Living the Dream [CD-single] [Import]

living the dream [cd-single] [import]

Track Listings
1. Living The Dream
2. Sasquatch
3. School Shooting

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
2005 single on the Xtra Mile label, taken from the album Harmony No Harmony and backed with a grindcore medley.

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Living the Dream [CD-single] [Import]
100 Favorite Patriotic Songs
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • not to great
  • Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$
  • You get what you pay for.
  • Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...
 100 Favorite Patriotic Songs

Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music
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ASIN: B0000A1HT8
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

  1. America the Beautiful
  2. All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
  3. Ballad of the Green Berets
  4. On Top of Old Smokey
  5. Coyote Warrior
  6. Semper Fidelis
  7. Breeze from Alabama
  8. Onward Christian Soldiers
  9. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  10. Patriot
  11. Sweet Betsy from Pike
  12. Marines' Hymn
  13. America Is
  14. When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
  15. Happy the Soldier
  16. American Trilogy
  17. Home Sweet Home
  18. Washington Post March
  19. Enraptured I Gaze
  20. Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
  21. Yellow Rose of Texas
  22. Over There
  23. Simple Gifts
  24. Liberty Bell
  25. Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

  1. God Bless the USA
  2. Yankee Doodle Dandy
  3. Katy Cruel
  4. I Vow to Thee My Country
  5. King Cotton
  6. Beautiful Dreamer
  7. America
  8. American Patrol
  9. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
  10. Mohican Dream
  11. Red, White and Blue
  12. Some Folks
  13. Liberty Song
  14. Pomp and Circumstance
  15. Hail to the Chief
  16. Bennington Rifles
  17. Peace on the Battlefield
  18. I've Been Working on the Railroad
  19. Under the Double Eagle
  20. Red River Valley
  21. My Country 'Tis of Thee
  22. Camptown Races
  23. Wild Blue Yonder
  24. Hands Across the Sea
  25. Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

  1. Stars and Stripes Forever
  2. Living in America
  3. Home on the Range
  4. Old Colony Times
  5. Clementine
  6. Invincible Eagle
  7. Ring Ring de Banjo
  8. Yankee Doodle
  9. Largo from "The New World"
  10. To a Wild Rose
  11. Hail Columbia
  12. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  13. Gettysburg
  14. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
  15. Capitan
  16. Prairie Daughter
  17. Little Brown Jug
  18. Marching Through Georgia
  19. Entertainer
  20. Steamboat Around the Bend
  21. Revolutionary Tea
  22. Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
  23. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
  24. Amazing Grace
  25. Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

  1. God Bless America
  2. National Emblem
  3. Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
  4. Anchors Away
  5. Oh, Susannah
  6. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
  7. Toast
  8. Dixie
  9. St. Louis Blues
  10. Appalachian Spring
  11. Bonnie Blue Flag
  12. Old Hundreth
  13. Swanee River
  14. Battle Cry of Freedom
  15. U. S Field Artillery
  16. Sidewalks of New York
  17. Chester
  18. Auld Lang Syne
  19. Kingdom Come
  20. My Old Kentucky Home
  21. Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
  22. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  23. Shenandoah
  24. Abraham's Daughter
  25. This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

3 out of 5 stars Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

1 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

1 out of 5 stars Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.
I Had the Craziest Dream
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Helen Forrest--She Always Rates 5 Stars
  • The best single-disc Helen Forrest collection
  • HELEN FORREST'S DEFINITIVE VOCALS!
 I Had the Craziest Dream
Helen Forrest
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ASIN: B00003E44D
Release Date: 2000-01-11

Tracks:

  1. Thanks For Everything
  2. Deep In A Dream
  3. They Say
  4. I Poured My Heart Into A Song
  5. Comes Love
  6. Melancholy Mood
  7. All The Things You Are
  8. How High The Moon
  9. I Can't Love You Anymore Than I Do
  10. Taking A Chance On Love
  11. I Don't Want To Walk Without You
  12. He's My Guy
  13. I Heard You Cried Last Night
  14. Manhattan Serenade
  15. I Had The Craziest Dream
  16. Mister Five-By-Five
  17. I've Heard That Song Before
  18. Long Ago And Far Away
  19. Time Waits For No One
  20. It Had To Be You
  21. Together
  22. I'll Buy That Dream
  23. Some Sunday Morning
  24. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
  25. Oh, What It Seemed To Be

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Helen Forrest--She Always Rates 5 Stars.......2005-09-13

It's hard for a lover of Miss Forrest to find fault with anything she did. This album is no exception. Her voice is scintillating as always. The sound quality is excellently reproduced--remember these songs are primarily from 78's. And the price is right. Is there anthing negative to say? One always wishes for more: if only the CD contained more selections! Helen was the best of her era. Everybody knew it then. And many of know that she is "for the ages." This album helps us understand why. (This reviewer invites people who love her to write him at pjones.@mail.nwmissouri.edu Let's keep her alive in our hearts.)

