Arden,Toni Collection 1944-61 CD

Toni Arden was one of the girl singers who learnt their trade singing with big bands during the mid-1940s before embarking on a solo career as the market changed, and star vocalists became popular with the advent of TV. The daughter of a singer at the Metropolitan Opera, she started performing in her teens during the war years, and made her first records with the Al Trace Orchestra for the National label in 1944. A year or two later, appearances on the "Doorway To Fame" TV talent show led to a solo contract with Columbia, for whom she scored a hit with her first release "I Can Dream Can't I". This great-value 50-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from her releases on the National, Columbia, RCA-Victor and Decca labels from this era, including performances with the Al Trace Orchestra, Xavier Cugat Orchestra, The Four Lads, Champ Butler, and the orchestras of Hugo Winterhalter, Percy Faith and Paul Weston. It features all her career chart entries including the Top 10 hit "I Can Dream, Can't I?" plus "Too Young", "I'm Yours", "Kiss Of Fire", "Are You Satisfied" and "Padre". Although she was very much a song stylist of the early'50s she sustained a chart career into the post-rock 'n' roll era, and this collection of her work, featuring at least one side of most of her singles from this era, underlines the talent that enable her to achieve that.

1. Oh Maria 2. Southpaw Special 3. Body and Soul 4. I Can Dream Can't I 5. A Little Love, a Little Kiss 6. Latin Magic 7. Rain 8. Why 9. Don't Ever Leave Me 10. Can't We Talk It Over 11. And You'll Be Home 12. I'm Praying to St. Christopher 13. They're Playing Our Song 14. So Deep in Love 15. Too Late Now 16. Too Young 17. Little Child 18. Dark Is the Night 19. If You Turn Me Down 20. The Day Isn't Long Enough 21. Never 22. (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young 23. Heart of Stone, Heart of Wood 24. Kiss of Fire 25. I'm Yours 26. Blow Out the Candle 27. Take My Heart 28. Remembering 29. Sweet Forgiveness 30. Kiss 31. It's Only My Heart 32. All I Desire 33. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know 34. Anymore 35. Take Me Now 36. In Paris and in Love 37. Three Coins in the Fountain 38. Beware 39. Are You Satisfied? 40. Believe in Love 41. Without Love (There Is Nothing) 42. My Empty Heart 43. Can You Blame Me 44. Padre 45. You're Not Losing a Daughter, Mama 46. Just for Once 47. Your Touch 48. Besame Mucho 49. The Village of St. Bernadette 50. Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget) (T'ho Valuto Bene)