Description
Release Date: 2024
Label: Acrobat
Track List
Disc: 1
- Mary Ann
- Coquette
- Dixie Dawn
- Forgetting You
- Was It A Dream? (Part 1)
- ‘Round Evening
- Sally Of My Dreams
- Let’s Do It
- My Kinda Love
- Button Up Your Overcoat
- Lover, Come Back To Me! (Part 1)
- Am I Blue
- Baby, Oh Where Can You Be
- Singing In The Rain
- Maybe! Who Knows
- Congratulations
- Can This Be Love
- Fine And Dandy
- Sweet And Hot
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me
- I Apologize
- I Can’t Get Mississippi Off My Mind
- Ooh That Kiss
Disc: 2
- Why Did It Have To Be Me?
- I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
- Somebody Stole Gabriel’s Horn
- Mood Hollywood
- Lazy Bones
- Stormy Weather
- Don’t Blame Me
- Old Man Harlem
- The Blue Room
- Annie’s Cousin Fannie
- I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You
- I Ain’t Gonna Sin No More
- Lost In A Fog
- How Can You Face Me?
- Don’t Let It Bother You
- Heat Wave
- Earful Of Music
- When My Ship Comes In
- What A Difference A Day Made
- Dream Man
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Sandman
- Here Is My Heart
- It’s Dark On Observatory Hill
- You’re The Top
Disc: 3
- Blame It On My Youth
- If It’s Love
- I Believe In Miracles
- I’m Just A Little Boy Blue
- Singing A Happy Song
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- Tiny Little Fingerprints
- The Farmer Takes A Wife
- Lullaby Of Broadway
- Night Wind
- Mama, Yo Quiero Un Novio
- Weary Blues
- Chasing Shadows
- Every Single Little Tingle Of My Heart
- I’ll Never Say Never Again
- Every Little Moment
- Footloose And Fancy Free
- Tomorrow’s Another Day
- Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
- My Very Good Friend The Milkman
- You’re So Darn Charming
- You Are My Lucky Star
- I’ve Got A Feelin’ You’re Foolin’
- The Gentleman Obviously Doesn’t Believe
Notes
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were both highly successful musicians and bandleaders during the early jazz and swing eras, but for a few years during the early part of their careers they had a joint enterprise called The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, which was hugely popular and successful, racking up 25 hits in the space of eight years from 1920s into the ’30s. Maybe inevitably, as two strong-minded personalities, they had a falling-out, and went their separate ways to have long and illustrious careers into the 1950s. This 72-track 3-CD collection comprises selected A&B sides from their releases on the Okeh, Banner Harmony, Melotone, Columbia, Brunswick, Vocalion and Decca labels from these years. It includes all their 27 hits from this era, including the No. 1s “Lullaby Of Broadway” and “Chasing Shadows”, and the Top 5 entries “What A Difference A Day Made”, “I Believe In Miracles”, “You Are My Lucky Star” and “I’ve Got A Feeling You’re Foolin'”. There are many big names among their featured vocalists, and those with performances included in this collection are Scrappy Lambert, Bob Crosby, Ethel Waters, Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey, Irving Kaufman, Kay Weber, Chick Bullock, Jean Bowes, Elmer Feldkamp and more. It’s fascinating to hear two such fine musicians and leaders in collaboration, and this collection offers a substantial overview of their time together as well as a feast of early swing music.
