Track Listing

1. Shine On Harvest Moon - Lewis, Archie & Geraldo Orchestra
2. You Came Along (From Out Of Nowhere) - Lewis, Archie & Geraldo Orchestra
3. I'm So All Alone - Lewis, Archie & Geraldo Orchestra
4. No One Else Will Do - Lewis, Archie & Geraldo Orchestra
5. June Comes Around Every Year - Lewis, Archie & Geraldo Orchestra
6. If I Had My Way - Roy, Harry Band & Marjorie Kingsley
7. Sunday Monday Or Always - Roy, Harry Band & Marjorie Kingsley
8. Down Argentina Way - Roy, Harry Band & Marjorie Kingsley
9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Roy, Harry Band & Marjorie Kingsley
10. Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me - Roy, Harry Band & Marjorie Kingsley
11. Moon - Browne, Sam & The Blue Mountaineers
12. I Forgot The Little Things - Wilbur, Jay & His Band/Sam Browne
13. Little Old Lady - Browne, Sam & Bert Ambrose Orchestra
14. Lady On The Cameo - Wilbur, Jay & His Band/Sam Browne
15. Greatest Mistake Of My Life - Browne, Sam & Bert Ambrose Orchestra
16. Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga - Green, Paula & Joe Loss Orchestra
17. Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Green, Paula & Joe Loss Orchestra
18. I Can't Love You Anymore - Green, Paula & Joe Loss Orchestra
19. One Look At You - Green, Paula & Joe Loss Orchestra
20. Whose Little What's It Are You - Green, Paula & Joe Loss Orchestra
21. Francesca - Dean, Alan & Carrol Gibbons Orchestra
22. Over Wyoming - Dean, Alan & Carrol Gibbons Orchestra
23. Oh What It Seemed To Be - Dean, Alan & Carrol Gibbons Orchestra
24. Chickery Chick - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Alan Dean
25. Strange Music - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Alan Dean
26. Amor Amor - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Anne Shelton
27. You Made Me Care - Loss, Joe & His Orchestra/Chick Henderson
28. If You Hadn't Asked Me To Dance - Roy, Harry & His Band/Chick Henderson
29. Breeze And I - Roy, Harry & His Band/Chick Henderson
30. Until You Fall In Love - Roy, Harry & His Band/Chick Henderson
31. Some Sunny Day - Loss, Joe & His Orchestra/Chick Henderson
32. Organ Grinder's Swing - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Evelyn Dall
33. Did You Mean It - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Evelyn Dall
34. Wotcha Gotcha Your Trombone For - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Evelyn Dall
35. My Wubber Dolly - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Evelyn Dall
36. Mr Jones (Are You Coming To Bed) - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Evelyn Dall
37. What Goes Up Must Come Down - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Cyril Grantham
38. Small Town - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Cyril Grantham
39. How Beautiful You Are - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Cyril Grantham
40. To Mary With Love - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Cyril Grantham
41. I Hear A Dream - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Cyril Grantham
42. Just For The Fun Of It - Lenner, Ann & Carroll Gibbons/The Savoy Orpheans
43. All The Things You Are - Lenner, Ann & Carroll Gibbons/The Savoy Orpheans
44. For The Fun Of It - Lenner, Ann & Carroll Gibbons/The Savoy Orpheans
45. My Heart Belongs To Daddy - Lenner, Ann & Carroll Gibbons/The Savoy Orpheans
46. What's New - Lenner, Ann & Carroll Gibbons/The Savoy Orpheans
47. Day In Day Out - Lenner, Ann & Carroll Gibbons/The Savoy Orpheans
48. I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest - Geraldo Orchestra & Dorothy Carless
49. Jim - Geraldo Orchestra & Dorothy Carless
50. Five O'clock Whistle - Wibur, Jay & His Band/Dorothy Carless
51. I Don't Want To Walk Without You - Geraldo Orchestra & Dorothy Carless
52. That Lovely Weekend - Geraldo Orchestra & Dorothy Carless
53. Temptation - Preager, Lou & His Orchestra/Paul Rich
54. Don't Be A Baby Baby - Preager, Lou & His Orchestra/Paul Rich
55. Bow Bells - Preager, Lou & His Orchestra/Paul Rich
56. Ashby De La Zouch (Castle Abbey) - Preager, Lou & His Orchestra/Paul Rich
57. Let's Keep It That Way - Preager, Lou & His Orchestra/Paul Rich
