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Dick Haymes - I Like The Likes Of You: Broadcast Recordings 1947-62 / Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and popular vocalists of the 1940s and '50s. Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and popular vocalists of the 1940s and '50s, starting his career by following in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, before going solo and having well over thirty hits, selling over nine million records for Decca. He became one of the archetypal crooners of the era, known as 'A Singer's Singer', as well as a movie star, appearing in screen musicals with the likes of Betty Grable. This 54-track 2-CD collection focuses on his performances on the popular radio shows of the day, and comprises recordings of broadcasts from 1947 to 1962. It features performances from the NBC Bandstand Show 1956/1957 with Johnny Guarnieri at the piano, plus songs from The Dick Haymes Show, sponsored by Auto-Lite, The Carnation Contented Hour and Melody Hour, as Guest Star on The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show and The Peggy Lee Show; and from Stars for Defense and others. It includes duets with Martha Tilton, Peggy Lee, Jane Wyman and Fran Jeffries. These are rarely heard and highly collectable recordings, brought together in this format for commercial release for the first time, so this is an absolute must for Dick Haymes fans, and indeed anyone who loves the stylish and classy sophisticated pop and easy listening music of the post-war era.
Dick Haymes - I Like The Likes Of You: Broadcast Recordings 1947-62 / Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and popular vocalists of the 1940s and '50s. Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and popular vocalists of the 1940s and '50s, starting his career by following in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, before going solo and having well over thirty hits, selling over nine million records for Decca. He became one of the archetypal crooners of the era, known as 'A Singer's Singer', as well as a movie star, appearing in screen musicals with the likes of Betty Grable. This 54-track 2-CD collection focuses on his performances on the popular radio shows of the day, and comprises recordings of broadcasts from 1947 to 1962. It features performances from the NBC Bandstand Show 1956/1957 with Johnny Guarnieri at the piano, plus songs from The Dick Haymes Show, sponsored by Auto-Lite, The Carnation Contented Hour and Melody Hour, as Guest Star on The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show and The Peggy Lee Show; and from Stars for Defense and others. It includes duets with Martha Tilton, Peggy Lee, Jane Wyman and Fran Jeffries. These are rarely heard and highly collectable recordings, brought together in this format for commercial release for the first time, so this is an absolute must for Dick Haymes fans, and indeed anyone who loves the stylish and classy sophisticated pop and easy listening music of the post-war era.
824046347123

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Format: CD
Label: ACROBAT
Rel. Date: 07/07/2023
UPC: 824046347123

I Like The Likes Of You: Broadcast Recordings
Artist: Dick Haymes
Format: CD
New: Available $17.61
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. I Like The Likes Of You
2. Just In Time
3. My Melancholy Baby
4. Where Or When
5. Night And Day
6. Moonglow
7. Standing On The Corner
8. All Of Me
9. My Funny Valentine
10. Love Is A Great Big Nothin'
11. More Than You Know
12. Let's Fall In Love
13. Stella By Starlight
14. Love Walked In
15. Come Rain Or Come Shine
16. For Me And My Gal
17. What's New?
18. You Make Me Feel So Young
19. Give Me The Simple Life
20. April In Paris
21. Autumn Leaves
22. Come Rain Or Come Shine
23. It's Only A Paper Moon
24. The Very Thought Of You
25. What A Difference A Day Made
26. The More I See You
27. Let There Be Love
28. C'est Fini
29. Blue Champagne
30. I'd Know You Anywhere
31. Too Marvellous For Words
32. Love Is The Reason
33. Love Is So Terrific
34. Yesterdays
35. Begin The Beguine
36. Little White Lies
37. The Touch Of Your Hand
38. Rhode Island Is Famous For You
39. East Of The Sun
40. It Was Written In The Stars
41. All My Love
42. I'll Always Love You
43. Such Is My Love
44. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
45. Anytime At All
46. This Can't Be Love
47. Oh, You Crazy Moon
48. Zing A Little Zong
49. Something's Gotta Give
50. Isn't This A Lovely Day
51. Medley: Love Is Here To Stay, They Can't Take That Away From Me
52. Medley: Let's Get Away From It All, The Carioca
53. September Song
54. Daybreak

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Dick Haymes - I Like The Likes Of You: Broadcast Recordings 1947-62 / Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and popular vocalists of the 1940s and '50s. Dick Haymes was one of the most stylish and popular vocalists of the 1940s and '50s, starting his career by following in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, before going solo and having well over thirty hits, selling over nine million records for Decca. He became one of the archetypal crooners of the era, known as 'A Singer's Singer', as well as a movie star, appearing in screen musicals with the likes of Betty Grable. This 54-track 2-CD collection focuses on his performances on the popular radio shows of the day, and comprises recordings of broadcasts from 1947 to 1962. It features performances from the NBC Bandstand Show 1956/1957 with Johnny Guarnieri at the piano, plus songs from The Dick Haymes Show, sponsored by Auto-Lite, The Carnation Contented Hour and Melody Hour, as Guest Star on The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show and The Peggy Lee Show; and from Stars for Defense and others. It includes duets with Martha Tilton, Peggy Lee, Jane Wyman and Fran Jeffries. These are rarely heard and highly collectable recordings, brought together in this format for commercial release for the first time, so this is an absolute must for Dick Haymes fans, and indeed anyone who loves the stylish and classy sophisticated pop and easy listening music of the post-war era.
        
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