ROSEMARY CLOONEY: MILESTONES OF A POP LEGEND (10 CDS) DOCUMENT

Rosemary Clooney (yes, actor George Clooney’s aunt), hit the Billboard charts with 25 titles and inspired her audience on several tours all over the world. Undoubtedly, Rosemary Clooney was one of the female superstars of the American pop scene in her day. Born in 1928 in Kentucky, Rosemary Clooney began her singing career in 1948. She went to New York and signed a record deal with “Columbia Records” the same year. A&R-man Mitch Miller (“River Kwai March”) took Rosemary Clooney under his wing and produced her first real commercially successful records. Rosemary Clooney was now invited on television and radio shows, toured a lot, appeared in nightclubs, and even Hollywood knocked on her door. She made a great impression next to superstar Bing Crosby in the movie “White Christmas”. However, further trips to the world of film were not quite as successful. Like many other stars, Rosemary Clooney appeared on records with famous colleagues – including Guy Mitchell, Bing Crosby, Tony Pastor, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Buddy Cole, Harry James, her sister Betty Clooney, and Marlene Dietrich. Rosemary Clooney was one of the most popular all-round artists in the 1950s. In 2002, she received a “Grammy” for her life’s work. Rosemary Clooney died at the age of 72 that same year.

CD 1: Rosie Solves The Swingin ́ Riddle (1961) / Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie (1960)

CD 2 : A Touch Of Tabasco (1960) / Rosemary Clooney Swings Softly (1960)

CD 3 : Swing Around Rosie (1959) / Hymns From The Heart (1959)

CD 4 : Extraits De How The West Was Won (1960) / Rosemary Clooney In High Fidelity (1959)

CD 5 : Greatest Hits (1958) / Crosby & Clooney – Fancy Meeting You Here (1958) 

CD 6 : Rosemary Clooney & The Hi-Lo’S – Ring Around Rosie (1957) / Clooney Tunes (1957)

CD 7 : Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington – Blue Rose (1956) / The Clooney Sisters With Tony Pastor & His Orchestra (1956)

CD 8 : Date With The King (1956) / Live – At The London Palladium (1955) / Tenderly (1955)

CD 9 : The Voice Of Your Choice (1955) / While We’re Young (1955)

CD 10 : Songs From Irving Berlin ́S White Christmas (1954) / Red Garters (1954) / Hollywood’s Best (1952)

CD 1

■ ROSIE SOLVES THE SWINGIN´ RIDDLE (1961)
LPM-2265
1. Get Me to the Church on Time 2.08
(Loewe / Lerner)
2. Angry 2.19
(Mecum / Cassard / Brunies / Brunies)
3. I Get Along Without You Very Well 2.41
(Except Sometimes) (Carmichael)
4. Hoe Am I to Know (Parker / King) 2.48
5. You Took Advantage of Me 2.57
(Rodgers / Hart)
6. April in Paris (Duke / Harburg) 2.37
7. I Ain´t Got Nobody 2.51
(And There´s Nobody Cares for Me)
(Graham / Williams)
8. Some of These Days (Brooks) 2.13
9. By Myself (Schwartz / Dietz) 2.27
10. Shine on Harvest Moon 2.16
(Bayes / Norworth)
11. Cabin in the Sky (Latouche / Duke) 2.31
12. Limehouse Blues (Braham / Furber) 2.13

■ CLAP HANDS! HERE COMES ROSIE (1960)
LPM-2212
13. Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! 2.16
Everything´s Coming up Rosie
(McDonald / Rose / Meyer / Styne / Sondheim)
14. Give Me the Simple Life (Ruby / Bloom) 2.29
15. Bye Bye Blackbird (Dixon / Henderson) 2.38
16. Aren´t You Glad You´re You 2.14
(Burke / Van Heusen)
17. You Got (Bernard) 2.41
18. Too Marvelous for Words 2.06
(Mercer / Whiting)
19. Something´s Gotta Give (Mercer) 2.17
20. Hooray for Love (Arlen / Robin) 2.22
21. Mean to Me (Ahlert / Turk) 3.33
22. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin´ 2.09
(Rodgers / Hammerstein)
23. It Could Happen to You 2.26
(Burke / Van Heusen)
24. Makin´ Whoopee (Kahn / Donaldson) 3.12
Total Time 61.12

