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Hutch:
Begin The Beguine |
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Leslie A. Hutchinson (1900-1969), known simply as "Hutch", had one of the most famous and best-loved voices of the late 30s and 40s. With his charming and debonair personality, his skilful piano playing and that unmistakeable, chocolate-flavoured baritone, he was among the most enduringly popular entertainers (even into his sixties). Red carnation in buttonhole below handsome good looks, he was the archetypal crooner par excellence, and his recordings sold in millions.
Begin The Beguine was his theme tune and it opens a rich collection of well over two-and-a-half-hours of his finest recordings - the best and most comprehensive anthology on the market. The 49 songs are mostly the great popular 'standards' of the day, wonderful songs that benefit from the distinctively suave Hutch treatment. There are evergreens by Rodgers (With A Song In My Heart, Lover), Youmans (Without A Song), Henderson (Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries, The Best Things In Life Are Free), Berlin (How Deep Is the Ocean?), Kern (The Way You Look Tonight, All The Things You Are), Warren (September In The Rain), Gershwin (A Foggy Day), Carmichael (The Nearness Of You) and so many others.
Hutch was a close friend of Cole Porter and one of the composer's favourite interpreters. In addition to Begin The Beguine he also sings Porter's Let's Do It, Night And Day, Easy To Love, It's De-Lovely, Just One Of Those Things, Do I Love You? and You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To. |
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Track Listing
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Disc 1
Begin the Beguine
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
Ain't Misbehavin'
With a Song in My Heart
Without a Song
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
How Deep Is the Ocean?
I Cover the Waterfront
Lover
Let's Call It a Day
Don't Blame Me
Night and Day
Dusty Shoes
Close Your Eyes
For All We Know
Dream Shadows
East of the Sun
Dinner for One, Please, James
These Foolish Things
When the Poppies Bloom Again
The Way You Look Tonight
Easy to Love
September in the Rain
Blossoms on Broadway
Disc 2
A Foggy Day in London Town
Says My Heart
It's De-Lovely
I Hadn't Anyone Till You
You Go to My Head
Deep Purple
My Prayer
Where or When
Indian Summer
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
The Woodpecker Song
All the Things You Are
The Nearness of You
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Just One of Those Things
Do I Love You?
Let There Be Love
Whispering Grass, Don't Tell the Trees
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Sand in My Shoes
Jealousy
Moonlight Cocktail
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Long Ago (and Far Away)
La Mer (Beyond the Sea) |
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ASL - ASV Living Era |
| Number |
267 |
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