American popular song. [six decades of songwriters and singers].

Format Audio (CD)
EditionCD edition.
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings ; [New York] : [produced in association with CBS Special Products], ℗1984.
Description1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorCook, Barbara singer.
Other author/creatorNelson, Portia singer.
Other author/creatorShort, Bobby, singer.
Other author/creatorFarrell, Eileen, 1920-2002 singer.
Other author/creatorMacRae, Gordon singer.
Other author/creatorBennett, Tony, 1926-2023 singer.
Other author/creatorFranklin, Aretha singer.
Other author/creatorRodgers, Eileen, singer.
Other author/creatorLee, Peggy, 1920-2002 singer.
Other author/creatorCole, Nat King, 1919-1965 singer.
Other author/creatorUggams, Leslie singer.
Other author/creatorFitzgerald, Ella singer.
Other author/creatorVaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 singer.
Other author/creatorStreisand, Barbra singer.
Other author/creatorMaye, Marilyn singer.
Included WorkRodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. On your toes. Glad to be unhappy.
Included WorkWilder, Alec While we're young.
Included WorkKern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat. Nobody else but me.
Included WorkBerlin, Irving, 1888-1989. As thousands cheer. Supper time.
Included WorkKern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Very warm for May. All the things you are.
Included WorkVan Heusen, Jimmy, 1913-1990. Carnival in Flanders. Rainy day.
Included WorkArlen, Harold, 1905-1986 Last night when we were young.
Included WorkArlen, Harold, 1905-1986. House of flowers. Sleepin' bee.
Included WorkRodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Babes in arms. My funny Valentine.
Included WorkWilder, Alec I'll be around.
Included WorkYoumans, Vincent, 1898-1946. Hit the deck. Sometimes I'm happy.
Included WorkArlen, Harold, 1905-1986 Here come the Waves. Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive.
Included WorkPorter, Cole, 1891-1964. Anything goes. I get a kick out of you.
Included WorkHupfeld, Herman, 1894-1951 Everybody's welcome. As time goes by.
Included WorkStrayhorn, Billy. Works. Selections.
Included WorkLoesser, Frank, 1910-1969 Christmas holiday. Spring will be a little late this year.
Included WorkKern, Jerome, 1885-1945. You were never lovelier. I'm old fashioned.
Included WorkMoross, Jerome, 1913-1983. Golden apple Lazy afternoon.
Included WorkRodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. On your toes. Quiet night.
Included WorkWeill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Knickerbocker holiday. September song.
Included WorkLane, Burton, 1912-1997. Royal wedding Too late now.
Included WorkBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. On the town. Some other time.
Contents Glad to be unhappy / Richard Rodgers ; Lorenz Hart (3:30) (Barbara Cook) -- While we're young / Alec Wilder ; William Engvick ; Morty Palitz (2:40) (Portia Nelson) -- Nobody else but me / Jerome Kern ; Oscar Hammerstein II (2:43) (Bobby Short) -- Supper time / Irving Berlin (3:17) (Eileen Farrell) -- All the things you are / Jerome Kern ; Oscar Hammerstein II (3:15) (Gordon McRae) -- Here's that rainy day / James van Heusen ; Johnny Burke (3:33) (Frank Sinatra) -- Last night when we were young / Harold Arlen ; E.Y. Harburg (2:54) (Tony Bennett) -- Sleepin' bee / Harold Arlen ; Truman Capote (3:24) (Tony Bennett) -- My funny valentine / Richard Rodgers ; Lorenz Hart (2:35) (Tony Bennett) -- I'll be around / Alec Wilder (3:05) (Tony Bennett) -- Sometimes I'm happy / Vincent Youmans ; Irving Caesar (2:25) (Tony Bennett) -- Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive / Harold Arlen ; Johnny Mercer (2:15) (Aretha Franklin) -- I get a kick out of you / Cole Porter (3:12) (Eileen Rodgers) -- As time goes by / Herman Hupfield (2:51) (Peggy Lee) -- Lush life / Billy Strayhorn (3:44) (Nat "King" Cole) -- Spring will be a little late this year / Frank Loesser (3:22) (Leslie Uggams) -- I'm old fashioned / Jerome Kern ; Johnny Mercer (3:28) (Ella Fitzgerald) -- Lazy afternoon / Jerome Moross ; John Latouche (2:52) (Sarah Vaughan) -- Quiet night / Richard Rodgers ; Lorenz Hart (2:25) (Barbara Streisand) -- September song / Kurt Weill ; Maxwell Anderson (3:31) (Frank Sinatra) -- Too late now / Burton Lane ; Alan Jay Lerner (3:52) (Marilyn Maye) -- Some other time / Leonard Bernstein ; Betty Comden ; Adolph Green (2:42) (Barbara Cook).
General noteSmithsonian Collection: A5 22013.
General noteManufacturer's number on individual discs along with the set numbers: RD 031, A5 23373.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteBooklet with notes by James R. Morris, J.R. Taylor and Dwight Blocker Bowers, including biographies (152 p.: ill. ; 23 cm) accompanies 5 disc set.
Performer Barbara Cook ; Portia Nelson ; Bobby Short ; Eileen Farrell ; Gordon McRae ; Frank Sinatra ; Tony Bennett ; Aretha Franklin ; Eileen Rodgers ; Peggy Lee ; Nat "King" Cole ; Leslie Uggams ; Ella Fitzgerald ; Sarah Vaughan ; Barbra Streisand ; Marilyn Maye.
Publisher numberA22013 Smithsonian Collection
Publisher numberRD 031 Smithsonian Collection
Publisher numberA5 17983 Smithsonian Collection
Publisher numberA5 23373 Smithsonian Collection
Publisher numberA5 17988 Smithsonian Collection

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