Disc 1
01. Memories Are Made Of This
02. Everybody Loves Somebody		play
03. That's Amore
04. Basin Street Blues
05. Relax-Ay-Voo
06. Standing On The Corner
07. Just One More Chance
08. Just For Fun
09. Luna Mezzo Mare
10. Ma Come Bali (Bella Bimba)
11. Three Wishes
12. Until
13. I Ran All The Way Home		
14. I Passed Your House Last Night
15. Rain
16. I'm Yours
17. All I Have To Give You
18. My Heart Has Found A Home Now
19. Walking My Baby Back Home
20. Be Honest With Me

Disc 2
01. Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)
02. That Lucky Old Sun
03. How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning?
04. Kiss
05. Money Burns A Hole In My Pocket
06. The Man Who Plays The Mandolino
07. Two Sleepy People
08. Under The Bridges Of Paris
09. Hangin' Around With You
10. As You Are
11. Johnny Get Your Girl
12. Have A Little Sympathy
13. You And Your Beautiful Eyes	play
14. Vieni Su
15. As Pretty As A Picture
16. Wham Bam, Thank You Mam
17. That Certain Party
18. You Was
19. Tonda Wanda Hoy
20. Tarra, Ta-Larra Ta-Lar

Disc 3
01. Sway
02. Mambo Italiano		play
03. There's My Lover
04. Young And Foolish (Plain And Fancy)
05. Long, Long Ago
06. Blue Smoke (Kohu-Auwah)
07. Night Train To Memphis
08. Dreamy Old New England Moon
09. Baby, Obey Me
10. Don't Rock the Boat Dear
11. The Money Song
12. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (For Somebody Else)
13. I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You)
14. I Love The Way You Say Goodnight
15. I'll Always Love You (Day After Day)
16. If
17. Choo `N' Gum
18. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
19. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
20. Bye, Bye, Blackbird

Disc 4
01. Volare
02. Let Me Go Lover
03. Innamorata
04. Return To Me (Ritorna A Me)
05. How Do You Speak To An Angel?
06. Bet-I-Cha
07. Again		play
08. I'm In Love With You
09. I'm Gonna Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters
10. The Peddler's Serenade
11. Happy Feet
12. Muskrat Ramble
13. In Napoli
14. Bonne Nuit (Goodnight)
15. I've Got the Sun In the Morning
16. Because You're Mine
17. Which Way Did My Heart Go?
18. Oh Marie!
19. The Darktown Strutters Ball
20. Who's Your Little Who-Zis?

Disc 5
01. I Feel A Song Comin' On
02. In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
03. Never Before
04. The Sailor's Polka
05. Moments Like This
06. You Belong To Me
07. Hey Brother, Pour The Wine
08. Open Up the Doghouse (Two Cats Are Comin' In)
09. Ridin' Into Love
10. Simpatico
11. Come Back To Sorrento
12. I Feel Like A Feather In A Breeze
13. Georgia On My Mind
14. Solitaire
15. Louise		play
16. With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreamin'
17. Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina
18. Carolina Moon
19. Aw C'Mon
20. Change Of Heart

Enjoying great success in music, film, television, and the stage, Dean Martin was less an entertainer than an icon, the eternal essence of cool. A member of the legendary Rat Pack, he lived and died the high life of booze, broads and bright lights, always projecting a sense of utter detachment and serenity; along with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and the other chosen few who breathed the same rarefied air, Martin -- highball and cigarette always firmly in hand -- embodied the glorious excess of a world long gone, a world without rules or consequences. Throughout it all, he remained just outside the radar of understanding, the most distant star in the firmament; as his biographer Nick Tosches once noted, Martin was what the Italians called a menefreghista -- "one who simply does not give a f***."

Dino Paul Crocetti was born on June 7, 1917 in Steubenville, Ohio; the son of an immigrant barber, he spoke only Italian until the age of five, and at school was the target of much ridicule for his broken English. He ultimately quit school at the age of 16, going to work in the steel mills; as a boxer named Kid Crochet, he also fought a handful of amateur bouts, and later delivered bootleg liquor. After landing a job as a croupier in a local speakeasy, he made his first connections with the underworld, bringing him into contact with club owners all over the Midwest; initially rechristening himself Dean Martini, he had a nose job and set out to become a crooner, modeling himself after his acknowledged idol, Bing Crosby. Hired by bandleader Sammy Watkins, he dropped the second "i" from his stage name and eventually enjoyed minor success on the New York club circuit, winning over audiences with his loose, mellow vocal style.