5 out of 5 stars The best single-disc Helen Forrest collection.......2002-04-29

Helen Forrest was the greatest of the female big-band singers and, in my opinion, the equal of Frank Sinatra, the best of the male big-band singers. For anyone who wants to learn what she was all about, this is the place to start. Existing fans already familiar with her big-band work will want this collection as well, if only for the post-World War II duets with Dick Haymes.

This intelligently-produced single-disc collection brings together not only her best work with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James, both also the best of the Haymes duets. The 25 tracks offer about as much music as you can fit on a CD. The engineers have done a good job of restoring the recordings. In some cases they sound even better than reissues from BMG and Sony, who own the masters.

The disc includes seven recordings each with Artie Shaw, Harry James, and Dick Haymes, three with Benny Goodman, and one postwar solo recording. This makes a lot of sense because Helen Forrest came to prominence and matured as a singer with Artie Shaw and did her best-known work with Harry James. The stint with Benny Goodman, who hired her after Shaw disbanded his orchestra in 1939, was a very unhappy one for Helen and Goodman did not handle her properly. The postwar duets with Dick Haymes are nothing short of wonderful and show that she was a fully mature, intelligent singer who could make just about anything sound good.

Frankly, I will never understand why Helen Forrest did not go on to a successful career after World War II, as did Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Doris Day, for example. With the exception of Ella Fitzgerald, who had "gone solo" early in the 1940s and was not a part of the big-band era for very long, Helen Forrest was not only the equal of any of the big-band singers who went on to successful careers but, in fact, was better than most of them.

5 out of 5 stars HELEN FORREST'S DEFINITIVE VOCALS!.......2000-02-06

Surely one of the greatest female vocalists of the 30's and 40's, Helen Forrest's voice shines in this fantastic collection. A gifted vocalist with a liquid and ethereal voice,Forrest began her career on radio singing under various names when Artie Shaw hired her to sing with his band in early 1938. Forrest then briefly sang for Benny Goodman (a personally unhappy experience) and afterwards joined Harry James in 1941 where her voice was complimented by James' schmaltzy trumpet and fine arrangements. After singing for James, Helen went solo; she died in 1999. Listen to "Manhattan Serenade" (with James) "Time Waits for No One" and terrific duets with Dick Haymes including "It Had to Be You" "Together" and "I'll Buy That Dream".
Great Caruso
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Fabulous Intro!
  • A Great Introduction To The World's Greatest Tenor
 Great Caruso

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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ASIN: B000001HK8
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

  1. Vesti La Giubba
  2. Una Furtiva Lagrima
  3. Chiudo Gli Occhi (Dream Song)
  4. Cielo E Mar!
  5. M'Appari Tutt' Amor
  6. Solenne In Quest'Ora
  7. Che Gelida Manina
  8. O Soave Fanciulla (Love Duet )
  9. Del Tempoi Al Limitar
  10. Celeste Aida
  11. Se M'Ami Ancor...Al Nostri Monti Ritorneremo
  12. Recondita Armonia
  13. La Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetee
  14. Mamma! Quel Vino E Generoso!
  15. Oh! Mostruosa Colpa!...Si, Pel Ciel
  16. Libiamo Ne'Leiti Calici
  17. O Figli...Ah, La Paterna Mano
  18. Mia Piccirella
  19. Pimpinella
  20. For You Alone
  21. Trusting Eyes
  22. Luna D'Estate
  23. 'O Sole Mio

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous Intro!.......2004-05-04

You just gotta buy this one! It's fabulous! Made me a fan!!!

