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Blue Skies

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This is a lovely collection of early 1940s recordings, possibly from radio. Eight of these performances sound to me like Frank with the Dorsey orchestra. In those tunes, he customarily waits through a complete instrumental statement of the melody before entering. In two others, Frank's accompanied by orchestra and in the four remaining recordings, probably done during the musicians strike of 1942-1944, he is front man for mixed chorus. None of them are high fidelity, but one can hear the music clearly.

1. "Blue Skies" - sounds like Tommy Dorsey, with male answering vocalists
2. "Ol' Man River" - orchestral w/ strings prominent
3. "Take Me" - sounds like Tommy Dorsey
4. "You'll Never Know" - chorus a capella
5. "I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest" - sounds like Tommy Dorsey
6. "Cradle Song" - orchestral strings
7. "Daybreak" - sounds like Tommy Dorsey
8. "It's Always You" - sounds like Tommy Dorsey
9. "Shake Down the Stars" - sounds like Tommy Dorsey
10. "If You Please" - chorus a capella
11. "Everything Happens to Me" - sounds like Tommy Dorsey
12. "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" - chorus a capella
13. "Sunday Monday or Always" - chorus a capella
14. "I'll Be Seeing You" - sounds like Tommy Dorsey

TT: about 45 minutes

1. Blue Skies
2. Night And Day
3. Somebody Loves Me
4. You Make Me Feel So Young
5. S'Wonderful
6. Love Me Or Leave Me
7. They Say It's Wonderful
8. You Do Something To Me
9. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
10. Begin The Beguine
11. Ol' Man River
12. Don't Blame Me
13. It All Depends On You
14. I Fall In Love With You
15. The Music Stopped
16. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance