Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians - The Hits Collection 1923-32 (CD)

Becoming famous during the 1940s and '50s for his radio and TV shows which brought him the accolade of being "The Man Who Taught America How to Sing". Fred Waring was a remarkable and high-profile personality in American popular music over many decades, becoming famous during the 1940s and '50s for his radio and TV shows which brought him the accolade of being The Man Who Taught America How to Sing. However, he began his career as a trombonist and bandleader performing hot dance music in the early 20s, and with his brother Thomas formed Waring's Pennsylvanians, whose recordings for Victor over the ensuing decade into the 1930s became hugely popular in the era often called The Roaring Twenties, before Waring's band abruptly stopped recording in 1932. Although there were no record sales charts in those days, there were sheet music and other listings, which have been analysed by researchers to produce chart listings for records. This great-value 46-track 2-CD set consists entirely of recordings by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians which feature in Top 15 positions in those chart analyses, and it comprises most of their listed hits. It includes early recordings of some of the songs from the era which became classics over the years, and features the No. 1s Sleep, Memory Lane, Laugh, Clown, Laugh!, Little White Lies and I Found a Million Dollar Baby. It's a hugely evocative musical snapshot of a remarkable era in popular music as it became a mass market phenomenon.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Sleep
2. Stack O' Lee Blues
3. Memory Lane
4. Down Home Blues
5. Maytime
6. June Night
7. At the End of the Road
8. Collegiate
9. Freshie
10. I Love My Baby
11. Thanks for the Buggy Ride
12. Cherie, I Love You
13. Looking at the World Thro' Rose-Coloured Glasses
14. The Little White House (At the End of Honeymoon Lane)
15. It Made Me Happy When You Made You Made Me Cry
16. I Love the College Girls
17. Where Do You Work-A John
18. Hello, Swanee, Hello
19. Just Another Day Wasted (Waiting for You)
20. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
21. I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream
22. Was It a Dream!
23. Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
24. I Can't Do Without You
25. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
26. Roses of Yesterday
27. I'm Sorry, Sally
28. The Song I Love
29. Button Up Your Overcoat
30. My Lucky Star
31. I'll Always Be in Love with You
32. Jericho
33. My Sin
34. Cryin' for the Carolines
35. There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie
36. So Beats My Heart for You
37. Little White Lies
38. Love for Sale
39. Elizabeth
40. I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five-And-Ten-Cent Store)
41. Dancing in the Dark
42. High and Low
43. Let's Have Another Cup O' Coffee
44. Soft Lights and Sweet Music
45. Fit As a Fiddle
46. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me