''The Best of Della Reese'' is a
compilation album released by
RCA Victor in 1972. The album collects tracks from
Reese's RCA years, recorded between 1959 and 1963.
Track listing
Side A
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Don't You Know?
"Don't You Know?" is a 1959 popular song written by Bobby Worth, and hit record for singer Della Reese.
The song was adapted from an aria ("Musetta's Waltz") from Puccini's ''La bohème''. The song was Reese's first single on her new label RC ...
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(2:31)
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Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey?"
(3:05)
#"Everyday"
(2:17)
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Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
"Someday You'll Want Me to Want You" is a popular song published in 1944 by Jimmie Hodges. The song became a standard, recorded by many pop and country music singers.
Background
In April 1951, Hugh O. Starr, an inventor from Steubenville, Ohio, ...
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(4:07)
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Blue Skies"
(1:45)
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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" is a song published in 1930. It was written by Sam H. Stept with lyrics by Sidney Clare. The original publication also credited singer Bee Palmer as co-composer.
Background
The lyrics are an admonishm ...
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(2:08)
Side B
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Not One Minute More"
(2:35)
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Thou Swell"
(2:22)
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If You Are But a Dream "If You Are But a Dream" is a popular song published in 1942 with words and music by Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton and Nat Bonx. The melody is based on Anton Rubinstein's "Romance in E flat, Op. 44, No. 1," popularly known as "Rubinstein's Romance".
The s ...
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(3:01)
#"There's Nothing Like a Boy"
(2:00)
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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a jazz song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1949), with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Leo Robin.
Marilyn Monroe version
American actr ...
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(2:48)
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While We're Young"
(3:14)
References
* http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/della_reese/the_best_of_della_reese/
1972 greatest hits albums
Della Reese albums
RCA Victor compilation albums
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