Million Dollar Memories [Reader's Digest 9 LP Boxset] [1972] Reader's Digest RDA 166-A (Auto Sequence)

 

"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams." Jeremy Irons

"The Forties . . . the Fifties . . . the Sixties . . . all through those memorable years we were a bit bewildered by change, a bit apprehensive at what lay ahead, but we always had great music - "Sleepy Lagoon," "Mule Train," "Because of You" and all the other songs that helped us smile through the rough times and added pleasure to the good times.  We had Harry James, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett . . . and now we have this album, a collection of our precious memories of those years and the actual hit songs of the day.  This is the music that brings it all back."

Tracklist:

Side 1: 1941-1943 - Riding High With The Big Bands  

01 Why Don't You Do Right? - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra with Peggy Lee, Vocal 

02 Who Wouldn't Love You - Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Trudy and Harry, Vocal  

03 Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James and His Orchestra

04 All Or Nothing At All - Harry James and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra, Vocal 

05 A String of Pearls - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra     

06 Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter and His Troopers  

   

Side 2: 1944 - There Goes That Song Again  

07 I'm Beginning To See The Light - Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen, Vocal  

08 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Les Brown and His Band of Renown   

09 There Goes That Song Again - Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Georgia Carroll, Vocal

10 Bijou - Woody Herman and His Orchestra     

11 Walter Winchell Rhumba - Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra     

12 My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time - Les Brown and His Band of Renown with Doris Day, Vocal 

Side 3: 1945 - We'll Be Together Again  

01 Laura - Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Woody Herman, Vocal

02 It's Been A Long, Long Time - Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen, Vocal

03 We'll Be Together Again - Frankie Laine     

04 Caldonia - Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Woody Herman, Vocal

05 Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy - Dinah Shore     

06 Autumn Serenade - Harry James and His Orchestra    

  

Side 4: 1946-1947 - Love Somebody  

07 Linda - Buddy Clark with Ray Noble and His Orchestra     

08 Peg O' My Heart - Jerry Murad's Harmonicats     

09 Love Somebody - Buddy Clark and Doris Day with Ray Noble and His Orchestra     

10 Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carle and His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes, Vocal

11 Woody Woodpecker - Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Gloria Wood, Vocal

12 How Are Things In Glocca Morra? - Buddy Clark with Ray Noble and His Orchestra     

  

Side 5: 1948 - Tennessee Waltz  

01 Baby, It's Cold Outside - Buddy Clark and Dinah Shore     

02 It's Magic (From "Romance On The High Seas") - Doris Day     

03 My Happiness - Jon and Sondra Steele     

04 Buttons and Bows -  Dinah Shore     

05 On A Slow Boat To China - Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Gloria Wood and Harry Babbitt, Vocal

06 Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page    

Side 6: 1949-1950 - Some Enchanted Evening  

07 Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza     

08 Mule Train - Frankie Laine     

09 Mockin' Bird Hill - Patti Page     

10 That Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine     

11 Harbor Lights - Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra with Tony Alamo and The Kaydets, Vocal

12 My Heart Cries For You - Guy Mitchell     

Side 7: 1951 - Because of You  

01 Cry - Johnnie Ray     

02 A Guy Is A Guy  - Doris Day    

03 Jezebel - Frankie Laine     

04 Come On-a My House - Rosemary Clooney     

05 Because of You - Tony Bennett    

06 Half As Much - Rosemary Clooney    

 

Side 8: 1952 - High Noon  

07 (How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window - Patti Page     

08 Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba Baciami Piccina) - Rosemary Clooney     

09 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller and His Orchestra 

10 Delicado - Percy Faith and His Orchestra     

11 High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) - Frankie Laine     

12 I Believe - Frankie Laine     

Side 9: 1953 - Rags To Riches  

01 Rags To Riches - Tony Bennett     

02 Secret Love (From "Calamity Jane") - Doris Day     

03 The Song From "Moulin Rouge" (Where Is Your Heart) - Percy Faith and His Orchestra with Felicia Sanders, Vocal

04 Just Walking In The Rain - Johnnie Ray    

05 The Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart" - Les Elgart and His Orchestra   

06 Stranger In Paradise - Tony Bennett     

 

