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The Hal Kemp Hits Collection 1930-41
The Hal Kemp Hits Collection 1930-41

Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
Styles: Easy Listening, Jazz
Catalogue Number: ADDCD3357
Hal Kemp was one of the most consistently successful and prolific hitmakers among the many popular bandleaders whose orchestras played the “sweet” style of music which dominated the radio airwaves during the 1930s in the USA, their repertoire not only encompassing dance band music, but vocal renditions of some of the hot new songs of the day emerging from Tin Pan Alley, along with compositions from the stage shows and movies which the Great American Songbook writers like Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart were creating. This excellent-value 45-track 2-CD collection completely comprises the biggest of his 58 career hits on the Brunswick and Victor labels before his untimely death in 1940 at the age of 38 in a road accident. It features the No. 1s “There’s A Small Hotel”, “When I’m With You”, “This Year’s Kisses”, “Where or When”, and his other Top 3 hits “There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time”, “Shuffle Off To Buffalo”, “For All We Know”, “With All My Heart”, “A Star Fell Out Of Heaven”, and “The Touch Of Your Lips”. Featured vocalists include Skinny Ennis, Maxine Grey, Bob Allen, Saxie Dowell, Nan Wynn and Janet Blair. It's a substantial, nostalgic and evocative overview of the hit career of a highly successful orchestra leader, with early versions of some of the great songs of the era.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 H'lo Baby Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
2 If I Had A Girl Like You Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
3 (There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Saving Time  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
4 Forty-Second Street Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
5 Shuffle Off To Buffalo  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
6 You've Got Me Crying Again  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
7 I've Got To Sing A Torch Song  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
8 Love Is The Sweetest Thing Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
9 Good Night, Lovely Little Lady Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
10 Love In Bloom Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
11 For All We Know Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
12 Irresistible Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
13 Hands Across The Table Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
14 Lullaby Of Broadway  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
15 Once Upon A Midnight Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
16 Thrilled Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
17 Alone Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
18 With All My Heart Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
19 Where Am I (Am I In Heaven) Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
20 Dinner For One, Please, James Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
21 The Music Goes Round And Round Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
22 Lost Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
23 The Touch Of Your Lips Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Gloomy Sunday Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
2 There's A Small Hotel  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
3 I Don't Want To Make History (I Just Want To Make Love)  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
4 When I'm With You Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
5 A Star Fell Out Of Heaven Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
6 Me And The Moon Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
7 I've Got You Under My Skin  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
8 Pennies From Heaven  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
9 With Plenty Of Money And You Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
10 Goodnight, My Love Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
11 This Year's Kisses Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
12 What Will I Tell My Heart? Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
13 Where Or When Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
14 Whispers In The Dark Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
15 Where In The World Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
16 The Night Is Filled With Music  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
17 Don't Worry 'Bout Me  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
18 The Chestnut Tree ('Neath The Spreading Chestnut Tree) Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
19 Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
20 Love For Sale Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
21 What's New Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
22 So You're The One  Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
23 It All Comes Back To Me Now Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
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