Essential Collection

Hoagy Carmichael | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Avid Records UK
• ASIN: B000P46M7G
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,800 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Star Dust

2. Washboard Blues

3. Georgia on My Mind

4. Rockin' Chair

5. Lazy River

6. Sing It Way Down Low

7. Thanksgivin'

8. Snowball

9. One Morning in May [Instrumental][Version]

10. Lazybones

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Am I Blue?

2. Sleepy Time Gal

3. I Can't Get Started

4. I Don't Know Why

5. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)

6. Huggin' and Chalkin'

7. Gonna Get a Girl

8. I'm A-Comin' A-Courtin' Corabelle

9. The Feathery Feeling

10. Ten to One It's Tennessee

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ear candy..., June 4, 2008

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S. Campton "proudmamaw" (Manchester OH) - See all my reviews
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An absolute joy to listen to. The Essential Collection is exactly that, essential. If you love music, real music from a man who loved it too then do not hesitate to order this collection.
Catch Hoagy singing Hong Kong Blues and Am I Blue in To Have and Have Not w/ Bogart and Bacall. As much fun to watch as he is easy to listen to.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IDIOSYNCRATIC BUT COMPELLING COLLECTION, December 14, 2008

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Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Collection (Audio CD)

If Hoagy Carmichael had never written another note, he'd still be remembered as the man who wrote "Star Dust". Fortunately for us, he wrote a great deal more, which he sang in his highly idiosyncratic and oddly endearing style. The first CD of this set presents him doing just that, with a variety of accompaniments, including Paul Whiteman (Washboard Blues), and the Casa Loma Orchestra (Little Old Lady). Exceptionally, he duets with Ella Logan on two tracks, and Dick Robertson and Anita Boyer take vocal honours on one track apiece.

The second CD is in two parts; fifteen tracks of Hoagy singing the music of others, followed by eleven of other great artists performing his songs. The latter include Louis Armstrong, Connie Boswell, Frank Sinatra, Kay Starr, Bing Crosby, and Jane Russell.

This is an excellent compilation at a truly bargain price, which should appeal to Hoagy's many admirers, and garner him some more.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Hoagy!, June 17, 2010

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K. Lucas (Midwest Illinois) - See all my reviews
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Wow! Saw Hoagy for the first time in the Bogart/Bacall classic "To have and have not". Loved his songs and singing voice. What I like about this cd is that he sings alot of the songs as well as other performers singing his songs. I was amazed at all of the songs I have heard but never knew he was the songwriter. Very impressed. A great collection, hands down.