Billy Eckstine's Imagination
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''Imagination'' is a 1958 album recorded by
Billy Eckstine William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously a ...
. It was released under the EmArcy label.


Track listing

# "It Was So Beautiful" ( Arthur Freed, Harry Barris) # " I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" (
Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ' ...
, Ted Koehler) # " Love Is Just around the Corner" (Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin) # " I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" ( Victor Young,
Ned Washington Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Life and career Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Be ...
,
Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian, entertainer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwi ...
) # "A Faded Summer Love" ( Phil Baxter) # " What a Little Moonlight Can Do" ( Harry M. Woods) # "
Imagination Imagination is the production of sensations, feelings and thoughts informing oneself. These experiences can be re-creations of past experiences, such as vivid memories with imagined changes, or completely invented and possibly fantastic scenes ...
" (
Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television, and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Award for Best Original Song, Academy Awards for ...
, Johnny Burke) # " Lullaby of the Leaves" ( Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) # " I Cover the Waterfront" ( Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) # " I Wished on the Moon" ( Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker) # " That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) # " Gigi" ( Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner)


References

1958 albums Billy Eckstine albums EmArcy Records albums {{1950s-jazz-album-stub