CDs with: Astaire, Fred

Alan Jay Lerner.

Almost like being in love (Robert Goulet and Sally Ann Howes) -- How could you believe me when I said I loved you when you know I've been a liar all my life / Burton Lane (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) -- The heather on the hill (The Hi-Los) -- I could have danced all night (Julie Andrews) -- On the street where you live (Vic Damone) -- I remember it well (Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold) -- Gigi. Gaston's soliloquy (Louis Jourdan) -- A toujours (Gogi Grant) -- How can I wait? (Julie Andrews) -- They call the wind Maria (John Raitt) -- Come to me, bend to me (Andy Williams) -- If ever I would leave you (Robert Goulet) -- How to handle a woman (Richard Burton) -- Here I'll stay / Kurt Weill (Felicia Sanders) -- I've grown accustomed to her face (Nat "King" Cole) -- Oh, come to the ball / Alan Jay Lerner [i.e. Frederick Loewe] (Alan Jay Lerner) -- What did I have that I don't have? / Burton Lane (Barbara Harris) -- Too late now / Burton Lane (Marilyn Maye) -- I'm glad I'm not young anymore (Alfred Drake) -- One more walk around the garden (Jackie and Roy) -- On a clear day / Burton Lane (Barbra Streisand).

CD 1858

Cole Porter.

Anything goes (Cole Porter) (3:09) -- I get a kick out of you (Ethel Merman) (3:08) -- Night and day (Fred Astaire) (3:25) -- Miss Otis regrets (Ethel Waters) (3:03) -- Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and his orchestra) (3:14) -- My heart belongs to Daddy (Mary Martin) (2:31) -- Let's do it (Billie Holiday) (2:56) -- Easy to love (Lee Wiley) (3:08) -- Don't fence me in (Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters) (3:04) -- Ev'ry time we say goodbye (Benny Goodman Quintet featuring Peggy Mann) (3:27) -- Be a clown (Judy Garland and Gene Kelly) (2:35) -- It's all right with me (2:20) ; I've got you under my skin (Peggy Lee) (2:29) -- Love for sale (Billie Holiday) (2:57) -- It's de-lovely (Mabel Mercer) (3:38) -- Just one of those things (Lena Horne) (2:01) -- What is this thing called love? (Ella Fitzgerald) (2:02) -- Always true to you in my fashion (Lisa Kirk) (3:46) -- Which? (Jeri Southern) (2:41) -- In the still of the night (Eileen Farrell) (3:13) -- At long last love (Bobby Short) (4:17) -- The laziest gal in town (Marlene Dietrich) (2:47) -- You're the top (Eileen Rodgers and Hal Linden) (3:30).

CD 1860

Dorothy Fields.

I can't give you anything but love (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) (2:55) -- Diga diga do (The Mills Brothers) (3:06) -- Baby! (Adelaide Hall) (3:08) -- I'm in the mood for love (Frances Langford) (2:43) -- Never gonna dance (Fred Astaire) (3:12) -- I must have that man (Billie Holiday) (2:56) -- A lady needs a change (Ethel Merman) (2:32) -- Close as pages in a book (Bing Crosby) (3:06) -- Don't blame me (Nat "King" Cole Trio) (3:25) -- There must be something better than love (Pearl Bailey) (2:40) -- He had refinement (Shirley Booth) (3:55) -- Happy habit (Mae Barnes) (3:27) -- On the sunny side of the street (Joe Williams) (2:50) -- I feel a song coming on (Judy Garland) (2:08) -- You couldn't be cuter (Margaret Whiting) (2:01) -- Growing pains (Tony Bennett) (3:35) -- I feel merely marvelous (Mabel Mercer) (1:55) -- Make the man love me (Maureen McGovern) (3:24) -- Today I love everybody (Aretha Franklin) (3:25) -- Big spender (Peggy Lee) (2:03) -- Pink taffeta sample size 10 (Sylvia Syms) (4:15) -- If my friends could see me now (Gwen Verdon) (3:27).

CD 1852

Funny face : original soundtrack / [music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin ; additional songs by Roger Edens and Leonard Gershe].

