The Best of the Roulette Years

~ Release by Dinah Washington (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You
live cover recording of:
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
writer:
James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader) and Larry Stock
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:48
2Take Your Shoes Off Baby
cover recording of:
Take Your Shoes Off, Baby
writer:
Gene Austin
live cover recording of:
Take Your Shoes Off, Baby
writer:
Gene Austin
2:43
3Call Me Irresponsible2:19
4You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon
cover recording of:
You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
3:53
5He’s My Guy
cover recording of:
He’s My Guy
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
3:14
6Where Are You
live cover recording of:
Where Are You?
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, Harold Adamson Music and Leo Feist, Inc.
2:16
7For All We Know
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
43:15
8Red Sails in the Sunset
live cover recording of:
Red Sails in the Sunset
lyricist:
James B. Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Williams (aka Hugh Williams)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
2:34
9Me and My Gin
live cover recording of:
Me and My Gin
lyricist and composer:
Harry Burke
3:34
10It’s a Mean Old Man’s World
3:12
11Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby
live cover recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:25
12That Sunday (That Summer)3:37
13Something’s Gotta Give
live cover recording of:
Something’s Gotta Give (from “Daddy Long Legs”)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer (in 1954)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:36
14Let Me Be the First to Know
2:41
15You’re a Sweetheart
cover recording of:
You’re a Sweetheart
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:29
16Fly Me to the Moon2:30
17I’ll Close My Eyes
cover recording of:
I’ll Close My Eyes
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye
composer:
Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and Peter Maurice Music
2:52
18Why Was I Born?
cover recording of:
Why Was I Born?
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
2:44
19Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
cover recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:08
20Drinking Again
live cover recording of:
Drinking Again
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1962)
composer:
Doris Tauber (in 1962)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
cover recording of:
Drinking Again
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1962)
composer:
Doris Tauber (in 1962)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:30
21Romance in the Dark
cover recording of:
Romance in the Dark
lyricist and composer:
Lil Green (blues singer/songwriter)
2:14
22Destination Moon
cover recording of:
Destination Moon
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
composer:
Mark Fisher (early 20th century songwriter)
live cover recording of:
Destination Moon
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
composer:
Mark Fisher (early 20th century songwriter)
2:34
23Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning8:39