Despite his good looks and easygoing charm, Martin's early years as an entertainer were largely unsuccessful. In 1946 -- the year he issued his first single, "Which Way Did My Heart Go?" -- he first met another struggling performer, a comic named Jerry Lewis; later that year, while Lewis was playing Atlantic City's 500 Club, another act abruptly quit the show, and the comedian suggested Martin to fill the void. Initially, the two performed separately, but one night they threw out their routines and teamed on-stage, a Mutt-and-Jeff combo whose wildly improvisational comedy quickly made them a star attraction along the Boardwalk. Within months, Martin and Lewis' salaries rocketed from $350 to $5000 a week, and by the end of the 1940s they were the most popular comedy duo in the nation. In 1949, they made their film debut in My Friend Irma, and their supporting work proved so popular with audiences that their roles were significantly expanded for the sequel, the following year's My Friend Irma Goes West.

With 1951's At War with the Army, Martin and Lewis earned their first star billing. The picture established the basic formula of all of their subsequent movie work, with Martin the suave straight man forced to suffer the bizarre antics of the manic fool Lewis. Critics often loathed the duo, but audiences couldn't get enough -- in all, they headlined 13 comedies for Paramount, among them 1952's Jumping Jacks, 1953's Scared Stiff and 1955's Artists and Models, a superior effort directed by Frank Tashlin. For 1956's Hollywood or Bust, Tashlin was again in the director's seat, but the movie was the team's last; after Martin and Lewis' relationship soured to the point where they were no longer even speaking to one another, they announced their breakup following the conclusion of their July 25, 1956 performance at the Copacabana, which celebrated to the day the tenth anniversary of their first show.

While most onlookers predicted continued superstardom for Lewis, the general consensus was that Martin would falter as a solo act; after all, outside of the 1953 smash "That's Amore," his solo singing career had never quite hit its stride, and in light of the continued ascendancy of rock & roll, his future looked dim. After suffering a failure with Ten Thousand Bedrooms, Martin's next move was to appear in the 1958 drama The Young Lions, starring alongside Montgomery Clift and Marlon Brando; that same year he also hosted The Dean Martin Show, the first of his color specials for NBC television. Both projects were successful, as were his live appearances at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas; in particular, The Young Lions proved him a highly capable dramatic actor. Combined with another hit single, "Volare," Martin was everywhere that year, and with the continued success of his many TV specials, he effectively conquered movies, music, television and the stage all at the same time -- a claim no other entertainer, not even Sinatra, could make.

Even at the peak of his fame, however, Martin remained strangely contemptuous of stardom; for a man whose presence in the public eye was almost constant, he was utterly elusive, beyond the realm of mortal understanding. As his celebrity and power grew, he slipped even further away: in early 1959, his movie with Sinatra, Some Came Running, hit theaters, and with it came the dawning of the Rat Pack. Together, Sinatra and Martin -- in tandem with their acolytes Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and Shirley MacLaine -- set new standards of celebrity hipsterdom, becoming avatars of the good life; flexing their muscle not only in show business but also in politics -- their ties to John F. Kennedy, Lawford's brother-in-law and an honorary Rat Packer code-named "Chicky Baby," are now legend -- they were the new American gods, and Las Vegas was their Mount Olympus.

Martin -- who continued to impress critics in films like the 1959 Howard Hawks classic Rio Bravo -- was Sinatra's right-hand man, the drunkest and most enigmatic member of the Rat Pack (so named in homage to the Holmby Hills Rat Pack, a bygone drinking circle that had once gathered around Humphrey Bogart); his allegiance to Sinatra was total, and Martin even left his longtime label Capitol to record for and financially back Sinatra's own Reprise imprint. In 1960, the Rat Pack starred in Ocean's Eleven, filming in Las Vegas during the day and then taking over the Sands each night; two years later, they reconvened for Sergeants 3. However, in late 1963 -- while filming the third Rat Pack opus, Robin and the Seven Hoods -- the news came that Kennedy had been assassinated; in effect, as America struggled to pick up the pieces, the Rat Pack's reign was over. With Vietnam and the civil rights movement looming on the horizon, there was no longer room for the boozy, happy-go-lucky lifestyle of before -- the fun was truly over.