Overture (Funny face ; 'S wonderful / G Gershwin, I. Gershwin. Think pink! / R. Edens, L. Gershe) -- How long has this been going on? -- How long has this been going on? (instrumental reprise) -- Funny face -- Bonjour, Paris! / R. Edens, L. Gershe -- Clap yo hands -- He loves and she loves -- Bonjour, Paris! (instrumental reprise) -- On how to be lovely / R. Edens, L. Gershe -- Basal metabolism -- Let's kiss and make up -- 'S wonderful.

CD 708

Funny face. Selections

Overture (Funny face ; 'S wonderful / G Gershwin, I. Gershwin. Think pink! / R. Edens, L. Gershe) -- How long has this been going on? -- How long has this been going on? (instrumental reprise) -- Funny face -- Bonjour, Paris! / R. Edens, L. Gershe -- Clap yo hands -- He loves and she loves -- Bonjour, Paris! (instrumental reprise) -- On how to be lovely / R. Edens, L. Gershe -- Basal metabolism -- Let's kiss and make up -- 'S wonderful.

CD 708

George Gershwin / [Ira Gershwin, principal lyricist].

Swanee (Al Jolson) -- I'll build a stairway to paradise (Paul Whiteman and his orchestra) -- Do, do, do (Gertrude Lawrence and Harold French) -- The man I love (Lee Wiley) -- Embraceable you (Nat "King" Cole) -- But not for me (Judy Garland) -- Changing my tune (Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones) -- Bidin' my time (Mary Martin) -- How long has this been going on? (Ella Fitzgerald) -- Fascinating rhythm ; They can't take that away from me (Fred Astaire) -- A foggy day (in London town) (Chris Connor) -- My cousin in Milwaukee (Nancy Walker) -- Soon (Kaye Ballard) -- 'S wonderful ; My man's gone now (Sarah Vaughan) -- Nice work if you can get it (Mel Tormé) -- Isn't it a pity? (Mabel Mercer) -- It ain't necessarily so (Cab Calloway) -- Hang on to me (Travis Hudson and Ronny Whyte) -- Love walked in (Bobby Short) -- Someone to watch over me (Lena Horne) -- Our love is here to stay (Michael Feinstein) -- Somebody loves me (Maureen McGovern).

CD 1854

Harold Arlen.

Over the rainbow (Judy Garland) -- I gotta right to sing the blues (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- You're a builder upper (Ethel Merman) -- Stormy weather (Lena Horne) -- It's only a paper moon (Nat Cole) -- That old black magic (Margaret Whiting) -- Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters) -- Happiness is just a thing called Joe (Frances Wayne) -- Get happy ; The man that got away (Judy Garland) -- Don't like goodbyes (Pearl Bailey) -- A sleepin' bee (Diahann Carroll) -- Lydia, the tattooed lady (Bobby Short) -- Come rain or shine (Joe Williams) -- My shining hour (Mabel Mercer) -- One for my baby (and one more for the road) (Fred Astaire) -- Blues in the night (Ella Fitzgerald) -- I've got the world on a string ; Last night when we were young (Tony Bennett) -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea (Oscar Peterson Trio) -- Right as rain (Maureen McGovern) -- When the sun comes out (Mel Torme).

CD 1848

Harry Warren.

The gold digger's song (We're in the money) (Ginger Rogers) -- The shadow waltz (Dick Powell) -- Lullaby of Broadway (Winifred Shaw) -- Chattanooga choo choo (Glenn Miller and his orchestra, featuring Tex Beneke and the Modernaires) -- I had the craziest dream (Harry James Orchestra, featuring Helen Forrest) -- Serenade in blue (Glenn Miller and his orchestra, featuring Ray Eberle and the Modernaires) -- The more I see you (Dick Haymes) -- This heart of mine (Maxine Sullivan) -- On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe (Judy Garland ; Merry Macs) -- Friendly star (Judy Garland) -- I want to be a dancin' man (Fred Astaire) -- I'll string along with you (King Cole Trio) -- No love, no nothin' (Jo Stafford) -- Boulevard of broken dreams (Tony Bennett) -- You'll never know (Rosemary Clooney) -- This is always (Teddi King) -- An affair to remember (Vic Damone) -- There will never be another you (Jackie and Roy) -- I only have eyes for you (David Allyn) -- Lulu's back in town (The Hi-Los) -- 42nd Street (Mel Tormé) -- You're getting to be a habit with me (Maureen McGovern).

CD 1866

S'wonderful! : the songs of George & Ira Gershwin.

