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The Gordon Macrae Collection 1945-1962
Gordon Macrae
The Gordon Macrae Collection 1945-1962
Gordon Macrae
Gordon MacRae was an actor on stage and screen as well as a radio and TV star who was also a recording artist, having hits from the late 1940s through to the end of the '50s, both as a solo artist and in duets with Jo Stafford. He is best known for his starring roles in two movie versions of Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, "Oklahoma!" in 1955 and "Carousel" the following year. This great-value 107-track 4-CD set provides a comprehensive overview of his recording career from his early days with the Musicraft label and through his many years with Capitol through to the early '60s by which time his exploits as a chart artist were over. It features his eight solo hits and his ten hit duets with Jo Stafford, including the 1948 No. 1 "My Darling, My Darling", and the Top 5 hits "'A' You're Adorable" and "Whispering Hope". Other artists featured in duets with him are Gisele Mackenzie and June Hutton, and the recordings include performances with some of the top arranger/conductors of the era - Walter Gross, Carlyle Hall, Paul Weston, Les Baxter, Frank de Vol, Carmen Dragon, Alex Stordahl and Van Alexander. Comprising selected A and B sides of his single releases plus tracks from his albums of this era, the collection has been compiled and annotated by former national newspaper showbiz writer Geoff Wilding.
.. COLLECTION 1945-62
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 4 |
Released | February 7, 2020 |
EAN/UPC | 0824046714529 |
Label | ACROBAT ACQCD7145 |
Genre | Pop |
Dimensions | 125 × 143 × 23 mm · 184 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- It's Anybody's Spring
- Love is the Sweetest Thing
- Full Moon, Empty Arms
- You Go to My Head
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Stars Fell on Alabama
- You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
- Flattery Will Get You Nowhere
- Talking is a Woman
- Oh, but I Do
- Body and Soul
- A Fellow Needs a Girl
- I Still Get Jealous
- I Surrender Dear
- At the Candlelight Cafi
- That Feathery Feeling
- Do You Ever Think of Me
- Steppin' out with My Baby
- Hankerin'
- At Your Command
- It's Magic
- You Were Meant for Me
- Thoughtless
- I Went Down to Virginia
- Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue
- Rambling Rose
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2. CD
- Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart
- Bluebird of Happiness
- My Darling, My Darling
- The Pussy Cat Song
- You're Still the Belle of the Ball
- So in Love
- I'll String Along with You
- Need You
- The Alphabet Song ('a' You're Adorable)
- Younger Than Springtime
- Lover's Gold
- Whispering Hope
- Wonderful One
- The Prairie is Still
- Mule Train
- Dear Hearts and Gentle People
- Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
- Echoes
- Half a Heart is All You Left Me
- Poison Ivy
- Dearie
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
- This is Heaven to Me
- River of Smoke
- Stars and Stripes Forever
- Pigskin Polka
- Just the Way You Are
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3. CD
- You Dyed Your Hair Chartreuse
- Honky Tonk Ten Cent Dance
- I'm Yours to Command
- I'll Buy You a Star
- On Rosary Hill
- A Lover's Waltz
- There's a Lull in My Life
- Call Her Your Sweetheart
- Brotherly Love
- Blame It on My Youth
- Congratulations to Someone
- How Do You Speak to an Angel
- I Don't Want to Walk Without You
- C'est Magnifique
- I Still Dream of You
- Stranger in Paradise
- Never in a Million Years
- Open Your Arms
- Face to Face
- Coney Island Boat
- Cara Mia
- Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep
- Love Can Change the Stars
- Here's What I'm Here for
- You Forgot
- Never Before and Never Again
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4. CD
- Bella Notte
- Follow Your Heart
- One Misty Morning
- A Woman in Love
- Here's to a Wonderful Christmas
- Fate
- Who We Are
- I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
- Obey
- Without Love
- Endless Love
- San Antonio Rose
- The Last Roundup
- When You Kiss Me
- Syonara
- If I Forget You
- Now
- The Secret
- A Man Once Said
- Fly Little Bluebird
- Little Do You Know
- Impossible
- Sail Away
- Ordinary People
- Nobody Told Me
- The Sweetest Sounds
- People Will Say We're in Love
- The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
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