Yet somehow Martin forged on; in 1964, at the peak of Beatlemania, he knocked the Fab Four out of the top spot on the charts with his single "Everybody Loves Somebody," and that same year starred in Billy Wilder's acrid Kiss Me, Stupid, a film which crystallized his persona as the lecherous but lovable lush. In 1965, after years of overtures from NBC, Martin finally agreed to host his own weekly variety series; The Dean Martin Show was an enormous hit, running for nine seasons before later spawning a number of hit Celebrity Roast specials during the 1970s. In films, he also remained successful, starring in a series of spy spoofs as secret agent Matt Helm. However, by the late '70s, Martin's health began to fail, and his career was primarily confined to casino club stages; in 1987, his son Dean Paul died in an airplane crash, a blow from which he never recovered. After bailing out of a 1988 reunion tour with Sinatra and Davis, Martin spent his final years in solitude; he died on Christmas Day, 1995. ---Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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Disc 1
01. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
02. Secret Love
03. A Guy Is A Guy
04. Again
05. Confess
06. With A Song In My Heart
07. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
08. Everywhere You Go		play
09. Papa Won't You Dance With Me?
10. When Tonight Is Just A Memory
11. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
12. Thoughtless
13. Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk
14. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
15. Too Marvellous For Words
16. I Got The Sun In The Morning (And The Moon At Night)
17. It Could Happen To You
18. Day By Day
19. I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell
20. I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers)

Disc 2
01. It's Magic
02. The Deadwood Stage (Whip Crack-Away)
03. I Just Blew In From The Windy City
04. Black Hills Of Dakota
05. Quicksilver
06. Hoop-Dee-Doo		play
07. Pretty Baby
08. The Very Thought Of You
09. Put 'Em In A Box (Tie 'Em With A Ribbon)
10. I'll String Along With You
11. Sometimes I'm Happy
12. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
13. Till The End Of Time
14. Aren't You Glad You're You?
15. I'd Rather Be With You
16. All Through The Day
17. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
18. Someone Like You
19. Made Up My Mind
20. Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)

Disc 3
01. Everybody Loves A Lover
02. If I Give My Heart To You
03. I'll Never Stop Loving You
04. Mister Tap Toe
05. Domino
06. When I Fall In Love
07. It's A Lovely Day
08. No Two People
09. Kiss Me Again Stranger
10. We Kiss In A Shadow
11. Just One Of Those Things		play
12. From This Moment On
13. I've Never Been In Love Before
14. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
15. My Young And Foolish Heart
16. Barbara Allen
17. The Last Mile Home
18. Broom Street
19. In The Moon Mist
20. He'll Have To Cross The Atlantic (To Get To The Pacific)

Disc 4
01. Sugarbush
02. (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai
03. Anyone Can Fall In Love
04. Candy Lips
05. A Purple Cow
06. Choo Choo Train		play
07. A Full Time Job
08. Ma Says, Pa Says
09. When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along
10. A Very Precious Love
11. Ready, Willing And Able
12. My Love And Devotion
13. A Woman's Touch
14. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
15. Autumn Leaves
16. Stars Fell On Alabama
17. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
18. The Song Is You
19. But Not For Me
20. You Do Something To Me

Disc 5
01. Sentimental Journey
02. My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
03. Bewitched		play
04. Love Somebody
05. Canadian Capers (Cuttin' Capers)
06. (There's A) Bluebird On Your Windowsill
07. My Darling, My Darling
08. The Whole World Is Singing My Song
09. We'll Be Together Again
10. Sooner Or Later
11. While The Music Plays On
12. The Last Time I Saw You
13. Keep Cool, Fool
14. He's Home For A Little While
15. Three At A Table For Two
16. I Ain't Hip To That Step, But I'll Dig It
17. I'm Still Sitting Under The Apple Tree
18. That's The Way He Does It
19. Come To Baby Do!
20. T'ain't Me

Born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff on April 3, 1924, in Cincinnati, Ohio, her parents came from German stock. Her father, Frederick Wilhelm Von Kappelhoff, was a music teacher, choir master and church organist and loved classical music. Her mother, Alma Sophia Welz, on the other hand, was an outgoing woman who enjoyed "hillbilly music." Doris was the youngest of three: she had two brothers, Richard, who died before she was born, and Paul who was a few years older. She was named after silent movie actress Doris Kenyon, whom her mother admired. Growing up in the 1930s Doris was attracted to music and dance, eventually forming part of a dance duo which performed locally until a car she was riding in was struck by a train, crushing her right leg, a severe injury that curtailed her ambition to become a professional dancer.

