Various - Original Hits Of The Big Bands
- Singer: Various
- Album's title: Original Hits Of The Big Bands
- Genre: Jazz, Blues
- Label:
Reader's Digest – RDA 184-2-A
Type: 8 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Date of released: 1974
Category: Jazz, Blues
Style: Swing - Format: FLAC MP3 AAC DXD DTS MIDI ADX MP1 AUD
- Size MP3 ZIP: 1382 mb
- Size FLAC ZIP: 1510 mb
- Rating: 3.8/5
- Votes: 334
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | –Benny Goodman | Let's Dance |
| A2 | –Bob Crosby And His Orchestra | Summertime |
| A3 | –The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra | Contrasts |
| A4 | –Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra | Skyliner |
| A5 | –Russ Morgan And His Orchestra | Does Your Heart Beat For Me? |
| A6 | –Guy Lombardo | Auld Lang Syne |
| B1 | –Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You |
| B2 | –Russ Morgan And His Orchestra | Cruising Down The RiverVocals – The Skylarks |
| B3 | –Louis Jordan And His Orchestra | Choo Choo Ch'Boogie |
| B4 | –Freddy Martin And His Orchestra | SymphonyVocals – Clyde Rogers |
| B5 | –Carmen Cavallaro | I Can't Begin To Tell YouVocals – Bing Crosby |
| B6 | –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra | Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop |
| C1 | –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | I Want To Be Happy |
| C2 | –Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra | Shoe Shine Boy |
| C3 | –Ray Noble And His Orchestra | Bugle Call Rag |
| C4 | –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | You Can't Pull The Wool Over My EyesVocals – Helen Ward |
| C5 | –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | (Oh Yes) Take Another GuessVocals – Ella Fitzgerald |
| C6 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Did I RememberVocals – Edythe Wright |
| D1 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Besame MuchoVocals – Bob Eberly, Kitty Kallen |
| D2 | –Guy Lombardo And His Orchestra | Amor |
| D3 | –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care I Know)Vocals – Al Hibbler |
| D4 | –Alvino Rey Orchestra | On The Alamo |
| D5 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Like Someone In LoveVocals – Bonnie Lou Williams |
| D6 | –Guy Lombardo And His Orchestra | Speak LowVocals – Billy Leach |
| E1 | –Russ Morgan And His Orchestra | Somebody Else Is Taking My PlaceVocals – The Morganaires |
| E2 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Satan Takes A Holiday |
| E3 | –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | This Year's KissesVocals – Margaret McCrae |
| E4 | –Count Basie Orchestra | One O'Clock Jump |
| E5 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | In The Still Of The NightVocals – Jack Leonard |
| E6 | –Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra | For Dancers Only |
| F1 | –Russ Morgan And His Orchestra | You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You |
| F2 | –Tony Pastor | Bell Bottom TrousersVocals – Ruth McCullough |
| F3 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | I Should CareVocals – Bonnie Lou Williams, The Sentimentalists |
| F4 | –Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra | CherryVocals – The Mills Brothers |
| F5 | –Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra | Hamp's Boogie Woogie |
| F6 | –Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra | My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time |
| G1 | –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | Lullaby In Rhythm |
| G2 | –Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | They SayVocals – Helen Forrest |
| G3 | –Bob Crosby And His Orchestra | Yancey SpecialPiano – Bob Zurke |
| G4 | –Chick Webb And His Orchestra | A-Tisket A-TasketVocals – Ella Fitzgerald |
| G5 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | I Hadn't Anyone Till YouVocals – Jack Leonard |
| G6 | –Count Basie Orchestra | Jumpin At The Woodside |
| H1 | –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me |
| H2 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Star EyesVocals – Bob Eberly, Kitty Kallen |
| H3 | –Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots | Cow Cow Boogie |
| H4 | –Guy Lombardo And His Orchestra | Take It Easy |
| H5 | –Russ Morgan And His Orchestra | So TiredVocals – Russ Morgan |
| H6 | –Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra | You Belong To My HeartVocals – Bing Crosby |
| I1 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | My PrayerVocals – Ray Eberle |
| I2 | –Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra | MargieVocals – Trummy Young |
