Sylvia Sims Sings/Songs of Love [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] [Import]

Sylvia Syms | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jasmine Music
• ASIN: B0000017DW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Ship

2. Then I'll Be Tired Of You

3. I'm The Girl

4. Lilac Wine

5. I Don't Want To Cry Anymore

6. Honey In The Honeycomb

7. A Woman's Intuition

8. Experiment

9. Let Me Love You

10. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye

11. I'm S0 Happy I Could Cry

12. Down With Love

Editorial Reviews

Two original LPs on one JASMINE CD - 24 titles in total - over 1 hour playing time. Full page reproduction inside booklet of each original LP front cover and original sleeve notes reproduced in full. An overlooked quality singer from the American DECCA stable, this JASMINE reissue deservedly puts Sylvia Syms back into the catalogue. Featuring two albums from 1956 and 1957 respectively, she is summed up in one sleeve note thus: 'In these recordings Sylvia Syms displays the wide range of her repertoire as well as the scope of her vocal chords. The "Black Orchid," as she is often called, sings in a beautifully direct manner, scorning to use the conventional tricks. A jazz singer, she is also a performer who can sing ballads and show tunes with the same skill that she puts into her lusty jump songs.'

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent fifties torch singer, January 24, 2005

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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: Sylvia Sims Sings/Songs of Love [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] (Audio CD)

Sylvia, a New Yorker, was a successful actress and she's also written some short stories for children, but singing was always her first love. The two albums that make up this twofer were recorded in 1956 and 1957, when Elvis and the boys were changing popular music forever. Among the female singers, there were plenty of other torch singers around including Jeri Southern, June Christy, Gogi Grant, Peggy Lee and Julie London to name a few. In the face of such competition, it would be easy to overlook Sylvia Syms, but she was also an excellent torch singer as this twofer shows. Like her competitors, Sylvia trawled the Great American Songbook for suitable material to record, selecting a mix of popular standards and more obscure songs, though there are not many really famous songs here.

Brits will recognize Lilac wine, revived by Elkie Brooks in the late seventies, but Elkie is not famous in America and there don't seem to be many versions of Lilac wine around, so I wonder how well known this song is in America. Even as a Brit, I'm pleased to find it here, given a somewhat different treatment to the way Elkie recorded it (but I love her version too).

Of the other songs, perhaps the best known are Then I'll be tired of you, Down with love, Dancing in the dark, When a woman loves a man and I'll be seeing you, but every song here is wonderful and Sylvia's performance cannot be faulted.

If you enjoy top quality torch music, fifties style, particularly by the other singers I mentioned, give Sylvia Syms a listen.