Alan Jones: Nostalgic Favourites

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Annotation

"Nostalgic Favourites" presented by Alan Jones (Australian 2GB radio talkback presenter)

4 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase.

Individual cat#s / barcodes:

CD 1: CDR0670A / 9325425034173
CD 2: CDR0670B / 9325425034180
CD 3: CDR0670C / 9325425034197
CD 4: CDR0670D / 9325425034203

Annotation last modified on 2025-05-08 16:41 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume 1
2▶CD: Volume 2
3▼CD: Volume 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Donkey Serenade
Allan Jones3:22
2O Mary Dear (Londonderry Air)
John McCormack3:18
3Boum! (Boom!)
vocals:
Charles Trenet (on 1938-09-30)
orchestra:
Wal-Berg et son orchestre (on 1938-09-30)
conductor:
Wal-Berg (on 1938-09-30)
recording of:
Boum ! (on 1938-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Trenet (in 1938)
publisher:
Éditions Raoul Breton
Charles Trenet32:33
4Speak to Me of Love
Gladys Moncrieff3:22
5Road to the Isles
Father Sydney MacEwan2:40
6Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
Webster Booth2:50
7Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss
vocals:
Richard Tauber (tenor) (in 1937)
orchestra:
Lyceum Theatre Orchestra (in 1937)
conductor:
Frank Collinson (1930s UK conductor) (in 1937)
recording of:
Paganini: Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss (in 1937)
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
translated version of:
Paganini: Akt II. Nr. 9 “Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküsst” (Paganini)
Richard Tauber3:13
8Wish Me Luck (As You Wave Goodbye)
recording of:
Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye
lyricist:
Phil Park
composer:
Harry Parr-Davies
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd.
Gracie Fields3:00
9Bluebird of Happiness
John Charles Thomas4:54
10One Fine Day (From “Madama Butterfly”)
Joan Hammond3:57
11Love’s Old Sweet Song
Richard Crooks3:36
12Hear My Song, Violetta
recording of:
Hear My Song, Violetta (1937 song, version of "Hör' mein Lied, Violetta")
lyricist and translator:
Harry S Pepper (songwriter)
composer:
Othmar Klose, Rudolf Lukesch and Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
is based on:
Hör mein Lied, Violetta
Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth3:00
13In a Monastery Garden
Oscar Natzke3:48
14Vivere
Tito Schipa2:42
15A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
recording of:
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz (Holt Marvell)
composer:
Manning Sherwin (in 1939)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Vera Lynn3:54
16Gendarmes’ Duet
Malcolm McEachern & Harold Williams2:49
17Today Is the Happiest Day of My Life
Joseph Schmidt3:15
18My Melancholy Baby
recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (songwriter, composer, and pianist) (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
Al Bowlly3:07
19Mamma
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Mamma
lyricist:
Bixio Cherubini (in 1940)
composer:
Cesare Andrea Bixio (in 1940)
Beniamino Gigli3:34
20You Are My Hearts Delight (Du ar min hela varld)
Jussi Björling3:17
21Maidens of Cadiz
Miliza Korjus3:19
22Starlight Serenade
Chick Henderson3:01
23Lazy Bones
Paul Robeson3:18
24Goodnight Sweetheart
vocals:
Al Bowlly (on 1931-02-19)
performer:
Ray Noble and His Orchestra (on 1931-02-19)
recording of:
Goodnight, Sweetheart (on 1931-02-19)
writer:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher), Reginald Connelly and Ray Noble
translator:
Rudy Vallée
publisher:
Campbell Connelly Inc. (ASCAP affiliated) and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
part of:
1941
Al Bowlly3:19
4▶CD: Volume 4