| I3 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Day In - Day OutVocals – Jack Leonard |
| I4 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Six Lessons From Madame La ZongaVocals – Helen O'Connell |
| I5 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | My Isle Of Golden Dreams |
| I6 | –Chick Webb And His Orchestra | UndecidedVocals – Ella Fitzgerald |
| J1 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of DoverVocals – Ray Eberle |
| J2 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | TangerineVocals – Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell |
| J3 | –Artie Shaw And His Orchestra | Beyond The Blue Horizon |
| J4 | –Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra | Miss YouVocals – Ray Michaels |
| J5 | –Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra | Harvard Square |
| J6 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | BrazilVocals – Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell |
| K1 | –Woody Herman And His Orchestra | Woodchopper's Ball |
| K2 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | Beautiful Ohio |
| K3 | –Jan Savitt And His Orchestra | 720 In The BooksVocals – George "Bon Bon" Tunnell |
| K4 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | Over The RainbowVocals – Ray Eberle |
| K5 | –Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra | Jeepers CreepersVocals – Louis Armstrong |
| K6 | –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | Rose Of Washington Square |
| L1 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A HurryVocals – Helen O'Connell |
| L2 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Violets For Your FursVocals – Frank Sinatra |
| L3 | –Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra | Oh Miss JaxonVocals – Peanuts Holland |
| L4 | –Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra | I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of TownVocals – Dan Grissom |
| L5 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | SkylarkVocals – Ray Eberle |
| L6 | –Stan Kenton And His Orchestra | Lamento Gitano |
| M1 | –Johnny Long And His Orchestra | In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town |
| M2 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Say It (Over And Over Again)Vocals – Frank Sinatra |
| M3 | –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | In A Mellow Tone |
| M4 | –Hal Kemp & His Orchestra | It All Comes Back To Me NowVocals – Bob Allen |
| M5 | –The Ink Spots | Java JiveVocals – The Ink Spots |
| M6 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | AmapolaVocals – Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell |
| N1 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | Maria ElenaVocals – Bob Eberly |
| N2 | –Woody Herman And His Orchestra | Golden Wedding |
| N3 | –Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra | You're My ThrilVocals – Lena Horne |
| N4 | –Carmen Cavallaro | Enlloro (2 Parts) |
| N5 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | This Time The Dream's On MeVocals – Ray Eberle |
| N6 | –Stan Kenton And His Orchestra | Adios |
| O1 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | I'm Stepping Out With A Memory TonightVocals – Ray Eberle |
| O2 | –Wayne King And His Orchestra | Corn Silk |
| O3 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The BarVocals – Jack Lathrop |
| O4 | –Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra | High On A Windy HillVocals – Vaughn Monroe |
| O5 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | A Nightingale Sang In Berkleley SquareVocals – Ray Eberle |
| O6 | –Russ Morgan And His Orchestra | So LongVocals – Russ Morgan |
| P1 | –Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra | It's Always YouVocals – Frank Sinatra |
| P2 | –Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra | Blues In The Night (2 Parts) |
| P3 | –Glenn Miller And His Orchestra | Take The A Train |
| P4 | –Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra | I UnderstandVocals – Bob Eberly |
| P5 | –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | All Too Soon |
| P6 | –Tony Pastor And His Orchestra | Paradiddle JoeVocals – Tony Pastor |
Notes
This selection has 8 two-sided albums each in individual sleeves. There are no duration times on any album, nor on any album dust jacket. There are no durations listed on the main cover either. Some of the selections are Courtesy of MCA Records. On the back of each dust jacket for each album there is a brief note regarding each song.Recommendations
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