Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Ten Cents a Dance - Ruth Etting
2. I'm Good for Nothing But Love - Ruth Etting
3. Needle in a Haystack - Ruth Etting
4. (I've Got) Sand in My Shoes - Helen Morgan
5. I See Two Lovers - Jimmy Grier & His Orchestra, Helen Morgan
6. He's My Secret Passion
7. Willow Weep for Me
8. Big City Blues - Annette Hanshaw
9. Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home - Annette Hanshaw, New Englanders
10. Moanin' Low - Annette Hanshaw
11. Way I Feel Today - Annette Hanshaw
12. Love Me Tonight - Annette Hanshaw
13. Moon Song - Annette Hanshaw
14. I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Ethel Waters
15. Shadows on the Swanee - Ethel Waters
16. Lullaby of the Leaves - Connee Boswell
17. Under a Blanket of Blue - Connee Boswell
18. I Cover the Waterfront - Connee Boswell
19. Say It - Connee Boswell
20. New Moon Is Over My Shoulder - Connee Boswell
21. Doggone, I've Done It (I've Fallen in Love) - The Boswell Sisters, The Dorsey Brothers
22. Mood Indigo - The Boswell Sisters
23. Sophisticated Lady - The Boswell Sisters
24. I Hate Myself - The Boswell Sisters
25. Rock & Roll - The Boswell Sisters

Disc 2:

1. Stormy Weather - Frances Langford
2. You're Hi-Di-Hi-Ing Me - Frances Langford
3. Nasty Man - Frances Langford
4. Then You've Never Been Blue - Frances Langford,
5. My Future Star [From "365 Nights in Hollywood"] - Alice Faye
6. Oh, I Didn't Know - Alice Faye
7. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues - Lee Wiley
8. You've Got Me Crying Again - Lee Wiley
9. Let's Call It a Day - Lee Wiley, Victor Young & His Orchestra
10. Easy Come, Easy Go - Johnny Green & His Orchestra, Lee Wiley
11. Hundred Years from Today - Casa Loma Orchestra, Lee Wiley
12. Let's Put Two and Two Together - Helen Ward
13. Night Wind - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Helen Ward
14. Doin' the Uptown Lowdown - Ella Logan
15. I Wish I Were Twins - Adrian's Ramblers, Ella Logan
16. Loch Lomond - Maxine Sullivan
17. Hour of Parting - Maxine Sullivan
18. Mad About the Boy - Maxine Sullivan
19. I See Your Face Before Me - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
20. Love's a Necessary Thing - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
21. Lamp Is Low - Mildred Bailey
22. You Go to My Head - Teddy Wilson, Nan Wynn
23. I Can't Face the Music - Nan Wynn
24. Sweet and Slow
25. I'm Out of Style

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #267188 in Music
• Released on: 1993-08-03
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

This is a fantastic re-issue
It is risible to claim that most of these singers have been forgotten; there have been many LP and CD re-issues. Nevertheless this contains many rare and hard-to-get items of real girl power, most of them started singing in their teens and attracted the best session musicians.

I would have been happier listening to Kate Smith (perhaps the Charleston Chasers session) in preference to Helen Morgan. And a few of the tracks suffer from surface noise that should have been overcome. But these are minor cavils, and far outweighed by the delights; the lost innocence that is effortlessly captured by the Annette Hanshaw tracks, the electrifying introduction by Frances Langford to "Stormy Weather", the sheer power generated by The Boswell Sisters swing (in contrast, Connie's solo tracks are quite sedate affairs). And listening to Ethel Waters "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby" made me wonder how much she'd been influenced by Sophie Tucker - or was it the other way round?

Nan Wynn may have come to the fore merely in the absence of Billie Holiday but how providential that was can be heard clearly on her two featured tracks, and leaves one wanting more. Similarly, Ginny Simms deserves to be better known and her second track features the great Eddie South - an added bonus indeed.

So four stars out of five but an unreserved recommendation that you splash out the modest purchase price and hear what the best girl singers had to offer while they had the chance.

This is a WONDERFUL album
I am certainly not expert in this type of music; just like it. I bought this for Christmas for a friend and loved it. Bought it for myself and listen and listen to it. I think it is absolutely wonderful and the booklet tells you something about each artist. This is simply great listening and maybe a dance step or two:>)