Track Listing

1. Summertime - Larry Adler, Peter Gabriel
2. Do What You Do - Larry Adler, Chris De Burgh
3. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Larry Adler, Sting
4. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Larry Adler, Lisa Stansfield
5. Someone To Watch Over Me / Love Is Here To Stay - Larry Adler, Elton John
6. I've Got A Crush On You - Larry Adler, Carly Simon
7. But Not For Me - Larry Adler, Elvis Costello
8. It Ain't Necessarily So - Larry Adler, Cher
9. The Man I Love - Larry Adler, Kate Bush
10. How Long Has This Been Going On - Larry Adler, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
11. Embraceable You - Larry Adler, Oleta Adams
12. Bidin' My Time - Larry Adler, Willard White
13. My Man's Gone Now - Larry Adler, Sinead O'Connor
14. I Got Rhythm - Larry Adler, Robert Palmer
15. Somebody Loves Me - Larry Adler, Meat Loaf
16. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - Larry Adler, Issy Van Randwyck
17. Summertime - Larry Adler, Courtney Pine
18. Rhapsody In Blue - Larry Adler, George Martin

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17183 in Music
• Released on: 1998-06-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 77 minutes

Customer Reviews

A truely spectacular album for almost any record collection.
This album is brimming with famous names singing songs you are probably at least vaguely aware of; you just didn't associate some of those singers with those sort of songs before. Chris DeBurgh's rendition of 'Do what you do' is one of the most romantic and sentimental tracks of the decade. The sheer power of Lisa Stansfield's 'They can't take that away from me' or Cher's 'It Aint Necessarily So' might even make you want to buy a better stereo, but the best is yet to come! Kate Bush singing 'The Man I love', Meatloaf singing 'Somebody Loves Me', and Courtney Pine singing 'Summertime'. On some of the tracks you instantly recognise the singer because of their distinctive voice e.g. Elvis Costello, but others are so far out of their usual context you will end up looking at the sleeve to see who it is. The quality of sound recording is absolutely tip-top as you would expect of 1994 professional studio recordings. It follows that combined with the extraordinary artistic talents involved (both singers and musicians), this may well be the ultimate Gershwin recording. I wasn't a Gershwin fan at all until I heard it. Someone nicked my first copy - so I'm ordering another one.

Meatloaf sings Gershwin !
This album is extremely enjoyable and contains some of the greatest music and best loved songs of the 20th Century. These are fine sensitive performances by well known artists. I can't add anything to the previous reviews except my endorsement - highly recommended, nuff said.

Glorious, definitely
If you love Gershwin you'll love this. The most unexpected people singing some glorious songs, I love Meatloaf, but never thought I would hear my favourite singer singing my favourite composer. Sinead O'Connor, Elvis Costello the list goes on. The songs are classics & the singers do them justice. If you don't have any Gershwin CDs get this one.