CD 2

■ A TOUCH OF TABASCO (1960)
LPM-2133
1. Corazon De Melon (Watermelon Heart) 2.02
(Rigual / Valando / Carson)
2. Like a Woman (Loesser) 2.02
3. I Only Have Eyes for You 2.08
(Dubin / Warren)
4. Magic Is the Moonlight 2.34
(Paquale / Grever)
5. In a Little Spanish Town 2.04
(Young / Wayne / Lewis)
6. Sway (Gimbel / Ruiz) 2.39
7. Mack the Knife (Weill / Blitzstein) 1.59
8. Bali Ha´i (Rodgers / Hammerstein) 2.26
9. You Do Something to Me (Porter) 1.32
10. Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma (Mendez) 2.33
11. I Got Plenty O´Nuttin´ 2.10
(Heyward / Gershwin / Gershwin)
12. Adios (Woods / Madriguera) 2.10

■ ROSEMARY CLOONEY SWINGS SOFTLY (1960)
E-3834
13. For You (Dubin / Burke) 1.56
14. Always Together (Sigman / Gaze) 2.47
15. You Ol´ Son of a Gun 2.32
(Dickinson / Lloyd / Arnold)
16. I Wonder (Gilbert) 2.48
17. Always Be in Love (Bernard) 2.24
18. Grieving for You 2.47
(Ribaud / Gibson / Gold)
19. With You and Me (Bernard) 2.21
20. Looking for a Boy 2.13
(Gershwin / Gershwin)
21. With the Night (Bernard) 2.58
22. Love Eyes (Gimbel / Charlap) 2.30
23. Sorry for Myself (Gimbel / Charlap) 2.40
24. Keep It Simple (Livingston / Evans) 2.58
Total Time 57.58

CD 3

■ SWING AROUND ROSIE (1959)
CRL-757266
1. ´Deed I Do (Hirsch / Rose) 1.46
2. You Took Advantage of Me 2.21
(Rodgers / Hart)
3. Blue Moon (Rodgers / Hart) 2.23
4. Sing You Sinners (Harling / Coslow) 2.12
5. A Touch of the Blues (Wilcox / George) 2.38
6. Goody, Goody (Mercer / Malneck) 2.01
7. Too Close for Comfort 2.38
(Bock / Holofcener / Weiss)
8. Do Nothin´ till You Hear from Me 2.45
(Ellington / Russell)
9. Moonlight Mississippi 2.32
(A Whistle Stop Town) (Robison)
10. I Wish I Were in Love Again 2.19
(Rodgers / Hart)
11. Sunday in Savannah (MacKay) 2.27
12. This Can´t Be Love (Rodgers / Hart) 2.06

■ HYMNS FROM THE HEART (1959)
SE-3782
13. Rock of Ages (Traditional) 1.50
14. In the Garden (Traditional) 2.47
15. Abide with Me (Lyte / Monk) 2.02
16. It Is No Secret (Hamblen) 2.20
17. Sweet Hour of Prayer (Traditional) 3.03
18. The Old Rugged Cross (Traditional) 2.56
19. The Ninety and Nine (Traditional) 2.05
20. The Little Brown Church in the Vale 2.37
(Pitts)
21. Jesus Loves Me (Traditional) 2.07
22. Nearer, My God to Thee (TraditionaL) 4.12
23. What a Friend (Traditional) 2.54
24. Living for Jesus (Traditional) 2.32
25. Softly and Tenderly (Traditional) 2.33
26. Onward Christian Soldiers 2.21
(Traditional)
Total Time 65.20

CD 4

■ EXCERPTS FROM:
HOW THE WEST WAS WON (1960)
LSO-6070
1. Bound for the Promised Land 2.21
(Traditional) & Bing Crosby
2. Crossing the Plains 2.20
(Stone) & Bing Crosby
3. Sweet Betsy from Pike (Stone) 1.49
4. Buffalo Gals (Hodges) & Bing Crosby 1.42
5. Green Grow the Lilacs 2.50
(Traditional) & Bing Crosby
6. California Ball (Traditional) 2.14
7. Old Settler´s Song 2.42
(Henry) & Bing Crosby
8. A Railroaders Bride I´ll Be (Traditional) 1.42
9. Skip to My Lou 1.24
(Traditional) & Bing Crosby
10. Careless Love (Traditional) 1.41
11. Jennie Jenkins 1.48
(Traditional) & Bing Crosby

