Essential Collection: The George Gershwin Collection (3-CD)

Essential Collection: The George Gershwin

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 3
Released: February 8, 2011
Originally Released: 2011
Label: Dynamic Nostalgia

Description by OLDIES.com:

George Gershwin is one of the most celebrated composers of all time, and his legendary songs have graced Broadway stages and Hollywood films for decades. This essential 3 CD collection features 50 of Gershwin's most beloved compositions, performed by some of the biggest recording stars ever, including Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Al Jolson, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby and more.

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.Judy Garland I Got Rhythm (Girl Crazy)
2.Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (Shall We Dance)
3.Gene Kelly and Georges Guitary S’Wonderful (An American In Paris)
4.Billie Holiday All Stars A Foggy Day (A Damsel In Distress)
5.Fred Astaire He Loves And She Loves (Funny Face)
6.Judy Garland Embraceable You (Girl Crazy)
7.Dick Haymes and Betty Grable Aren’t You Kinda Glad We Did (The Shocking Miss Pilgrim)
8.Fred and Adele Astaire with George Gershwin on Piano Fascinating Rhythm
9.Mel Torme For You.For Me, For Evermore
10.Judy Garland and The Kings Men Bidin’ My Time (Girl Crazy)
11.Georges Guitary I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise (An American In Paris)
12.Ella Fitzgerald I’ve Got A Crush On You
13.Betty Grable Changing My Tune
14.Mel Torme How Long Has This Been Going On
15.Gene Kelly, Georges Guitary and Oscar Levant By Strauss (An American In Paris)
16.Virginia Verrill (for Andrea Leeds) and Jon Hall Love Walked In (Goldwyn Follies)
17.Fred Astaire Things Are Looking Up (A Damsel In Distress)
18.Ella Fitzgerald Nice Work If You Can Get It (A Damsel In Distress)
19.Artie Shaw and His Orchestra Oh Lady Be Good
20.Bing Crosby They All Laughed
21.Gene Kelly Love Is Here To Stay (An American In Paris)
22.Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney Strike Up The Band (Strike Up The Band)

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.Doris Day Somebody Loves Me (George White’s Scandals of 1924)
2.Frank Sinatra Someone To Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!)
3.Sarah Vaughn The Man I Love (Strike Up The Band)
4.Fred Astaire High Hat
5.Harry James and His Orchestra with Helen Forrest But Not For Me (Girl Crazy)
6.Peggy Lee They Can’t Take That Away From Me
7.Al Jolson Swanee (Sinbad)
8.Ella Logan I Was Doing Alright (Goldwyn Follies)
9.Fred Astaire and The Stafford Sisters Things Are Looking Up (A Damsel In Distress)
10.Bing Crosby and Judy Garland Mine
11.Eddie Quinlan, Dixie Lee and Mitzi Green You Got What Gets Me
12.Mabel Mercer Isn’t It A Pity
13.Joe Derise Maybe
14.Jack Carson and Betty Oakes Of Thee I Sing Baby
15.Inez Matthews Summertime
16.Inez Matthews My Man’s Gone Now
17.Lawrence Winters I Got Plenty O Nuttin’
18.Lawrence Winters Look Out, Dats A Buzzard (Buzzard Song)
19.Lawrence Winters and Camilla Williams Bess, You Is My Woman Now
20.Avon Long It Ain’t Necessarily So
21.Avon Long and Camilla Williams and Helen Dowdy There’s A Boat That’s Leaving Soon For New York
22.Lawrence Winters, Inez Matthews and Helen Dowdy Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess
23.Lawrence Winters Oh Lawd I’m On My Way

Tracks on Disc 3:

1.Oscar Levant & The Philadelphia Orchestra Rhapsody In Blue
2.Leonard Bernstein & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra An American In Paris
3. Oscar Levant with Morton Gould and His Orchestra I Got Rhythm Variations
4.Morton Gould and his Orchestra Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
5.George Gershwin with Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra Rhapsody In Blue