Haines,Connie Connie Haines Collection 1939-54 CD

Connie Haines was one of female vocalists who established their reputations as singers with the prominent big swing bands of the early 1940s before going on to forge a solo career in the post-war era as the viability of the big bands declined and television offered new opportunities for a new generation of photogenic solo performers. Working first with the orchestras of Harry James and then Tommy Dorsey, in the latter case alongside Frank Sinatra, she had notable success during the war years before recording with Gordon Jenkins for the fledgling Capitol label, and recording for Mercury, Signature and primarily for Coral in the post-war era. This 50-track 2-CD set comprises recordings from all those relationships, the selection of performances with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, with one or two featuring Sinatra, The Pied Pipers and Jo Stafford, including four Top 20 hits with "Two Dreams Met", "You Might Have Belonged To Another", "Kiss The Boys Goodbye" and "What Is This Thing Called Love?". The selected A & B sides of her solo singles also feature her solo hits on Coral from 1949 "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!" and "Maybe It's Because". She was a talented song stylist, equally at home singing with big bands, or performing the mainstream pop that characterised the post-war decade, and this will appeal to lovers of what is often called "golden age of popular music".

1. Comes Love 2. Buds Won't Bud 3. You Think Of Everything 4. Two Dreams Met 5. Isn't That Just Like Love ? 6. Swing Time Up In Harlem 7. You Might Have Belonged To Another 8. You're Dangerous 9. Will You Still Be Mine ? 10. Let's Get Away From It All (Pt. 2) 11. Kiss The Boys Goodbye 12. What Is This Thing Called Love? 13. Snootie Little Cutie 14. He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings 15. At Last 16. She's Funny That Way 17. Do You Love Me? 18. Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy 19. But What Are These 20. You Made Me Love You 21. Silly-No, Silly-Yes 22. What Has Happened To Joe? 23. The Darktown Strutters' Ball 24. Stormy Weather 25. How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies! 26. You Told A Lie 27. Maybe It's Because 28. Hang On The Bell, Nellie 29. Wouldn't It Be Fun 30. Me, Myself And I 31. Old Man Mose 32. How Come You Do Me Like You Do 33. All I Do Is Wantcha 34. Let's Choo Choo Choo To Idaho 35. Of All Things 36. No Other Love 37. Along The Navajo Trail 38. Swingin' Doors 39. A Bushel And A Peck 40. The Man I Love 41. Lover Man 42. Dear! Dear! Dear! 43. Destination Moon 44. Too Many Hearts 45. Lemme Go 46. Love Lies 47. Mississippi Mud 48. Pink Shampoo 49. Make A Joyful Noise Unto The Lord Pt. 1 50. I Can't Get Enough!