Pastor,Tony & His Orchestra Collection 1940-51 CD

Tony Pastor was a jazz and big band saxophonist, singer and bandleader who was with Artie Shaw's orchestra during the '30s before launching his own band in 1940, subsequently enjoying a highly successful chart career through the 1940s with a distinctive style of upbeat and entertaining middle-of-the-road music, including the novelty-flavoured material popular in that era. In the later years of the decade, he provided an early career opportunity for Rosemary Clooney and her sister Betty, who recorded with Pastor through 1948-49, and who are featured on a dozen or more titles here. This 72-track 3-CD set comprises selected A and B sides from his singles on the Bluebird, RCA-Victor, Cosmo and Columbia labels during this era, and features all his fifteen US chart entries, including the Top 10 hits "Maria Elena", "Dance With A Dolly", "Bell Bottom Trousers", Sioux City Sue", "Red Silk Stockings And Green Perfume" and "The Lady From Twenty-Nine Palms". It features at least one side of a significant proportion of his releases during these years. Along with Tony Pastor himself and The Clooney Sisters, featured vocalists include Johnny McAfee, Eugenie Baird, Dorsey Anderson, Kay Little, Elisse Cooper, Kay Foster, Rita McCullough and Virginia Maxey. It's a substantial and enjoyable showcase for the music of an artist who is not much talked about these days but who made a significant contribution to the popular music of this primary decade and more of his career.

1. Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking) 2. The Rhymin' Game (Rhyme Your Name) 3. It Never Entered My Mind 4. I Want to Live (As Long As You Love Me) 5. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) 6. I've Got You Under My Skin 7. Love of My Life 8. You're the One for Me 9. Paradiddle Joe 10. With a Twist of the Wrist 11. Pale Moon 12. For Whom the Bell Tolls 13. Wigwam Stomp 14. Maria Elena 15. Hurry Back to Sorrento 16. Green Eyes 17. Dinah 18. Don't Let Julia Fool Ya 19. Shepherd Serenade 20. Dream Dancing 21. Sunday in Savannah 22. You Can Depend on Me 23. Blossoms 24. Doin' the Ratamacue 25. Absent Minded Moon 26. Good Morning, Mr. Zip Zip Zip 27. Fightin' Doug MacArthur 28. Full Moon 29. Brother Bill 30. I'm Getting So Tired I Can Sleep 31. Hey, Mabel! 32. Confessin' (That I Loveyou) 33. Robin Hood 34. I Got a Song 35. Five Salted Peanuts 36. Bell Bottom Trousers 37. Please No Squeeza de Banana 38. That's the Stuff Ya Gotta Watch 39. Sioux City Sue 40. Who's Got a Tent for Rent? 41. Azusa 42. Surrender 43. Love Is the Darndest Thing 44. My Neck of the Woods 45. Makin' Whoopee 46. Either It's Love or It Isn't 47. Peaceful Valley 48. Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume 49. I Wonder I Wonder I Wonder 50. Lady from Twenty-Nine Palms 51. My O'Darlin,' My O'Lovely, My O'Brien 52. Gonna' Get a Girl 53. I'm My Own Grandpaw 54. There's a Man at the Door 55. A Boy from Texas and a Girl from Tennessee 56. Indian Love Call 57. You Started Something 58. It's Like Taking Candy from a Baby 59. Saturday Night Mood 60. Grieving for You 61. A You're Adorable 62. San 63. There's Yes Yes in Your Eyes 64. If I Had a Million Dollars 65. I Never See Maggie Alone 66. For You My Love 67. Can I Come in for a Second 68. Busy Line 69. Choc'late Ice Cream Cone 70. Bread and Butter Woman 71. Sentimental Music 72. Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)