Freeman,Ernie Live It Up: Adventures In Arranging With The CD

For a musician as important and indeed prolific as Ernie Freeman, remarkably little of his enormous body of work has been made available during the CD era. Across this excellent set are 32 of his many 45s including 7 hits which made the US charts "Lost Dreams", "Dumplin's", "Raunchy", "Indian Love Call", "Swamp Meeting", "The Twist" and "The Dark from the Top of the Stairs". As well as a recording artist Ernie was also an arranger and during the 1950s and well in to the 60s he was the most in demand arranger in Hollywood for r&b, rock and roll and pop. In 1969 he arranged Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for which he won a Grammy. Fans of rock and roll instrumentals, loungecore and space age pop will find plenty to get excited in this long overdue CD.

1. Lost Dreams 2. Walking The Beat 3. A Touch Of The Blues 4. JivinÆ Around Pt. 1 5. JivinÆ Around Pt. 2 6. Swing It 7. River Boat 8. DumplinÆs 9. Raunchy 10. PuddinÆ 11. The Tuttle 12. Leaps And Bounds 13. Theme From Igor 14. Shape Up 15. Indian Love Call 16. Summer Serenade 17. After Sunset 18. Jamboree 19. Junior Jive 20. School Room Rock 21. Blues After Hours 22. Live It Up 23. Marshmellows, Popcorn And Soda Pop 24. Night Sounds 25. Theme From ôThe Dark At The Top Of The Stairsö 26. Come On Home 27. Swamp Meeting 28. ThatÆs All 29. Conquest 30. The Twist 31. What Am I Living For 32. I DidnÆt Want To Do It