The Best of Gracie Fields

~ Release by Gracie Fields (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Come Back to Sorrento
recording of:
Come Back to Sorrento
lyricist:
Giambattista De Curtis
composer:
Ernesto De Curtis (composer) (in 1902)
translator:
Claude Aveling
translated version of:
Torna a Surriento
2:58
2Papa, Won’t You Dance With Me?
2:23
3The Biggest Aspidistra in the World
2:32
4If I Knew You Were Coming I’d’ve Baked a Cake
cover recording of:
If I Knew You Were Comin’ (I’d’ve Baked a Cake) (in 1950)
writer:
Clem Watts, Al Hoffman and Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
2:56
5When I Grow Too Old to Dream
vocals:
Gracie Fields (from 1935-07 until 1935-08)
recording of:
When I Grow Too Old to Dream (from 1935-07 until 1935-08)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1934)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music
translated version of:
Altijd zal het zomer zijn
3:08
6Bluebird of Happiness
3:00
7Pedro the Fisherman
3:31
8If I Can Help Somebody
3:17
9Serenade of the Bells
3:20
10Count Your Blessings
2:56
11Red Sails in the Sunset
3:23
12McNamara’s Band
3:14
13Bless This House
vocals:
Gracie Fields
recording of:
Bless This House
lyricist:
Helen Taylor (poet / lyricist)
composer:
May Brahe (composer)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Pub. Ltd.
3:11
14Forever and Ever
2:55
15Little Old Lady
3:06
16A Letter to a Soldier
2:25
17I Took My Harp to a Party
3:04
18At the End of the Day
recording of:
At the End of the Day
writer:
Donald O'Keefe
2:53
19How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
recording of:
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? (from "Finian's Rainbow")
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Burton Lane
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Glocca Morra Music Corp.
part of:
Finian’s Rainbow (1947 Broadway musical)
3:02
20Now Is the Hour
recording of:
Now Is the Hour
additional lyricist:
Dorothy Stewart (from 1945 until 1947)
lyricist:
Maewa Kaihau (in 1920)
composer:
Clement Scott (Clement William Scott, 1841-1904, theatre critic, playwright and lyricist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., On Backstreet Music Inc., Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and The Boston Music Company
translated version of:
Po atarau (based on “The Swiss Cradle Song”, with English and Maori lyrics)
3:11

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ASIN:UK: B00004WGDH [info]