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The Eddy Duchin Hits Collection 1932-42
The Eddy Duchin Hits Collection 1932-42

Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
Styles: Easy Listening
Catalogue Number: ACTRCD9099
Eddy Duchin was a pianist and hugely successful bandleader during the 1930s and early ‘40s, specialising in the middle-of-the-road “sweet” music that was popular on radio, his broadcasts giving him a profile that brought him a continuous string of hit records during the decade covered by this collection. However, he was unable to pick up the threads of his chart success when he returned to the scene after war service and died in 1951 from leukaemia at the age of 1941. His ornate and flourishing style had its roots in classical music, and his reputation as a popular entertainer led to the famously successful 1956 biopic “The Eddy Duchin Story”. This great-value 71-track 3-CD set consists entirely of recordings credited with Top 30 chart positions (the formal Billboard record sales charts were not launched until 1940), and contains just about all his career hits on the Columbia, Brunswick and Victor labels, including no less than 10 No. 1s - “Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?”, “Let’s Fall In Love”, “I Won’t Dance”, “Lovely To Look At”, “You Are My Lucky Star”, “I’ll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs”, “Lights Out”, “Moon Over Miami”, “Take My Heart” and “It’s De-Lovely” – with most of the recordings featuring one of his many male or female vocalists. It’s a feast of evocative easy-on-the-ear orchestral music which includes early versions of many great standards from the era, and which will appeal to lovers of nostalgia as well as offering a substantial and enjoyable showcase for one of the big stars of the pre-war years.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 Snuggled On Your Shoulder (Cuddled In Your Arms)  Eddy Duchin & His Central Park Casino Orchestra
2 Now You've Got Me Worryin' For You  Eddy Duchin & His Central Park Casino Orchestra
3 Night And Day Eddy Duchin & His Central Park Casino Orchestra
4 Hold Me Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
5 I Can't Remember Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
6 I Cover The Waterfront Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
7 Isn’t It Heavenly? Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
8 An Orchid To You  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
9 Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
10 Trouble In Paradise Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
11 Did You Ever See A Dream Walking? Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
12 Let's Fall In Love  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
13 This Little Piggy Went To Market  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
14 I Was In The Mood  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
15 Why Do I Dream These Dreams?  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
16 May I?  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
17 She Reminds Me Of You  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
18 Easy Come, Easy Go Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
19 I've Had My Moments  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
20 Riptide  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
21 Dust On The Moon Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
22 I Never Had A Chance Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 I Only Have Eyes For You Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
2 Dames Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
3 Haunting Me  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
4 I Won't Dance Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
5 Lovely To Look At  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
6 It's An Old Southern Custom  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
7 You're All I Need  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
8 Cheek To Cheek  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
9 I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
10 You Are My Lucky Star  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
11 Lights Out  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
12 Moon Over Miami  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
13 A Melody From The Sky  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
14 It's Great To Be In Love Again  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
15 Take My Heart  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
16 Dream Awhile  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
17 I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
18 Pennies From Heaven  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
19 It's De-Lovely  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
20 Love And Learn  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
21 Moonlight And Shadows  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
22 Let's Call The Whole Thing Off  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
23 The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
24 Ol' Man Mose  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
Disk 3:
Track Title Artist
1 How Can We Be Wrong?  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
2 My Reverie  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
3 Heart And Soul  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
4 From Now On  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
5 Get Out Of Town  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
6 (Don't Wait Till) The Night Before Christmas  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
7 I Go For That  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
8 Comes Love  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
9 Honestly Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
10 Smarty Pants  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
11 It's A Hap, Hap, Happy Day  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
12 In An Old Dutch Garden (By An Old Dutch Mill) Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
13 The Gaucho Serenade Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
14 Only Forever  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
15 The Same Old Story Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
16 Down Argentina Way  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
17 Two Dreams Met  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
18 Dream Valley  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
19 I Give You My Word  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
20 So You're The One  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
21 It All Comes Back To Me Now  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
22 You Walk By  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
23 Number Ten Lullaby Lane Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
24 I Could Write A Book Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
25 Sometimes Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra
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