■ ROSEMARY CLOONEY IN HIGH FIDELITY (1959)
HL-7123
12. Be My Life´s Companion (Delugg) 2.14
13. Too Young (Dee / Lippman) 2.43
14. On the First Warm Day (Howard) 2.07
15. If Teardrops were Pennies (Butler) 1.47
16. Cabaret (Russell / Cowan) 2.59
17. Chicago (Fisher) 3.04
18. Don´t Cry Joe (Marsala) 2.44
19. (You Can Lose the Blues with) Colors 2.45
(Berlin)
20. I Only Saw Him Once 3.06
21. Bargain Day (Roy) 3.10
Total Time 49.55

CD 5

■ GREATEST HITS (1958) CL-1230
1. Hey There (Ross / Alder) #1 – 1954 2.59
2. Tenderly (Lawrence / Gross) #17 – 1952 3.29
3. Half as Much (Williams) #1 – 1952 2.47
4. Mixed Emotions (Louchheim) #22 – 1951 3.08
5. Beautiful Brown Eyes 3.12
(Delmore / Smith) #11 – 1951
6. I Could Have Danced All Night 2.23
(Lerner / Loewe) #49 – 1956
7. This Ole House (Hamblen) #1 – 1954 2.21
8. Come on-a My House 1.57
(Bagdasarian / Saroyan) #1 – 1951
9. Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) 2.16
(Stanley / Astore / Morbelli) #2 – 1952
10. Mambo Italiano (Merrill) #9 – 1954 2.30
11. Why Don´t You Haul Off and Love Me 2.25
(Glosson / Raney)
12. Blues in the Night 3.35
(Arlen / Mercer) #17 – 1952

■ CROSBY / CLOONEY
– FANCY MEETING YOU HERE (1958)
LPM-1854
13. Fancy Meetin´ You Here 2.27
(Cahn / Van Heusen)
14. On a Slow Boat to China (Loesser) 2.37
15. I Can´t Get Started (Gershwin / Duke) 3.47
16. Hindustan (Wallace / Weeks) 2.50
17. It Happened in Monterey 2.42
(Wayne / Rose)
18. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis 3.04
(Brooks / Russell)
19. Love Won´t Let You Get Away 2.00
(Cahn / Van Heusen)
20. How About You (Freed / Lane) 3.10
21. Brazil (Russell / Barroso) 3.28
22. Isle of Capri (Kennedy / Grosz) 2.37
23. Say “Si Si” (Para Vigo Me Voy) 2.20
(Lecuona / Stillman / Luban)
24. Calcutta (Livingston / Evans) 2.52
25. Love Won´t Let You Get Away 3.36
(Cahn / Van Heusen)
Total Time 71.20

CD 6

■ ROSEMARY CLOONEY & THE HI-LO´S
– RING AROUND ROSIE (1957) CL-1006
1. Don´cha Go ´Way Mad 2.10
(Stillman / Mundy)
2. Moonlight Becomes You 3.12
(Burke / Van Heusen)
3. Love Letters (Heyman / Young) 2.28
4. I Could Write a Book (Hart / Rodgers) 2.00
5. I´m in the Mood for Love 3.31
(Fields / McHugh)
6. Coquette (Kahn / Lombardo / Green) 2.19
7. Together (DeSylva / Brown / Henderson) 2.41
8. Everything Happens to Me 3.28
(Adair / Dennis)
9. Solitude (DeLange / Mills / Ellington) 3.55
10. What Is There to Say (Harburg / Duke) 3.22
11. I´m Glad There Is You 3.32
(Dorsey / Madeira)
12. How About You (Freed / Lane) 2.25

