The Very Best of Russ Conway

~ Release by Russ Conway (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Side Saddle
recording of:
Side Saddle (1958 piano number)
composer:
Russ Conway (pianist, composer)
1:54
2Roulette
recording of:
Roulette
composer:
Trevor Stanford (pianist, composer)
2:09
3Party Pops
medley including a recording of:
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
lyricist:
Edward Madden (in 1909)
composer:
Gus Edwards (in 1909)
publisher:
Remick Music
part of:
Two Weeks With Love (1950 film)
medley including a recording of:
For Me and My Gal
lyricist:
E. Ray Goetz (in 1917) and Edgar Leslie (in 1917)
composer:
George W. Meyer (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
sub-publisher:
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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
medley including a recording of:
Shine On, Harvest Moon
lyricist:
Jack Norworth (in 1908)
composer:
Nora Bayes (in 1908) and Jack Norworth (in 1908)
medley including a recording of:
When You’re Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You)
lyricist:
Mark Fisher (early 20th century songwriter) and Joe Goodwin
composer:
Larry Shay
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
4:44
4China Tea
recording of:
China Tea (1959 song)
composer:
Russ Conway (pianist, composer)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and EMI Mills Music Limited (PRS for Music-affiliated)
2:05
5Snow Coach
recording of:
Snow Coach
composer:
Trevor Stanford (pianist, composer)
2:23
6Got a Match?
instrumental recording of:
Got a Match?
writer:
Billy Mure and Richard Wolf (Richard William Wolfe)
publisher:
Saxon Music Corp.
2:22
7The World Outside
instrumental recording of:
The World Outside
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Richard Addinsell (composer)
2:52
8Royal Event
recording of:
Royal Event
composer:
Trevor Stanford (pianist, composer)
2:05
9Fings Aint What They Used to Be Etc.
instrumental recording of:
Fings Ain’t Wot They Used t’Be (Fings Ain’t Wot They Used t’Be)
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Bart
2:14
10Lucky Five
recording of:
Lucky Five
writer:
Trevor Stanford (pianist, composer)
1:55
11Mack the Knife
instrumental recording of:
The Threepenny Opera: The Ballad of Mack the Knife
lyricist and librettist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (American composer)
part of:
The Threepenny Opera (Marc Blitzstein translation)
2:23
12La Mer
instrumental recording of:
Beyond the Sea
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Charles Trenet
publisher:
Bro ’n Sis Music, Éditions Raoul Breton, Music 1 Ltd., Range Road Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music International, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
translated version of:
La Mer
3:21
13Passing Breeze
recording of:
Passing Breeze
composer:
Trevor Stanford (pianist, composer)
2:53
14Pepe
recording of:
Pepe (film theme)
composer:
Hans Wittstatt (German composer)
2:17
15Russian Rag
recording of:
Russian Rag
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) and George L. Cobb (in 1918)
is based on:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C-sharp minor (catch all for arrangements)
2:30
16Pablo
instrumental recording of:
Die Girls von Mexico
lyricist:
Aldo von Pinelli (songwriter, screenwriter and film producer)
composer:
Hans Wittstatt (German composer)
2:23
17The Music Man Selection
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Lida Rose (The Music Man)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson
publisher:
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)
part of:
The Music Man
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Seventy-Six Trombones (The Music Man)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson
publisher:
MPL UK Publishing
part of:
The Music Man
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Till There Was You (The Music Man)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson (in 1950)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Frank Music Corp., Meredith Willson Music, Meredith Willson Music LLC, MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing and Rinimer Corp.
part of:
The Music Man
2:13
18Toy Balloons
instrumental recording of:
Toy Balloons
composer:
Billy Mure
2:09
19Lesson One
recording of:
Lesson One
composer:
Trevor Stanford (pianist, composer)
2:29
20Always You and Me
instrumental recording of:
Always You and Me
lyricist:
Lionel Bart
composer:
Trevor Stanford (pianist, composer)
3:44
21Rule Britannia
instrumental recording of:
Rule, Britannia!
lyricist:
James Thomson (Scottish poet, 1700-1748) (in 1740)
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10790)
part of:
Alfred: Act III
2:01
22Tin Pan Alley
instrumental recording of:
Tin Pan Alley
lyricist:
Michael Pratt
composer:
Keith Papworth (composer)
3:04
23The Harry Lime Theme
recording of:
Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man Theme)
composer:
Anton Karas
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
2:18
24More Party Pops
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Hello, Hello, Who’s Your Lady Friend?
lyricist:
Bert Lee and Worton David
composer:
Harry Fragson
medley including a instrumental recording of:
If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)
lyricist:
Clifford Grey
composer:
Nat D. Ayer
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
part of:
The Vagabond Lover
medley including a instrumental recording of:
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
lyricist:
Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Little Jack Little and Ira Schuster
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Music! Music! Music!
writer:
Bernie Baum and Stephan Weiss
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Nobody’s Sweetheart
lyricist:
Ernie Erdman (Songwriter/composer and pianist) and Gus Kahn
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter) and Elmer Schoebel
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Some of These Days
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
writer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
The Honeysuckle and the Bee
lyricist:
Albert H. Fitz (Songwriter)
composer:
William Penn
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Donaldson Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Francis, Day & Hunter, Imagem CV, Imagem Music GmbH (subsidiary of Dutch music publishers Imagem) and J. Albert & Son P/L
4:49