Anthony,Ray Collection 1949-62 CD

Ray Anthony is a trumpeter, bandleader, composer and film star who led one of the most respected and successful big bands of the 1950s. Starting his career as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the early 1940s, he launched his own band after serving in the US Navy in WWII, and had his first hit with "A Dreamer's Holiday" in 1949, racking up a string of over 25 chart entries through into the 1960s. This great-value 82-Track 3-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from his one hundred or so singles on the Capitol label during this era, and features 26 US Billboard and Cash Box chart entries plus his UK hits, including the No. 2 successes "At Last" and "Dragnet", and his other Top 10 hits "Sentimental Me, "Count Every Star", "Can Anyone Explain", "Harbor Lights", "Nevertheless, As Time Goes By", and "Peter Gunn". It includes hit performances by his featured vocalists Dick Noel, Ronnie Deauville, The Skyliners, Tommy Mercer, Gloria Craig, Marcie Miller and Jo Ann Greer, as well as many notable jazz-flavoured instrumentals which provide a fine vehicle for Ray Anthony's substantial talent as a trumpeter. It's an entertaining showcase for one of the best and most innovative contemporary big bands of these years.

1. Darktown Strutter's Ball 2. Slider 3. A Dreamer's Holiday 4. Sitting By the Window 5. Count Every Star 6. Spaghetti Rag 7. Sentimental Me 8. Little Peach from East Orange 9. In the Mood 10. Tenderly 11. Roses 12. Scattered Toys 13. Mama, Teach Me to Do the Charleston 14. Lackawanna Local 15. Young Man with a Horn 16. Stardust 17. Can Anyone Explain? 18. Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) 19. Harbor Lights 20. Harlem Nocturne 21. Mr Anthony's Boogie 22. Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) 23. The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful 24. Be My Love 25. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean 26. Mr Anthony's Blues 27. These Things I Offer You 28. Vilia 29. My Truly, Truly Fair 30. The Fox 31. Deep Night 32. Undecided 33. Brother Fats 34. The Honeydripper 35. At Last 36. Bermuda 37. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 38. I Hear a Rhapsody 39. Moonlight Saving Time 40. There Are Such Things 41. You're Driving Me Crazy 42. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue 43. As Time Goes By 44. Scatterbrain 45. Marilyn 46. Idaho 47. Street Scene 48. On the Trail 49. Wild Horses 50. True Blue Lou 51. The Bunny Hop 52. The Hokey Pokey 53. Thunderbird 54. That's My Weakness Now 55. Dragnet 56. Dancing in the Dark 57. Another Dawn, Another Day 58. Sound Off 59. Oh Mein Papa 60. Secret Love 61. Tuxedo Junction 62. Dance, My Heart 63. Skokiaan 64. Heat Wave 65. Something's Gotta Give 66. Learnin' the Blues 67. Pete Kelly's Blues 68. Flip Flop 69. Rockin' Through Dixie 70. Calypso Dance 71. The Incredible Shrinking Man 72. The Lonely Trumpet 73. Peter Gunn 74. Walkin' to Mother's 75. 707 76. Stockholm Blues 77. Tres Chic 78. The Gurney Slade Theme 79. Champs ?lys?es 80. Tequila with a Twist 81. Worried Mind 82. Let Me Entertain You