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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Helen Forrest With Harry James – The Complete Helen Forrest With Harry James

 


Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."

1 The Devil Sat Down And Cried 2:42

2 He's 1-A In The Army And He's A-1 In My Heart 3:03

3 Make Love To Me 3:04

4 J.P. Dooley III 2:37

5 I Don't Want To Walk Without You 2:51

6 But Not For Me 3:05

7 I Remember You 3:21

8 Skylark 3:21

9 You're Too Good For Good-For-Nothing Me 3:04

10 You're In Love With Someone Else (But I'm In Love With You) 3:07

11 He's My Guy 3:18

12 That Soldier Of Mine 2:57

13 I Cried For You 3:08

14 I Heard You Cried Last Night 2:58

15 Manhattan Serenade 2:49

16 My Beloved Is Rugged 3:12

17 I Had The Craziest Dream 3:23

18 Mister Five By Five 2:52

19 I've Heard That Song Before 2:57


Friday, June 13, 2025

Betty Page: Private Girl - Spicy Music - various artists compilation

 


Martin Taylor / Jean Pierre Fabien– Gramercy Swing 2:43

Mel Young– On The Beat 2:32

Pete Thomas – Apollo 1:51

Roger Roger– Lotus Girl 2:34

Roger Roger– Big Band Riff 1:53

Van Doren*– Low Down And Mean 1:36

Frank Barcley– Sandwich Bar 1:39

Malcolm Lockyer– Uncle Fred 1:13

Roger Roger– Big Band Bounce 2:23

Johnny Scott*– Blue Beating 2:30

Pete Thomas – Coolstuff 3:11

Malcolm Lockyer– Sparkling Brass 2:56

Jack Arel– De Paris A Liverpool 1:16

Nino Nardini– Trouser Suit 1:31

Henri Betti– Javache 2:01

Mel Young– Goofy Guitar 3:07

Van Doren*– Kit For Kats 1:29

Sam Fonteyn– Drama Links (D) 1:27

Pete Thomas – Mood Blue 1:24

Jack Dorsey– The Big Fight 2:05

John Barry– Smokey Blues 2:18

Sam Fonteyn– With Jazz In Mind 1:26

John Cacavas– The Leatherman 1:12

Roger Webb– Swing Song 1:56


Spicy Music

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sinatra Jobim (The Complete Reprise Recordings)

 


Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim is a 1967 album by Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim. The tracks were arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, accompanied by a studio orchestra. Along with Jobim's original compositions, the album features three standards from the Great American Songbook, ("Change Partners", "I Concentrate on You", and "Baubles, Bangles and Beads") arranged in the bossa nova style.

The album was recorded on January 30 and February 1, 1967, at United Western Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles. At the 10th Annual Grammy Awards in 1968, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. 

Sinatra and Jobim followed up this album with sessions for a second collaboration, titled Sinatra-Jobim. That album was briefly released on 8-track tape in 1969 before being taken out of print at Sinatra's behest, due to concerns over its sales potential. Several of the Sinatra-Jobim tracks were subsequently incorporated in the Sinatra & Company album (1971) and the Sinatra–Jobim Sessions compilation (1979). In 2010 the Concord Records label issued a new, comprehensive compilation titled Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings.

1 The Girl From Ipanema (Gârota De Ipanema) 3:20

2 Dindi 3:31

3 Change Partners 2:43

4 Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) 2:45

5 Meditation (Meditação) 2:55

6 If You Never Come To Me 2:11

7 How Insensitive (Insensatez) 3:18

8 I Concentrate On You 2:39

9 Baubles, Bangles And Beads 2:36

10 Once I Loved (O Amor En Paz) 2:38

11 The Song Of The Sabia 3:40

12 Drinking Water (Aqua De Beber) 2:37

13 Someone To Light Up My Life 2:40

14 Triste 2:42

15 This Happy Madness (Estrada Branca) 2:57

16 One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) 2:22

17 Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa De Voce) 2:30

18 Wave 3:21

19 Off Key (Desafinado) 3:09

20 Bonita 3:40