As Time Goes By: The Best of Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1993)
• Original Release Date: October 5, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002MNP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,011 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brooklyn Memories, March 24, 2000

By	barnet sutton mankes (New York City) - See all my reviews

I vaguely remember my Mom listening to Jimmy Durante on the radio when we lived in Brooklyn and I was a little boy. This was before we moved to a house on Long Island .My Mom had also watched him on TV and I remember peering over the arm of the couch at this funny little man mainly fixated on "the old shnazola" as he would call it.I remember thinking how odd he was and wondering why my mother seemed so enchanted with him.To me he was the funny little man with the big nose. Then some 40 years later while browsing through the curios at a charming late night gift shop in Sag Harbor N.Y.,I heard that wonderful voice again. That voice brought back the feeling of his music meandering through our little Brooklyn apartment and those wonderful brooklyn memories. That night I dicovered the eloquence of Jimmy Durante. He is not blessed with the vocal ability of any of the singers of his time. But I'll bet that none of them ( I mean none ) could interpret a song like Mr Durante.He sings these great songs like they are his alone. One of them,"Hello Young Lovers" he sings as if singing to his grandchild and her/his lover; with emotion so real you kind of wish he were your grandfather singing it to you about you and your lover. This is a delightfull and precious work.A compilation of mostly love songs sung as only Jimmy Durante can sing them.I strongly urge you to purchase this unique and beautifully interpreted piece of music history.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greaatst collection of songs in the world., August 24, 1999

By A Customer

I am 14 years old and most 14 year olds like heavy metal and rap, but I like people like Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong, Johnnie Ray, The Platters, etc. But this is the best collection of songs I have ever heard. I listen to it about six times a day.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nobody knows Jimmy Durante anymore, February 17, 2004

By	Bruce (Rochester, MN USA) - See all my reviews

I've started an unscientific questionaire to determine a person's age. If someone has no idea who Jimmy Durante is, they are younger than 40 years old. It's a shame really. As this collection shows, you don't have to be beautiful, glitzy, or have multi-million dollar studio remixing to be a truly talented entertainer. Jimmy Durante had talent and ability in spades! I keep introducing this music to people under 40 whenever I get the chance. Every once in a while, they listen.