ANNIE LAURIE — Since I Fell For You : The Essential Annie Laurie (2020) Mono | FLAC (tracks), lossless

Reportedly Dinah Washington's favourite singer, and an influence on vocal stylists like Billy Wright and Joe Williams, ANNIE LAURIE was one of the outstanding R&B/Jump Blues singers of the immediate post-WWII era.

She recorded prolifically in the late 40s and early 50s, for six different labels, enjoying both R&B and crossover Pop success, before suddenly retiring from singing in 1962, to devote her life to the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Her biggest success - and her signature song - was 'Since I Fell For You', in 1947, following which she also registered with 'Cuttin' Out', 'I'll Never Be Free', 'It Hurts To Be In Love' and 'If You're Lonely'.

She also enjoyed regional success on the Cashbox New Orleans 'Hot' Chart with releases like 'Annie's Blues', 'I Ain't Gonna Let You' and 'My Rough And Ready Man'.

This compilation presents the very best of her recordings between 1947-62 and is a must-have for collectors as it includes sides which have never previously appeared on CD, notably her very first release, 'St. Louis Blues'. Jasmine
Tracklist :
1        St.Louis Blues 2:57
2        Since I Fell For You 2:56
3        I Still Love You 3:00
4        One Sweet Letter From You 2:42
5        Annie's Blues 2;50
6        Cuttin' Out  2:47
7        My Rough And Ready Man 2:27
8        I'll Never Be Free 3:01
9        I Ain't Gonna Let You In 2:32
10        Get Me Some Money 2:31
11        Lonesome And Blue 3:12
12        I Feel So Right Tonight 2:15
13        Stop Talkin' And Start Walkin' 2:30
14        It's Been A Long, Long Time 2:40
15        In The Mood For You 2:09
16        Rockin' And Rollin' Again 2:09
17        You Promised Love 2:37
18        It Hurts To Be In Love 2:44
19        It Must Be You 2:52
20        Please Honey Don't Go 2:37
21        You're The Only One For Me 2:50
22        Love Is A Funny Thing 2:27
23        Nobody's Going To Hurt You 2:23
24        Someday Someway 2:45
25        Hold On To What You Got 2:15
26        Since I Fell For You (re-recording) 2:15
27        If You're Lonely 2:36
28        It's Gonna Come Out In The Wash Someday 2:08
29        Trouble In Mind 2:40
30        Time Out For Tears 2:51

DIANA DORS — Swinging Dors (1960) Two Version (2012, Norma – NOCD5679) + (2020, Jasmine Records – JASCD 1051 | Mono) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Diana Dors is known more as an actress and sex symbol than as a singer, but she did sing on record during her heyday. This 1960 album is a competent pop-jazz session, with accompaniment from the Wally Stott Orchestra (Stott perhaps being best known internationally for working in the '60s with Scott Walker, Dusty Springfield, and Shirley Bassey). Unlike many records by celebrities known mostly for acting, Swinging Dors isn't a novelty album, or an embarrassment. It's just a very straightforward swing jazz-flavored adult pop session, Dors singing much better, in the conventional sense, than her American counterpart Marilyn Monroe. At the same time, Monroe, for all her vocal limitations, projected much more character than Dors does on this record, which is surprisingly only in its utter ordinariness. Richie Unterberger
Tracklist :
1     The Point of No Return 2:17
N. Harris
2     That's How It Is 2:28
Jay Livingston
3     Let There Be Love 2:12
Lionel Rand
4     Namely You 2:25
Johnny Mercer
5     Imagination 3:47
Johnny Burke
6     Roller Coaster Blues 2:33
Dean Fuller
7     The Gentleman is a Dope 3:37
Oscar Hammerstein II
8     April Heart 2:53
Watson   
9     In Love For the Very First Time 2:38
Roberts / Woodman   
10     Crazy He Calls Me 2:52
Bob Russell
11     Come By Sunday 2:22
M. Grand
12     Tired of Love 2:31
G. Salter
- Bonus Tracks -
13. I Feel So Mmm...... 2:51
14. A Kiss And A Cuddle 2:27
15. Hokey-Pokey Polka (with Jack Buchanan) 0:53
16. Thanks A Lot, But No Thanks 3:28
17. Hooray For Love 3:16
18. It Was Just One Of Those Things 2:38
19. How Long Has This Been Going On 2:11
20. It Was Just One Of Those Things reprise (with Scott Brady) 0:56
21. Brief Television Interview The Bob Hope Show     3:53
Credits :
Featuring - Wally Stott & His Orchestra
Diana Dors - Vocals

KEELY SMITH — Dearly Beloved (1961-1993) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Another long-lost Dot album from Keely Smith! This one hails from 1961 and includes Here in My Heart; You'll Never Walk Alone; Twilight Time; Young in Years, and more, all lushly arranged by George Greely.
Tracklist :
1    Dearly Beloved    2:42
Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer
2    Close    2:32
Shaw / Bacharach
3    Tea Leaves    2:16
Berk / Capano / Freedman
4    Help    2:54
Carr / Fain
5    Take My Hand    2:46
Prima / Smith
6    Here In My Heart    2:58
Bill Borrelli / Pat Genaro / Lou Levinson
7    Finally    3:16
Fain / Barnett
8    Great Expectations    2:40
Fain / Hilliard
9    La-Bou-Lay-A    3:16
M. Hooven / J. Hooven
10    You'll Never Walk Alone    2:32
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
11    Twilight Time    2:34
Alan Dunn / Al Nevins / Buck Ram
12    Clearance Sale    2:43
W. Samuels
13    Young In Years    2:51
Prima / Millet
Credits :
Arranged By, Conductor – George Greeley
Vocals - Keely Smith

