Til Morning / Sinner I Am [Import]

Johnnie Ray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B00000JO7O
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,213 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It All Depends on You

2. My Ideal

3. Too Marvelous for Words

4. I'm Confessin'

5. Teach Me Tonight

6. Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You)

7. All Through the Night

8. Hands Across the Table

9. They Can't Take Away from Me

10. Day by Day

11. I Can't Escape from You

12. I'm Beginning to See the Light

13. A Sinner Am I

14. A Hundred Years from Today

15. It's All in the Game

16. September Song

17. Don't Worry 'Bout Me

18. Day by Day

19. If I Had You

20. Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Johnnie sings great standards and makes them his own, October 13, 1999

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Edgardo A. Romero (Glendale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Til Morning / Sinner I Am (Audio CD)

Johnnie really shows why he was so unique. He manages to get away from his "greatest hits" type of songs and sings a collection of beautiful standards, twelve songs with a small jazz combo and twelve with a big band with some great (I mean really great!!!) arrangements. As usual, Johnnie gives them his personal touch and individual phrasing and makes each song his own. His "All the Way" and "Don't Worry About Me" are certainly as good as those versions by Frank Sinatra which became big hits. This is a great collection and a "must" for any fan of Johnnie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Johnnie...More Low Key...BETTER!, October 19, 2001

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Old Legend Lover "meskb" (Central Indiana) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Til Morning / Sinner I Am (Audio CD)

Johnnie Ray was a 'singing sensation' before I even made it to high school, but I was never overly impressed with his melodramatic renderings of "Cry," "The Little White Cloud That Cried," "Just Crying In The Rain," etc etc. But in the late 60's, as an adult, I saw him perform at a night club (the Embers in Indianapolis) and was certainly impressed with his transformation to great entertainer status. Actually, he was the greatest live on stage performer I had seen since Garland. And the songs on this CD (a combination of two of his later-day albums) display the warmth, emotion, and genuine talent the man possessed. "My Ideal," "Nevertheless I'm in Love With You," "Day By Day," "September Song," and "A Hundred Years From Today" certainly give us enough 'drama,' but also plenty of sincere, low-key, heart-felt style to please even the most radical fans. He was an Original....he really was.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Showcases Johnnie's unique style, September 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Til Morning / Sinner I Am (Audio CD)

This collection is the best example that I've heard that shows us why Johnnie Ray's music survives. He will never sound like anyone else because of his phrasing and personal style. I felt like I was in a small club listening to him perform and was particularly taken with this version of "Give Me Time" and "Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye". He gives the lyrics his own stamp and draws us into them. Wonderful CD.