Tuxedo Junction: The Harmony Records Story 1957-1962 (2cd set)

Artist: Various Artists
Format: 2CD
Bar-code: 5060255182420
Cat No: DAY2CD242

£5.99

Harmony Records was founded in 1925 as a subsidiary of Columbia Records and was revived in 1957. This new Harmony label was used solely to release 33rpm long-playing records and like many other budget labels, it was ‘cheap and cheerful’. Harmony however, had the advantage of the entire Columbia back catalogue to draw upon for their compilations. With such an eclectic mix as this, there are riches to be found on every track of our compilation, from Gene Krupa’s jazzy title track to the Carter Family’s traditional closer – a veritable cornucopia of delights.

CD 1

1. Tuxedo Junction – Gene Krupa
2. Saturday Night Fish Fry – Pearl Bailey
3. I’m Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter) – Don Cherry
4. Hello Young Lovers – Rosemary Clooney
5. Hey, Good Lookin’ – Carl Perkins
6. Johnny B. Goode – The Harmony Blazers
7. I Love You So Much It Hurts – Floyd Tillman
8. Jambalaya – ‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens
9. Shuckin’ The Corn – Flatt & Scruggs
10. I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine – Don Cherry
11. Mad About The Boy – Dinah Shore
12. Stardust – Liberace
13. It’s All In The Game – Sammy Kaye
14. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm – Les Brown & His Orchestra
15. I Take To You – Anita O’Day With Gene Krupa
16. Bear Cat Crawl – Meade Lux Lewis
17. Secret Love – Hank Garland
18. Tallahassee Lassie – Rocky Curtis & The Harmony Flames
19. Wildwood Flower – The Carter Family
20. Kiss Of Fire – Toni Arden
21. The Man I Love – Billie Holiday
22. South Of The Border – Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
23. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) – Sarah Vaughan
24. Drifting And Dreaming – The Chordettes
25. Riders In The Sky – Nelson Eddy

CD 2

1. Autumn Leaves – Hank Garland
2. Dream A Little Dream Of Me – Dinah Shore
3. My Melancholy Baby – Ella Fitzgerald
4. Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
5. Book Of Love – The Harmony Blazers
6. Personality – Pearl Bailey
7. As Time Goes By – Liberace
8. On A Little Street In Singapore (feat. Frank Sinatra) – Harry James & His Orchestra
9. For Me And My Gal – The Chordettes
10. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White – Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra
11. San Antonio Rose – Polly Bergen & Bill Bergen
12. Too Young – Rosemary Clooney
13. Sabre Dance – Woody Herman & His Orchestra
14. Slippin’ Around – Floyd Tillman
15. My Rough And Rowdy Ways – Lefty Frizzell
16. Come Back To Sorrento (Torna A Surriento) – Toni Arden
17. Boogie Blues (feat. Anita O’Day) – Gene Krupa
18. Fool Am I – Anita O’Day With Gene Krupa
19. Pistol Packin’ Mama – Al Dexter & His Troopers
20. Without A Song – Nelson Eddy
21. Foggy Mountain Special – Flatt & Scruggs
22. The Lonesome River – The Stanley Brothers
23. Just As I Am – Jimmy Dean
24. Nice Work If You Can Get It – Sarah Vaughan
25. Worried Man Blues – The Carter Family