Al Bowlly - Al Bowlly Collection 1927-40 (CD)

Al Bowlly was one of the first British artists who could seriously be called a pop idol - he was a crooner in the heyday of the dance band era of the '30s, whose effortless romantic vocals made him a true superstar of his era. In a career spanning less than 15 years before he was killed in a London air raid in 1941, he made almost 1000 recordings, and made the successful shift in the mid-'30s to conquer the US market as well. There is still an enormous amount of interest in Bowlly's work among nostalgia buffs of all ages, fuelled by TV documentaries. This terrific value 100-track 4-CD anthology brings not only some of his biggest hits but also some of his lesser-known material than has not been over-represented on previous collections, and will be an excellent medium for those discovering his work for the first time to achieve an entertaining overview of his matchless style and talent, and covering his recording career, from his first recordings in 1927 to one made a couple of weeks before his death in April 1941.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I'm Coming, Virginia
2. Dear Little Gadabout
3. If I Had You
4. Little Love Song
5. Can't We Be Friends?
6. Shout for Happiness
7. Lady of Spain
8. Lazy Day
9. Goodnight Sweetheart
10. Hang Out the Stars in Indiana
11. Heartaches
12. Were You Sincere?
13. I'm Thru with Love
14. Yes Yes (My Baby Said Yes)
15. Got a Date with An Angel
16. Guilty
17. Hold My Hand
18. One Little Quarrel
19. Minnie the Moocher
20. Moon
21. If Anything Happened to You
22. By the Fireside
23. She Didn't Say Yes
24. Rain on the Roof
25. Lovable

Disc: 2

1. Love, You Funny Thing
2. Every Day's a Lucky Day
3. You're My Everything
4. I'll Do My Best to Make You Happy
5. Old Man of the Mountain
6. Love Is the Sweetest Thing
7. You Just You
8. Let's Put Out the Lights (And Go to Sleep)
9. Junk Man Blues
10. My Woman
11. I'll Never Be the Same
12. Please
13. Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby
14. Goodnight, But Not Goodbye
15. Maria, My Own
16. Couple of Fools in Love
17. Shadow Waltz
18. Learn to Croon
19. Blue Prelude
20. It's Bad for Me
21. Trouble in Paradise
22. Night and Day
23. Day You Came Along
24. I'm Misunderstood
25. Lover Come Back to Me

Disc: 3

1. Brother, Can You Space a Dime?
2. Close Your Eyes
3. Louisiana Hayride
4. Lullaby in Blue
5. Faint Harmony
6. Vamp Till Ready
7. Wagon Wheels
8. One Morning in May
9. You Oughta Be in Pictures
10. Little Dutch Mill
11. Very Thought of You
12. Ending with a Kiss
13. I Love You Truly
14. Riptide
15. It's All Forgotten Now
16. I'll String Along with You
17. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming
18. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
19. As Long As I Live
20. I've Had My Moments
21. Love in Bloom
22. Isle of Capri
23. Judy
24. Sweet and Lovely
25. Blue Moon

Disc: 4

1. Easy to Love
2. My Melancholy Baby
3. I Double Dare You
4. Little Drummer Boy
5. You're a Sweetheart
6. Ti-Pi-Tin
7. Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm
8. Little Lady Make Believe
9. Music, Maestro, Please
10. You Couldn't Be Cuter
11. Now It Can Be Told
12. On the Sentimental Side
13. Heart and Soul
14. Penny Serenade
15. While a Cigarette Was Burning
16. My Own
17. Summer's End
18. What Do You Know About Love?
19. Dark Eyes
20. Dinner for One Please James
21. Waves of the Ocean Are Whispering Goodnight
22. Over the Rainbow
23. Dreaming
24. It Was a Lover and His Lass
25. Nicky the Greek (Has Gone)