Mildred Bailey 1937-1938

Mildred Bailey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Allegro Distributed Lines
• ASIN: B00004WFCW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,027,602 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Last Affair

2. Trust in Me

3. Where Are You?

4. You're Laughing at Me

5. Never in a Million Years

6. There's a Lull in My Life

7. Rockin' Chair

8. Little Joe

9. If You Ever Should Leave

10. The Moon Got in My Eyes

11. Heaven Help This Heart of Mine

12. It's the Natural Thing to Do

13. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)

14. Just a Stone's Throw from Heaven

15. Loving You

16. Right or Wrong

17. I See Your Face Before Me

18. Thanks for the Memory

19. From the Land of the Sky Blue Water

20. Lover, Come Back to Me

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mildred Bailey 1937 - 1938, September 9, 2006

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george (chicago, il) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mildred Bailey 1937-1938 (Audio CD)

One of Mildred Bailey's cuts 'You're Laughing At Me' was one of her most famous. Even the accompanying musicians are a "Who's Who."

A famous singer with a group of musicians who could stand in their own right: Roy Eldridge (t), Scoops Carry (as), Herbie Haymer (ts), Teddy Cole (p), John Collins (g), Truck Parham (b), Zutty Singleton (d). -- what a star lineup as one's orchestra!

Mildred Bailey, at her best with some of the best musicians of the day, this is style - Mildred Bailey's vocal and the accompanying musicians' techniques - which gives this CD a vintage sound.

Vintage jazz as recorded on the Vocalions - 1937.

submitted by george, chicago il

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go girl, July 30, 2009

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Matthew Watters (Vietnam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mildred Bailey 1937-1938 (Audio CD)

When I was a kid, I only knew "Thanks for the Memory" as Bob Hope's signature sign-off. It seemed like just a silly novelty tune, crooned by an ageing comedian. But Mildred Bailey's version has so much nuance, so many layers of meaning, she has resuscitated this song for me. She captures all the sarcasm, bile and dark humour in the lyrics, all the while making what could have just been a catchy pop tune swing like mad. It's a performance for the ages that also points up why I find myself enjoying Mildred Bailey lately more than I ever have Billie Holiday. Holiday was unmatched in songs of heartache, but Bailey sings to much broader emotional concerns. Scratch at the surface of her performances, and more layers are revealed, musically and emotionally. Where Holiday seems to have left the world with a wan smile and a shrug of resignation, a fading twinkle in her eye, I somehow imagine Bailey meeting it head-on with a jut in her jaw and a cocked eyebrow. Seventy years later, her music can still give you strength.