The Very Best Of

~ Release by Dinah Washington (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Disc 1 has a booklet with biography and track listings.
Disc 2 & 3 are single discs.
Comes in a 3 CD set within a cardboard box.

The Best Of The Roulette Albums, From The Queen Of The Blues

Annotation last modified on 2018-01-25 10:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD
2▶CD
3▼CD
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3-1Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
cover recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
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3-2You’re Nobody ’Till Somebody Loves You
cover recording of:
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
writer:
James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader) and Larry Stock
publisher:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
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3-3Red Sails in the Sunset
cover recording of:
Red Sails in the Sunset
lyricist:
James B. Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Williams (aka Hugh Williams)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
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3-4Coquette
cover recording of:
Coquette
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Carmen Lombardo
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3-5There Must Be a Way
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3-6Let Me Be the First to Know
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3-7Drinking Again
cover recording of:
Drinking Again
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1962)
composer:
Doris Tauber (in 1962)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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3-8Bill
cover recording of:
Bill (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and P. G. Wodehouse
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co. (in 1927)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act II
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3-9Drown in My Own Tears
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3-10A Stranger on Earth
recording of:
Stranger on Earth
lyricist:
Rick Ward (Former publicity director of ABC Records, occasionally jazz lyricist)
composer:
Sid Feller
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3-11I Didn’t Know About You
cover recording of:
I Didn’t Know About You
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944)
is based on:
Sentimental Lady
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3-12I’ll Close My Eyes
cover recording of:
I’ll Close My Eyes
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye
composer:
Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and Peter Maurice Music
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3-13For All We Know
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
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3-14What’s New
cover recording of:
What’s New?
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Bob Haggart
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
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3-15Funny Thing
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3-16That Old Feeling
cover recording of:
That Old Feeling
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Corp.
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
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3-17He’s Gone Again
recording of:
He’s Gone Again
writer:
Curley Hamner, Gladys Hampton and Curtis Lewis (US songwriter)
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3-18It’s a Mean Old Man’s World
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3-19Make Someone Happy
cover recording of:
Make Someone Happy (Do Re Mi)
orchestrator:
Bruce Coughlin
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Sole Selling Agent and Stratford Music Corporation
part of:
Do Re Mi
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3-20Icy Stone
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3-21If I Never Get to Heaven
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3-22Love Is the Sweetest Thing
cover recording of:
Love is the Sweetest Thing
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
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3-23The Good Life
cover recording of:
The Good Life
lyricist:
Jack Reardon (American songwriter)
composer:
Sacha Distel (in 1962)
publisher:
Intersong USA, Inc. (publisher) and Prosadis
version of:
Marina
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3-24On the Street of Regret
cover recording of:
On the Street of Regret
lyricist:
John Klenner
composer:
Pete Wendling (American composer)
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