HELEN FORREST - The Complete Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman (2001) 3xCD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Appearing with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James during the late '30s and early '40s, Helen Forrest became one of the most popular swing era singers -- even vocal authority Mel Tormé named her his favorite, male or female. Though her voice wasn't quite as clear as Doris Day's, Forrest was an excellent interpreter, and her sweet vocals proved a solid foil for the Benny Goodman band during 1940 and half of 1941. Collectors' Choice compiled her complete appearances with Goodman on three discs, though they're hardly overloaded at 55 tracks total. The package makes for a lot of great material, including her biggest hits while there, "How High the Moon" and "I Can't Love You Any More (Any More Than I Do)," the latter recorded with top swing guitarist Charlie Christian. Also featured is a previously unreleased track featuring Goodman's own competent vocal (reminiscent of Hoagy Carmichael) on "Jenny." by John Bush
Tracklist 1 :
1     Busy As a Bee 3:14
J. Meyer / B. Russell / Carl Sigman
2     What's the Matter With Me? 3:05
Sam M. Lewis / Terry Shand
3     What'll They Think of Next? 3:17
Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer
4     How High the Moon 3:00
Nancy Hamilton / Morgan Lewis
5     Let's All Sing Together 3:10
Joe Audin / Joe Audino / Nick DiRocca / Bill Keesham
6     The Fable of the Rose 3:11
Josef Myrow / Bix Reichner
7     Shake Down the Stars 2:52
Eddie DeLange / James Van Heusen
8     Be Sure 3:00
Eddie DeLange / Hathaway
9     Yours Is My Heart Alone 3:01
Ludwig Herzer / Franz Lehár / Beda Fritz Loehner
10     The Sky Fell Down 3:02
Louis Alter / Edward Heyman
11     It Never Entered My Mind 3:02
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
12     Once More 2:28
Tiny Bradshaw / Edward Johnson / Bobby Plater
13     Buds Won't Bud 3:07
Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
14     Devil May Care 2:44
Johnny Burke / Harry Warren
15     I'm Nobody's Baby 2:46
Milton Ager / Benny Davis / Lester Santly
16     I Can't Love You Any More (Any More Than I Do) 2:47
Herbert Magidson / Allie Wrubel
17     Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon 3:21
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
18     The Moon Won't Talk 3:18
Helen Bliss / Charlie Hathaway
19     Mister Meadowlark 3:12
Walter Donaldson / Johnny Mercer
20     I Can't Love You Any More (Any More Than I Do) 2:45
Herbert Magidson / Allie Wrubel
Tracklist 2 :
1     I Can't Resist You 3:16
Walter Donaldson
2     Dreaming Out Loud 3:05
Sam Coslow
3     Li'l Boy Love 3:02
Frederick Hollander / Frank Loesser
4     Nobody 2:22
Roger Edens
5     The Man I Love 3:52
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
6     Taking a Chance on Love 3:11
Vernon Duke / Ted Fetter / John Latouche
7     Cabin the Sky 3:18
Vernon Duke / John Latouche
8     Hard to Get 3:19
Arthur Shaftel
9     These Things You Left Me 3:15
Harold Dickinson / Sidney Lippman
10     More Than You Know 4:08
Edward Eliscu / Billy Rose / Vincent Youmans
11     Yes, My Darling Daughter 2:51
Jack Lawrence
12     I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 2:55
Harry Carroll / Joseph McCarthy
13     I Left My Heart in Your Hand 3:04
Leonard Feather / Fletcher Henderson
14     I Hear a Rhapsody 2:59
Jack Baker / George Fragos / Dick Gasparre
15     It's Always You 3:10
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
16     Corn Silk 3:11
Hal Bellis / Irving Kahal / Charles E. King / Wayne King
17     Birds of a Feather 2:58
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen / Joe South
Tracklist 3 :
1     Your Dangerous 2:27
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
2     The Mem'ry of a Rose 3:15
Jimmy Kennedy / Richard Young
3     This Is New 3:18
Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill
4     Perfidia (Tonight) 3:19
Alberto Dominguez / Milton Leeds
5     Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 3:21
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
6     Jenny 3:28
Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill
7     Lazy River 2:35
Sidney Arodin / Hoagy Carmichael
8     Yours 3:17
Augustin Rodriguez / Gonzalo Roig / Jack Sherr
9     You Lucky People, You 3:11
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
10     Oh! Look at Me Now 2:51
Joe Bushkin / John DeVries
11     My Sister and I 3:25
Alex Kramer / Joan Whitney / Hy Zaret
12     Amapola 3:11
Albert Gamse / José María Lacalle
13     Good Evenin', Good Lookin' 3:13
Artie Manners
14     I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store) 3:15
Mort Dixon / Billy Rose / Harry Warren
15     When the Sun Comes Out 2:57
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
16     (When Your Heart's on Fire) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3:16
Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern
17     Soft as Spring 3:06
Alec Wilder
18     Down, Down, Down (What a Song) 2:24
Tommy Collins / Don Redman