Howard,Eddy Eddy Howard Collection 1939-55 CD

Eddy Howard, although not necessarily a household name these days, was a hugely popular and successful singer and bandleader during the 1940s and early '50s, racking up more than 40 Billboard pop chart hits from 1946 to 1955, having already had half-a-dozen hits as vocalist with Dick Jurgen's Orchestra during the war years. As a singer, he was a classic crooner, competing for chart honours with the likes of Dick Haymes, and he scored two landmark No. 1s with the ballads "To Each His Own" in 1946 and "It's No Sin" in 1951. They are naturally included in the great-value 52-track collection, which selects recordings from his Vocalion sessions with Dick Jurgens and his solo singles for the Majestic and Mercury labels through into the '50s, as well as some classy jazz titles for Columbia where he records with Teddy Wilson, Charlie Christian, Benny Morton and Bud Freeman among others. It is packed full of hits, featuring just about every one of his chart entries, including with more than twenty Top 10 successes. It's a worthy tribute to an artist who has not received the recognition that his success during that era merited, and is a must for lovers of the style that characterised what many regard as the golden era of popular music.

1. My Last Goodbye - Eddy Howard/Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 2. Rainbow Valley - Eddy Howard/Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 3. It's a Hundred to One - Eddy Howard/Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 4. Bluebirds in the Moonlight - Eddy Howard/Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 5. Careless - Eddy Howard/Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 6. In An Old Dutch Garden - Eddy Howard/Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra 7. Star Dust 8. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 9. Exactly Like You 10. To Each His Own 11. (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons 12. My Best to You 13. The Rickety Rickshaw Man 14. The Girl That I Marry 15. Heartaches 16. My Adobe Hacienda 17. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder 18. Ragtime Cowboy Joe 19. An Apple Blossom Wedding 20. Blue Tail Fly 21. Kate (Have I Come Too Early, Too Late) 22. Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) 23. Just Because 24. Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em with a Ribbon (And Throw 'Em in the Deep Blue Sea) 25. Dainty Brenda Lee 26. (I'd Love to Get You) on a Slow Boat to China 27. Candy Kisses 28. Room Full of Roses 29. Yes, Yes, in Your Eyes 30. Maybe It's Because 31. Tell Me Why 32. Half a Heart Is All You Left Me (When You Broke My Heart in Two) 33. Rag Mop 34. American Beauty Rose 35. To Think You've Chosen Me 36. The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart) 37. A Penny a Kiss - a Penny a Hug 38. The Strange Little Girl 39. What Will I Tell My Heart 40. (A Woman Is a) Deadly Weapon 41. (It's No) Sin 42. Stolen Love 43. Wishin' 44. Be Anything (But Be Mine) 45. Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart 46. Old Fashioned Love 47. I Don't Want to Take a Chance 48. Mademoiselle 49. It's Worth Any Price You Pay 50. Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me) 51. Melancholy Me 52. The Teen-Ager's Waltz