■ CLOONEY TUNES (1957) CL-969
13. Little Sally One Shoe (Coots / Winters) 2.25
14. The Little Shoemaker 2.11
(Le Petit Cordonnier) (Parsons / Turner / Revil)
15. Me and the Teddy Bear 2.58
(Winters / Coots)
16. Betsy, My Paper Doll 2.36
(Pascal / Johnston / Kay)
17. On the Good Ship Lollipop 2.49
(Clare / Whiting)
18. Willie, the Whistling Giraffe 2.27
(Goldberg / Patterson)
19. Little Red Monkey (Gale / Jordan) 2.20
20. The Syncopated Clock 2.29
(Parish / Anderson)
21. Kitty Kat´s Party (Marchese / Gale) 3.04
22. The Teddy Bear´s Picnic 2.38
(Kennedy / Bratton)
23. The Land of Hatchy Milatchy 2.47
(Pine / Perette / MacGregor)
24. (Ting-A-Ling-Ling) Here Comes the 2.23
Ice-Cream Man (Gale / Marchese)
Total Time 66.56

CD 7

■ ROSEMARY CLOONEY & DUKE ELLINGTON
– BLUE ROSE (1956) CL-872
1. Hey Baby (Ellington) 3.54
2. Sophisticated Lady 2.58
(Ellington / Mills / Parish)
3. Me and You (Ellington) 2.28
4. Passion Flower (Strayhorn) 4.29
featuring Johnny Hodges
5. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart 2.37
(Ellington / Nemo / Mills / Redmond)
6. I Don´t Mean a Thing 2.47
(It Ain´t Got That Swing) (Ellington / Mills)
7. Grievin´ (Strayhorn / Ellington) 4.10
8. Blue Rose (Ellinton) 2.21
9. I´m Checkin´ Out – Goombye 3.08
(Strayhorn / Ellingn)
10. I Got It Bad (And That Ain´t Good) 3.08
(Ellington / Webster)
11. Mood Indigo (Bigard / Ellington / Mills) 6.27

■ THE CLOONEY SISTERS WITH TONY PASTOR & HIS ORCHESTRA (1956) LN-3160
12. Gonna Get a Girl (Lewis / Simon) 3.10
Vocals: Tony Pastor & The Clooney Sisters
13. San (McPhail / Michels) 2.10
Vocals: Tony Pastor & The Clooney Sisters
14. When You´re in Love 2.55
(O´Connor / Fields / John) Vocal: Rosemary Clooney
15. Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume 2.51
(Sanford / Hilliard / Mysels) Vocals: Tony Pastor
& Band
16. Sentimental Music (Wayne / Care) 2.27
Vocals: Rosemary Clooney & Tony Pastor
17. The Richest Man in the Cemetery 2.26
(Newman / Wrubel) Vocal: Tony Pastor
18. “A” – You´re Adorable 3.08
(The Alphabet Song) (Kaye / Wise / Lippman)
Vocals: Tony Pastor & The Clooney Sisters
19. Indian Love Call (Harbach / 3.19
Hammerstein II / Friml) Vocal: Tony Pastor
20. Bread and Butter Woman (Roberts / Lee) 3.05
Vocals: Tony Pastor & The Clooney Sisters
21. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder (Hutchins) 3.13
Vocal: Tony Pastor
22. If I Had a Million Dollars 2.52
(Herman / Kamano / Hartmann)
Vocals: Tony Pastor & The Clooney Sisters
23. I´ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts 3.13
(Heatherton) Vocals: Tony Pastor & Vocal Group
Total Time 74.02

CD 8

■ DATE WITH THE KING (1956) CL-2572
1. Memories of You (Razaf / Blake) 3.37
& Benny Goodman & His Orchestra & Trio
2. Can´t We Talk It Over 3.18
(Washington / Young) & Benny Goodman
& His Orchestra & Trio
3. That´s a´Plenty (Pollack) 4.02
& Benny Goodman & His Orchestra & Trio
4. A Fine Romance (Fields / Kern) 3.05
& Benny Goodman & His Orchestra & Trio
5. It´s Bad for Me (Porter) 2.57
& Benny Goodman & His Orchestra & Trio
6. Goodbye (Jenkins) 3.12
& Benny Goodman & His Orchestra & Trio