Side 10: 1954 - Hey There  

07 Hey There - Rosemary Clooney     

08 Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell     

09 The Man That Got Away (From "A Star Is Born") - Judy Garland     

10 The Bandit (Theme From "O Congaceiro") - Percy Faith and His Orchestra     

11 This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney    

12 Ebb Tide - Roy Hamilton    

Side 11: 1955 - Moments To Remember  

01 The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller, The Gang and Orchestra    

02 The Party's Over - Johnny Mathis    

03 Misty - Erroll Garner     

04 Marianne - The Easy Riders

05 A Woman In Love (From "Guys and Dolls") - Frankie Laine with Percy Faith and His Orchestra    

06 Moments To Remember - The Four Lads   

Side 12: 1956 - Whatever Will Be, Will Be  

07 On The Street Where You Live (From "My Fair Lady") - Vic Damone     

08 I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash     

09 Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será, Será) (From "The Man Who Knew Too Much") - Doris Day     

10 I Could Have Danced All Night (From "My Fair Lady") - André Previn and His Quartet     

11 Standing On The Corner (From "The Most Happy Fella") - The Four Lads    

12 The Twelfth of Never - Johnny Mathis     

Side 13: 1957 - It's Not For Me To Say  

01 It's Not For Me To Say - Johnny Mathis     

02 The Theme From "The Threepenny Opera" (Mack The Knife) - Louis Armstrong     

03 Till - Tony Bennett     

04 Mangos - Rosemary Clooney     

05 The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton     

06 March From The River Kwai - Mitch Miller and His Orchestra   

Side 14: 1958 - A Certain Smile  

07 Everybody Loves A Lover - Doris Day    

08 Gigi (From "Gigi") - Vic Damone     

09 Little Susie - The Ray Bryant Trio   

10 This Is All I Ask - Tony Bennett with Orchestra Conducted By Frank De Vol

11 Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash     

12 A Certain Smile (From "A Certain Smile") - Johnny Mathis 

    

Side 15: 1959 - Hawaiian Wedding Song  

01 The Hawaiian Wedding Song - Andy Williams     

02 El Paso - Marty Robbins     

03 Greenfields - The Brothers Four     

04 Small World (From "Gypsy") - Johnny Mathis     

05 Heartaches By The Number - Guy Mitchell    

06 Smile (Based On The Theme From "Modern Times") - Tony Bennett and Ralph Burns and His Orchestra 

    

Side 16: 1960-1964 - Happy Days Are Here Again  

07 Happy Days Are Here Again - Barbra Streisand     

08 Washington Square - The Village Stompers    

09 If Ever I Would Leave You (From "Camelot") - Robert Goulet     

10 The Theme From "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith and His Orchestra   

11 I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett     

12 Green, Green - The New Christy Minstrels 

   

Side 17: 1965-1968 - Love Me With All Your Heart  

01 Love Me With All Your Heart - Jim Nabors    

02 Spinning Wheel - Ray Conniff and The Singers     

03 People (From "Funny Girl") - Barbra Streisand     

04 Little Green Apples - O. C. Smith    

05 With A Little Help From My Friends - Barbra Streisand     

06 Invisible Tears - Ray Conniff and The Singers    

 

Side 18: 1969-1971 - Today's Hits - Tomorrow's Memories  

07 Born Free - Andy Williams     

08 What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life? - Percy Faith and His Orchestra     

09 A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash    

10 (They Long To Be) Close To You - Johnny Mathis     

11 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (From "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid") - Ray Conniff and The Singers  

12 For The Good Times - Ray Price