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Harold Arlen, Harold Mercer, Johnny Arlen, Albert Sack, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Bobby Sherwood, Charles Melvin ["Cootie"] Williams, Eddie Condon, Edward "Duke" Ellington, Glenn Miller - Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen, Harold Mercer, Johnny Arlen, Albert Sack, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Bobby Sherwood, Charles Melvin ["Cootie"] Williams, Eddie Condon, Edward "Duke" Ellington, Glenn Miller - Over the Rainbow

Band: Harold Arlen, Harold Mercer, Johnny Arlen, Albert Sack, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Bobby Sherwood, Charles Melvin ["Cootie"] Williams, Eddie Condon, Edward "Duke" Ellington, Glenn Miller Title: Over the Rainbow Rating: Release Date: 18 November, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: (You Got Me In Between) The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 2: I've Got The World On A String 3: I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 4: Public Melody No. 1 5: When The Sun Comes Out 6: Hittin' The Bottle 7: Let's Fall In Love 8: Let's Put Our Heads Together 9: Now I Know 10: As Long As I Live 11: Rasin' The Rent 12: Blues In The Night 13: Down With Love 14: Over The Rainbow 15: It's Only A Paper Moon 16: Bud's Won't Bud 17: One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) 18: Stormy Weather 19: Kickin' The Gong Around 20: Two Blind Loves 21: That Old Black Magic 22: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive 23: Ill Wind 24: Get Happy

Customer Review One of America's great songwriters And yet, when the greatest song of the 20th century was recently voted on by a distinguished panel of critics, whose song came out on top? Mr. Amid the Cole Porters, Irving Berlins and George Gershwins of the world, Harold Arlen tends to be forgotten. Arlen's (Over the Rainbow). Here is a superb cross section of Harold Arlen songs by a cast ranging from Judy Garland to Bing Crosby to Ethel Waters, spanning decades and spanning a wide range of styles, from jazz to ballads, poignant to funny. Although the sound is not ideal, as many of the recordings date from the 30's and Pearl's objective in remastering has always been to achieve the fullest musical sound rather than to reduce surface noise, this is a minor complaint given the rich and mind-opening selection of great music found here. . You can see a complete list of all Harold Arlen, Harold Mercer, Johnny Arlen, Albert Sack, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Bobby Sherwood, Charles Melvin ["Cootie"] Williams, Eddie Condon, Edward "Duke" Ellington, Glenn Miller discography, or go back to the Harold Arlen, Harold Mercer, Johnny Arlen, Albert Sack, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Bobby Sherwood, Charles Melvin ["Cootie"] Williams, Eddie Condon, Edward "Duke" Ellington, Glenn Miller tabs