5 out of 5 stars A Great Introduction To The World's Greatest Tenor.......2003-05-31

The transfers of the original accoutic 78's are very good and the selection gives you a great slice of the arias and songs that made him the benchmark for all tenors that have followed. This is a great introduction to his art and will make you want to get one of the complete sets.
Living a Dream
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Not very Impressed
  • wonderfully entertaining
  • Wonderful CD
  • Sensational
 Living a Dream

Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CMNLSE
Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

  1. I Will Always Love You (Sung in ...) [For the Film the Bodyguard]
  2. I Vow to Thee My Country
  3. Madame Butterfly/One Fine Day (Un Bel Di)
  4. Canto Della Terra
  5. Phantom of the Opera/Music of the Night
  6. Turandot/Nessun Dorma
  7. Cinema Paradiso/Se
  8. Wally/Ebben? Ne Andrntana
  9. Amazing Grace
  10. David of the White Rock
  11. All Things Bright and Beautiful
  12. Samson et Dalila/Mon Coeur S'Ouvre a Ta Voix
  13. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (For the Film the Wizard of Oz)
  14. Torna a Surriento
  15. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
  16. We'll Meet Again

Album Description

Third album inside eighteen months from new classical crossover sensation Jenkins follows 2004's 'Second Nature'. Acting for the first time as co-producer, here she tackles a similar mix of fare as before. There are opera arias, including some usually sung by men; classic easy listening and show tunes; Welsh folk and a "classicized" version of Dolly Parton's 'I Will Always Love You', translated into Italian. Universal. 2005

Album Details

Third Album Inside Eighteen Months from New Classical Crossover Sensation Jenkins Follows 2004's 'second Nature'.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Not very Impressed.......2007-03-16

Expected something new and vivacious.
Spends a lot of time with the proverbial english trilled 'R'...
Not necessary.
Compared to MANY others singing the same songs, I rank her towards the bottom....

4 out of 5 stars wonderfully entertaining.......2007-01-10


enjoyment of this c.d. is for everyone. unequivical recommendation
E. Adams

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD.......2006-07-30

Katherine Jenkins is a wonderful opera singer she reminds me of Nana Mouskouri even though I don't consider Nana a opera singer the songs Katherine Jenkins sings are very similar to Nana. I would highly recommend Katherine Jenkins CD to any body that like opera and folk songs.

Jason and or Peter.

5 out of 5 stars Sensational.......2006-05-22

Sensational album. What a voice! No wonder she's taking the UK by storm. Her Italian rendition of the Dolly Parton song is impeccable. Her "Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep" will bring tears to your eyes.
Living a Dream (Eng)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Delightful
  • A really terrific singer. I loved this album
  • Fantastic Jenkins
  • Taking opera to places other opera singers cannot reach
 Living a Dream (Eng)
Katherine Jenkins
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ASIN: B000AD1IUI
Release Date: 2005-11-07

Tracks:

  1. Ti Amero Per Sempre (I Will Always Love You)
  2. I Vow To Theee My Country
  3. One Fine Day (Un Del Di)
  4. Canto Della Terra
  5. Music Of The Night
  6. Nessun Dorma
  7. Cinema Paradiso (Se)
  8. Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana
  9. Amazing Grace
  10. David Of The White Rock
  11. All Things Bright And Beautiful
  12. Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix
  13. Over The Rainbow
  14. Torna A Surriento
  15. Don't Stand At My Grave And Weep
  16. We'll Meet Again

Album Details

The Classical Singing Sensation Releases this 2005 Follow Up to her 2004 Album "Second Nature". She Follows a Trail Blazed Before her by Sarah Brightman. For this Outing, Ms. Jenkins Co-produces Herself and Offers a Varied Mix of Opera Arias and Pop Standards.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Delightful.......2007-01-03

What a beautiful voice! I enjoyed the selection of traditional and contemporary songs, particularly "Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep", which I had not heard sung before.

5 out of 5 stars A really terrific singer. I loved this album.......2006-11-08

This album is really spectacular. I've read some reviews of Katherine Jenkins that are less than complimentary, and I don't get it. What's not to like? Her voice is truly beautiful, rich and powerful. True, many of the songs on her albums cannot be called operatic, but that makes them no less valuable. I think "popera" is a legitimate style of music, and if it gets more people to appreciate some of the classics, what's wrong with that?
If you enjoy a beautiful soprano voice, like opera or broadway music, and are not confined to a narrow mindset, you'll enjoy this album.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Jenkins.......2006-03-24

There is just one thing to say about this album:

Katherine Jenkins' voice is fantastic, and onoe of the tracks are better than the first one.

