- Audio CD (Feb 1 1998)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Cast Recording, Best of
- Label: Rhino-Atlantic
- Run Time: 92 minutes
- ASIN: B0000033N9
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #166,315 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Young And Healthy - Dick Powell, Toby Wing and Chorus | |||
| 2. Shuffle Off To Buffalo - Ruby Keeler, Clarence Nordstrum... | |||
| 3. 42nd Street - Ruby Keller, Dick Powell and Chorus | |||
| 4. We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song) - Ginger Rogers and Chorus | |||
| 5. I've Got To Sing A Torch Song - Ginger Rogers | |||
| 6. The Shadow Waltz - Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus | |||
| 7. Remember My Forgotten Man - Etta Moten, Joan Blondell and Chorus | |||
| 8. Honeymoon Hotel - Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Chorus | |||
| 9. By A Waterfall - Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus | |||
| 10. Shanghai Lil - James Cagney, Ruby Keeler and Chorus | |||
See all 11 tracks on this disc
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Spin A Little Web Of Dreams - Verree Teasdale and Chorus | |||
| 2. The Girl At The Ironing Board - Joan Blondell and Chorus | |||
| 3. I Only Have Eyes For You - Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus | |||
| 4. Dames - Dick Powell and Chorus | |||
| 5. The Words Are In My Heart - Dick Powell and Chorus | |||
| 6. Lullaby Of Broadway - Winifred Shaw, Dick Powell and Chorus | |||
| 7. The Lady In Red - Winifred Shaw, Judy Canova and Chorus | |||
| 8. All's Fair In Love And War - Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Lee Dixon... | |||
| 9. Hooray For Hollywood - Dick Powell, Frances Langford,... | |||
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
In 1932 with 42nd Street and its pricelessly kitsch, kaleidoscopic dance routines, Busby Berkeley reinvented a genre that following the advent of sound had grown stale all too quickly. But as dazzling as these sequences are on screen, much of their lasting appeal lies in the captivating songs that inspired them. Though neither Harry Warren or Al Dubin would become household names like Porter, Rodgers or Berlin their many standards live on as a much-loved part of our musical heritage. This exquisite two-disc set is therefore as much of a celebration of their song-writing skills as it is of Berkeley's choreography. So sit back and wallow in such impeccably melodic numbers as "I only have eyes for you", "42nd Street", "Lullaby of Broadway", "Dames", "The shadow waltz", "Shuffle off to Buffalo" and "Remember my forgotten man", many of which are presented in their extravagant entirety for the first time. Besides including several songs by other writers, most notably "Hooray for Hollywood" and "By a waterfall", this lavishly documented set is also a tribute to Warner Bros's veteran music director Ray Heindorf, whose agile, expansive arrangements skilfully maintain interest in each song throughout a succession of reprises that often last for over 10 minutes! --Robert Seeley
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Busby and the Kings of Melody,
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This review is from: The Lullaby of.. (Audio CD)
Dick Powell sings in Dames, ‘Who writes the words and music for all the girlie shows? No one cares, and no one knows.’ Fortunately with this wonderful soundtrack set we’ll always know. For me these Warner Brothers movies exist for the Busby Berkeley sequences and the gorgeous melodies. The twenty tracks, from ten movies, have something for everyone, my favorites are By a Waterfall from ‘Footlight Parade’ (1933) Spin a Little Web of Dreams from ‘Fashions of 1934’ and Dames from the 1934 movie of the same name. The lovely melodies by Harry Warren and Sammy Fain just stay with you. These two had to solve some interesting problems with the dance sequences as they lasted for some minutes but the arrangements were quite short, solved by repeat the theme over and over but with subtly changing orchestration. The melody of By a Waterfall is repeated twelve times during the water sequence but you don’t notice while watching it. As this is soundtrack material, recorded in the Thirties, I found the quality surprisingly good and the forty-four page booklet with CDs is full of information. If you want to know more try and find a copy of ‘The Busby Berkeley Book’ by Tony Thomas and Jim Terry, published in 1973, the complete story in words and (lots of) pictures.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Busby and the Kings of Melody,
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This review is from: The Lullaby of.. (Audio CD)
Dick Powell sings in Dames, 'Who writes the words and music for all the girlie shows? No one cares, and no one knows.' Fortunately with this wonderful soundtrack set we'll always know. For me these Warner Bros movies exist for the Busby Berkeley sequences and the gorgeous melodies. The twenty tracks, from ten movies, have something for everyone, my favorites are, By a Waterfall from 'Footlight Parade' (1933) Spin a Little Web of Dreams from 'Fashions of 1934' and Dames from the 1934 movie of the same name. The lovely melodies by Harry Warren and Sammy Fain just stay with you. These two had to solve some interesting problems with the dance sequences as they lasted for some minutes but the arrangements were quite short, solved by repeating the theme over and over but with subtly changing orchestration. The melody of By a Waterfall is repeated twelve times during the water sequence but you don't notice while watching it. An interesting track is We're in the money from 'Gold Diggers of 1933' where Ginger Rogers sings the song and then sings it again in Pig Latin, this was a novelty language of the Thirties. For the curious, this involves taking the first letter of a word and placing it at the end and then adding the letters AY. Confused? Yes, so am I but you can find out more by putting the term into any search engine. As this is soundtrack material, recorded in the Thirties, I found the quality surprisingly good and the forty-four page booklet with the CDs is full of information. If you want to know more try and find a copy of 'The Busby Berkeley Book' by Tony Thomas and Jim Terry, published in 1973, the complete story in words and (lots of) pictures.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Hollywood musicals!,
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This review is from: The Lullaby of.. (Audio CD)
If you haven't seen the musicals these recordings come from, the songs may seem a bit thin, or overlong. But if you have an appreciation of the lavish nuttiness of Berkeley's best work, then these tunes may conjure delightful images of Dick Powell and all them leggy dames, and the crazy kaleidoscopic dance routines that made these films so fab. This 2-CD set includes material from "42nd Street," "Gold Diggers of 1933," "Footlight Parade," "Wonder Bar," "Fashions of 1934," "Dames," "Gold Diggers of 1935," "In Caliente," "Gold Diggers of 1937," and "Hollywood Hotel." Harry Warren's scores are often frivolous and dingbatty, which is part of what made them so much fun in conjunction with the spectacles on screen. They also work fine on their own, at least to a certain degree. For fans, this collection is a must.
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