Reisman,Leo & His Orchestra Leo Reisman Hits Collection 1921-40 CD

Leo Reisman was a violinist and bandleader whose orchestra initially came to popularity in the 1920s as a society orchestra performing at New York's Central Park Casino, becoming one of the first orchestras who racked up a long string of hits in what was called the "sweet" style of orchestral and dance band music which appealed to the broad spectrum of middle America during the inter-war years and through the '40s into the early '50s in what is sometimes called the golden age of popular music. Performing at prestigious hotels and on radio, he helped popularise some of the hit songs from movies and Broadway shows of the time, occasionally featuring the stars from those shows or the composers of the songs performing vocals on his records, including Fred Astaire, Harold Arlen, Arthur Schwartz and Clifton Webb, as well as other rising stars like Lee Wiley, along with many other vocalists like Lew Conrad, Frank Luther, Frances Maddux, Dick Robertson, Sally Singer and Lou Levin. This great-value 72-track 3-CD set consists entirely of recordings which before 1940 were credited with a Top 20 chart position in Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories" or Elston Brooks' "The Weekly Top Ten Tunes For The Last Fifty Years" books, or the Your Hit Parade chart, or appeared in one of the Billboard charts thereafter. It features most of his eighty or so career hits, including the No. 1s "The Wedding of the Painted Doll", "I'll See You Again", "Paradise", "Night And Day", "Stormy Weather", "The Continental", "Cheek To Cheek". It's a substantial, enjoyable and nostalgic journey through an era in the USA when pop music was an antidote to some difficult social, economic and political upheavals.

1. Bright Eyes 2. Indian Love Call 3. Here in My Arms 4. Bye Bye, Blackbird 5. For My Sweetheart 6. Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away 7. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life 8. The Wedding of the Painted Doll 9. I Kiss Your Hand, Madame 10. With a Song in My Heart 11. Ain't Misbehavin' 12. My Sweeter Than Sweet 13. Happy Days Are Here Again 14. You Do Something to Me 15. You've Got That Thing 16. I'll See You Again 17. What is This Thing Called Love' 18. Puttin' on the Ritz 19. Around the Corner 20. Body and Soul 21. Just a Gigolo 22. Out of Nowhere 23. When the Moon Comes over the Mountain 24. Without That Gal! 25. New Sun In The Sky 26. I Love Louisa 27. Time on My Hands 28. She Didn't Say Yes 29. The Night Was Made For Love 30. Someday I'll Find You 31. Paradise 32. Drums In My Heart 33. Jalousie 34. Lovable 35. Alone Together 36. Louisiana Hayride 37. Night And Day 38. Stormy Weather 39. Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much 40. By A Waterfall 41. Honeymoon Hotel 42. Love Songs of The Nile 43. Easter Parade 44. Yesterdays 45. The Touch Of Your Hand 46. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 47. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming 48. Night On The Desert 49. Tonight Is Mine 50. You're A Builder Upper 51. Don't Let It Bother You 52. A Needle In A Haystack 53. The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing) 54. I Get A Kick Out Of You 55. I Won't Dance 56. Lovely To Look At 57. I'm In The Mood For Love 58. Cheek To Cheek 59. The Piccolino 60. You And The Night And The Music 61. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 62. It Ain't Necessarily So 63. I Wanna Woo 64. Yours Truly Is Truly Yours 65. Afterglow 66. On The Beach At Bali-Bali 67. It's De-Lovely 68. Too Marvellous For Words 69. In The Still Of The Night 70. Spring Is Here 71. Do I Love You 72. Down Argentina Way