She will have a great future as an artist.

5 out of 5 stars Taking opera to places other opera singers cannot reach.......2005-11-24

Katherine is an opera singer whose fan base includes many who do not normally listen to opera, or who (like me) listen just occasionally. She can sometimes be seen performing at events dominated by pop and rock acts, with the result that her albums sell in huge quantities (at least in the UK) and outsell many (but not all) of those pop and rock stars.

A look at the track listing on this and Katherine's earlier albums shows that she likes to mix classical pieces with popular songs drawn from a variety of sources. As such, I'm not sure that true opera fans will like Katherine's music (although some might) but those fans can console themselves with the thought that some of the true opera fans of the future may have discovered opera because of Katherine. So my review is mainly directed at fans who (like me) know very little about opera but who might be tempted to give this album a listen. As such, I'll focus on the familiar songs.

Katherine begins by singing an Italian translation of I will always love you, the Dolly Parton song that became an international number one hit for Whitney Houston. As a huge Dolly fan, I was curious to find out how this sounded and it's the reason I decided to buy this album. Of course, Katherine's version is very different from Dolly's or Whitney's versions but I was very impressed.

I vow to thee my country (track 2) can be interpreted as either a patriotic song or a gospel song. To those who are wary of patriotic songs, be reassured that this particular song has no cultural references - whatever your country is, you should be able to relate to this song.

Music of the night (track 5) is an Andrew Lloyd Webber song that Katherine sings superbly.

Nessun Dorma (track 6) became famous in the UK when the BBC used Pavarotti's version as the theme for TV coverage of a major sporting event (the World Cup). Katherine refreshes this fine song, which became a UK #2 hit for Pavarotti following its use as a TV theme.

Amazing grace (track 9) is outstanding - this is my favourite on the album. It's not my absolute favorite rendition of this song but I've heard (and loved) many versions and Katherine would certainly get in my top five.

All things bright and beautiful (track 11) is a song that I became very familiar with at school but had never heard subsequently until I heard it here. Well, it certainly never sounded anything like this good at school.

Over the rainbow (track 13) will forever be associated with Judy Garland but Katherine proves that the song adapts well to an operatic interpretation. Like Amazing grace, this is among the best renditions I've heard of this song.

We'll meet again (track 16) is another inspired choice as Katherine revives the Vera Lynn anthem superbly.

There is a deluxe version of this album that includes two extra tracks and some other stuff. One of the extra tracks is Don't cry for me Argentina. I'd like to hear this but I'm satisfied with the standard edition. You must decide for yourself whether you want to pay the higher price or settle for the standard version. Whichever version you buy, this is a hugely entertaining album if you like this kind of music, even just a little.
Living the Dream: Live in Washington, D.C.
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The Canton Spirituals
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ASIN: B00000059B
Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

  1. Tell Me How Long
  2. Nobody
  3. Heaven Is Looking (Down On Me)
  4. Clean Up
  5. Glad I've Got Jesus - The Canton Spirituals
  6. When He Comes
  7. Flowers
  8. Hallelujah Square
  9. Cool Change
  10. I Want You To Move
  11. Smoothin'
  12. Father I'm Coming Home
  13. Get Up In Me Jesus
  14. God Loves You

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5 out of 5 stars Plain Jane.......2007-03-08

I enjoy listening to this tape over and over again. It speaks to me spiritually. It has the rhythm and beat of the blues/gospel that I love. I recommend it to everyone. I especially like Duane's songs.

5 out of 5 stars Jus Living A dream..............2006-01-01

I was born & raised in Mississippi but now a resident of Memphis,TN so i never really lost my roots. I give all the music that they have made over the years a thumbs up. Sending all of my prayers out to the Canton Spirituals who recently lost there longtime keyboard player "BIG WALLACE" Strickland at the age of 33. He will be forever missed along with "POP" Watkins,Sr. Truly the will both play and sing above in heaven with the heavenly choir.

With much love and many blessings ahead,

MeeMee

5 out of 5 stars Living the Dream in Washington DC.......2003-11-17

I ordered the video, not the cassette. Please do not send the cassette.

5 out of 5 stars So pleased to share.......2002-05-18

I have been listing to the Canton Spirituals since Harvey Jr. was about 20-years-old. I love the Cantons and I love this album.
Tbe video is spirit-filled. It has touched my heart and everyone else's that I have share it with. I have purchased every video that the Cantons have made. They're all so awesome and anoited with God's presence.

