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The Ray Anthony Collection 1949-62
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
Styles: Easy Listening, Pop
Catalogue Number: ACTRCD9102
Ray Anthony is a trumpeter, bandleader, composer and film star who led one of the most respected and successful big bands of the 1950s. Starting his career as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the early 1940s, he launched his own band after serving in the US Navy in WWII, and had his first hit with “A Dreamer’s Holiday” in 1949, racking up a string of over 25 chart entries through into the 1960s. This great-value 82-Track 3-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from his one hundred or so singles on the Capitol label during this era, and features 26 US Billboard and Cash Box chart entries plus his UK hits, including the No. 2 successes “At Last” and “Dragnet”, and his other Top 10 hits “Sentimental Me, “Count Every Star”, “Can Anyone Explain”, “Harbor Lights”, “Nevertheless, As Time Goes By”, and “Peter Gunn”. It includes hit performances by his featured vocalists Dick Noel, Ronnie Deauville, The Skyliners, Tommy Mercer, Gloria Craig, Marcie Miller and Jo Ann Greer, as well as many notable jazz-flavoured instrumentals which provide a fine vehicle for Ray Anthony’s substantial talent as a trumpeter. It’s an entertaining showcase for one of the best and most innovative contemporary big bands of these years. |
Disk 1: |
Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
Darktown Strutter's Ball |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Noel |
2 |
Slider |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
3 |
A Dreamer's Holiday |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Noel |
4 |
Sitting By The Window |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Noel & The Skyliners |
5 |
Count Every Star |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Noel |
6 |
Spaghetti Rag |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
7 |
Sentimental Me |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville |
8 |
Little Peach From East Orange |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. The Skyliners |
9 |
In The Mood |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
10 |
Tenderly |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
11 |
Roses |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville |
12 |
Scattered Toys |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville |
13 |
Mama, Teach Me To Do The Charleston |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. The Skyliners |
14 |
Lackawanna Local |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
15 |
Young Man With A Horn |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
16 |
Stardust |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
17 |
Can Anyone Explain? |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville & The Skyliners |
18 |
Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville & The Skyliners |
19 |
Harbor Lights |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville |
20 |
Harlem Nocturne |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
21 |
Mr Anthony's Boogie |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
22 |
Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville & The Skyliners |
23 |
The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville |
24 |
Be My Love |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville |
25 |
Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
26 |
Mr Anthony's Blues |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
Disk 2: |
Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
These Things I Offer You |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Skyliners |
2 |
Vilia |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
3 |
My Truly, Truly Fair |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer |
4 |
The Fox |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
5 |
Deep Night |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
6 |
Undecided |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer, Gloria Craig & The Skyliners |
7 |
Brother Fats |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Gloria Craig & The Skyliners |
8 |
The Honeydripper |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
9 |
At Last |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir |
10 |
Bermuda |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & Marcie Miller |
11 |
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer |
12 |
I Hear A Rhapsody |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir |
13 |
Moonlight Saving Time |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Marcie Miller & The Skyliners |
14 |
There Are Such Things |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir |
15 |
You're Driving Me Crazy |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Marcie Miller |
16 |
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
17 |
As Time Goes By |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir |
18 |
Scatterbrain |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Marcie Miller & The Skyliners |
19 |
Marilyn |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Skyliners |
20 |
Idaho |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
21 |
Street Scene |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
22 |
On The Trail |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
23 |
Wild Horses |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Jo Ann Greer |
24 |
True Blue Lou |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
25 |
The Bunny Hop |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
26 |
The Hokey Pokey |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Jo Ann Greer & The Skyliners |
27 |
Thunderbird |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Feat. Leo Anthony |
Disk 3: |
Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
That's My Weakness Now |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Jo Ann Greer & Marcie Miller |
2 |
Dragnet |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
3 |
Dancing In The Dark |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
4 |
Another Dawn, Another Day |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
5 |
Sound Off |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
6 |
Oh Mein Papa |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
7 |
Secret Love |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir |
8 |
Tuxedo Junction |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
9 |
Dance, My Heart |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. The Anthony Choir |
10 |
Skokiaan |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
11 |
Heat Wave |
Ray Anthony |
12 |
Something's Gotta Give |
Ray Anthony, Voc. The Skyliners |
13 |
Learnin' The Blues |
Ray Anthony |
14 |
Pete Kelly's Blues |
Ray Anthony |
15 |
Flip Flop |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
16 |
Rockin' Through Dixie |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
17 |
Calypso Dance |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
18 |
The Incredible Shrinking Man |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
19 |
The Lonely Trumpet |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
20 |
Peter Gunn |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
21 |
Walkin' To Mother's |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
22 |
707 |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
23 |
Stockholm Blues |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
24 |
Tres Chic |
Ray Anthony |
25 |
The Gurney Slade Theme |
Ray Anthony |
26 |
Champs Élysées |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
27 |
Tequila With A Twist |
Ray Anthony |
28 |
Worried Mind |
Ray Anthony, With Orch. Cond. by Jimmie Haskell |
29 |
Let Me Entertain You |
Ray Anthony, With Orch. Cond. by Jimmie Haskell |