& The Angels Sing: Divas Of Big Band Era / Various & The Angels Sing: Divas Of Big Band Era / Various CD

Before the Rock Era, the music played at dance venues was played by Big Bands. Largely instrumental at first, singers began to front the Big Bands, and these became the most heralded voices in the history of recording. This 3 CD collection contains original recordings of the finest female divas ever. Artists include: Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday & more.

1. I'm Beginning to See the Light - James, Harry 2. But Beautiful - Vanheusen 3. I Wanna Be Loved - Green, Johnny 4. 'Deed I Do - Rose, Fred 5. Early Autumn - Burns 6. The Lady Is a Tramp - Rodgers 7. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - Ellington 8. A Tree in the Meadow - Reid, w 9. While We're Young 10. Let's Fall in Love - Arlen 11. Please Be Kind - Chaplin 12. Deep Purple - Derose 13. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - Arlen 14. Opus One 15. I'm Old Fashioned - Kern, Jerome 16. Gone with the Wind - Wrubel 17. I Told Ya I Love You, Now Get Out - Frigo 18. Just One of Those Things - Porter, Cole 19. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year - Loesser, Frank 20. Say It Isn't So - Berlin 21. Trust in Me - Wever, Ned 22. Tenderly - Gross, Walter 23. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Porter 24. Don't Blame Me - McHugh 25. Day By Day - Weston 26. Every Time We Say Goodbye - Porter, Cole 27. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Lawrence 28. Am I Blue - Akst 29. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Ellington 30. Lover - Rodgers 31. A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Green 32. Speak Low - Weill, Kurt 33. Tampico - Roberts 34. Lullaby of Birdland - Shearing, George 35. I Had the Craziest Dream - Warren 36. Mad About the Boy - Coward 37. The Gentleman Is a Dope - Rodgers 38. Memories of You - Blake 39. Lover Man - Davies 40. Singin' the Blues - Conrad, Con 41. Will You Still Be Mine? - Adair 42. Come Rain or Come Shine - Arlen 43. The End of a Love Affair - Redding 44. Gone with the Wind - Wrubel 45. Stormy Weather - Arlen, Harold 46. Lazy Bones - Carmichael 47. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) - James 48. These Things I Offer You - Weiss 49. Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me - Berlin 50. I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight - Wrubel 51. And the Angels Sing - Elman 52. Cry Me a River - Hamilton, Arthur 53. Boogie Blues - Krupa 54. Last Night When We Were Young - Arlen 55. Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin, G.-Gershw 56. Skylark - Carmichael, Hoagy 57. Manhattan Serenade - Alter 58. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - Ellington 59. Carelessly - Ellis, Norman 60. Heat Wave - Berlin 61. Embraceable You - Gershwin 62. Love Is Like a Cigarette - Kent 63. Miss Otis Regrets - Porter 64. The Man That Got Away - Arlen 65. I Don't Care Who Knows It - Adamson 66. One for My Baby - Arlen, Harold 67. I Miss You So - Henderson 68. So Help Me - Vanheusen 69. God Bless the Child - Holiday 70. Where Can I Go Without You - Young 71. I Cried for You - Arnheim 72. Born to Be Blue - Torme 73. Sinner or Saint - Gordon 74. Teach Me Tonight - Depaul, Gene