Sweeter as the Years Go By [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] [Import]

Helen Forrest, Artie Shaw | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jasmine Music
• ASIN: B00000DMHO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,436 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You're A Sweet Little Heartache

2. Thanks For Ev'rything

3. Day After Day

4. Say It With A Kiss

5. They Say

6. Supper Time

7. Bill

8. I Want My Share Of Love

9. It's All Yours

10. This Is It

11. Any Old Time

12. I'm In Love With The Honourable Mr. So And So

13. You Grow Sweeter As The Years Go By

14. If You Ever Change Your Mind

15. I Poured My Heart Into A Song

16. All I Remember Is You

17. A Man And His Dream

18. Easy To Say

19. I'll Remember

20. The Last Two Weeks In July

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helen and Artie were a great team, April 19, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweeter as the Years Go By [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

Helen was one of the finest and most successful female singers of the late thirties and early forties, in an era dominated by big bands who created some great music. Perhaps the most famous bandleader in those days was Glenn Miller, but singers were not particularly important to him (and that explains why most of the music he is remembered for is instrumental), so the truly great singers, of whom Helen was certainly one, looked to other bands for employment. So, Helen worked for Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Harry James. Her greatest successes came with Harry James, but the music here covers her time with Artie Shaw.

One of two collections covering the recordings that Helen made with Artie Shaw and his orchestra, this includes the American number one hits They say and Thanks for everything, together with the other hits You grow sweeter as the years go by, I poured my heart into a song and Many dreams ago.

In keeping with the music of the time, the musicians get plenty of chance to demonstrate their skills via long instrumental breaks, but Helen's lovely, clear voice is the most important instrument of all.

For Helen's other recordings with Artie Shaw, including I have eyes, Deep in a dream, Between a kiss and a sigh, Deep purple, Comes love, Melancholy mood, Day in day out and All the things you are, see the companion volume Sweet and simple. Together, these CD's include everything that Helen and Artie recorded together.

This is an outstanding collection of music by Helen, possibly the finest female band singer of them all.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Memory Revival, December 15, 2004

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N. C. Murray - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweeter as the Years Go By [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

This CD is excellent. Everyone who has to listen to it in my car has asked how to buy a copy. However, we're all senior citizens.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helen Forrest & the Great Artie Shaw, January 6, 2007

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M. Paul Jorion (Vannes, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweeter as the Years Go By [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

Helen Forrest's compilation of recordings with Harry James is accurately called "Complete Helen Forrest with the Harry James Orchestra ", so you need to know, dear listener, that here, we're not dealing with "Sweeter as the Years Go By" (a lame philosophy by the way) but with the "Complete Helen Forrest with the Great Artie Shaw Orchestra." If you think that Jo Stafford was the ultimate Big Band female singer, with Peggy Lee coming close, give Helen Forrest a try - or a new try. You won't regret it!