Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra – 1935-1936

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This second volume in the Tommy Dorsey chronology contains nine performances by Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven, an ensemble that feels at times like the antidote to the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The Clambake Seven, you see, was more of a real jazz ensemble, while the big band often served mainly as a jazz-inflected vehicle for backing up pop vocalists. Edythe Wright was generally more energetic, substantial, and interesting than Dorsey’s drawling drones Jack Leonard and Buddy Gately, both standard-issue crooners with about as much personal warmth as catsup and gelatin. Edythe Wright could spice up most any pop tune, and interjected lots of clever remarks in the manner of Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, or Louis Armstrong. Sounding at times merely like a white girl trying to be hip, she nevertheless interacted quite well with the soloists and helped to loosen up a potentially uptight atmosphere even when engaging in formulaic behavior such as carefully exclaiming “my, my!” at the end of a song. She was at her best during “The Music Goes ‘Round and Around,” which offers a rare opportunity to hear the rather squeaky speaking voice of Sterling Bose, a magnificent trumpeter who appeared steadily with Dorsey’s large and small groups until he was more or less replaced by Max Kaminsky in March of 1936, which is when Dave Tough came aboard. Tommy Dorsey was adept at taking other peoples’ musical ideas and turning them into lucrative hits. Case in point: “The Music Goes ‘Round and Around” was composed by Mike Riley and Eddie Farley, who recorded it with their own orchestra only six weeks prior to the version heard here. Tommy Dorsey made the real money off of this cute little novelty tune (AllMusic).

Track listing:
00:00 1
The Music Goes ‘Round and Around
Eddie Farley / Red Hodgson / Mike Riley
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
03:23 2
(If I Had) Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin / Jimmie Lunceford / Don Raye
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
06:07 3
Lovely Lady
Ted Koehler / Jimmy McHugh
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
09:16 4
Weary
Mort Dixon / Allie Wrubel
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
12:33 5
I’m Shooting High
Ted Koehler / Jimmy McHugh
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
15:12 6
I Picked a Flower the Color of Your Eyes
Richard A. Whiting
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
18:38 7
Please Believe Me
Larry Yoell
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
21:41 8
Let It Be Me
Mort Dixon / Allie Wrubel
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
24:10 9
One Night in Monte Carlo
Sam M. Lewis / Al Sherman / Abner Silver
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
27:17 10
The Day I Let You Get Away
Vee Lawnhurst / Tot Seymour
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
30:09 11
Love Will Live On
Brooks Bowman
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
33:33 12
Then I Shan’t Love You Anymore
Brooks Bowman
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
36:23 13
Gotta Go to Work Again
Edgar Fairchild
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
39:37 14
A Little Rendezvous in Honolulu
Johnny Burke / Edgar Leslie
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
42:46 15
That Lovely Night in Budapest
Peter DeRose / Sam M. Lewis
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
45:59 16
Every Minute of the Hour
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
48:29 17
You
Harold Adamson / Walter Donaldson
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
51:20 18
Robins and Roses
Joe Burke / Edgar Leslie
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
54:27 19
You Never Looked So Beautiful
Harold Adamson / Walter Donaldson
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
56:56 20
You Started Me Dreaming
J. Fred Coots / Benny Davis
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
59:40 21
It’s You I’m Talking About
Mack Gordon / Harry Revel
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
01:02:27 22
Will I Ever Know It?
Mack Gordon / Harry Revel
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey
01:05:47 23
Rhythm Saved the World
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
feat: Tommy Dorsey

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Label: Classics (11) – CLASSICS 854
Series: The Classics Chronological Series – 854
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: France
Released: 1995