Bergen Sings Morgan / Party's Over

Polly Bergen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00000JWRI
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,525 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Ever Leave Me

2. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

3. More Than You Know

4. The Little Things You Used to Do

5. Something to Remember You By

6. What Wouldn't I Do for That Man

7. (Here I Am) Brokenhearted

8. (I've Got) Sand in My Shoes

9. Mean to Me

10. Body and Soul

11. Why Was I Born?/Bill

12. The Party's Over

13. It Never Entered My Mind

14. Where's the Boy I Saved for a Rainy Day

15. Make the Man Love Me

16. But Not for Me

17. My Melancholy Baby

18. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

19. You'll Never Know

20. I'm Thru With Love

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bergen Sings Morgan/The Party's Over; Reissued, at last!, April 16, 2001

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This review is from: Bergen Sings Morgan / Party's Over (Audio CD)

An avid fan of the movies while growing up, I first came to know Polly Bergen as an actress in many notable films of the 60s, among them "Cape Fear," "The Caretakers," "Kisses for My President," "Move Over, Darling" and a cameo in "Guide for the Married Man." After graduating high achool, I happened to come across an album she recorded in the 50s entitled "The Party's Over." Well, from the moment I heard Miss Bergen sings those note "I'm in love with a man....." I was introduced to Polly Bergen, the singer. I simply fell in love with her voice. I quickly learned that before acting, she had established a career as a singer, having recorded five albums for Columbia in the 50s and 60s, as well as singing on the original cast album of "First Impressions," a Broadway musical in which she appeared. As far as I know, she recorded one more full length LP after her contract ended with Columbia. It was an album of motion picture songs entitled "Act One, Sing Too" on the Philips label. It was the most difficult of all her LPs to acquire, but find it, I did. And well worth the search, too. Absolutely wonderful. The two albums compiled on this CD reissue were her first two for Columbia. Hopefully, the others will follow. They are the torch songs that we all love, and Miss Bergen sings them flawlessly. It's hard to pick favorites, but "The Party's Over" was the first time that I heard her sing. It's the best version of that gem that I've heard by a female vocalist. She sang "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and I was fortunate to see a re-run of that episode recently on cable TV. In the early 60s, she also hosted the "Bell Telephone Hour" singing several Gershwin tunes. That show was repeated on a public televison special, and again, I was fortunate enough to see it. Since Polly Bergen only recorded six LPs before devoting herself completely to acting, her fans cherish each and every one of them. Hopefully, CD reissues (in beautifully remastered sound) of her remaining catalog are forthcoming. In the meantime, buy this one while it's still in print, and discover Polly Bergen, the singer.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GIVING THANKS FOR POLLY........, November 23, 2000

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Old Legend Lover "meskb" (Central Indiana) - See all my reviews

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.....On Thanksgiving Day, 2000. Seemed appropriate, as Polly Bergen was my very first Favorite Singer, and I can still remember the impact her performance in the 1957 Playhouse 90 'Helen Morgan Story' made on me, and the entire world of TV history. Hers was a remarkable performance than won her the Best Actress Emmy that year, and I immediately bought the sountrack album when it became available. One of my great regrets is that an old tape of this show has never been re-released through the years.....and if anyone out there knows where I could get a VHS copy, please write, call, or drop by the house!! Now Columbia has done a great thing by releasing this recording, as well as her follow-up 'The Party's Over' as a 'twofer'CD......I give thanks for that today too.....that great performances by great artists are being preserved. She hauntingly sings (as only she could) ballads and blues with a deep throaty dramatic voice that had no equal. Every single song is a classic, impossible to pinpoint just one. By all means, you 'younguns' who need to know what a real torch singer was/is all about.......buy this CD. As far as I'm concerned, Polly Bergen's only competition as a torch singer came from a totally different type of entertainer, but one just as talented.....the robust and rousing Roberta Sherwood, who could touch your heart with a tear in her voice just as convincingly as Bergen. Maybe on Thanksgiving 2001 I'll be able to give thanks that Decca has finally released some of the thrilling Roberta Sherwood albums on CD!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Polly Bergen Sings Beautifully, September 11, 2000

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Warren D. Scott (Detroit, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This CD, originally recorded in the late 50s, showcases a host of beautiful ballads touchingly rendered by Polly Bergen. It evokes memories of an era of smart supper clubs where a chic chanteuse like Polly would sing torch songs like "I'm Through With Love." This CD makes me wish I lived in NYC in the 50s. It must have been grand. If you want to listen to gorgeous ballads by a singer with a smoldering voice and an intelligent and heartfelt approach to the lyrics, then by all means get this CD. It's a real gem. Just like Polly Bergen herself.