The Great Forties Collection
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2001
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1In the MoodGlenn Miller & His Orchestra3:39
- 2FrenesiArtie Shaw and His Orchestra3:06
- 3BrazilXavier Cugat & His Orchestra2:44
- 4Buttons and BowsDinah Shore2:041.0 ★
- 5On the Atchison, Topeka & The Santa FeJohnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers3:06
- 6Don’t Fence Me InBing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters3:083.5 ★
- 7Jingle, Jangle, JingleThe Merry Macs2:53
- 8Paper DollThe Mills Brothers2:38
- 9Take the ‘A’ TrainDuke Ellington & His Orchestra2:57
- 10There, I’ve Said It AgainVaughn Monroe3:13
- 11If I Loved YouPerry Como3:18
- 12Sentimental JourneyLes Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day3:14
- 13Nature BoyNat King Cole2:543.0 ★
- 14TampicoStan Kenton and His Orchestra with June Christy2:452.0 ★
- 15Anniversary SongAl Jolson3:06
- 16I Yi Yi Yi Yi (I Like You Very Much)Carmen Miranda2:14
- 17Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)Tony Martin2:56
- 18Galway BayBing Crosby3:04
- 19DaybreakFrank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra3:15
- 20Stormy WeatherLena Horne3:52
- CD 2
- 1Boogie Woogie Bugle BoyThe Andrews Sisters
- 2Mairzy DoatsThe Merry Macs4.0 ★
- 3StardustArtie Shaw and His Orchestra
- 4How Are Things in Glocca MorraDick Haymes
- 5Straighten Up and Fly RightThe King Cole Trio
- 6Just a Little Bit South of North CarolinaGene Krupa and His Orchestra
- 7American PatrolGlenn Miller and His Orchestra
- 8I've Got My Love To Keep Me WarmLes Brown and His Orchestra
- 9The Golden WeddingWoody Herman and His Orchestra
- 10It's Only a Paper MoonBenny Goodman and His Orchestra
- 11You Always Hurt the One You LoveThe Mills Brothers
- 12Java JiveThe Ink Spots
- 13Moonlight Becomes YouBing Crosby
- 14The Trolley SongThe Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
- 15I UnderstandJimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
- 16It Started All Over AgainFrank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
- 17On a Slow Boat to ChinaKay Kyser and His Orchestra
- 18Big Noise From WinnetkaThe Bob Cats
- 19Tico TicoEthel Smith and The Bando Carioca
- 20Holiday for StringsDavid Rose and His Orchestra
- CD 3
- 1Over the RainbowJudy Garland
- 2My Dreams Are Getting Better All the TimeLes Brown and His Orchestra
- 3A Couple of Song and Dance MenFred Astaire and Bing Crosby
- 4Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the BarWill Bradley and His Orchestra
- 5Dancing in the DarkArtie Shaw and His Orchestra
- 6
- 7Pennysylvania 6-5000Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
- 8Rum and Coca ColaThe Andrews Sisters
- 9Ol' Buttermilk SkyHoagy Carmichael
- 10There's No Business Like Show BusinessEthel Merman
- 11My MammyAl Jolson
- 12You'd Be So Nice To Come Home ToDinah Shore
- 13There Are Such ThingsFrank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
- 14Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)The Ink Spots
- 15LauraWoody Herman and His Orchestra
- 16The Boys in the Back RoomMarlene Dietrich
- 17SkylarkHarry James and His Orchestra
- 18How High the MoonBenny Goodman and His Orchestra
- 19Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)Tex Williams and His Western Caravan
- 20White ChristmasBing Crosby
Release credits
- lead vocals [6]
- vocal [4]
- vocal [8]
- performing orchestra [13]
- violin [13]
- vocal [8]
- vocal [8]
- vocal [8]
- double bass [13]
- vocal [14]
- piano [13], vocal [13]
- additional [13], guitar [13]
- vocal [11]
- conductor [11]
- performing orchestra [11]
- lead vocals [6]
- vocal [10]
- vocal [10]
- conductor [6]
- performing orchestra [6]
- accordion [4]
Issues
- T2001