire take with her regular trio; 'Corner to Corner; Misty; Careless; I Cried for You;... Less

Sony/BMG's PLAYLIST series features concise compilations of great American artists, sporting eco-friendly packaging and focusing on the work the artists have done for labels that fall under the Sony/BMG umbrella. The Billie Holiday collection focuses on the legendary jazz singer's early recordings for Columbia, including many selections from her fruitful partnership with pianist/bandleade r Teddy Wilson. When Wilson and company's swing meets Holiday's deep, sorrowful soul on the likes of "Gloomy Sunday" and "This Year's Kisses," it's clear why she is still considered jazz's greatest vocalist.

Our 'Collectors’ Choice Music' label has released titles from virtually every great vocalist of the ’40s and ’50s, but until now, we’ve overlooked one of the greatest: Sarah Vaughan! But we’re making up for lost time with this release, which features 20 rare radio performances from the ’50s that prove (as if it still needed proving) that when it came to vocal range and expressiveness, no one can touch "Sassy." Just listen to her scat-singing on 'Sometimes I’m Happy' or that extended high note at the end of 'Green Dolphin Street'; then savor her singing on 'Lover Come Back to Me' with Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet; two versions of 'Just One of Those Things', one with the Ray Bloch Orchestra and one rapid-fire take with her regular trio; 'Corner to Corner; Misty; Careless; I Cried for You;... Less

This compilation features a lot of Rosemary Clooney's early novelty-ish songs ("Mambo Italiano" is so dumb that it's enjoyable) but also plenty of her signature ballads. The contrast can be jarring. Between "Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciani Piccina)" and the following track, "Hey There," we hear two completely different singers. (Of course the songs themselves might as well be from different planets.) It's the Clooney we hear on "Hey There" who's the best known now: the sultry interpreter of love songs. But Clooney also had an imperial grip on midtempo numbers, as her assured performance on "Be My Life's Companion" shows. This CD is a good starting point (at a budget price) for those who want a basic overview of Clooney's career; those further along the path might want to look into a couple of... Less

Personnel: Lena Horne (vocals).Liner Note Author: Gary Tanenbaum.Lena Horne might have had a more storied acting career were it not for racial prejudice and the 1950s Hollywood blacklist, but, as this collection shows, she was a consummate vocalist from very early on. Collecting recordings from the 1940s, this best-of includes her signature versions of the Harold Arlen songs "Ill Wind," "Stormy Weather," and "Mad About the Boy," as well as her beautiful rendition of George and Ira Gershwin's classic "The Man I Love."

Newark, New Jersey native Sarah Vaughan possessed one of the greatest voices in jazz, an instrument of operatic range. A child prodigy, she was featured singer and organist in Newark's Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She won the amateur night contest at the Apollo Theater in Harlem in 1942, and was singing with the Billy Eckstine band by 1943. Vaughan recorded with Dizzy Gillespie in 1946. By the end of the decade she was famous; 16 Most Requested Songs reflects Columbia's efforts to package her as a pop act. The best moments, such as "Black Coffee" and "The Nearness of You," are mixed in with a program of show-tunes highlighted by "That Lucky Old Sun" and "Summertime." --John Swenson

Release Date: 1997-03-11, Audio CD, New World Records

Release Date: 2004-01-13, Audio CD, Sony

This stunning collection of fourteen classics from her highly acclaimed songbook series features Ella at her very best and represents the long-time collaboration with Verve Records founder and legendary producer, Norman Granz. A perfect compliment for any classy affair, The First Lady Of Song sets the mood for an intoxicating evening of songs and romance.

Personnel includes: Rosemary Clooney (vocals). Includes liner notes by Don Ovens.GREATEST SONGS consists of material recorded in the late 70's and early 80's.Personnel: Rosemary Clooney (vocals).Liner Note Author: Don Ovens.

Release Date: 1997-03-11, Audio CD, New World Records

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Release Date: 1996-01-09, Audio CD, Curb Mod Afw

This stunning collection of fourteen classics from her highly acclaimed songbook series features Ella at her very best and represents the long-time collaboration with Verve Records founder and legendary producer, Norman Granz. A perfect compliment for any classy affair, The First Lady Of Song sets the mood for an intoxicating evening of songs and romance.

Welcome to the Playlist series. Painstakingly compiled by the artists and the music nuts at Legacy Recordings, these collections truly represent an artists' complete body of work. We've fished through hundreds- thousands-of tracks to cherry pick the perfect playlists. Not just the hits (anyone can find those). The life changing cuts. The out-of-print tracks. The fan favorites everyone loves. The songs that make the artist who they are.You’ll no doubt enjoy the sound of the beautifully remastered songs on this CD (as opposed to MP3's that contain less information, which translate into compromised sound). But we think the thing you'll appreciate most about this Playlist is that even though you didn't make it, you might wish you did.

