The Best of Tex Beneke

Tex Beneke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00000IWOT
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,696 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

2. The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa! Baa! Baa!)

3. It Couldn't Be True (Or Could It?)

4. Give Me Five Minutes More

5. I Know

6. Cynthia's In Love

7. The Woodchuck Song

8. Passe

9. Star Dust

10. A Gal In Calico

11. Oh, But I Do

12. Moonlight Whispers

13. Anniversary Song

14. My Heart Is A Hobo

15. Stormy Weather

16. St. Louis Blues March

17. As Long As I'm Dreaming

18. Meadowlands (Russian Patrol)

19. Blues In The Night March

20. I Can Dream, Can't I?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As Complete As Any "Best Of" Can Get, August 14, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Best of Tex Beneke (Audio CD)

Two years after Glenn Miller disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris on December 15, 1944, vocalist/saxophonist Tex Beneke gathered together as many of the original band members as possible and began recording again with their old label, RCA Victor.

From 1946 to 1949 he would add another 17 hit singles to the 128 registered by Glenn from 1935 to 1944, the first four under the billing Tex Beneke & The Glenn Miller Orchestra, then nine under the billing Tex Beneke & The Miller Orchestra, and finally four more as Tex Beneke & His Orchestra. And they are ALL here in this wonderful album from Collector's Choice (only tracks 9, 15, and 19 were not hits, two of them failed singles and one LP cut).

In addition, you get three pages of background notes written by Joseph F. Laredo, two more nice shots of Tex, and a complete discography on the 20 tracks, including vocalists, label details, and chart performances. And the sound reproduction is magnificent. They just don't get any better than this.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Tex Beneke, June 19, 2000

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John (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Tex Beneke (Audio CD)

Great big band swing music. Will bring back wonderful memories to folks from the 40's era. A must for students of swing music of the music of one of the outstanding band leaders of that time.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Tex Beneke as a vocalist is short-changed on this album., October 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Tex Beneke (Audio CD)

Not nearly enough of Tex's unique vocal stylings are the major drawback of this album. The arrangements and other vocalists are fine, but I missed Tex's smooth voice.