The Song Books

Compilation by Oscar Peterson

Released 2017

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Cole Porter Song Book ; Irving Berlin Song Book
  • 1
    In the Still of the Night
    2:52
  • 2
    It's Allright with Me
    2:53
  • 3
    Love for Sale
    3:29
  • 4
    Just One of Those Things
    2:23
  • 5
    I've Got You Under My Skin
    2:50
  • 6
    Everytime We Say Goodbye
    2:20
  • 7
    Night and Day
    2:32
  • 8
    Easy to Love
    2:35
  • 9
    Why Can't You Behave
    3:00
  • 10
    I Love Paris
    2:10
  • 11
    I Concentrate on You
    3:10
  • 12
    It's De-Lovely
    2:30
  • 13
    I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
    2:37
  • 14
    Supper Time
    3:11
  • 15
    I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
    2:00
  • 16
    Change Partners
    2:24
  • 17
    The Song Is Ended
    2:57
  • 18
    How Deep Is the Ocean
    2:59
  • 19
    Cheek to Cheek
    2:27
  • 20
    I Used to Be Color Blind
    2:17
  • 21
    You're Laughing at Me
    2:20
  • 22
    Isn't This a Lovely Day
    3:21
  • 23
    Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails
    2:15
  • 24
    Remember
    2:50
  • CD 2: George Gershwin Song Book ; Duke Ellington Song Book
  • 1
    It Ain't Necessarily So
    2:47
  • 2
    The Man I Love
    3:07
  • 3
    Love Walked in
    2:47
  • 4
    I Was Doing All Right
    2:49
  • 5
    A Foggy Day
    2:52
  • 6
    Oh Lady Be Good
    3:01
  • 7
    Love Is Here to Stay
    2:58
  • 8
    They All Laughed
    2:30
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
    2:18
  • 10
    Summertime
    2:56
  • 11
    Nice Work If You Can Get It
    2:05
  • 12
    Shall We Dance?
    2:18
    4.0 ★
  • 13
    Don't Get Around Much Anymore
    2:33
  • 14
    Sophisticated Lady
    2:26
  • 15
    Rockin' in Rhythm
    2:15
  • 16
    Prelude to a Kiss
    2:31
  • 17
    In a Mellow Tone
    3:42
  • 18
    Cotton Tail
    2:23
  • 19
    Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
    2:57
  • 20
    Things Ain't What They Used to Be
    3:06
  • 21
    Take the "A" Train
    3:04
  • 22
    I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
    3:11
  • 23
    Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
    2:15
  • 24
    John Hardy's Wife
    2:33
  • CD 3: Jerome Kern Song Book ; Richard Rodgers Song Book
  • 1
    I Won't Dance
    2:29
  • 2
    Bill
    2:54
  • 3
    The Song Is You
    3:00
  • 4
    A Fine Romance
    3:05
  • 5
    Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
    2:42
  • 6
    Ol' Man River
    2:34
  • 7
    Long Ago (And Far Away)
    2:32
  • 8
    Lovely to Look at
    2:44
  • 9
    Pick Yourself Up
    2:08
  • 10
    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
    2:46
  • 11
    The Way You Look Tonight
    3:37
  • 12
    Yesterdays
    3:20
  • 13
    This Can't Be Love
    2:32
  • 14
    It Might As Well Be Spring
    3:02
  • 15
    Johnny One Note
    1:42
  • 16
    Surrey with the Fringe on Top
    2:33
  • 17
    The Lady Is a Tramp
    2:06
  • 18
    Blue Moon
    2:44
  • 19
    Manhattan
    2:54
  • 20
    Isn't It Romantic
    2:17
  • 21
    Lover
    2:02
  • 22
    I Didn't Know What Time It Was
    2:37
  • 23
    Bewitched
    2:53
  • 24
    My Funny Valentine
    2:44
  • CD 4: Harry Warren and Vincent Youmans Song Book ; Harold Arlen Song Book
  • 1
    Lullaby of Broadway
    2:30
  • 2
    Serenade in Blue
    3:10
  • 3
    You'll Never Know
    3:21
  • 4
    I Had the Craziest Dream
    2:50
  • 5
    I Only Have Eyes for You
    3:40
  • 6
    Chattanooga Choo Choo
    2:07
  • 7
    More Than You Know
    2:58
  • 8
    Carioca
    2:15
  • 9
    Without a Song
    3:33
  • 10
    Drums in My Heart
    1:42
  • 11
    Time on My Hands
    1:49
  • 12
    Great Day
    2:01
  • 13
    Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
    2:12
  • 14
    Stormy Weather
    2:42
  • 15
    Over the Rainbow
    2:16
  • 16
    The Man That Got Away
    2:38
  • 17
    Ill Wind
    2:32
  • 18
    Let's Fall in Love
    2:16
  • 19
    As Long As I Live
    2:23
  • 20
    Come Rain or Come Shine
    2:36
  • 21
    Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
    2:00
  • 22
    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
    2:40
  • 23
    I've Got the World on a String
    2:27
  • 24
    That Old Black Magic
    2:58
  • CD 5: Jimmy McHugh Song Book
  • 1
    You're a Sweetheart
    2:44
  • 2
    Lost in a Fog
    3:16
  • 3
    I Can't Believe You're in Love with Me
    3:28
  • 4
    On the Sunny Side of the Street
    3:09
  • 5
    Diga, Diga, Doo
    3:01
  • 6
    I Feel a Song Coming on
    2:28
  • 7
    I'm in the Mood for Love
    2:30
  • 8
    When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
    1:50
  • 9
    Don't Blame Me
    2:50
  • 10
    I Can't Give You Anything But Love
    2:04
  • 11
    Can't Get Out of This Mood
    3:00
  • 12
    I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
    2:39

More by Oscar Peterson

Release credits

  • drums (drum set) [4.13, 4.13-14, 4.14, 4.16, 4.16-18, 4.18, 4.23, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 2.8-9, 2.12-18, 2.20, 2.22-24, 3.1-2, 3.6-7]
  • producer [1.1, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 2.13-18, 2.20, 2.22-24, 4.13-18]
  • piano [2.8-9, 2.12-18, 2.20, 2.22-24, 4.13, 4.13-14, 4.14-16, 4.16-17, 4.17-18, 4.18, 4.23, 3.1-2, 3.6-7, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10]
  • bass [4.13-14, 4.16-18, 4.23, 2.8-9, 2.12, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 3.1-2, 3.6-7], double bass [2.13-18, 2.20, 2.22-24, 4.13-14, 4.16, 4.18, 1.4]

Issues

  • The Song Books
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    5x CD (Classic Ray Brown bass, Ed Thigpen drums lineup.)
    2017