Wanderin Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye [Import]

Sammy Kaye (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Dutton Vocalion UK
• ASIN: B00008UTCF
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,923 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. June Is Bustin' Out All Over

2. Indian Summer

3. Oh, Susannah

4. Winter Wonderland

5. Old Black Joe

6. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair

7. Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground

8. Camptown Races

9. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye

10. Hand in Hand

11. The Dream Peddler

12. Little Toot

13. I'll Always Be in Love With You

14. The Tune on the Tip of My Heart

15. At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade

16. Down Among the Sheltering Palms

17. Kiss Me Sweet

18. Fiddle Dee Dee

19. Roses

20. I Thought She Was Local (But She Was a Fast Express)

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the great forgotten swing bands, December 4, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wanderin Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye (Audio CD)

As even the liner notes to this CD admit, bandleader Sammy Kaye represented the squarer, more commercial end of the Big Band era, taking his cues from the workmanlike Glenn Miller, but restricting his dance music to an even more controlled, brisker, less lyrical style. It's fine stuff, though, emblematic of the times and well-packaged pop music... This generously programmed 26-track set features a wide swath of Kaye's postwar work, from 1945-50. Almost all the songs feature vocals, with lesser-known singers such as Don Cornell, Laura Leslie and Johnny Ryan, as well as the Kaydets vocal ensemble. It's not immortal, timelessly poetic music (like many of the big band records were ), but it is a nice slice nostalgia, and perfectly fine in its own right. Worth checking out!

5.0 out of 5 stars Featuring the 3 Kay-dettes, June 7, 2011

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Robert F. Spera "The Jaybird" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wanderin Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye (Audio CD)

Sammy Kaye's big band featured among the various soloist singers, the vocal group The 3 Kaydettes. An underated vocal group, the Kaydettes had a wonderful 3-part harmony. I wish they could have put out more records. Well this CD has a number of them and you cannot get these tunes anywhere else. The other tracks are okay, but the ones featuring the Kaydettes are outstanding.