Goodnight My Love 1930-1937

Ruth Etting | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 2012
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Take Two
• ASIN: B000008AUV
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,864 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let Me Sing and I'm Happy (1930)

2. It Happened in Monterey (1930)

3. Exactly Like You (1930)

4. Just a Little Closer (1930)

5. Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (1930)

6. You're the One I Care For (1930)

7. I'll be Blue Just Thinking of You (1930)

8. Love is Like That (What Can You Do?) (1931)

9. (There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Savings Time (1931)

10. When We're Alone - Penthouse Serenade (1932)

11. Close Your Eyes (1933)

12. Were Your Eyes Burning Baby? (1934)

13. It's Swell of You (1937)

14. Goodnight My Love (1936)

15. Guilty (1931)

16. The Night That Love Was Born (1932)

17. Stay As Sweet as You Are (1934)

18. Talking to Myself (1934)

19. Life is a Song (Let's Sing it Together) (1935)

20. Now That You're Gone (1931)

Editorial Reviews

In the early 1920s Ruth Etting began her show business career as a local nightclub singer in Chicago. By 1926 her popularity in Chicago had given rise to a radio show and her first recording contract. Ruth's big break came when she was given a spot in the 1927 edition of the Ziegfeld Follies in which she introduced the hit song Shaking the Blues Away. This was followed by several more appearances in Ziegfeld shows, including the very last Follies that Florenz Zeigfeld himself produced in 1931. This collection features recordings made from 1930, a high point in her career, to 1937, the year of Ruth's final commercial recording session prior to her premature retirement. Among these songs are Exactly Like You, Guilty and It's Swell Of You (from her last session).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Enchanting La Etting!, November 17, 2000

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Allen Bardin (Columbia, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goodnight My Love 1930-1937 (Audio CD)

Although this disc doesn't focus on Ruthie's earlier successes ( like "Ten Cents A Dance" or "Love Me Or Leave Me"), there are some rare treats from the marcelled diva. Campy tunes like "It's Swell of You" & "Were Your Ears Burning, Baby" get the usual crystalline Etting treatment, with hints of the Swing-era bounce coming in towards the second choruses. Gone is her little-girl sound of the 20s, and her mature torch-warbling, though by then going out of style, is at peak performance. Until someone issues a chronological Etting set, you can't go wrong with Take Two's usual pristine transfers on this release.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TRACK LIST, January 31, 2007

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CCRLOVER "ccrlover" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodnight My Love 1930-1937 (Audio CD)

1. Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
2. It Happened in Monterey
3. Exactly Like You
4. Just A Little Closer
5. Dancing With Tears in my Eyes
6. You're The One I Care For
7. I'll Be Blue Just Thinking of You
8. Love is Like That - What Can You Do
9. (There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Saving Time
10. Now That You're Gone
11. When We're Alone - Penthouse Serenade
12. Guilty
13. The Night That Love Was Born
14. Stay As Sweet as You Are
15. Talking To Myself
16. Life is a Song - Let's Sing it Together
17. Close Your Eyes
18. Were Your Ears Burning Baby
19. It's Swell of You
20. Goodnight My Love