However, while recovering, Doris gained a vocal education by listening to the radio, becoming a fan of the embryonic records of upcoming Ella Fitzgerald. Her mother encouraged her to take singing lessons. Alma took Doris to see vocal coach Grace Raine, who was so impressed with Doris' natural talent that she offered her three lessons for the price of one. Doris credits Raine with impressing upon her the importance of delivering a lyric, and today Doris says that Raine had the greatest impact on her singing career.

At age 15, Doris began performing locally and while working with local bandleader Barney Rapp, she adopted the stage name "Day" after Rapp suggested "Kappelhoff" was too long and cumbersome for marquee appeal. After leaving Rapp, Doris worked with a number of other band leaders including Bob Crosby, and was eventually hired by Les Brown. She had two stints with Brown's band, with marriage to trombonist Al Jordan, birth of her son Terry and subsequent divorce in between. Her 1945 hit "Sentimental Journey," co-written by Brown and recorded with his band, was made at the ideal time, as it reflected the thoughts of weary troops as they returned home from service in Europe and the Pacific.

"She was every bandleader's dream, a vocalist who had natural talent, a keen regard for the lyrics and an attractive appearance." - Les Brown

Following her second hit record with Brown, "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time," Doris went solo with a contract from Columbia Records in 1947. Her radio work (with Bob Hope and later Frank Sinatra) lead to separation (and eventually divorce) from second husband George Weidler. Weidler could see that Doris was becoming a notable personality, and he did not want to be known as Mr. Doris Day. His request for a divorce came via letter while she was performing at the Little Club in New York. --- dorisday.com/about

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Mario Lanza - 100 Hits Legends (2010)

Disc 1
01. Be My Love
02. The Loveliest Night Of The Year
03. Younger Than Springtime
04. If I Loved You
05. More Than You Know
06. For You Alone
07. I Love Thee
08. If
09. I'm Falling In Love With Someone
10. They Didn't Believe Me
11. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
12. Look For The Silver Lining
13. Song Of Songs
14. The Donkey Serenade
15. Temptation		play
16. The Song Is You
17. Trees
18. Roses Of Picardy
19. You Are Love
20. You'll Never Walk Alone

Disc 2
01. Because		play
02. Drink, Drink, Drink
03. Serenade (From 'The Student Prince')
04. The Desert Song
05. Wanting You
06. One Alone
07. Only A Rose
08. Golden Days
09. Memories
10. One Night Of Love
11. All The Things You Are
12. The Thrill Is Gone
13. Lady Of Spain
14. My Song, My Love
15. Yours Is My Heart Alone
16. Strange Music
17. My Heart Stood Still
18. Someday
19. The Touch Of Your Hand
20. I'll See You Again

Disc 3
01. O Sole Mio
02. Torna A Surriento
03. Santa Lucia
04. Fenesta Che Lucive
05. Dicitencello Vuie
06. Maria Mari
07. Senza Nisciuno		play
08. Musica Proibita
09. La Spagnola
10. Santa Lucia Luntana
11. Mattinata
12. Lolita
13. Funiculi Funicula
14. La Danza
15. A Vucchella
16. Marechiare
17. Ciribiribin
18. Core N'Grato
19. Parlami D'Amore, Mariu
20. Non Ti Scordar Di Me

Disc 4
01. Questa O Quella - Rigoletto
02. Parmi Veder Le Lagrime - Rigoletto
03. La Donna E Mobile - Rigoletto		play
04. Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici - La Traviata
05. Una Furtiva Lagrima - L'Elisir D'Amore
06. Che Gelida Manina - La Boheme
07. Recondita Armonia - Tosca
08. E Lucevan Le Stelle - Tosca
09. Cielo E Mar - La Gioconda
10. Paradiso - L'Africana
11. La Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetee (Flower Song) - Carmen
12. Tu Che In Seno Agli Angeli - La Forza Del Destino
13. M'Appari - Martha
14. Un Di All'Azzurro Spazio - Andrea Chenier
15. Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio - Andrea Chenier
16. Lamento Di Federico (E La Solita Storia) - L'Arlesiana
17. Amor Ti Vieta - Fedora
18. Serenade
19. Vesti La Giubba - I Pagliacci
20. Mamma, Quel Vino E Generoso (Addio Alla Madre) - Cavalleria Rusticana