5 out of 5 stars HALLELUJAH SQUARE.......2002-03-21

I CAN TRULEY SAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT THE CANTON SPIRITUALS ARE VERY,VERY ANOINTED MEN OF GOD. ON THIS ALBUM, I REALLY ENJOY THE SONG HALLELUJAH SQUARE. IT TOUCHES MY HEART LIKE NO OTHER SONG IN THE WORLD. THAT SONG JUST MINISTERS TO ME IN A SPECIAL WAY. TO BE BRIEF, IT MAKES ME CRY. THERE'S A LOT I CAN SAY ABOUT THEM BUT I'M NOT GIVEN ENOUGH SPACE. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THEM FOR 12 YEARS NOW AND I'M STILL ENJOYING THEM. IN MY HOUSE,ON MY JOB,IN MY CAR AND AT CHURCH I'M SINGING SONGS OF THE CANTON SPIRITUALS. BESIDES BEING SAVED THEY ARE THE GREATEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE TROUBLE IN HALLELUJAH SQUARE.
Dream With the Pied Pipers
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    The Pied Pipers
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    ASIN: B000AQBA7G
    Release Date: 2006-03-21

    Tracks:

    1. Dream [From Her Highness and the Bellboy] - The Pied Pipers, Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    2. Polly Wolly Doodle All the Day - The Pied Pipers
    3. Sugar Foot Stomp - The Pied Pipers
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    5. In a Little Spanish Town - The Pied Pipers,
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    8. Oh, Look at Me Now! - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Connie Haines, , The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra
    9. Stardust - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, , The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra
    10. Dolores [From Las Vegas Nights] - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, , The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra
    11. There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, , The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra
    12. Let's Get Away from It All - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Connie Haines, , The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra
    13. You Grow Sweeter as the Years Go By - The Pied Pipers, , Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    14. Trolley Song [From Meet Me in St. Louis] - The Pied Pipers, , Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    15. Candy - Johnny Mercer, , The Pied Pipers, , Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    16. St. Louis Blues - Johnny Mercer, , The Pied Pipers, Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    17. Aren't You Glad You're You? [From the Bells of Mary's] - The Pied Pipers, Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    18. In the Moon Mist (Berceuse) - The Pied Pipers, Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    19. Should I? [From Lord Byron of Broadway] - The Pied Pipers, Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    20. Mam'selle [From the Razor's Edge] - The Pied Pipers, Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    21. Limehouse Blues - Johnny Mercer, , The Pied Pipers, Paul Weston & His Orchestra
    22. My Happiness - The Pied Pipers
    23. Tennesse Saturday Night - The Pied Pipers
    24. Gone to Chicago - The Pied Pipers
    25. Kiss Me Goodnight - The Pied Pipers

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    Here is the Finest Single CD Selection Yet Made of the Wonderful Pied Pipers - One of the Most Entertaining of all American Vocal Groups Including all their Great 40s Hits.
    Auf Wiederseh'n
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    • Brilliant vintage hamonics!
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    Release Date: 1997-01-21

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    5 out of 5 stars Brilliant vintage hamonics!.......1999-07-21

    The Comedy Harmonists were an a close harmony group who recorded in Germany from '28 to the late '30's. They were harassed and force to disband because of Nazi disapproval of their semitic origins as well as their avant-guarde, jazz-oriented material. They sing here in German and English doing everything from folk songs to Tea for Two with clarity, musical grace and lightness. Their comic songs are very deft and witty. If you enjoy close harmonics, you will find this recording a revelation.
    My Secret Heart - Songs of Parlour, Stage and Screen
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Almost too much lavender and roses, but a delight anyway
    • Mr. Heppner Must Have A Large Parlour!
    • He can keep his secret to himslef
    • What a 'crossover' album should be!
    • This cd has left me speechless, wow!
    		 My Secret Heart - Songs of Parlour, Stage and Screen
    Ben Heppner , Vittorio Giannini , Ernest Charles , Ivor Novello , Sir Noel Coward , Eric Coates , Teresa Clotilde del Riego , Mana-Zucca , Ernst Seitz , and Haydn Wood
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    ASIN: B00002JXEC
    Release Date: 1999-11-09

    Tracks:

