Great Stars and Their Greatest Songs

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Million Selling Magic & The Great Romantic Singers
2▼CD: The 1950’s Hall of Fame & 1960’s Golden Hit Parade
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Misty
recording of:
Misty
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Erroll Garner
publisher:
Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Octave Music Publishing Corp., Pocketful of Dreams Music, Reganesque Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Vernon Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
is based on:
Misty (original instrumental work)
Johnny Mathis3:33
2Swedish Rhapsody
Mantovani2:39
3Everybody Loves a Lover
vocals:
Doris Day (on 1958-05-12)
orchestra:
Frank DeVol’s Orchestra (on 1958-05-12)
conductor:
Frank De Vol (on 1958-05-12)
recording of:
Everybody Loves a Lover (on 1958-05-12)
lyricist:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist)
composer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist)
Doris Day2:45
4Singing the Blues
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 37)
cover recording of:
Singing the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Melvin Endsley (in 1956)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Opryland Ltd. (UK) and Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK)
Guy Mitchell2:27
5Mambo Italiano
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1954-09-23)
vocals:
Rosemary Clooney (on 1954-09-23) and The Mellomen (American singing quartet) (on 1954-09-23)
orchestra:
Buddy Cole and His Orchestra (on 1954-09-23)
conductor:
Paul Weston (on 1954-09-23)
recording of:
Mambo Italiano (original english version) (on 1954-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
Rosemary Clooney4.352:32
6Tennessee Waltz
orchestra:
Jack Rael & his Orchestra (in 1950-11)
conductor:
Jack Rael (in 1950-11)
cover recording of:
Tennessee Waltz (on 1950-10-14)
lyricist:
Redd Stewart (in 1946)
composer:
Pee Wee King (in 1946)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
Patti Page3:03
7Petite fleur
Chris Barber2:43
8Mack the Knife
cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (American composer) (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Ella Fitzgerald5:10
9Jamaica Farewell
producer:
Edward O. Welker
double bass:
Al Hall (on 1955-11-09) and Norman Keenan (on 1955-11-09)
drums (drum set):
Kelly Martin (US jazz drummer) (on 1955-11-09)
guitar:
Frantz Casséus (on 1955-11-09), Lord Burgess (on 1955-11-09) and Millard Thomas (on 1955-11-09)
vocals:
Harry Belafonte (on 1955-11-09)
recording of:
Jamaica Farewell (on 1955-11-09)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Burgie
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Ltd.
Harry Belafonte4.753:06
10Oh Pretty Woman
producer:
Fred Foster
12 string guitar [12 string guitar Epiphone] and lead vocals:
Roy Orbison (on 1964-08-01)
double bass [upright bass]:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1964-08-01)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1964-08-01)
guitar:
Jerry Kennedy (on 1964-08-01), Wayne Moss (on 1964-08-01) and Billy Sanford (guitar) (on 1964-08-01)
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1964-08-01)
percussion:
Paul Garrison (on 1964-08-01)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1964-08-01)
saxophone:
Boots Randolph (on 1964-08-01)
vocals:
Roy Orbison
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Orbison Records, Orbison Records, Inc. and Monument Record Corp. (not for release label use!) (in 1964)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (recordings) (number: 20), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 59), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 222)
recording of:
Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison song) (on 1964-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Dees (songwriter, singer, guitarist) and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Barbara Orbison Music Company, Roy Orbison Music Company, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1964-08-26) and Acuff-Rose (BMI) (in 1972)
Roy Orbison4.22:58
11Yesterday Man
producer:
Peter Columbus
recording of:
Yesterday Man
lyricist and composer:
Chris Andrews (UK singer-songwriter)
Chris Andrews2:31
12Downtown
recording of:
Downtown
lyricist and composer:
Tony Hatch
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd., MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Welbeck Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Petula Clark3:25
13Israelites
producer:
Leslie Kong
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) (in 1968)
recording of:
Israelites
writer:
Desmond Dacres and Leslie Kong
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc., Gambi Music, Twenty Nine Black Music (BMI) and Sparta Music (publisher) (in 1978)
Desmond Dekker42:29
14Wonderful World, Beautiful People
recording of:
Wonderful World, Beautiful People
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff3:11
15Red Roses for a Blue Lady
recording of:
Red Roses for a Blue Lady
writer:
Roy C. Bennett (US songwriter) and Sid Tepper
Bert Kaempfert2:22
16I Saw Linda Yesterday
Dickey Lee2:04
17Lover Please
Clyde McPhatter1:57
18The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde
producer:
Mike Smith (60’s & 70’s UK Producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records (manufacturer/distributor, not for release label use!) (in 1967)
recording of:
The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
lyricist:
Peter Callander
composer:
Mitch Murray
publisher:
Intune Ltd. (publisher)
Georgie Fame3:09
19Ring of Fire
cover recording of:
Ring of Fire
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
Johnny Cash2:35
3▶CD: Great British Greats & Golden Groups – Golden Memories
4▶CD: All‐Time Favourites from Stage and Screen & The Immortal Legends