Swanee (Jolson) -- I got plenty of nuttin' (Lawrence Tibbett) -- Love walked in (Armstrong) -- Embraceable you (Garland) -- Liza (All the clouds'll roll away) (Chick Webb & his orchestra) -- How long has this been going on? (Lee) -- Nice work if you can get it (Dorsey) -- Funny face (Jack Smith) -- Oh, lady be good (Coleman Hawkins) -- Somebody loves me (Benny Carter & his orchestra) -- Someone to watch over me (George Gershwin) -- I've got a crush on you (Lee Wiley) -- S'wonderful (Benny Goodman & his orchestra) -- I'll build a stairway to paradise (Paul Whiteman & his orchestra) -- I got rhythm (Waller) -- The man I love (Helen Forrest) -- They all laughed (Astaire) -- Summertime (Robeson) -- I was doing all right (Fitzgerald) -- Fascinating rhythm (Buddy Lee) -- They can't take that away from me (Holiday).

CD 876

Song and dance man / Fred Astaire.

Fascinating rhythm -- My one and only -- No strings (I'm fancy free) -- Isn't this a lovely day -- The piccolino -- Let's face the music and dance -- I'm puting all my eggs in one basket -- Let yourself go -- Pick yourself up -- The way you look tonight -- They can't take that away from me -- They all laughed -- Let's call the whole thing off -- Shall we dance? -- Nice work if you can get it -- A foggy day -- Things are looking up -- I used to be color blind -- The yam -- Poor Mr. Chisholm.

CD 2202

Songs of George & Ira Gershwin

Swanee (Jolson) -- I got plenty of nuttin' (Lawrence Tibbett) -- Love walked in (Armstrong) -- Embraceable you (Garland) -- Liza (All the clouds'll roll away) (Chick Webb & his orchestra) -- How long has this been going on? (Lee) -- Nice work if you can get it (Dorsey) -- Funny face (Jack Smith) -- Oh, lady be good (Coleman Hawkins) -- Somebody loves me (Benny Carter & his orchestra) -- Someone to watch over me (George Gershwin) -- I've got a crush on you (Lee Wiley) -- S'wonderful (Benny Goodman & his orchestra) -- I'll build a stairway to paradise (Paul Whiteman & his orchestra) -- I got rhythm (Waller) -- The man I love (Helen Forrest) -- They all laughed (Astaire) -- Summertime (Robeson) -- I was doing all right (Fitzgerald) -- Fascinating rhythm (Buddy Lee) -- They can't take that away from me (Holiday).

CD 876

Songs. Selections

Swanee (Jolson) -- I got plenty of nuttin' (Lawrence Tibbett) -- Love walked in (Armstrong) -- Embraceable you (Garland) -- Liza (All the clouds'll roll away) (Chick Webb & his orchestra) -- How long has this been going on? (Lee) -- Nice work if you can get it (Dorsey) -- Funny face (Jack Smith) -- Oh, lady be good (Coleman Hawkins) -- Somebody loves me (Benny Carter & his orchestra) -- Someone to watch over me (George Gershwin) -- I've got a crush on you (Lee Wiley) -- S'wonderful (Benny Goodman & his orchestra) -- I'll build a stairway to paradise (Paul Whiteman & his orchestra) -- I got rhythm (Waller) -- The man I love (Helen Forrest) -- They all laughed (Astaire) -- Summertime (Robeson) -- I was doing all right (Fitzgerald) -- Fascinating rhythm (Buddy Lee) -- They can't take that away from me (Holiday).

CD 876

Songs. Selections

Pick yourself up / Fred Astaire -- Look for the silver lining / Jessie Matthews -- The song is you / BBC Dance Orchestra -- Smoke gets in your eyes / Phyllis Robins -- She didn't say "yes" / Peggy Wood -- Make believe / Benny Goodman & His Orchestra -- Yesterdays / Billie Holiday -- -- Whose baby are you? / George Gerswhin -- Why was I born? / Billie Holiday -- Why do I love you? / Bix Beiderbecke (with Lou Raderman Orchestra) -- Can't help lovin' dat man / Helen Morgan -- I might grow fonder of you / Elsie Randolph, Jack Hulbert -- I'll be hard to handle / Emil Coleman & His Riviera Orchestra -- They didn't believe me / Ambrose & His Orchestra -- You couldn't be cuter / Lew Stone & His Ban (Vocal: Al Bowlly, Chorus) -- Never gonna dance / Fred Astaire -- Something had to happen / Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra -- The folks who live on the hill / Bing Crosby -- Ol' Man River / Paul Robeson.

