Two Dozen Roses [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] [Import]

Kate Smith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jasmine Music
• ASIN: B00005LETM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #332,914 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stay As Sweet As You Are

2. The Continental

3. College Rhythm

4. When My Ship Comes In

5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

6. Imagination

7. Make-Believe Island

8. Maybe

9. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

10. Time Was

11. I Don't Want To Walk Without You

12. My Melancholy Baby

13. Somebody Loves Me

14. Blues In The Night

15. We'll Meet Again

16. One Dozen Roses

17. Be Careful, It's My Heart

18. Embraceable You

19. Say It Over And Over Again

20. Some Sunday Morning

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

When Kate Smith died in June 1986, America lost one of its best loved radio personalities. Millions of fans had grown used to the opening strains of When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain coupled with that famous, softly spoken greeting: Hello, Everybody. Although her sixty plus years in show business had embraced Variety, Broadway, Hollywood, records and television, it was on the radio that Kate endeared herself to the nation. This original compilation features a selection of 24 commercial recordings from the prime of her career, running a generous 73 minutes. When Kate Smith died on 17th June, 1986, America lost one of its best-loved radio personalities. Millions of fans would no longer hear the opening strains of "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain" coupled with that famous greeting, sincere, soft and slowly spoken: "Hello, Everybody." Here, you will find her covers of many classics of the thirties and forties, including "The continental", "Imagination", "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square", "My Melancholy Baby", "Blues In The Night", "We'll Meet Again" and "The Trolley song". On the basis of what I've heard, Kate's recordings were of a consistently high quality, so this collection is every bit as good as any other collection of her music. If you are new to Kate's music, this is an excellent introduction.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Kate's most famous, but still magical, September 8, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Dozen Roses [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

The title appears to be based on one of the songs, One dozen roses, but there are 24 songs here, hence Two dozen roses. These songs are not the ones that Kate is most famous for, but they are an excellent set of songs from her Columbia years. Unlike the 1940-46 collection, this contains a few recordings from the thirties.

Here, you will find her covers of many classics of the thirties and forties, including The continental, Imagination, A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, My melancholy baby, Blues in the night, We'll meet again and The trolley song. When the moon comes over the mountain, another classic, also appears on The Columbia Years 1940-46, but it's the only track on both.

On the basis of what I've heard, Kate's recordings were of a consistently high quality, so this collection is every bit as good as any other collection of her music. If you are new to Kate's music, this is an excellent introduction, although you must look elsewhere to find the songs that she is normally remembered for.