Jeri Southern - The Singles & Albums Collection 1951-59 (CD)

Jeri Southern was a highly-regarded singer and pianist, well-known as a jazz performer, but whose recordings ranged across the spectrum of sophisticated and commercial pop as well as jazz in both small group and big band contexts. Establishing her reputation working in clubs during the latter half of the 1940s, she signed to Decca in 1951, recording prolifically for both single and album releases until she largely withdrew from the business because of the mental stress of performing towards the end of the decade. This excellent-value 101-track 4-CD set comprises just about all of the A & B sides of her singles on the London, Decca, Roulette & Capitol labels, including her hit singles "You Better Go Now", "Occasional Man", "Fire Down Below", plus selected titles from her Decca albums "Warm Intimate Songs In The Jeri Southern Style", "The Southern Style", "When Your Heart's On Fire", "Jeri Gently Jumps", "Prelude To A Kiss" &"Southern Hospitality", her Roulette albums "Southern Breeze", "Jeri Southern Meets Johnny Smith" & "Coffee, Cigarettes And Memories", and her Capitol albums "Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter" & "Jeri Southern At The Crescendo". It provides a substantial cross-section of her recorded work, and a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for her versatility and her talent as a sophisticated song stylist and top class interpreter both of contemporary pop and the standards of the Great American Songbook

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I'm In Love Again
2. You're The Cause Of It All
3. You Better Go Now
4. Baby, Did You Hear
5. Give Me Time
6. What Good Am I Without You
7. I Thought Of You Last Night
8. Something I Dreamed Last Night
9. When I Fall In Love
10. A Mighty Pretty Waltz
11. Forgive And Forget
12. The Ruby And The Pearl
13. Dancing On The Ceiling
14. Querida
15. Weep For The Boy
16. Just Got To Have Him Around
17. I Saw You Again
18. Call Me Tonight
19. You Said
20. Speak Softly To Me
21. That Old Devil Called Love
22. Autumn In My Heart
23. Joey
24. The Man That Got Away

Disc: 2

1. Remind Me
2. Little Boy Grown Tall
3. Come By Sunday
4. Nothing At All
5. An Occasional Man
6. What Do You See In Her
7. Don't Explain
8. Where Walks My True Love
9. Kiss And Run
10. (You Gotta Get) A Lot Of Livin' Out-A-Life
11. What To Do
12. I Won't Be Around Anymore
13. I'm Gonna Try Me Some Love
14. There's Something In My Eye
15. Stop Me (If You've Heard This One Before)
16. Would I
17. Married, I Can Always Get
18. Candlelight Conversation
19. Bells Are Ringing
20. Just In Time
21. Who Am I To Say
22. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful
23. Fire Down Below
24. How Did He Look?
25. You're Gonna Flip, Mom

Disc: 3

1. The Touch Of Love
2. If You Kiss Me
3. You Walked Out
4. I Waited So Long
5. The Mystery Of Love
6. Life Does A Girl A Favor
7. We're Not Children
8. Oh Sure I Do
9. Just When We're Falling In Love
10. Senor Blues
11. Take Me Back Again
12. Run
13. Don't Look At Me That Way
14. Miss Johnson Phoned Again Today
15. The Very Thought Of You
16. Who Can I Turn To
17. I'll Take Romance
18. Let's Fall In Love
19. The Gypsy In My Soul
20. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
21. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
22. Can I Forget You
23. You Make Me Feel So Young
24. Let Me Love You
25. You Forgot Your Gloves
26. If I Had You
27. No Moon At All

Disc: 4

1. Everything But You
2. Prelude To A Kiss
3. Try A Little Tenderness
4. Hold Me
5. The Touch Of Your Lips
6. Nobody's Heart
7. Let's Stay Young Forever
8. Down With Love
9. Ridin' High
10. Isn't This A Lovely Day
11. I Like The Likes Of You
12. Robins And Roses
13. Isn't It Romantic ?
14. Two Sleepy People
15. Deep In A Dream
16. This Time The Dream's On Me
17. Coffee, Cigarettes And Memories
18. The Song Is Ended
19. Looking At You
20. Let's Fly Away
21. You're The Top
22. Weren't We Fools
23. Blame It On My Youth
24. I Get A Kick Out Of You
25. Nice Work If You Can Get It