    1. Let All My Life Be Music
    2. Sing To My Heart A Song
    3. Let My Song Fill Your Heart
    4. Love Is My Reason For Living
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    6. I'll See You Again
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    With his 1999 Met triumph as Tristan--the most taxing of all Wagner's tenor roles--Canadian singer Ben Heppner has fully earned his heralded position as the great new Heldentenor of our time. His Lohengrin is a signature role, while his album German Romantic Opera has been nominated for a Grammy. Yet Heppner also commands tremendous versatility--and of a much more engaging character than that of the typical crossover effort--using his powerful, bronze-tinged tenor to tender and charming effect in My Secret Heart. This is a collection of songs roughly from the period between the two world wars, when music began to reach mass audiences via radio and screen. Many of these are almost forgotten gems--emblems of a vanished era--but once had wide cultural currency: the World War II hit "We'll Gather Lilacs," the radio show Family Hour's theme tune "Let My Song Fill Your Heart," and the oft-recorded 1919 ballad "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise." Heppner, with his sturdy beauty of tone and sweet, natural-sounding vibrato, breathes new life into this genre. He handles the idiom's unabashed schmaltz with charm and brings a lilting urbanity to two Noël Coward tunes, with especially bittersweet refinement in "I'll Follow My Secret Heart." --Thomas May

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Almost too much lavender and roses, but a delight anyway.......2006-08-29

    These are beloved popular songs from our grandparents' generation that are redolent of lavender an tears. Their sentimentality couldn't be more out of fashion, but Ben Heppner steps forward, like Mario Lanza before him, to offer thrills amidst the honeyed scents. He's totally sincere, and you'd have to be Alberich or Don Pizarro to react with anything but a melting heart. God, I'm falling into the same vocabulary as these songs. No need to blush, though, with such a great singer at hand.

    5 out of 5 stars Mr. Heppner Must Have A Large Parlour!.......2005-02-22

    I purchased this CD after hearing Mr. Heppner in recital singing "Homing" for an encore. This small gem written by Teresa Del Riego is a haunting song about loneliness. We learn from the notes-- they are very informative with bios on the composers included here as well as the words to the lyrics-- that she composed this ballad in 1917, the year her husband was killed in France just before the ending of World War I. There are other lovelies here as well: "I Love Life", "We'll Gather Lilacs", "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" as well as music by Noel Coward, Sigmund Romberg and Rudolf Friml. Heppner also sings "I'll Be Seeing You." It's such a relief to hear someone other than Liberace do that number since it was the song that he always used to close his television show in the 50's and unfortunately made into a syrupy cliche.

    Mr. Heppner says these are songs of the parlour, stage and silver screen. His glorious voice which appears to be a combination of steel and gold fills a recital hall easily. He would need a huge parlour to sing in as well.

    This CD is quite wonderful. There are no dull cuts. Since the songs are all about love, this would make a great February 14 gift.

    1 out of 5 stars He can keep his secret to himslef.......2003-12-13

    This is OBNOXIOUS, this dude should be in operas. i am speechless, he is one loud mouthed dude!

    5 out of 5 stars What a 'crossover' album should be!.......2001-09-01

    In general, I hate it when classical singers make 'crossover' recordings. Usually the singer has no idea how to sing 'pop' material in anything like the proper style - even someone who is singing it because he or she genuinely likes the music and not just to milk cash from the unsuspecting masses. But there are always exceptions to a rule, and this CD is one of them. Ben Heppner here scales down his huge operatic voice and shows his 'secret heart', a more intimate side of his musical personality.

    There is no question that Heppner is one of the greatest tenors of our age. He is often compared with his fellow Canadian Jon Vickers (with whom he shares much of his repertory) but especially here, he is beginning to remind me more and more of Jussi Bjorling, and I can think of no higher compliment. Part of this is because Bjorling actually sang quite a bit of repertory similar to what Heppner sings here, but more importantly, both voices have an ideal combination of power and sweetness. Heppner's is essentially a very lyric voice despite its large size, and he is capable of great tonal beauty and sensitivity. This not only makes his Wagner, Giordano, and Berlioz very special, but makes him equally adept with the gentle little gems he sings on this disc. He is helped somewhat by the fact that these songs, most of which were written in the very early part of the 20th century, are a lot closer to the 'classical' style than more modern pop. But what really makes Heppner perfect for this material is his total identification with the texts, his tenderness, and his utter sincerity. Also, his diction is superb - you won't need the printed texts to understand what he is singing. In the hands of a lesser singer, some of these old fashioned songs would be absolute treacle. But an artist like Heppner can raise up even 'substandard' compositions and give them the aura of greatness.

