The Best of Kay Kyser & His Orchestra [Original recording remastered]

Kay Kyser | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 9, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00003W0XT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,498 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Isch Ka Bibble (I Should Worry)

2. It's Love I'm After

3. Did You Mean It?

4. 'Cause My Baby Says It's So

5. Cry, Baby, Cry

6. So You Left Me For The Leader Of A Swing Band?

7. Music, Maestro, Please!

8. Ya Got Me

9. The Umbrella Man

10. (Gotta Get Some) Shut-Eye

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. 'Til Reveille

2. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover

3. A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal)

4. Who Wouldn't Love You

5. He Wears A Pair Of Silver WIngs

6. Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

7. Let's Get Lost

8. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition

9. Strip Polka

10. Can't You Read Between The Lines?

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kay Kyser's Best Really IS..., October 24, 2000

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Steven Beasley (North Hills, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (Audio CD)

As a Kyser collector for 11 years, this double CD IS the most comprehensive collection I've seen yet from the Ol' Professor of Swing. What most people don't realize is many of the tracks here are alternate takes, which makes this even better! From his early recordings on Brunswick to later Columbia hits, Kay, Ish Kabibble and the other featured vocalists are well represented here. For more info on this once hugely popular, but almost forgotten Big Bandleader, go to kaykyser.net C'mon chillen, Yess Dance!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Ol' Perfesser ..., August 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (Audio CD)

Not just PURE corn, this compilation contains many serious renditions of classics (Ole Buttermilk Sky, On a Slow Boat to China, etc.). The novelty tunes, frankly the reason that I bought the CD, cover the gamut of silliness. We all know "Three Little Fishies" but how many can say that they have a copy of "Horses don't Bet on People"! With 36 songs, on two CD's, you can be assured that you'll know all there is to know about Kay Kyser, avoiding any remedial Klasses at Kollege. (and Mike Douglas! He didn't have a voice when I watched his TV show as a kid. Apparently he DID when he worked with Kay.)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is how a "Best Of" should be..., September 26, 2005

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K. Williams - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (Audio CD)

I'm trying to enhance my collection of recorded music from the period, but the 30s and 40s are a little before my time. So, I'm using Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories" to guide me as I go about collecting this music.31 of the 36 tracks on these two discs are listed in Whitburn's book - a huge track-count and an admirable percentage of ORIGINAL, "Best Of" recordings. (It really bugs me if a recording isn't "the original".)Plus, Kyser and company's popularity at the time makes this one of the best musical investments I ever made.