Sweet Control: The Best of Jon Lucien
Artist: Jon Lucien

This 1999 release was long overdue, since none of Lucien's earliest material existed in print since RCA deleted his Best of several years prior. This disc ranges from the singer's first album, I Am Now, to Mother Nature's Son from the early '90s. You can hear his influence on the quiet storm formats yet to come in tunes like "Would You Believe... Read More

Mario Lanza, Vol. 2
Artist: Mario Lanza

Mario Lanza Volume II features 21 more pop vocal hits from Lanza, including "The Loveliest Night of the Year," "All the Things You Are," "If You Were Mine," "Libiam, Libiam," "O Holy Night," and "Serenade." A good overview of Lanza's captivating vocal style. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide Read More

The Girl Next Door - ENTERTAINERS
Artist: Doris Day

Nothing beyond the title offers a clue to the intentions of the compilers of this British budget album, but an examination of the contents reveals that, for the most part, they assembled an album of songs from Doris Day's movies. Day frequently appeared in movie musicals in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and she also recorded studio albums and... Read More

The Heart of Christmas (Cuor' di Natale)
Artist: Sergio Franchi

Romantic tenor Sergio Franchi's Heart of Christmas warms up the holiday season with traditional hymns and two original songs: "The Heart of Christmas" and "Buon Natale." This CD is remastered from the original 1965 tapes. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide Read More

In Hollywood: That Midnight Kiss/Toast of New Orleans
Artist: Mario Lanza

This two-fer is actually a three-fer -- The Toast of New Orleans originally had two soundtrack albums so as to segregate the pop and classical numbers, and both are included here, along with the recordings from That Midnight Kiss. These songs are from Lanza's first two MGM motion pictures from 1949-50, and the film The Toast of New Orleans... Read More

Learn to Croon
Artist: Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey

This 16-track companion to It's All So New is less interesting but just as entertaining, focusing on Sinatra and Dorsey's live broadcast covers of pop standards of the period. As annotator Will Friedwald points out, Dorsey and Sinatra were unusual (though not unique) as top-flight, cutting edge entertainers who made a habit of reaching back to... Read More

It's All So New
Artist: Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey

This 20-song collection is a major addition to the Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey discographies. If most of the songs here aren't too familiar (apart from Irving Berlin's "Take Care, It's My Heart"), it's because most of them were submitted to Dorsey by amateur songwriters, part of a radio show gimmick. The result is a group of songs from Sinatra's... Read More

57 - In Concert
Artist: Frank Sinatra
What Every Girl Should Know/Doris Day's Sentimental Journey
Artist: Doris Day

In 1999, Columbia released What Every Girl Should Know/Doris Day's Sentimental Journey, which contained two complete albums -- What Every Girl Should Know (1960, originally released on Columbia) and Doris Day's Sentimental Journey (1965, originally released on Columbia) -- by Doris Day on one compact disc. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide Read More

Wives and Lovers/Dear Heart & Other Great Songs of Love
Artist: Jack Jones

In 1999, Universal released Wives and Lovers/Dear Heart & Other Great Songs of Love, which contained two complete albums -- Wives and Lovers (1963, originally released on Kapp) and Dear Heart & Other Great Songs of Love (1965, originally released on Kapp) -- by Jack Jones on one compact disc. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide Read More