CD 3187

Songs. Selections

Over the rainbow (Judy Garland) -- I gotta right to sing the blues (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- You're a builder upper (Ethel Merman) -- Stormy weather (Lena Horne) -- It's only a paper moon (Nat Cole) -- That old black magic (Margaret Whiting) -- Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters) -- Happiness is just a thing called Joe (Frances Wayne) -- Get happy ; The man that got away (Judy Garland) -- Don't like goodbyes (Pearl Bailey) -- A sleepin' bee (Diahann Carroll) -- Lydia, the tattooed lady (Bobby Short) -- Come rain or shine (Joe Williams) -- My shining hour (Mabel Mercer) -- One for my baby (and one more for the road) (Fred Astaire) -- Blues in the night (Ella Fitzgerald) -- I've got the world on a string ; Last night when we were young (Tony Bennett) -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea (Oscar Peterson Trio) -- Right as rain (Maureen McGovern) -- When the sun comes out (Mel Torme).

CD 1848

Songs. Selections

The gold digger's song (We're in the money) (Ginger Rogers) -- The shadow waltz (Dick Powell) -- Lullaby of Broadway (Winifred Shaw) -- Chattanooga choo choo (Glenn Miller and his orchestra, featuring Tex Beneke and the Modernaires) -- I had the craziest dream (Harry James Orchestra, featuring Helen Forrest) -- Serenade in blue (Glenn Miller and his orchestra, featuring Ray Eberle and the Modernaires) -- The more I see you (Dick Haymes) -- This heart of mine (Maxine Sullivan) -- On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe (Judy Garland ; Merry Macs) -- Friendly star (Judy Garland) -- I want to be a dancin' man (Fred Astaire) -- I'll string along with you (King Cole Trio) -- No love, no nothin' (Jo Stafford) -- Boulevard of broken dreams (Tony Bennett) -- You'll never know (Rosemary Clooney) -- This is always (Teddi King) -- An affair to remember (Vic Damone) -- There will never be another you (Jackie and Roy) -- I only have eyes for you (David Allyn) -- Lulu's back in town (The Hi-Los) -- 42nd Street (Mel Tormé) -- You're getting to be a habit with me (Maureen McGovern).

CD 1866

The Fred Astaire collection : the golden greats / Fred Astaire.

Night and day / Porter (3:24) -- My one and only / Gershwins (3:01) -- Fascinatin' rhythm / Gershwins (2:23) -- Puttin' on the Ritz / Berlin (2:37) -- White heat/dancing in the dark / Dietz / Schwartz (2:59) -- Hang on to me / Gershwins (2:48) -- The continental / Conrad (3:27) -- Funny face / Gershwins (3:15) -- Louisiana / Razaf / Schafer / Johnson (2:51) -- Swiss miss / Gershwins (2:55) -- High hat / Gershwins (2:31) -- I can't be bothered now / Gershwin (2:23) -- Change partners / Berlin (4:35) -- I've got you on my mind / Porter (2:44).

CD 260

Yesterdays! : the unforgettable music of Jerome Kern.

Pick yourself up / Fred Astaire -- Look for the silver lining / Jessie Matthews -- The song is you / BBC Dance Orchestra -- Smoke gets in your eyes / Phyllis Robins -- She didn't say "yes" / Peggy Wood -- Make believe / Benny Goodman & His Orchestra -- Yesterdays / Billie Holiday -- -- Whose baby are you? / George Gerswhin -- Why was I born? / Billie Holiday -- Why do I love you? / Bix Beiderbecke (with Lou Raderman Orchestra) -- Can't help lovin' dat man / Helen Morgan -- I might grow fonder of you / Elsie Randolph, Jack Hulbert -- I'll be hard to handle / Emil Coleman & His Riviera Orchestra -- They didn't believe me / Ambrose & His Orchestra -- You couldn't be cuter / Lew Stone & His Ban (Vocal: Al Bowlly, Chorus) -- Never gonna dance / Fred Astaire -- Something had to happen / Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra -- The folks who live on the hill / Bing Crosby -- Ol' Man River / Paul Robeson.

CD 3187