Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Episode 11 - The American Songbook Series


The Soundtrack Of My Life
Episode 11
5/30/09

Download the AAC file here. It contains album artwork and chapters for each song for your iPod or Zune player. Just make a playlist and drag the file in.

The aim of this podcast is to highlight my favorite tracks from the American Songbook series collection. I received a couple of requests for song standards so I decided to compile a list from this series I was listening to at the time. If you are not familiar with the American songbook, this will be a real treat for you. Give it a listen, I can't imagine someone not singing along with these songs after you listen to it. Some of these songs are not the definitive version but they are just as good.

(Track)-(Artist)-(Song) (Composer)
01 - Billie Holiday - Solitude (Duke Ellington)
02 - Gwen Verdon - If My Friends Could See Me Now (Dorothy Fields)
03 - Lee Wiley - Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
04 - Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife (Kurt Weill)
05 - Teddi King - This Is Always (Harry Warren)
06 - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Sinatra - The Song Is You (Jerome Kern)
07 - Frances Langford - I'm In The Mood For Love (Dorothy Fields)
08 - Fred Astaire - Puttin' On The Ritz (Irving Berlin)
09 - Betty Hutton - Rumble, Rumble, Rumble (Frank Loesser)
10 - Peggy Lee - Lover (Rodgers & Hart)
11 - Kitty Kallen - It's Been A Long, Long Time (Jule Styne)
12 - Helen Forrest - I've Heard That Song Before (Jule Styne)
13 - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Featuring Liza Morrow - All The Cats Join In (Alec Wilder)
14 - Ella Fitzgerald - What Is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter)
15 - Mabel Mercer - It's De-Lovely (Cole Porter)
16 - Jo Stafford - The Things We Did Last Summer (Jule Styne)
17 - Gogi Grant - Why Was I Born (Jerome Kern)
18 - Mel Tormé - P.S. I Love You (Johnny Mercer)
19 - Chet Baker - Everything Happens To Me (Tom Adair & Matt Dennis)
20 - Eileen Farrell - In The Still Of The Night (Cole Porter)
21 - Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around (Johnny Mercer)
22 - Ethel Merman & Donald O'Connor - (You're Not Sick) You're Just In Love (Irving Berlin)
23 - Peggy Lee - Big Spender (Dorothy Fields)

24 - Judy Garland - Get Happy (Harold Arlen)
25 - Margaret Whiting - You Couldn't Be Cuter (Dorothy Fields)
26 - Bob Crosby Featuring Helen Ward- Day In, Day Out (Johnny Mercer)
27 - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Dorothy Fields)
28 - Johnny 'scat' Davis & Frances Langford - Hooray For Hollywood (Johnny Mercer)
29 - Lena Horne - Then I'll Be Tired Of You (E.Y. Harburg)
30 - Jo Stafford - Dream (Johnny Mercer)
31 - Doris Day - I've Never Been In Love Before (Frank Loesser)
32 - Betty Hutton - Blow a Fuse (It's Oh So Quiet) (Hans Lang and Bert Reisfeld)
33 - Peggy Lee - It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter)
34 - The Boswell Sisters - Louisiana Hayride (Arthur Schwartz)
35 - Esther Williams And Ricardo Montalban (Khan!!!) - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Frank Loesser)
36 - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter)
37 - Cole Porter - Anything Goes (Cole Porter)
38 - Julie Andrews - Thoroughly Modern Millie (James Van Heusen)
39 - Wini Shaw - Lullaby Of Broadway (Harry Warren)
40 - Al Bowlly - Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans)
41 - Andy Williams - Moon River (Johnny Mercer)
42 - Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
43 - Mildred Bailey - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Duke Ellington)
44 - Peggy Lee - I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)

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