They Sold a Million!

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Tracklist

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1Rum and Coca-Cola
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1944-10-18)
recording of:
Rum and Coca-Cola (calypso) (on 1944-10-18)
additional lyricist:
Morey Amsterdam
lyricist:
Lord Invader (calypso vocalist and songwriter)
additional composer:
Paul Baron (conductor) and Jeri Sullivan
composer:
Lionel Belasco
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and EMI Partnership Musikverlag GmbH
The Andrews Sisters3:12
2(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
vocals:
Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke (on 1942-05-20) and The Modernaires (1940s vocal group) (on 1942-05-20)
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo (on 1942-05-20)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra33:17
3I’m Making Believe
Ella Fitzgerald3:18
4Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)
recording of:
Bésame mucho (English lyric version by Sunny Skylar)
composer:
Consuelo Velázquez
translator:
Sunny Skylar
publisher:
Latin American Music and Promotora Hispano Americana De Musica S.A.
translated version of:
Bésame mucho (Bésame, bésame mucho como si fuera esta noche la última vez)
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:03
5Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That’s an Irish Lullaby)
vocals:
Bing Crosby
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter's Orchestra
conductor:
John Scott Trotter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
recording of:
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby) (on 1944-07-07)
lyricist and composer:
James Royce Shannon
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Bing Crosby3:15
6Dancing in the Dark
recording of:
Dancing in the Dark
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., 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
part of:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:06
7Oklahoma!
recording of:
Oklahoma
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) and Williamson Music Company
music quoted on:
Oklahoma! Overture
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Rodgers & Hammerstein2:34
8There Are Such Things
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1942-07-01)
alto saxophone:
Fred Stulce (on 1942-07-01)
bass:
Phil Stevens (tuba) (on 1942-07-01)
cello:
Harold Bemko (on 1942-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1942-07-01)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1942-07-01)
harp:
Ruth Hill (harpist) (on 1942-07-01)
piano:
Milton Raskin (on 1942-07-01)
saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1942-07-01), Don Lodice (on 1942-07-01), Harry Schuchman (on 1942-07-01), Bruce Snyder (on 1942-07-01) and Fred Stulce (on 1942-07-01)
tenor saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1942-07-01), Don Lodice (on 1942-07-01) and Bruce Snyder (on 1942-07-01)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1942-07-01), Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1942-07-01), Dave Jacobs (jazz trombonist) (on 1942-07-01) and Jimmy Skiles (on 1942-07-01)
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman (on 1942-07-01), James Blake (jazz trumpeter) (on 1942-07-01), James Zito (on 1942-07-01) and Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1942-07-01)
viola:
Leonard Atkins (on 1942-07-01) and Sam Ross (on 1942-07-01)
violin:
Alex Beller (on 1942-07-01), Bernard Tinterow (on 1942-07-01), William Ehrenkrantz (on 1942-07-01), Seymour Miroff (on 1942-07-01), Raoul Polikian (on 1942-07-01), Leonard Posner (on 1942-07-01) and Irving Raymond (on 1942-07-01)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1942-07-01)
vocals:
John Huddleston (vocalist) (on 1942-07-01), Chuck Lowry (on 1942-07-01), The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (on 1942-07-01), Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1942-07-01), Jo Stafford (on 1942-07-01) and Clark Yocum (on 1942-07-01)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1942-07-01)
arranger:
Axel Stordahl
recorded at:
RCA Studio 2 in New York, New York, United States (on 1942-07-01)
recording of:
There Are Such Things (on 1942-07-01)
writer:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter) (in 1942), Abel Baer (in 1942) and George W. Meyer (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
Dorsey Brothers Music and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Frank Sinatra2:44
9Don’t Fence Me In
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-25) and Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-25)
lead vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1944-07-25) and Bing Crosby (on 1944-07-25)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (on 1944-07-25)
conductor:
Vic Schoen (on 1944-07-25)
recording of:
Don’t Fence Me In (on 1944-07-25)
lyricist:
Robert Fletcher (US poet) (in 1934) and Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Bing Crosby33:08
10Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, 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
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:31
11I’ve Heard That Song Before
recording of:
I’ve Heard That Song Before (on 1942-07-31)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1942)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1942)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company and Morley Music Co. Inc.
Harry James and His Orchestra3:02
12G.I. Jive
recording of:
G.I. Jive
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five3:05
13Swinging on a Star
background vocals:
Williams Brothers Quartet (vocal quartet comprised of Bob, Don, Dick and Andy Williams) (on 1944-02-07)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1944-02-07)
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (on 1944-02-07)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (Hollywood; fka Recordings, Inc. 1934–40, before Decca took it over) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-02-07)
recording of:
Swinging on a Star (on 1944-02-07)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1944)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1944)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke & Van Heusen, Inc. and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 17)
Bing Crosby52:33
14You Always Hurt the One You Love
recording of:
You Always Hurt the One You Love
lyricist:
Allan Roberts (songwriter)
composer:
Doris Fisher
publisher:
Doris Fisher Music Corp.
The Mills Brothers3:24
15Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
recording of:
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
lyricist:
Allan Roberts (songwriter)
composer:
Doris Fisher
Ella Fitzgerald3:14
16Is You Is or Is You Ain’t (Ma Baby)
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (in 1944)
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)
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:39

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ASIN:UK: B000024QH6 [info]