■ LIVE – AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (1955)
BBR-8073
7. From This Moment On (Porter) 2.07
8. Tenderly (Gross / Lawrence) 2.22
9. It´s De-Lovely (Porter) 6.26
10. Love, You Didn´t Do Right by Me (Berlin) 3.47
11. This Ole House (Hamblen) 2.28
12. You Make Me Feel so Young 3.22
(Gordon / Myrow)
13. Danny Boy (Weatherly) 2.57
14. Come on-a-My House / Botcha Me 4.58
(Bagdasarian / Saroyan – Stanley / Astore / Morbelli)
15. Where Will the Dimple Be 1.22
(Merrill / Hoffman)
16. Brahms Lullaby (Close Your Eyes) 1.32
(Brahms / Engvick)

■ TENDERLY (1955) BBR-8073
17. Tenderly (Gross / Lawrence) 3.28
18. I´ll Be Around (Wilder) 3.31
19. Blues in the Night (Arlen / Mercer) 3.36
20. Oh, You Beautiful Doll (Ayer / Brown) 2.50
21. The Lady Is a Tramp (Hart / Rodgers) 2.08
22. What Is There to Say (Duke / Harburg) 3.05
Total Time 70.11

CD 9

■ THE VOICE OF YOUR CHOICE (1955)
BBR-8047
1. We´ll Be Together Again 3.07
(Fischer / Laine)
2. Mambo Italiano (Merrill) 2.27
3. Over the Rainbow (Harburg / Arlen) 3.23
4. This Ole House (Hamblen) 2.20
5. Young at Heart (Leigh / Richards) 3.16
6. My Baby Sends Me (Skylar / Barbour) 2.29
7. Brave Man (Livingston / Evans) 3.10
8. Count Your Blessings 3.26
Instead of Sheep (Berlin)

■ WHILE WE´RE YOUNG (1955)
CL-6297
9. While We´re Young 2.32
(Engvick / Wilder)
10. Too Young (Dee / Lippman) 2.50
11. Hello Young Lovers 2.17
(Hammerstein II / Rodgers)
12. Young At Heart (Leigh / Richards) 3.15
13. Younger Than Springtime 2.47
(Hammerstein II / Rodgers)
14. Blame It on My Youth 3.41
(Heyman / Levant)
15. Young Man, Young Man 3.08
(Where Can You Be) (Clooney / Ferrer)
16. You Make Me Feel so Young 2.54
(Gordon / Myrow)
Total Time 47.35

CD 10

■ SONGS FROM IRVING BERLIN´S
WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954) CL-6338
1. White Christmas (Berlin) 3.32
2. Mandy (Berlin) 6.01
3. Snow (Berlin) 1.53
4. Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army 2.40
(Berlin)
5. Love, You Didn´t Do Right by Me 2.56
(Berlin)
6. Sisters (Berlin) & Betty Clooney 2.44
7. The Best Things Happen While You´re 2.03
Dancing (Berlin)
8. Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep 2.43
(Berlin)

■ RED GARTERS (1954) CL-6282
9. Red Garters (Livingston / Evans) 2.39
Rosemary Clooney
10. A Dime and a Dollar 2.22
(Livingston / Evans) Guy Mitchell
11. Brave Man (Livingston / Evans) 3.09
Rosemary Clooney
12. This Is Greater Than I Thought 3.23
(Livingston / Evans) Joanne Gilbert
13. Good Intentions (Livingston / Evans) 3.02
Rosemary Clooney
14. Meet a Happy Guy (Livingston / Evans) 2.15
Guy Mitchell
15. Bad News (Livingston / Evans) 2.04
Rosemary Clooney
16. Man and Woman (Livingston / Evans) 2.41
Rosemary Clooney & Guy Mitchell

■ HOLLYWOOD´S BEST (1952) CL-6224
17. You´ll Never Know (Gordon / Warren) 3.09
18. On the Atchinson, Topeka and the 2.34
Santa Fe (Warren / Mercer)
19. It Might as Well Be Spring 3.13
(Hammerstein II / Rodgers)
20. Over the Rainbow (Harburg / Arlen) 3.23
21. Sweet Leilani (Owens) 3.00
22. The Continental (You Kiss While 2.58
You´re Dancing) (Magidson / Conrad)
23. When You Wish Upon a Star 3.05
(Harline / Washington)
24. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening 3.00
(Carmichael / Mercer)
Total Time 71.13