58. Things We Did Last Summer - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Carole Carr
59. I Walked In (With My Eyes Wide Open) - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Carole Carr
60. My Heart Sings - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Carole Carr
61. Every Time - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Carole Carr
62. Gotta Be This Or That - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Carole Carr
63. Life Is Nothing Without Music - Gibbons, Carroll & His Orchestra/George Melachrino
64. Hour Never Passes - Ambrose & His Orchestra/George Melachrino
65. My Heart Is Taking Lessons - Gibbons, Carroll & His Orchestra/George Melachrino
66. For The Want Of You - Ambrose & His Orchestra/George Melachrino
67. Stairway To The Stars - Ambrose & His Orchestra/George Melachrino
68. You Started Something - Cotton, Billy & His Band/Dolly Elsie
69. Over The Rainbow - Hylton, Jack & His Orchestra/Dolly Elsie
70. Faithful Forever - Hylton, Jack & His Orchestra/Dolly Elsie
71. Boom - Hylton, Jack & His Orchestra/Dolly Elsie
72. Are You Having Any Fun - Hylton, Jack & His Orchestra/Dolly Elsie
73. Remember Me - Preager, Lou Orchestra & Rita Williams
74. Kiss Me (Besame Mucho) - Preager, Lou Orchestra & Rita Williams
75. By The River Of The Roses - Benson, Ivy All Girl Band & Rita Williams
76. I Dream In The Arms Of My Darling - Benson, Ivy All Girl Band & Rita Williams
77. Don't Take Your Love From Me - Preager, Lou Orchestra & Rita Williams
78. Afterglow - Gonella, Nat & His Georgians/Jimmy Messene
79. Symphony Of The Breeze - Glover, George & His Orchestra/Jimmy Messene
80. Jealous - Gonella, Nat & His Georgians/Jimmy Messene
81. Sophisticated Lady - Gonella, Nat & His Georgians/Jimmy Messene
82. It's The Talk Of The Town - Gonella, Nat & His Georgians/Jimmy Messene
83. Begin The Beguine - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Eve Becke
84. Did My Heart Beat Did I Fall In Love - Kunz, Charlie & His Orchestra/Eve Becke
85. Let's Stop The Clock - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Eve Becke
86. How Do You Do Mr Right - Geraldo & His Orchestra/Eve Becke
87. Let's Sit This One Out - Kunz, Charlie & His Orchestra/Eve Becke/Harry Bentley
88. Whispering - Bowlly, Al & Jock McDermott Band
89. Tell Me (You Love Me) - Bowlly, Al & Sid Phillips Melodians
90. From Me To You - Stone, Lew & His Band/Al Bowly
91. Hurt - Fox, Roy & His Band/Al Bowlly
92. My Sweet Virginia - Fox, Roy & His Band/Al Bowlly
93. You're Here You're There (You're Everywhere) - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Vera Lynn
94. Sympathy - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Vera Lynn
95. I'm In Love For The Last Time - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Vera Lynn
96. I Promise You - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Vera Lynn
97. Somewhere In France With You - Ambrose & His Orchestra/Vera Lynn

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15327 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .84 pounds

Customer Reviews

Ultimate collection
An absolutely fantastic collection of 'dance band and vocalist' favourites - get this and you won't really need any other dance band CD's! The sound quality is superb (considering the original medium of 78's), only the slight muffling of cymbals revealing the age of the recordings. Nearly all the songs have the typical format of 'one minute band playing tune' followed by 'minute and a half of singing' finishing with 'minute of band playing' again. In addition, most numbers are lively ones, with only a few of the more ballad-style pieces. Overall verdict: excellent collection worth every penny.

great bands great singers
i never tire of listening to these great c.ds. real music played by top class musicians, sung by top class singers

Elegant
There isn't much I can add to what the previous reviewers have said, except that the quality of the transfers is particularly clear. None of the flatness one often receives with older recordings which have been 'cleaned up'; other than the fact that they are (quite correctly) presented in mono, they sound as if they could have been recorded yesterday. For the price, I really don't see how anyone could resist.