These Were Our Songs: The Early ’50s

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: Golden Showcase of the 1950s
2▶CD: All‐Time Great Ballad Hits
3▶CD: 1950/51
4▶CD: 1951/52
5▼CD: 1952/53
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1Kiss of Fire
Georgia Gibbs2:31
2Because You’re Mine
recording of:
Because You’re Mine (Because You’re Mine)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Nicholas Brodzsky
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
part of:
The 25th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Nat King Cole3:15
3At Last, at Last
Lee Lawrence3:01
4Half as Much
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-08-23)
producer:
Al Ham and Mitch Miller
vocals:
Rosemary Clooney (on 1951-08-23)
conductor:
Percy Faith (on 1951-08-23)
arranger:
Jimmy Carroll (1913 - 1972, songwriter, orchestra arranger & conductor)
cover recording of:
Half as Much (on 1951-08-23)
lyricist and composer:
Curley Williams (in 1951)
publisher:
Fred Rose Music, Inc. (in 1951) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-10-17)
Rosemary Clooney32:51
5I’m Yours
Eddie Fisher2:53
6We Won’t Live in a Castle
Jimmy Young3:03
7Marching Strings
Ray Martin2:45
8Let’s Walk That‐A‐Way
recording of:
Let's Walk That-A-Way
writer:
Kay Twomey, Ben Weisman and Fred Wise
Doris Day and Johnnie Ray2:42
9Ricochet
Joan Regan2:49
10All the Time and Everywhere
Dickie Valentine3:10
11How Much Is That Doggie in the Window
recording of:
(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?
lyricist and composer:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
publisher:
Golden Bell Songs and Joy Music Inc.
Patti Page2.652:30
12Ebb Tide
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra3:02
13Oh Happy Day
The Johnston Brothers2:15
14I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
The Beverley Sisters2:34
15Poppa Piccolino
recording of:
Poppa Piccolino (1952 Sanremo song; english lyrics)
lyricist:
Mario Panzeri (Italian lyricist and composer)
composer:
Vittorio Mascheroni
translator:
Bob Musel (American journalist, lyricist) and Giuseppe Rastelli (Italian lyricist)
is based on:
Papaveri e papere (1952 Sanremo song)
Diana Decker3:01
16Can’t I
alto saxophone:
Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1953-01-14)
bass:
Jack Agee (on 1953-01-14) and Ralph Peña (on 1953-01-14)
bongos and congas:
Jack Costanzo (on 1953-01-14)
clarinet and saxophone:
Bob Dawes (on 1953-01-14) and Charles Deremo (on 1953-01-14)
drums (drum set):
John Markham (on 1953-01-14)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1953-01-14)
piano:
Cliff Fishback (on 1953-01-14)
tenor saxophone:
Richard Clay (on 1953-01-14) and Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1953-01-14)
trombone:
Karl DeKarske (on 1953-01-14), Dick Nash (on 1953-01-14), Robert Reisiger (on 1953-01-14) and Si Zentner (on 1953-01-14)
trumpet:
Tony Facciuto (on 1953-01-14), Conrad Gozzo (on 1953-01-14), Jack H. Laubach (trumpeter) (on 1953-01-14), Robert McKinzie (on 1953-01-14) and Andy Peele (40s jazz trumpeter) (on 1953-01-14)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1953-01-14)
orchestra:
Billy May & His Orchestra (on 1953-01-14)
conductor:
Billy May (on 1953-01-14)
arranger:
Billy May
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-01-14)
cover recording of:
Can’t I? (on 1953-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Lovett Jr
Nat King Cole3:17
17If You Love Me
organ:
Charles Smart (organist)
vocals:
Vera Lynn
conductor:
Roland Shaw (composer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
translator:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist)
publisher:
Editions Edimarton, Pompidou Music and Raoul Breton Editions
translated version of:
Hymne à l’amour
Vera Lynn2:58
6▶CD: 1953/54