Rosemary Clooney - From Bing to Billie

Artist:

Clooney, Rosemary

UPC:

013431223122

See Also:

Rosemary Clooney - Sentimental Journey P¿rez Prado/Rosemary Clooney - A Touch of Tabasco [6/28]

Description:

Contains 2 LPs on 2 CDs: ROSIE SINGS BING (1978)/HERE`S TO MY LADY: TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY (1979).
Personnel: Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Warren Vache (cornet); Nat Pierce (piano); Cal Collins (guitar); Monty Budwig (bass); Jake Hanna (drums).
Recorded at Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, California and at Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Francisco, California. Includes liner notes by William H. Stewart and Kathryn Crosby.
Personnel: Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Cal Collins (guitar); Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Warren Vach? (cornet); Nat Pierce (piano); Jack Hannah (drums).
Audio Mixer: Phil Edwards .
Liner Note Author: Kathryn Crosby .
Recording information: Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Wally Heider Recording Studios, San Fransisco, CA.
Photographer: Leslie McDonald.
Rosemary Clooney`s career had faltered after the mid-`60s, so her signing in 1977 by Concord Jazz launched a comeback that found her recording regularly for them until shortly before her death in 2002. This two-CD compilation combines two of her earliest recordings for the label. The first date, recorded in early 1978, is a tribute to her dear friend Bing Crosby (who had died a few months prior to the session), with whom she had appeared in various movies and on several LPs. She is backed by a superb band, including pianist Nat Pierce, tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton, guitarist Cal Collins, bassist Monty Budwig, and drummer Jake Hanna. Clooney is in great voice, covering a number of standards favored by Crosby, including a lush "I Surrender Dear," a swinging take of Crosby`s own "Where the Blue of the Night," and a heartfelt "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral" accompanied solely by Collins on guitar. The same band was on hand (adding cornetist Warren Vach?) later in 1978 to back Clooney for a salute to Billie Holiday. Though her vocal style is nothing at all like Holiday`s, her swinging performances of the ten standards on this session have stood the test of time extremely well. She especially excels with her interpretations of Holiday`s "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" and an emotional "Don`t Explain." ~ Ken Dryden

Track Listing:

DISC 1: ROSIE SINGS BING:

1. But Beautiful
2. Pennies from Heaven
3. Blue Skies
4. I Surrender, Dear
5. Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
6. It`s Easy to Remember
7. Swinging on a Star
8. Just One More Chance
9. I Wished on the Moon
10. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That`s an Irish Lullaby)

DISC 2: TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY:

1. I Cover the Waterfront
2. Good Morning, Heartache
3. Mean to Me
4. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
5. Don`t Explain
6. Comes Love
7. He`s Funny That Way
8. God Bless the Child
9. Them There Eyes
10. Everything Happens to Me

Album Information

Release Date:

02/16/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Pop Vocal

Subgenre:

Show Vocals

Label:

Universal (Pty) Ltd.

Producer:

Carl E. Jefferson; Carl Jefferson

Catalog Number:

CCD 222312

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

80 : 0

Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.