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The Shawshank Redemption: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
by: Thomas Newman

Release Date September 20, 1994
Loved the movie and the music! Just listening to the music reminds of the film and is so touching. Great compositions.

CD-Charts Position 102
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Breakfast on the Morning Tram

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
by: Stacey Kent

Release Date October 02, 2007
She may be not as popular as in U.K (where they consider her a British possession ), but the American-born singer always delivers with style.
A recent addition to the Blue Note roster of recording artists, now Stacey Kent boasts in U.K. six best-selling albums, a string of awards, including the 2001 British Jazz Award and 2002 BBC Jazz Award "Best Vocalist", the 2004 Backstage Bistro Award and the 2006 Album of the Year for The Lyric featuring Stacey Kent as well as a fan base that enables her to sell out concert halls around the world.
Her latest album "Breakfast On a Morning Tram" includes a mixture of classic standards as well as new songs written and produced by her husband and saxophonist, Jim Tomlinson, and has on her team a surprise ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 103
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Songs for Swingin' Lovers!

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
by: Frank Sinatra

Release Date September 08, 1998
Yep I love Frank, just about anything he has ever done sits well with me BUT, this CD here, well it ranks right at the top. Nelson Riddle and Frank were perfect together. The cooking chemistry between these two was nothing short of brilliant and it all fit perfect in this collection of songs. The two cranked out many albums together in the mid and late 50s, all wonderful in their own way (Moonlight Sinatra is my favorite mid 60's), but this one has to be the at the top. Franks chops were in their prime, the selection of songs and Riddles orchestrations, perfect fit.

With a Riddle/Sinatra song you know right off before the singing starts if Riddle arranged the song. Just the introduction speaks volumes. Don't get me wrong, Billy May can also cook ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 104
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Beauty and the Beast - Special Edition Soundtrack

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
from: Walt Disney Records

Release Date December 18, 2001
This is an exciting and enjoyable CD overall. Included are all of your old favorites from the movie, including the wonderful score. And there are some new additions to this collection that make it even more fun! "Human Again" is one of the new additions to this collection that I absolutely adore, and "Death of the Beast" is such a touching piece -- I'm so glad they opted to add these two songs to this special edition.

It's a fun collection overall. I listen to it over and over and it never ceases to brighten my day!

CD-Charts Position 105
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Broadway Revival Cast)

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
by: Clark Gesner, Andrew Lippa, Kristin Chenoweth

Release Date March 09, 1999
Broadway revival cast albums are a tricky thing -- how do you make something fresh, while not copying the original, and not making a mess of it, either?

This 1999 revival cast of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is fairly decent. The arrangements have life, the performances are enthusiastic, and the humor is simple and clear.

Anthony Rapp, Roger Bart, and the fabulous Kristin Chenoweth do a great job. A little silly, a little cartoonish, and perfectly suited for the material.

Unfortunately, a few of the other performers aren't well-suited for this music. Ilana Levine is a little TOO over-the-top and comes across as inauthentic, and B.D. Wong just has too much vibrato to be playing a young boy.

If you're looking for only one recording ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 106
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Columbia Hits Collection

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
by: Jo Stafford

Release Date May 28, 2002
Columbia Hits Collection gives is so many of Jo Stafford's wonderful hit songs from her recording years at Columbia Records. Jo's voice is in excellent form throughout this album; and the sound quality is really rather good. The artwork is tastefully done as well.

The CD starts with Jo Stafford singing her heart out on the classic love song "You Belong To Me." The percussion enhances the natural beauty of this number and Jo never misses a beat! "Keep It A Secret" also works very well; Jo Stafford sings this very well and I can even detect her ability to belt out a tune like few others ever could! This is very impressive. "If" is another lovely number; this love ballad gets a very sensitive treatment from Jo Stafford and I'm convinced that Jo's rendition is THE definitive rendition of this ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 107
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The Very Best of Perry Como

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
by: Perry Como

Release Date July 25, 2000
A Great Collection, The Sound Re mix & Re Mastering is wonderfull. Add it to your collection

CD-Charts Position 108
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The Girl in the Other Room

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
by: Diana Krall

Release Date April 27, 2004
Tremendous disc. Diana's voice is great, the mike is close with a fantastic breathy texture to her voice. Fantastic backing group with a swing/bluesy feel - rhythmic. I think her 'Temptation' is the best version I've ever heard of this track. More please!

CD-Charts Position 109
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The Best of the Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition

CD-Charts > Music > Traditional Vocal Pop
by: Les Paul & Mary Ford

Release Date June 07, 2005
How we yearn for the bands and sounds of the 1950's. Good old Days? Hey, I am only 44 years old. This sound is before I was born. Compare to today's music, I will get lost in the 1950's anytime! Thanks Guys! Thanks Les! JimmyMac Clifton Heights Pa.

CD-Charts Position 110
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Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits

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by: Jonathan & Darlene Edwards

Release Date September 11, 1993
It took a few years, but finally the secret was publicly out: Darlene Edwards was not Margaret Truman, as many had guessed, but none other than the vocalist with the serene and silky, solid and reassuring voice on so many top-ten recordings of the '40s and '50s ("You Belong to Me" being her most remembered): Jo Stafford, accompanied by her husband (not Jonathan Edwards but Paul Weston).

From her days with Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers through her long association with Johnny Mercer and Capitol records, Stafford sang much quality material from the Great American Songbook, but she also recorded a lot of pop ephemera (Jumbalaya, Shrimp Boats) and sentimental schmaltz (Serenade of the Bells). If redemption were in order, the present recording certainly provides it. It's good ... Read More: