Song Is You: Capitol Sings Jerome Kern

Capitol Sings (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 23, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Indent Series
• ASIN: B000005JPV
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Track Listings

1. The Song Is You - Keely Smith

2. All the Things You Are - Helen Forrest

3. Pick Yourself Up - Nat King Cole

4. In Love in Vain - Lena Horne

5. The Way You Look Tonight - The Dinning Sisters

6. Why Was I Born? - Dinah Washington

7. Lovely to Look At - Gordon MacRae

8. I Won't Dance - Peggy Lee

9. Look for the Silver Lining - Margaret Whiting

10. They Didn't Believe Me - Johnny Mercer

11. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Trudy Ricards

12. Long Ago (And Far Away) - Jo Stafford

13. Who? - The Pied Pipers

14. I'm Old Fashioned - Judy Garland

15. The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Dakota Staton

16. The Last Time I Saw Paris - The Four Freshmen

17. Sure Thing - Carole Simpson

18. Make Believe - Peggy Lee

19. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Four Preps

20. Bill - Dinah Washington

See all 25 tracks on this disc

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting versions of some of Jerome Kern's classic songs, September 15, 2001

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This review is from: Song Is You: Capitol Sings Jerome Kern (Audio CD)

Every time I listen to "The Song is You," the Capitol Sings album devoted to the work of Jerome Kern, I think of Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters," which used several of these songs. Certainly this album evokes lounge singers more than Broadway stars, but that is the whole point of this collection garnered from the Capitol vault. These performances go all the way back to 1943 and the Dinning Sisters singing "The Way You Look Tonight" and ends with an unreleased 1964 recording of Peggy Lee doing "Make Believe." My favorites would be Dinah Washington's "Why Was I Born?" and Judy Garland's "I'm Old Fashioned." The chief charm of the Capitol Sings collection is that you usually get a music twist on your favorite songs. Trudy Richards' "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" is the most up-tempo/big band version you will ever hear of that particular song. Plus there are always artists getting to show tunes they would never get to do on stage, such as Gordon Macrae doing "Old Man River" with an attempt at soul on the final track. You also discover recording artists from way before your time that you will take a liking to, which for me would be Jo Stafford, who must have multiple tracks on every disc in the series (check out sultry "Yesterdays" on this one). So while you have songs by Nat King Cole, Lena Horne and Nancy Wilson you also get Keely Smith, Helen Forrest and the Four Preps. This is not the best album in the Capitol Sings series, but if you are a fan of Jerome Kern you will certainly enjoy hearing some very different versions of your favorite songs.