''Capitol Collectors Series'' is a compilation album of songs by
Jo Stafford. It was released on the
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
label on March 18, 1991, and is a collection of her best known hits during the 1940s.
Track listing
# "Old Acquaintance"
# "How Sweet You Are"
# "
Long Ago (And Far Away)
"Long Ago (and Far Away)" is a popular song with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics about nostalgia by Ira Gershwin from the 1944 Technicolor film musical ''Cover Girl'' starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly and released by Columbia Pictures. The ...
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# "
I Love You
I Love You, I Love U, or I Luv U may refer to:
Film and television Films
* ''I Love You'' (1918 film), a silent drama written by Catherine Carr
* ''I Love You'' (1925 film), a German silent drama film
* ''I Love You'' (1938 film) a German ...
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# "
It Could Happen to You"
# "
The Trolley Song"
# "
There's No You"
# "
That's for Me
"That's For Me" is a popular song, written by Richard Rodgers, with the lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was published in 1945 and included in the 1945 version of the musical film ''State Fair.''
Popular recordings in 1945 were made by J ...
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# "Symphony"
# "Ridin' on the Gravy Train"
# "This Is Always"
# "
The Things We Did Last Summer
"The Things We Did Last Summer" is a popular song about nostalgia from 1946. The words were written by Sammy Cahn, with the composition by Jule Styne. The most well known version is the 1946 Top ten hit by Jo Stafford. Versions by Frank Sinatra an ...
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# "Smoke Dreams"
# "Temptation
im-Tayshun (with
Red Ingle)
# "I'm So Right Tonight"
# "
Serenade of the Bells
"Serenade of the Bells" is a popular song written by Kay Twomey, Al Goodhart, and Al Urbano and published in 1947.
The recording by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra was released by RCA Victor as catalog number 20-2372. It first reached the Billboard mag ...
"
# "I Never Loved Anyone"
# "He's Gone Away"
# "Congratulations"
# "Once and for Always"
# "
Some Enchanted Evening"
# "Whispering Hope" (with
Gordon MacRae)
# "
Ragtime Cowboy Joe"
# "
Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
"Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" is a popular folk style ballad. The music was written by Evelyn Danzig and the lyrics by Jack Segal. The song has become a standard with many recorded versions and has appeared on several Christmas albums.
Back ...
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# "It's Great to Be Alive" (with
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...
)
# "
No Other Love"
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occ ...
of
Allmusic calls the album "an exquisite collection of Stafford's most memorable love songs from the '40s".
References
1991 compilation albums
Jo Stafford compilation albums
Capitol Records compilation albums
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