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The Best Things in Life Are Free: The Songs of Ray Henderson

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Audio CD (April 22, 1997)
Original Release Date: April 22, 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Asv Living Era
ASIN: B000001HJR

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1. Best Things in Life Are Free - Noel "Chappie" d'Amato, Jack Hylton Orchestra, Hugo Rignold
2. I'm Sitting on Top of the World - Frank Banta, Frank Crumit
3. Don't Bring Lulu - Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra,
4. Lucky Day - Irving Kaufman, Howard Lanin & His Orchestra
5. Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl) - California Ramblers, Arthur Hall, John Ryan, John Ryan
6. (Here I Am) Brokenhearted - Gene Austin, Frank Banta
7. Black Bottom Stomp - Irving Brodsky, Annette Hanshaw, Jimmy Lytell, Miff Mole, Red Nichols
8. Bye Bye Blackbird - Layton & Johnstone
9. Magnolia - Johnny Marvin
10. Varsity Drag
11. Sonny Boy - Al Jolson
12. You're the Cream in My Coffee - Ruth Etting
13. If I Had a Talking Picture of You - Sam Browne, Jack Hylton Orchestra
14. I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All? - Frank Luther
15. Sunny Side Up - Joe Cassidy,
16. Button up Your Overcoat - Ruth Etting
17. My Song - Rudy Vall�e
18. That's Why Darkies Were Born - Paul Robeson
19. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries - Hutch, Hutch
20. Thrill Is Gone - Rudy Vall�e
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great tunes by a great songwriter, November 5, 1999

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Henderson, though one of the giants of American popular music, was, strangely, only one of three great songwriters from his neighborhood, since Harold Arlen & Jack Yellen grew up within walking distance of him on the east side of Buffalo. All of Henderson's music is great, & much of it is well known, although his name isn't anymore (in fact, his name never was, since Henderson wasn't his name - his real name was Ray Brost). The only two drawbacks are that (a) Henderson wrote so much that even 25 songs don't cover all of his best known works (e.g. "I Wanna Be Bad" isn't here), & (b) some of the songs were better done by performers other than the ones here. The most glaring example is "Let's Call it a Day", which in this CD is performed in a saccharine fashion but which was recorded elsewhere in a much more up tempo manner, all to the good.

And one other criticism - 1920s mono recordings don't need a CD - a tape would be fine.

Criticism notwithstanding, the guy was a phenomenal writer. If you like Irving Berlin, you'll like Henderson also.

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