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Instrumental Legends

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CD 1 Track List

1. Fly Me To The Moon (Bossa Nova)
2. Up The Lazy River
3. Patricia
4. Yellow Bird
5. Sail Along Silvery Moon
6. It's Only A Paper Moon
7. Blue Tango
8. Theme For Young Lovers
9. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
10. Around The World
11. Love Me Tender
12. Brian's Song
13. Love Is Blue
14. Peg O' My Heart
15. The Stripper
16. Moon River
17. Somewhere My Love
18. Wake The Town And Tell The People

CD 2 Track List

1. The Peter Gunn Theme -- Ray Anthony And His Orchestra
2. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly -- Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra And Chorus
3. Theme From The Man With The Golden Arm -- Richard Maltby & His Orchestra
4. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White -- Pérez Prado Orchestra
5. Calcutta -- Lawrence Welk
6. Melody Of Love -- Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
7. Canadian Sunset -- Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
8. Lisbon Antigua -- Nelson Riddle
9. Theme From A Summer Place -- The Percy Faith Orchestra
10. Wonderland By Night -- Bert Kaempfert
11. Theme From Love Story -- Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
12. Shangri-La -- Robert Maxwell His Harp And Orchestra
13. Moonglow & Theme From Picnic -- Morris Stoloff Conducting The Columbia Pictures Orchestra
14. I Cover The Waterfront -- André Kostelanetz
15. Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet -- Henry Mancini
16. So Rare -- Jimmy Dorsey
17. Tonight You Belong To Me -- Lawrence Welk And His Sparkling Strings
18. Fascination -- Dick Jacobs And His Chorus And Orchestra

If you have been looking for a really fine collection of those wonderful AM radio instrumental hits from the great artists, movies, composers - this is a wonderful set. I love to put it in the CD changer on random, and just enjoy the lush and lilting music that takes me back three to five decades ago, when this sort of real MUSIC was played on the air and everywhere. Truly a treat for us baby boomers. Get it; you won't be disappointed.

Several years ago we bought this great collection for my mother-in-law, who's in her 80s, and while a lot of the music was familiar to me and my husband, she knew every song. Now it's one of our favorites, too. Anyone who loves music will appreciate this. The double-disc set contains many memorable tunes, from Hugo Winterhalter's "Canadian Sunset" to Jimmy Dorsey's "So Rare".

I got this years ago in cassette format and absolutely loved it. It is starting to go bad, so I wanted to look for it in CD format. Was so glad to find it. The music brings back so many memories and I love each and every song. Great CD.

This is a great collection by the original composers. So its just like you remember hearing on the radio. The sound is excellent and the variety means you won't get tired of listening. It is so much better than a single orchestra playing these hits.

Two Disc CD:Instrumental Legends, various artists. Wonderful collection of instrumental hit songs/movie themes done by the original artists which includes some rare recordings, a few of which are no longer available other than this collection. e.g. Moonglow & the theme from Picnic by Morris Stoloff/Columbia Pictures Orchestra.

Wonderful sonfs! It is a 2 CD. The songs bring memories and are soothing and happy and some make great exercise "dance". Really happy with it.

I bought this CD because of one selection, "Moonglow/Theme From Picnic," by Morris Stoloff, from the soundtrack of the movie "Picnic." This has been one of my favorite recordings since it was released in the 1950s, and I was glad to finally have it on a CD. In my opinion, it's a brilliant arrangement.

Unfortunately, I cannot say that about any of the other selections in the release. I had forgotten how bad this stuff was. If I ever put it in my DVD player again, it will be to listen to that one track. Enough said.