[1] Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra : Taking a Chance on Love - 3:11
[2] Nat King Cole: Sweet Lorraine - 3:13
[3] Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra: What Is This Thing Called Love? - 2:53
[4] Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra: The Sunshine of Your Smile - 2:33
[5] Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra: All of Me - 3:15
[6] Bing Crosby: S'posin' - 3:02
[7] Artie Shaw & His Orchestra: Say It with a Kiss - 3:25
[8] Ted Weems & His Orchestra: May I Never Love Again - 2:59
[9] Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra: He's Funny That Way - 3:20
[10] Benny Goodman Sextet: These Foolish Things - 3:18
[11] Teddy Wilson: More Than You Know - 3:10
[12] Fats Waller & His Rhythm: When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful - 3:43
[13] Dinah Shore: Body & Soul - 2:53
[14] Frances Langford / Tony Martin: Why Do I Love You? - 3:06
[15] Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra: I Can't Give You Anything But Love - 2:59
[16] Nan Wynn & Her Orchestra: Think It Over - 2:49
[17] The Mills Brothers: Old Fashioned Love - 2:16
[18] Teddy Wilson: Here's Love in Your Eye - 3:05
[19] Gene Krupa & His Orchestra: Two in Love - 3:16
[20] Judy Garland: A Journey to a Star - 2:46
[21] The Glenn Miller Orchestra: The Nearness of You - 3:16
[22] Dorothy Lamour: The Man I Love - 3:06
Louis Armstrong - Vocals, Trumpet
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Band
Thelma Carpenter - Vocals
Nat King Cole - Vocals
Perry Como - Vocals
Bing Crosby - Vocals
Johnny Desmond - Vocals
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Band
Ray Eberle - Vocals
Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals
Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra - Band
Helen Forrest - Vocals
Judy Garland - Vocals
Benny Goodman Sextet - Band
Connie Haines - Vocals
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra - Band
Billie Holiday - Vocals
Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Band
Dorothy Lamour - Vocals
Frances Langford - Vocals
Tony Martin - Vocals
The Glenn Miller Orchestra - Band
The Mills Brothers - Band
Helen O'Connell - Vocals
Anita O'Day - Vocals
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Band
Dinah Shore - Vocals
Frank Sinatra - Vocals
Georgie Stoll & His Orchestra - Band
Fats Waller - Vocals
Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Band
Helen Ward - Vocals
Ted Weems & His Orchestra - Band
Teddy Wilson - Vocals
Nan Wynn & Her Orchestra - Band
Victor Young - Orchestra Director
Paul Underwood - Digital Remastering, Transfers
Hugh Palmer - Liner Notes
Life is sticky, messy and sometimes delightful, and then you fall in
love and everything magnifies until the world itself seems to shine and
vibrate with the sheer joy of being alive to someone else. That's why
people write love songs. That's why people sing them. The nearest thing
to actually being in love is a good love song, and people have been
singing such songs forever, but seldom with the sheer joy and elegance
that was on display in the golden age of vocal jazz in the 1930s and
'40s, the period covered by this charming little set. There are so many
graceful gems here, including Ella Fitzgerald's "Taking a Chance on
Love," Nat King Cole's "Sweet Lorraine," Fats Waller's "When Someone
Thinks You're Wonderful," Louis Armstrong's "I Can't Give You Anything
But Love, and the Mills Brothers' easy, infectious "Old Fashioned Love."
Marvelous stuff.
