Clinton,Larry & His Orchestra All The Hits And More 1937-48 CD

Larry Clinton was a trumpeter, trombonist and clarinettist who, when in his twenties, became a successful arranger for Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Glen Gay's Casa Loma Orchestra and Bunny Berigan during the mid-1930s before starting his own orchestra in 1937. Playing a mixture of current pop in the "sweet" style, ambitious jazz-styled instrumentals and swing arrangements of classical pieces, he had a string of nearly 40 hits through into the early '40s, and when he picked up the threads after service during WWII. Most of his hits featured the fine voice of his star vocalist Bea Wain, whose contributions were a key element of his success. This excellent-value 48-track 2-CD set comprises all his 38 hits plus other selected releases on the Victor, Bluebird and Decca labels, many featuring Bea Wain, and features the No. 1s "Cry, Baby, Cry", "Heart And Soul", "My Reverie", and "Deep Purple", along with sixteen other Top 10 hits, with many examples of the early commercial recordings of some of the landmark compositions of the Great American Songbook era. Along with Bea Wain, other featured vocalists are Dick Todd, Ford Leary, Mary Dugan, Helen Southern, Peggy Mann and Butch Stone. The collection provides not only a thoroughly entertaining showcase for a top class orchestra about which not much is heard these days, as well as for the vocal talents of Bea Wain, but also an enlightening overview of some of the most popular music of those years.

1. The Big Dipper 2. True Confession 3. ABBA Dabba (One of the Arabian Knights) 4. The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart) 5. I Double Dare You 6. Two Dreams Got Together 7. Love Is Here to Stay 8. Always and Always 9. Martha 10. You're An Education 11. Romance in the Dark 12. Cry, Baby, Cry 13. Stolen Heaven 14. I Married An Angel 15. If It Rains, Who Cares? 16. You Go to My Head 17. Put Your Heart in a Song 18. My Reverie 19. Change Partners 20. At Long Last Love 21. My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice 22. Summer Souvenirs 23. Heart and Soul 24. Old Folks 25. Who Blew Out the Flame 26. Design for Dancing 27. My Heart Belongs to Daddy 28. Jeepers Creepers 29. The Devil with the Devil 30. For Men Only 31. Deep Purple 32. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) 33. (I'm Afraid) the Masquerade Is Over 34. I Want My Share of Love 35. Over the Rainbow 36. Comes Love 37. In a Persian Market 38. I'll Remember 39. The Little Man Who Wasn't There 40. An Apple for the Teacher 41. Johnson Rag 42. Limehouse Blues 43. The Nearness of You 44. Rockin' Chair 45. Because of You 46. Let Me Off Uptown 47. The Dickey Bird Song 48. On a Slow Boat to China