    In the more upbeat songs, Heppner sings with the thrilling, heroic tone that has made him in demand in every opera house in the world. He makes 'Let All My Life Be Music' into his personal mission statement. 'Homing' was also a favorite of another great Wagnerian tenor, namely Lauritz Melchior. 'I Love Life!', complete with splendid high C, is sung with enough cheer and vigor to bring anybody out of a depression. But this repertory is often gentle and introspective, and Heppner can also easily fine down his voice to a splendid pianissimo, drawing you in and enticing you to pay attention as opposed to banging you over your head like many other tenors do. Ivor Novello's 'Love is My Reason For Living' and Ernest Charles' 'Let My Song Fill Your Heart' are light, gracious Viennese waltzes. The familiar 'Roses of Picardy', 'Bird Songs at Eventide' and 'I'll Be Seeing You' are also sung sweetly and caressingly. Two more Novello songs are among the best tracks on the album. 'Someday My Heart Will Awake', is soft, gentle, and nostalgic, rising to a passionate conclusion. 'We'll Gather Lilacs' is obviously a love song from Heppner to his wife Karen (to whom the entire album is dedicated), full of yearning and deeply moving.

    The operetta selections are even more special. In the Serenade from 'The Student Prince', which is alone worth the price of the CD, Heppner makes something truly thrilling of the declaration 'Oh, hear my longing cry!/Oh, love me or I die!', and ends with not one but two spectacular high Cs. What a pity that the chances of him ever recording the entire operetta are so slim! The cajolingly sung title song from 'The Desert Song' is almost as fine, as is 'Love Me Tonight' from 'The Vagabond King'. Finally, the title song 'I'll Follow My Secret Heart', with yet another brilliant high C, makes a splendid finish to this very enjoyable album.

    I should also give credit to noted composer and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick for his warm, rich, and perfectly scaled arrangements of these songs. Like Heppner, he finds the perfect mood for each piece and never engages in schmaltz that one might expect from some of this material. The only complaint I have about this disc is the one I have about many contemporary CDs - why is there only 54 minutes of music on a medium that can hold almost 80 minutes? There are assuredly more than 18 songs Heppner could have recorded in this vein. I would have liked to have seen more operetta items in particular. Although I suppose they couldn't have recorded the Drinking Song from 'The Student Prince' as well as the Serenade without a chorus, it would have been nice if 'Deep In My Heart, Dear' had been included. Still, the quality of what is there far outweighs the quantity. The excellent documentation, in German and French as well as English, includes a personal note from Heppner, biographies of all the composers as well as Heppner and Tunick, and complete song texts. The cover shows Heppner surrounded by red velvet, designed, amusingly enough, by Red Herring Productions!

    Whether you're an opera lover who wants to hear a great tenor in a lighter mood, or a fan of early 20th century popular music who is curious to see what it sounds like sung by a genuinely great voice, this disc is essential. It is an excellent introduction to Heppner's artistry if you haven't experienced it before, and after listening to it you might want to try some of his opera CDs, both solo recitals and complete recordings. There are few voices that could serve as a better introduction for a neophyte to the wonderful world of opera. If only more 'crossover' singers (both classical and pop) had Heppner's musical integrity...

    3 out of 5 stars This cd has left me speechless, wow!.......2001-02-18

    Air give me air, I need lots of air, air, air.......This cd has caused me a lot of adverse breathing.

    The things that I have read about Ben have been very true. He really is a lot more than I ever bargained for. He is THAT GOOD.

    I need to go out on a limb and say that he is the best tenor I have ever heard. In my wildest dreams I never thought anyone could be that good.

    For this cd Ben choose to sing a lot of standards. Bravo! This is my kind of music. Ben did an excellent job crooning us with his golden voice. He knew when to hold back and when to sing at full strength. This is marvelous how he worked each song to get the full meaning out of it.

    The only complaint I have is there was not enough of the good olde songs that I wanted to hear Ben sing. I know it's hard to please all the people all the time and I understand where Ben was coming from.

    This cd is a must for the fans of beautiful opera singers who crossover with popular music.
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