Disc 5
01. Because You're Mine
02. I'll Never Love You
03. Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
04. Danny Boy
05. Sylvia
06. Siboney		play
07. The Tina-Lina
08. Night And Day
09. Begin The Beguine
10. My Romance
11. Cosi Cosa
12. Arrivederci, Roma
13. Come Prima
14. Granada
15. Valencia
16. Ay-Ay-Ay
17. The Lord's Prayer
18. The Rosary
19. Ave Maria
20. I'll Walk With God

Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 – 7 October 1959) was an American operatic tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the 1950s. His voice was considered by many to rival that of Enrico Caruso, whom Lanza portrayed in the 1951 film The Great Caruso. Lanza was able to sing all types of music. While his highly emotional style was not universally praised by critics, he was immensely popular and his many recordings are still prized today.

Operatic career: Born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was exposed to opera and singing at a young age, and by the age of 16 his vocal talent became apparent. Starting out in local operatic productions in Philadelphia, he later came to the attention of conductor Serge Koussevitzky, who provided young Cocozza with a full student scholarship to the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Koussevitzky would later tell Lanza that, “Yours is a voice such as is heard once in a hundred years.”

His operatic debut, as Fenton in Otto Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, was at Tanglewood on August 7, 1942, after just six weeks of study with conductors Boris Goldovsky and Leonard Bernstein. It was here that Cocozza adopted his stage name from his mother Maria’s maiden name of Lanza. His performances at Tanglewood won him critical acclaim, with Noel Straus of The New York Times hailing the 21-year-old tenor as having “few equals among tenors of the day in terms of quality, warmth, and power.”

His operatic career was interrupted by World War II, when he was assigned to Special Services in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He appeared on the wartime shows On the Beam and Winged Victory while in the Air Corps.

He resumed his singing career in October 1945 on the CBS radio program Great Moments in Music, where he made six appearances singing various operatic selections. He later studied under Enrico Rosati for fifteen months, then embarked on an 86-concert tour of the United States, Canada and Mexico between July 1947 and May 1948 with George London and Frances Yeend. In April 1948, he sang Pinkerton in the New Orleans Opera’s Madama Butterfly. A concert at the Hollywood Bowl brought Lanza to the attention of MGM’s Louis B. Mayer, who signed Lanza to a seven-year film contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer. This would prove to be a turning point in the young singer’s career.

Film career: MGM’s contract with Lanza required him to commit to the studio for six months, and at first Lanza was able to combine his film career with his operatic one, singing two acclaimed performances as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for the New Orleans Opera Association in April 1948. He also continued to perform in concert, both in solo appearances and as part of the Bel Canto Trio with George London and Frances Yeend. In May 1949, he made his first commercial recordings with RCA Victor. However, his first two films, That Midnight Kiss and The Toast of New Orleans, were very successful, as was his recording career, and Lanza’s fame increased dramatically.

In 1951, Lanza portrayed Enrico Caruso in The Great Caruso, which proved to be an astonishing success. At the same time, his popularity exposed Lanza to intense criticism by music critics, including those who had praised his work years earlier.

In 1954, Lanza was dismissed by MGM after he had pre-recorded the songs for The Student Prince. The film was subsequently made with actor Edmund Purdom miming to Lanza’s vocals. During this period Lanza came very close to bankruptcy as a result of poor investment decisions made by his former manager. Owing about $250,000 in back taxes to the IRS, Lanza withdrew from the public eye for a time.

