KAY STARR — Capitol Collectors Series (1991) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

A good collection of Starr's '50s pop material includes "Hoop Dee Doo," "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)," "Changing Partners," and "Wheel of Fortune."
Tracklist :
1.    I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town 2:46
L. Brown
Kay Starr feat: Dave Cavanaugh
2.    You've Got to See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mamma at All) 2:48
Con Conrad / Billy Rose
Kay Starr feat: Dave Cavanaugh
3.    You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)  3:07
Billy Faber / Larry Fotine / Fred Meadows
4.    So Tired 2:49
Russ Morgan / Jack Stuart
5.    Hoop-Dee-Doo 2:08
Kay Starr feat: Frank DeVol / Frank DeVol & His Orchestra
6.    Bonaparte's Retreat  2:28
Pee Wee King / Redd Stewart
Kay Starr feat: Lou Busch & Orchestra
7.    Mississippi 2:26
Billy Simmons / Curley Williams
Kay Starr feat: Frank DeVol / Frank DeVol & His Orchestra
8.    I'll Never Be Free 2:36
Bennie Benjamin / George David Weiss
Kay Starr feat: Tennessee Ernie Ford
9.    Wheel of Fortune 3:05
Bennie Benjamin / George David Weiss
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
10.    I Waited a Little Too Long 3:02 
S. Colby Miller
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney
11.    Kay's Lament   2:20
Hal Stanley / Kay Starr
Kay Starr feat: The Lancers / Lee Young
12.    Fool, Fool, Fool 2:13
Ahmet Nugetre
Kay Starr feat: The Lancers / Lee Young
13.    Comes A-Long A-Love 2:24
Al Sherman
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
14.    Side by Side 2:53
Harry Woods
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
15.    Half a Photograph 2:54
B. Russell
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
16.    Allez-Vous En  2:39
Cole Porter
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
17.    When My Dreamboat Comes Home 2:19
David Franklin / Cliff Friend
18.    Changing Partners
L. Coleman / Larry Coleman / Joe Darion
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
19.    The Man Upstairs 2:39
Gerry Manners / Russ Morgan / Hal Stanley
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
20.    If You Love Me (Really Love Me)  2:48
Marguerite Monnot / Geoffrey Parsons
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
21.    Toy or Treasure 2:28
Arthur Altman
Kay Starr feat: Harold Mooney / Harold Mooney & His Orchestra
22.    Lazy River 2:23
Sidney Arodin / Hoagy Carmichael
Kay Starr feat: The Van Alexander Orchestra
23.    Foolin' Around 2:22
Harlan Howard / Buck Owens
24.    Crazy 3:14
Willie Nelson
25.     The Rock & Roll Waltz 2:47
S. Allen / Shorty Allen / Dick Ware 

NAT "KING" COLE – 1947, Vol. 2 | The Chronogical Classics – 1062 (1999) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 Volume Ten in the Classics Nat King Cole chronology documents a busy couple of weeks during the second half of August 1947. On August 15, Nat King Cole recorded three songs intended for a juvenile audience. These were "I Wanna Be a Friend of Yours" (which would have worked well years later as a vehicle for Mr. Rogers), the delightfully nonsensical "Ke Mo Ki," and a very smooth, stylish rendition of "Three Blind Mice" that was briefly disrupted by a "mouse" voice with artificially altered pitch. On the session of August 20, Cole shared the vocals with Johnny Mercer, that resourceful songwriter who had established the Capitol record label in 1942 in collaboration with record store owner Glenn Wallichs and Paramount Pictures producer Buddy DeSylva, himself a songwriter who was publishing hit songs out of Tin Pan Alley as early as 1918. By far the funniest of the Mercer/Cole duets is "Harmony," a lighthearted treatise celebrating the complexities of coexistence, carefully punctuated with deliberately chosen wrong notes. "Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat)" is also humorous but the lyrics are problematic because bones are patently carnivorous fare, as any vegetarian can and will testify. Since the idea that a vegetarian would eat bones is frankly insulting, some will hear this song as a manifestation of arrogant ignorance, while those who practically live on meat will likely chuckle and think nothing of it. The session that took place on August 22 found the King Cole Trio completely surrounded by a studio orchestra with strings. This was deemed appropriate for material like "Brahms' Lullabye" and the famous "Nature Boy." The session that took place on August 27 was one of the most unusual episodes of Nat King Cole's entire career. Once again performing material intended for prepubescent listeners, Nat King Cole sang a medley of nursery rhymes, rattled off a crazy version of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" and told a story called "The Three Trees." The weirdest thing about these recordings was a series of sound effects and animal noises generated by Pinto Colvig, the internationally famous voice behind Bozo the Clown! As he headed towards a career as a full-time pop singer with only occasional ties to the jazz world, Cole recorded very few instrumentals. "Laguna Mood" and "Lament in Chords" are the only two wordless performances on this compilation. Note also that what's presented here are the last recordings that guitarist Oscar Moore ever made with the King Cole Trio. arwulf arwulf  
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