Sophistication - Songs of the Thirties

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends3:03
2Things Are Looking Up
recording of:
Things Are Looking Up (A Damsel in Distress) (on 1937-10-17)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
Fred Astaire3:13
3The Touch of Your Lips
Hildegarde3:04
4Just Let Me Look at You
Noël Coward3:18
5Limehouse Blues / You Were Meant for Me / Do Do Do / Someone to Watch Over Me / Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You/ Wiid Thyme / Experiment
Gertrude Lawrence8:27
6Nightfall
Benny Carter and His Orchestra3:12
7So Little Time
recording of:
So Little Time (So Much to Do)
lyricist:
Billy Hill (US songwriter)
composer:
Peter de Rose
Greta Keller3:09
8I Poured My Heart Into a Song
Hutch3:06
9You Do Something to Me
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer) (on 1939-12-11)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1939-12-11)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (Hollywood; fka Recordings, Inc. 1934–40, before Decca took it over) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1939-12-11)
recording of:
You Do Something to Me (Fifty Million Frenchmen musical comedy) (on 1939-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Marlene Dietrich3:03
10Dancing Honeymoon / And Her Mother Came Too / Fancy Our Meeting / Who / Two Little Bluebirds / Goodnight Vienna / It's Not You / There's Always Tomorrow
Jack Buchanan9:07
11Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
Hildegarde2:42
12Drop in Next Time You're Passing
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1936-10-13)
double bass:
Wally Morris (jazz bassist) (on 1936-10-13)
guitar:
Ivor Mairants (on 1936-10-13)
piano:
Gene Rodgers (on 1936-10-13)
vocals:
Elisabeth Welch (on 1936-10-13)
Elisabeth Welch3:01
13The Way You Look Tonight
recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-07-26)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Fred Astaire3:14
14One Little Kiss From You / Let Me Give My Happiness to You / When You've Got a Little Springtime in Your Heart / Over My Shoulder / I Nearly Let Love Go Slipping Through My Fingers / Got to Dance My Way to Heaven / Everything's in Rhythm With My Heart / Can Wiggle My Ears
Jessie Matthews8:19
15Falling in Love Again
vocals:
Marlene Dietrich (actress and singer) (on 1939-12-11)
orchestra:
Victor Young and His Orchestra (on 1939-12-11)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (Hollywood; fka Recordings, Inc. 1934–40, before Decca took it over) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1939-12-11)
recording of:
Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It) (on 1939-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Friedrich Hollaender
translator:
Reginald Connelly and Sammy Lerner
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, BMG Songs, Inc. (in 1930) and Samuel M. Lerner Publications (in 1930)
translated version of:
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt
Marlene Dietrich2:57
16Where Are the Songs We Sung?
Noël Coward3:08