TONI ARDEN - I Can Dream, Can't I? : A Singer's Singer (2005) 2CD / Mp3

Tracklist 1 :
1     What Do I Have to Do (To Make You Love Me) 2:37
2     We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye 2:53
3     Let's Be Sweethearts Again 2:26
4     Two Loves Have I 3:04
5     Baby Don't Be Mad at Me 3:05
6     I Can Dream, Can't I? 3:08
7     A Little Love, A Little Kiss 2:55
8     Why? 2:10
9     Tonight 3:18
10     They're Playing Our Song 3:12
11     Chantez Moi 2:52
12     So Deep in Love 3:14
13     Too Young 3:05
14     Come Back to Sorrento (Torna a Surriento) 2:33
15     I'll Hold You in My Heart 2:43
16     The Day Isn't Long Enough 3:04
17     Never 2:53
18     Guess I'll Be Playing the Field from Now On 2:45
19     Take My Heart 2:52
20     Remembering 2:50
21     One Love Too Many 3:08
22     Take a Chance 2:28
23     Sweet Forgiveness 2:48
24     It's Not Their Heartache (It's Mine) 2:48
25     It's Only My Heart 2:43
26     Blow out the Candle 2:21
27     Kiss 2:37
Tracklist 2 :
1     Kiss of Fire 2:32
2     I'm Yours 2:27
3     All I Desire 3:04
4     The Lover's Waltz 2:13
5     Anymore 2:04
6     I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know 2:21
7     Take Me Now 2:42
8     I Wish I Knew 2:52
9     Three Coins in a Fountain 3:01
10     Beware 2:50
11     I'll Step Aside 2:32
12     Are You Satisfied? 2:25
13     Believe in Love 2:35
14     How Sweet - My Love 2:20
15     Silver Bells 3:27
16     La Vie en Rose 3:12
17     And You'll Be Home 2:47
18     My Honey's Lovin' Arms 3:33
19     You're Just in Love 3:08
20     My Man (Mon Homme) 3:11
21     Let's Do It Agian 2:56
22     But Beautiful 3:02
23     Once 2:46
24     In Paris and in Love 3:51
25     There's a Small Hotel 3:57
26     Cry My Heart 2:54
27     So in Love 3:05

JERI SOUTHERN - You Better Go Now + When Your Heart's on Fire (1996) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

If you were to leaf through all the material written about Jeri Southern in the past five years or so by record reviewers, night club critics, newspaper columnists and others, you would notice a constant recurrence of such words as delicacy, sensitivity, taste, subtlety and restraint. And if you find these qualities admirable, then it's a fine experience you have in store as you listen to these lyrical little milestones in Miss Southern's recording career. On some of them she sounds very close to tears, on others she sounds wise and profound and perhaps just a bit cynical. Sometimes she seems like a wistful little girl, and the next minute she's silken and sultry and seductive. The moods are many and complex, and they are all Jeri Southern's. They are all yours too, to share with her here in this album. Jasmine records
Tracklist :
You Better Go Now (1956)
1    You Better Go Now 3:02
Irvin Graham / Bix Reichner
2    Give Me Time 3:14
Alec Wilder
3    Something I Dreamed Last Night 3:44
Sammy Fain / Herbert Magidson / Jack Yellen
4    The Man That Got Away 3:12
Harold Arlen / Ira Gershwin
5    When I Fall in Love 3:07
Edward Heyman / Victor Young
6    Just Got to Have Him Around 2:55
Redd Evans / Dave Mann
7    Dancing on the Ceiling 3:11
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
8    Speak Softly to Me 2:40
Dave Coleman
9    What Good Am I Without You 3:08
Sammy Gallop / Don Rodney
10    I Thought of You Last Night 3:14
Ralph Freed
11    That Ole Devil Called Love 3:19
Doris Fisher / Allan Roberts
When Your Heart's On Fire (1957)
12    Remind Me 3:14
Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern
13    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3:51
Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern
14    Can I Forget You? 2:49
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
15    Little Girl Blue 3:51
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
16    I Remember You 3:28
Johnny Mercer / Victor Schertzinger
17    He Was Too Good to Me 3:45
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
18    You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) 2:22
Walter Donaldson
19    You Make Me Feel So Young 2:40
Mack Gordon / Josef Myrow
20    Someone to Watch over Me 3:51
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
21    Autumn in New York 2:32
Vernon Duke
22    My Ship 3:56
Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill
23    No More 3:33
Tutti Camarata / Bob Russell
24    Let Me Love You 2:10
Bart Howard
Credits :
Conductor – Lew Douglas (faixas: 6), Norman Leyden (faixas: 7), Sonny Burke (faixas: 4, 12), Sy Oliver (faixas: 2, 3, 9, 10), Camarata (faixas: 1, 8, 11, 13 to 24), Victor Young (faixas: 5)
Vocals, Piano [Solo] – Jeri Southern (faixas: 5)