VariousThe Best Of The Swing Years

Label:

Reader's Digest – RD4A-113

Format:

8 x Vinyl , LP, Compilation
Box Set

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Swing

Tracklist

A1 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Begin The Beguine
A2 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra At Last
VocalsRay Eberle
A3 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Marie
VocalsJack Leonard
A4 Larry Clinton And His Orchestra Deep Purple
VocalsBea Wain
A5 Freddy Martin And His Orchestra Bumble Boogie
PianoJack Fina
A6 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Stompin' At The Savoy
B1 Jan Savitt And His Orchestra 720 In The Books
VocalsBon Bon*
B2 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra Tangerine
VocalsHelen O'Connell
B3 Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra After Hours
PianoAvery Parrish
B4 Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra Racing With The Moon
VocalsVaughn Monroe
B5 Blue Barron And His Orchestra Sometimes I'm Happy
VocalsRuss Carlyle
C1 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra In The Mood
C2 Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra The Old Lamp-Lighter
C3 Freddy Martin And His Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)
PianoJack Fina
C4 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again
VocalsPied Pipers*
C5 Glen Gray And His Casa Loma Orchestra* Casa Loma Stomp
D1 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Don't Be That Way
D2 Johnny Long And His Orchestra In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
D3 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)
VocalsKitty Kallen
D4 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra Pennsylvania 6-5000
D5 Wayne King And His Orchestra Melody Of Love
NarratorFranklyn MacCormack
D6 Alvino Rey And His Orchestra Tiger Rag
VocalsThe Four King Sisters*
E1 Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra* I Can't Get Started
VocalsBunny Berigan
E2 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra Tuxedo Junction
E3 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra Maria Elena
VocalsBob Eberly
E4 Hal Kemp, His Orchestra And Chorus* Washington And Lee Swing
E5 Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
VocalsDan Grissom
F1 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra This Love Of Mine
VocalsFrank Sinatra
F2 Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra Tippin' In
F3 Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians Ti-Pi-Tin
VocalsLombardo Brothers
F4 Wayne King And His Orchestra The Waltz You Saved For Me
F5 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Hamp's Boogie Woogie
G1 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Song Of India
G2 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Loch Lomond
VocalsMartha Tilton
G3 Bob Zurke And His Delta Rhythm Band Tea For Two
G4 Bing Crosby What's New?
G5 Count Basie And His Orchestra* One O'Clock Jump
H1 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Stardust
H2 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Goody Goody
VocalsHelen Ward
H3 Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra Pompton Turnpike
H4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Sophisticated Lady
H5 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Sing, Sing, Sing (Introducing Christopher Columbus)
I1 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Boogie Woogie
I2 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra I Surrender Dear
I3 Xavier Cugat And His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra Green Eyes
I4 Hal Kemp And His Orchestra Lamplight
VocalsSkinnay Ennis
I5 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Perdido
J1 Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians Boo-Hoo
VocalsLombardo Brothers
J2 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra Little Brown Jug
J3 Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five Summit Ridge Drive
J4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Mood Indigo
J5 Bob Chester And His Orchestra Octave Jump
J6 Freddy Martin And His Orchestra Grieg Piano Concerto
PianoJack Fina
K1 Benny Goodman And His Orchestra And The Angels Sing
TrumpetZiggy Elman
VocalsMartha Tilton
K2 Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra Cherokee
K3 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra On The Sunny Side Of The Street
VocalsThe Sentimentalists
K4 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Flamingo
VocalsHerb Jeffries
K5 Wayne King And His Orchestra Josephine
L1 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Don't Get Around Much Anymore
L2 Glenn Miller And His Orchestra Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
L3 Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians September In The Rain
VocalsCarmen Lombardo
L4 Ted Weems And His Orchestra Heartaches
WhistlingElmo Tanner
L5 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest
VocalsPied Pipers*
L6 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Back Bay Shuffle
M1 Helen O'Connell Amapola
M2 Kenny Sargent For You
M3 Woody Herman And His Orchestra Golden Wedding
M4 Tony Pastor Indian Love Call
M5 Lebert Lombardo When My Dreamboat Comes Home
M6 Clyde Rogers Symphony
N1 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Temptation
N2 Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra Skyliner
N3 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
VocalsHelen O'Connell
N4 Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra Let's Go Home
N5 Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra* Smoke Rings
O1 Hal Kemp And His Orchestra Got A Date With An Angel
VocalsSkinnay Ennis
O2 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra The Donkey Serenade
O3 Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra Margie
VocalsTrummy Young
O4 Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra* The Prisoner's Song
O5 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Flying Home
O6 Wayne King And His Orchestra Alice Blue Gown
P1 Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians Seems Like Old Times
P2 Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Opus One
P3 Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra The Gypsy
VocalsMary Marlow
P4 Fats Waller And His Rhythm* Your Feet's Too Big
PianoFats Waller
VocalsFats Waller
P5 Earl Hines And His Orchestra Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues

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