Fred Astaire – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:47:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Judy Garland – BEST EVER COLLECTION ! https://altocd.com/product/judy-garland-best-ever-collection/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:47:04 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52514 Judy Garland sings, with:
Gene Kelly
Fred Astaire
Merry Macs
Johnny Mercer

Catalogue Number:  ALN 1981
Number of Discs: 1
Date/Runtime: Time: 78:52 AAD/ADD 1939/62
Barcode: 5055354419812

]]> 28 tracks, 79 minutes of one of Hollywood’s most endearing, but also tragic, major stars who could act as well as sing and who blazed a trail from The Wizard of Oz, through For Me & My Gal Meet Me in St.Louis, and Easter Parade and many more !

1. Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz) 2:47
2. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart 2:55
3. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (with The Merry Macs) 3:07
4. (Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You 3:10
5. For Me and My Gal (with Gene Kelly) 2:29
6. Be a Clown (with Gene Kelly) 2:36
7. When You Wore a Tulip (and I Wore a Big Red Rose) (with Gene Kelly) 2:35
8. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:30
9. I’m Nobody’s Baby 2:53
10. But Not for Me 3:07
11. It’s a Great Day for the Irish 2:26
12. That Old Black Magic 2:43
13. A Couple of Swells (with Fred Astaire) 2:36
14. Easter Parade (with Fred Astaire) 2:40
15. Get Happy 2:47
16. You’ll Never Walk Alone 3:17
17. How About You? 2:57
18. Love 3:23
19. Friendship (with Johnny Mercer) 2:31
20. Embraceable You 2:48
21. This Heart of Mine 3:13
22. I’m Just Wild About Harry 1:55
23. The Man That Got Away 3:38
24. By Myself 2:34
Meet Me in St. Louis:
25. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis 2:13
26. The Boy Next Door 3:05
27. The Trolley Song (Ring ring ring …) 2:44
BONUS: 28. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 2:00
]]> Hollywood Golden Era Songs https://altocd.com/product/hollywood-golden-era-songs/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:43:19 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51949 Hollywood Golden Era Songs Fred Astaire; Gene Kelly; Judy Garland; Louis Armstrong; Bing Crosby; Peggy Lee; Vic Damone; Audrey Hepburn; Marylin Monroe; Marlene Dietrich; Danny Kaye; Frankie Lane; Maurice Chevalier; Dooley Wilson; Frank Sinatra; Ella Fitzgerald Catalogue Number: ALN 1956 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 78:09 1940/61 Barcode: 5055354419560]]> Full booklet notes with all dates, accompanists, film titles-inside !
“All the Songs and performances here are ‘unforgettable’ in that true sense that is so often abused nowadays. All came to fame in films of the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s (‘Singin’ in the Rain, Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, High Noon ….) and will never, ever, go away !” (MusicalMerit)

  • 1. That’s Entertainment (Dietz/Schwartz) (‘The Bandwagon’) 1953. 3.29
        Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse & Nanette Fabray  

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  • 2. Singin’ in the Rain (Brown/Freed) (‘Singin’ In the Rain’) 1952 2.55
        Gene Kelly   
  • 3. Over the Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg) (‘The Wizard Of Oz’) 1955 3.30
        Judy Garland  
  • 4. When you wish upon a Star (Washington/Harline) (‘Pinocchio’) 1940. 3.14
        Cliff Edwards    
  • 5. A Kiss to Build a Dream on (Kalmar/Ruby/Hammerstein II) (‘The Strip’) 3.01
        Louis Armstrong    Rec.1951
  • 6. True Love (Porter) (‘High Society’) Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly. 1954 3.05
  • 7. Puttin’ on the Ritz (Berlin) (‘Blue Skies’) Fred Astaire. 1952 2.50
  • 8. S’Wonderful (G. & I. Gershwin) (‘An American In Paris’) 1951. 3.00
        Gene Kelly & George Guetary   
  • 9. The Folks who Live on the Hill (Kern/Hammerstein II)
    (‘High, Wide & Handsome’) Peggy Lee. 1957 3.38
  • 10. Good Mornin’ (Brown/Freed) (‘Singin’ In The Rain’) 1952. 2.48
         Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor  

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  • 11. On the Street where you Live (Lerner/Loewe) (‘My Fair Lady’) 1958. 2.41
         Vic Damone  

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  • 12. Well did you Evah? (Porter) (‘High Society’) 1957. 3.48
         Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby  

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  • 13. Moon River (Mancini/Mercer) (‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’) 1961 2.03
         Audrey Hepburn 

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  • 14. Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend (‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’) 1953. 3.30
         Marilyn Monroe   
  • 15. Never on Sunday (Hadjiakis/Towne) (‘Never On Sunday’) 1960. 3.09
         Nana Mouskouri  

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  • 16. Baby it’s Cold Outside (Loesser) (‘Neptune’s Daughter’) 1949. 4.44
         Esther Williams & Riccardo Montalban  

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  • 17. Falling in Love Again (Holländer/Connelly) (‘The Blue Angel’) 1954. 2.57
         Marlene Dietrich  

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  • 18. A Couple of Swells (Berlin) (‘Easter Parade’) 1949. 2.37
         Judy Garland & Fred Astaire   
  • 19. Swingin’ on a Star (Burke/VanHeusen) – 2.30 (‘Going My Way’) 1944. 2.29
         Bing Crosby with the Williams Brothers Quartet   

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  • 20. Wonderful Copenhagen (Loesser) (‘Hans Christian Andersen’) 1952. 2.04
         Danny Kaye    
  • 21. Jeepers Creepers (Arlen Mercer) (‘Going Places’) 1939. 2.03
         Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra   
  • 22. Buttons and Bows (‘The Paleface’) Bob Hope. 1948 2.59
  • 23. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (Tiomkin/Washington) (‘High Noon’) 2.39
         Frankie Laine. Rec.1952
  • 24. Thank Heaven for Little Girls (Lerner/Loewe) (‘Gigi’) 1958. 2.17
         Maurice Chevalier    
  • 25. As Time Goes by (Hupfeld) (‘Casablanca’) Dooley Wilson.1943. 2.45
  • 26. Thanks for the Memory (Robin/Rainger) (‘The Big Broadcast of 1938’) – 2.28
         Ella Fitzgerald with Andre Previn and his Orchestra. Rec.1955
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