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Personnel includes: Billie Holiday (vocals); Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra. Recorded between 1935 and 1938. Includes liner notes by Tony Watts.Digitally remastered by Tony Watts.Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals).Audio Remasterer: Tony Watts.Liner Note Author: Tony Watts.Recording information: 07/10/1936- 12/01/1938.Most of these 20 songs from the mid-to-late-'30s are nothing short of high-water marks in jazz. The 1930s were as tumultuous as any other decade in the brief, troubled life of Billie Holiday, but it was a time when her career was very much on the rise. In the songs she recorded during this period, her legendary voice is strong and pure, undiminished by the ravages of hard living that would end her life prematurely. Backed by such sympathetic saxophone players as Lester Young... Less

Release Date: 1996-01-09, Audio CD, Curb Mod Afw

BD Jazz is a new label which offers listeners an introduction to some of the greatest jazz musicians of our time through a two disc set of their most-loved songs. Additionally, a 16 page illustrated book is included, which offers an insight into their lives and music. This specially formatted piece is a must-have for jazz fans as well as jazz neophytes trying to learn about the genre. Born Eleanora Fagan Gough on April 7th, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA, Billie Holiday is perhaps the most revered vocalist in all of jazz music. Songs like "God Bless The Child" and "Strange Fruit", are moving classics. Even though a hard life of drugs, alcohol and depression led to Holiday’s early demise in 1959, her music lives on, and sounds just as vibrant and warm today as it did then.

3 LPs on 1 CD: DATE WITH THE KING (1956)/ON STAGE (1956)/TENDERLY (1955). Originally released on Columbia 10" LPs.Personnel: Rosemary Clooney (vocals).Liner Note Author: Al Fichera.This discount-priced reissue CD combines the contents of three 10" LPs associated with Rosemary Clooney and originally released by Columbia Records in 1955 and 1956. Ten-inch LPs usually contained eight songs, but these three only contained six each, for a total of 18 tracks in about 57 and a half minutes. The three present different sides of Clooney. Date With the King (tracks 1-6) isn't really a Rosemary Clooney solo collection; it's a Benny Goodman album on which Clooney sits in for three numbers. Goodman wanted to record Cole Porter's clever "It's Bad for Me" in 1955, and Columbia insisted that Clooney join... Less

In his foreword to her autobiography ("This For Remembrance"), Bing Crosby describes Rosemary Clooney as a unique lady, able to deliver a song, any kind of song, with an unquenchable sense of humour. Whenever she's singing, there's an underlying feeling that she is amused and entertained. Unchanged through the years, congenial, never temperamental, he refers to her as a real 'trouper', a great lady. Penned in September 1977, little more than a month before his untimely death in Spain, Bing was looking back with affection to a relationship that had lasted for a quarter of a century. Is there anyone who would not agree with his sentiments? See also: JASBOX27/4 - Mixed Emotions - Clooney Defined! JASCD318 - Hey, Look Us Over! JASBOX 27-4

Rosemary Clooney was America's most popular female vocalist of the 1950's. She developed into to one of the premier interpreters of American popular song and went on to become not only an icon of American popular music, but also an inspiration to those looking to climb out of poverty and hardship as she had done so herself. She shot to fame in the Big Band era, originally singing with her sister before taking the solo route and hitting the big time with "Come On a My House" the first of a string of world ? wide hits. This set includes two UK No 1 hits, "This Ole House" (later revived by Shakin' Stevens) and "Mambo Italiano" (which returned to the charts in 2000 via the group Shaft). The albums show her versatility and the power of her performances show why she has endured for so long... Less

6 tracks including WORK SONG. Tiny mark on disc is outside of playing area and will not affect play.

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It is inevitable that every account of Billie Holiday's life focuses on the prolonged addiction to drink and drugs that culminated in her premature death at the age of 44 on the 17th July, 1959. This compilation, however, is entitled "Happy Holiday" and thus attempts to concentrate on the upbeat side of her career. Having said that, although many of the songs included here are upbeat musically, lyrically or both, Billie's voice is so plaintive and her phrasing and melodic invention so unique that even seemingly 'happy' songs often sound wistful and melancholic. Several songs whose lyrical content would seem to qualify them as 'happy' have been omitted simply because of Billie's delivery. Nevertheless, Billie handles the bitter-sweet comedy of numbers such as "A Fine Romance", "Let's Call... Less

In his foreword to her autobiography ("This For Remembrance"), Bing Crosby describes Rosemary Clooney as a unique lady, able to deliver a song, any kind of song, with an unquenchable sense of humour. Whenever she's singing, there's an underlying feeling that she is amused and entertained. Unchanged through the years, congenial, never temperamental, he refers to her as a real 'trouper', a great lady. Penned in September 1977, little more than a month before his untimely death in Spain, Bing was looking back with affection to a relationship that had lasted for a quarter of a century. Is there anyone who would not agree with his sentiments? See also: JASBOX27/4 - Mixed Emotions - Clooney Defined! JASCD318 - Hey, Look Us Over! JASBOX 27-4

Selections: The Four Winds and the Seven Seas, Love Me Long, Hold Me Close, Kiss Me Warm and Tender, There Goes My Heart, A Man Wrote a Song, Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys, Count Every Star, You're Too Tall I'm Too Small, If I Should Lose You, Sunday Isn't Sunday Any More, It's Easy to Remember,

Import exclusive, budget price compilation for 'the first lady of song'. Highlights include, 'A-Tisket, A-Tasket', 'When My Sugar Walks Down The Street', & 'How High The Moon'. Standard double jewel case. Disky. 2002.