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These artists sold songs without even trying--YES, INDEED !!

Matthew G. Sherwin | last seen screaming at Amazon customer service | 10/24/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hit Parade 1941 is another excellent installment in this CD series of huge amounts of classic pop vocals all on budget priced albums. These CDs give you a lot to like if this type of music is your cup of tea. The quality of the sound is generally pretty good; and the packaging of the CD is nicely done with fine artwork. However, the artists are not represented above--it looks like Amazon noted the lyricists or composers for the numbers on this CD and so I'll give you the artists in this list:



Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy--The Andrews Sisters

Green Eyes--Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell

I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire--The Ink Spots

I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time--The Andrews Sisters

Blue Flame--Woody Herman

Elmer's Tune--Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle

Stardust--Artie Shaw

Take The 'A' Train--Duke Ellington

Racing With The Moon--Vaughn Monroe

Chattanooga Choo Choo--Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke

Maria Elena--Wayne King

Daddy--Sammy Kaye

Amapola--Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell

I Hear A Rhapsody--Charlie Barnet with Bob Carroll

This Love Of Mine--Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra

Yes, My Darling Daughter--Dinah Shore

Music Makers--Harry James

Dolores--Bing Crosby

It All Comes Back To Me Now--Hal Kemp with Bob Allen

Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat--Will Bradley

Yes Indeed!--Tommy Dorsey with Sy Oliver and Jo Stafford

You Made Me Love You--Harry James

Perfidia--Xavier Cugat

Piano Concerto in B Flat--Freddy Martin

There'll Be Some Changes Made--Gene Krupa with Irene Daye



The Andrews Sisters start it all off with a huge BANG! as they sing out "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy;" this song still has a good beat for dancing and they never miss a beat. The sound is perfectly clear and this impresses me. "Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" was a standard for The Ink Spots; they sing this passionately and the musical accompaniment embellishes this tune greatly. I love it!



"Elmer's Tune" probably deserves to be remembered more than it is; "Elmer's Tune" was always one of my favorites and the crisp sound is excellent. You'll feel just like you were in the dance hall that night when they played this one! Ray Eberle delivers this with panache and his voice is just right for this type of song. The backup singers do a great job as well. In addition, be on the lookout for both "Stardust" by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra and "Take The `A' Train" by the great Duke Ellington. These truly are the definitive renditions of these musical numbers even if "Take The `A' Train" is not quite as clear to the ear as it should be.



Dinah Shore scores big; she sings "Yes, My Darling Daughter." The violins work perfectly for this number and Dinah performs this without a flaw. Great! "It All Comes Back To Me Now" is another major highlight of this CD; the musical introduction to Bob Allen's singing really couldn't be better and I predict that you're going to like "It All Comes Back To Me Now" very much. "Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat" is another classic from 1941 that strikes me as very good music even all these years later. I also like Freddy Martin's brief rendition of "Piano Concerto in B Flat." The CD ends very nicely with Gene Krupa and Irene Daye performing the timeless "There'll Be Some Changes Made." Irene Daye had talent oozing out of her pores and just one listen proves it.



Overall, this CD, Hit Parade 1941, is a must-have for music lovers of swing, `40s music and classic pop vocals. If this is your type of music you are sure to enjoy this CD over and over again!

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