CONNEE BOSWELL SINGS IRVING BERLIN AND RODGERS AND HART (ROYCD 301)
Connee Boswell
Irving Berlin was without doubt high among America’s finest songwriters, as was the team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. In the late fifties the great Connee Boswell recorded two albums celebrating the men’s genius. And both albums are here, and in stereo, with Connee singing as only she could sing. There are real treasures here, a score of timeless songs, including Cheek to Cheek, All By Myself, Bewitched, There’s a Small Hotel. So many great performances, impossible to pick a favourite, though Connee’s heart-breaking rendition of All Alone might be worth the price of the CD just for itself.
1. CHEEK TO CHEEK
2. WHITE CHRISTMAS
3. ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND
4. THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
5. ALL BY MYSELF
6. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN
7. BLUE SKIES
8. ALL ALONE
9. ALWAYS
10. MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH
11. EVERYTHING I’VE GOT BELONGS TO YOU
12. YOU’RE NEARER
13. I COULD WRITE A BOOK
14. MY FUNNY VALENTINE
15. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS
16. MY ROMANCE
17. THE LADY IS A TRAMP
18. BEWITCHED
19. WHERE OR WHEN
20. THERE’S A SMALL HOTEL
