From the Columbia Vaults

Dinah Shore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00005KHFO
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,353 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Come Rain or Come Shine

2. When a Woman Loves a Man

3. Who'll Buy My Violets?

4. (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?

5. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

6. Baby, Don't Be Mad at Me

7. I've Got You Under My Skin

8. St. Louis Blues

9. The Egg and I

10. When Am I Gonna Kiss You Good Morning?

11. Do a Little Business on the Side

12. (I've Been Do Wrong, for So Long-But) I'm So Right Tonight

13. The Stanley Steamer

14. The Lonesome Road

15. At the Candlelight Cafe

16. My Curly Headed Baby

17. Daddy-O (I'm Gonna Teach You Some Blues)

18. Hooray for Love

19. 'S Wonderful

20. Better Luck Next Time

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Tennessee-born Dinah Shore was the first major female vocalist to break from a Big Band and begin a successful solo career, scoring a staggering eighty-six chart hits in the '40s and '50s. Her TV career was just as successful, with The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, and Dinah!, the very first daytime talk show. This collection examines the depth and breadth of Shore's ability with standards such as Come Rain or Come Shine, I've Got You Under My Skin, and 'S Wonderful. 25 tracks. 2001 Collectables release.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare treasures from the late 1940's, July 29, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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These tracks from the late 1940's (Dinah's best and most successful period) were obviously compiled by a Dinah Shore fan. You won't find Buttons and bows here, nor any of her other big hits - if you want these, you can get them all on 16 Greatest hits and 16 Greatest hits Encore!, who's 32 tracks (no duplication) between them include all Dinah's big Columbia hits. No single CD available at the time of this review contains them all.

There are several minor hits missing from those two collections. Three of them can be found here - The egg and I, When am I gonna kiss you good morning? and At the candlelight cafe, all of them making their debut on CD here. There are still some minor hits yet to appear on CD, so perhaps Collectables plan another volume some day. If they do, I'll buy it.

The songs here are mainly lush ballads of the type Dinah was so good at, with a few more upbeat songs for variety. The compiler was particularly keen to include some duets. Dinah recorded with a lot of different people. Included here are 'S wonderful (with Buddy Clark), Stanley steamer (with the Modernaires), The shoe is on the other foot (with George Morgan, perhaps best known now as the father of singer Lorrie Morgan), It's better to conceal than reveal (a novelty song with Doris Day) and Baby don't be mad at me (with the Four Hits).

This is a lovely compilation which shows just what a wonderful singer Dinah was. There were many outstanding ladies making great music in the 1940's, but Dinah was one of the most successful. It's not difficult to understand why.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great trip down memory lane, April 21, 2009

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I am a firm fan of the old music and this brought back some wonderful memories of songs that I thought I had long forgotten.