Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin
Released: October 1979
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Released: October 1979
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Ira Gershwin himself approved of this record. Rosemary Clooney sings ten of his classic sets of lyrics, including eight songs written in collaboration with his brother George; the exceptions are...
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Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Released: August 1987
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Released: August 1987
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After a long period of indifferent recordings in the 1960s and early '70s, Rosemary Clooney underwent a renaissance after she began recording regularly for Concord in 1977. Backed by swinging...
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Sings the Music of Harold Arlen
Released: 1983
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Released: 1983
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Rosemary Clooney's eighth album for Concord once again gives her the opportunity to interpret the music of a composer, this time Harold Arlen. With a superior sextet that features cornetist Warren...
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Sings the Music of Jimmy Van Heusen
Released: August 1986
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Released: August 1986
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A special treat of this tribute to composer Jimmy Van Heusen is that Rosemary Clooney sings two songs ("The Second Time Around" and "Call Me Irresponsible") while accompanied only by guitarist Ed...
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Sings Ballads
Released: April 1985
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Released: April 1985
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Rosemary Clooney continued her string of jazz sets for Concord in 1985 with this lyrical program. Clooney interprets ten ballads with the assistance of tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton, cornetist...
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Sings the Music of Cole Porter
Released: January 1982
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Released: January 1982
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All of Rosemary Clooney's Concord albums are easily recommended to jazz listeners for, although she is not an improviser herself (preferring to state melodies fairly straight but with sincere...
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Show Tunes
Released: August 1988
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Released: August 1988
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This Rosemary Clooney project (part of an extensive series she has made for Concord) has a more open topic than her songbooks. The show tunes on the set range from older songs such as "Manhattan"...
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