Dick Haymes - Serenading with the Big Bands (1995)

Artist: Dick Haymes
Title Of Album: Serenading with the Big Bands
Year Of Release: 1995
Label(Catalog#): Sony Music Special Products[A 26058]
Country:Argentina
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Bitrate:Lossless
Time: 31:08
Full Size:121 MB(+3%)

Tracklist

01. A Sinner Kissed an Angel (3:15)
02. Montevideo (3:16)
03. You Don't Know What Love Is (3:14)
04. Ol' Man River (2:54)
05. Dar Dreaming (2:48)
06. Aurora (2:53)
07. I'll Never Let a Day Pass By (3:30)
08. I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo (3:04)
09. Idaho (3:03)
10. Serenade in Blue (3:11)

This ten-song compilation presents seven songs by Harry James and His Orchestra and three by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra on which Dick Haymes was the featured vocalist in the early 1940s. Included are such chart entries as "A Sinner Kissed An Angel" and "Idaho," as well as Haymes treatments of standards such as "Ol' Man River" and "I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo," and though he is but part of the arrangements, he acquits himself with his usual assurance. The omission of the #1 hit "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)" is curious, but any release of Haymes's early work, even on a budget-priced "special products" album, is welcome.~William Ruhlmann

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