Mario Lanza at home.He returned to an active film career in 1956 in Serenade; despite its strong musical content, it was not as successful as his previous films. Lanza then moved to Rome, Italy in May 1957, where he worked on the film Seven Hills of Rome and returned to live performing in a series of acclaimed concerts throughout Britain, Ireland and the European Continent. In early 1958, he auditioned for the management of La Scala in Milan, and was immediately offered a minimum two-year contract to sing at that theatre. The opera initially discussed was Puccini’s Tosca. Later that year, Lanza also agreed to open the 1960/61 season at the Rome Opera as Canio in Pagliacci. At the same time, however, his health began to decline, with the tenor suffering from a variety of ailments, including phlebitis and acute high blood pressure. The following year, in April 1959, Lanza suffered a minor heart attack, followed by double pneumonia in August. He died in Rome in October of that year at the age of 38 from a pulmonary embolism. His widow moved back to Hollywood with their four children and died of a drug overdose five months later; the younger of their two sons died of a heart attack at the age of 37. When Lanza died rumors spread that the notorious mob boss Lucky Luciano (Salvatore Luciano) had had him killed after he refused to perform for him but those rumors quickly died down because they simply were not true. Soprano Maria Callas would later say of him, “My biggest regret is not to have had the opportunity to sing with the greatest tenor voice I’ve ever heard.”

Lanza’s short career covered opera, radio, concerts, recordings, and motion pictures. He was the first artist for RCA Victor Red Seal to receive a gold disc. He was also the first artist to sell two and half million albums. A highly influential artist, Lanza has been credited with inspiring the careers of successive generations of opera singers, including Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci and Jose Carreras, as well as those of singers with seemingly different backgrounds, and influences, his RCA Victor label-mate Elvis Presley being the most notable example. In 1994, tenor José Carreras paid tribute to Lanza in a worldwide concert tour, saying of him, “If I’m an opera singer, it’s thanks to Mario Lanza.” ---last.fm

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Disc 1
01. Magic Moments		play
02. Catch A Falling Star
03. Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
04. No Other Love
05. They Say It's Wonderful
06. Rambling Rose
07. If I'm Lucky
08. (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight?
09. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
10. Sonata
11. More Than You Know
12. Love Me Or Leave Me
13. All Through The Day
14. The Pussycat Song (N'yot, N'yow)
15. Pianissimo
16. More And More
17. A Garden In The Rain
18. I'm Gonna Love That Girl (Like She's Never Been Loved Before)
19. If You Were The Only Girl In The World
20. I Want To Thank Your Folks

Disc 2
01. Round And Round
02. Wanted
03. `A' - You're Adorable		play
04. A Dreamer's Holiday
05. I Wanna Go Home (With You)
06. Forever And Ever
07. Patricia
08. To Know You (Is To Love You)
09. Maybe
10. Wild Horses
11. Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk
12. Hello Young Lovers
13. The Things I Didn't Do
14. All At Once You Love Her
15. A Bushel And A Peck
16. Far Away Places
17. I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore
18. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)
19. You Alone (Solo Tu)
20. My One And Only Heart

Disc 3
01. Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
02. If
03. Hoop-Dee-Doo
04. Tulips And Heather
05. My Love And Devotion
06. Watermelon Weather		play
07. With All My Heart And Soul
08. Bali Ha'i
09. I Confess
10. It's A Lovely Day Today
11. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
12. Blue Room
13. Idle Gossip
14. So Far
15. Please Mr. Sun
16. You're Just In Love
17. What'll I Do?
18. You Are Never Far Away From Me
19. Pa-paya Mama
20. Zing-Zing-Zoom-Zoom

Disc 4
01. Papa Loves Mambo
02. Ko-Ko-Mo (I Love You So)
03. More
04. Kewpie Doll
05. Glendora
06. Jukebox Baby
07. When You Were Sweet Sixteen
08. Temptation
09. Two Loves Have I
10. I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do)
11. If I Loved You
12. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
13. I Love You		play
14. Just One Way To Say I Love You
15. Here Comes Heaven (Again)
16. A Hubba Hubba Hubba (Dig You Later)
17. Laroo, Laroo, Lilli Bolero
18. Haunted Heart
19. That's The Beginning Of The End
20. There's No Boat Like A Rowboat

Disc 5
01. Till The End Of Time
02. Prisoner Of Love
03. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
04. Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)
05. Because
06. Surrender
07. Some Enchanted Evening
08. Tina Marie
09. The Girl With The Golden Braids
10. Fooled
11. Hit And Run Affair
12. Somebody Up There Likes Me		play
13. Ivy Rose
14. Moon Talk
15. Mi Casa Su Casa (My House Is Your House)
16. Just Born (To Be Your Baby)
17. There Never Was A Night So Beautiful
18. Love Makes The World Go Round
19. There's A Big Blue Cloud (Next To Heaven)
20. Look Out The Window (And See How I'm Standing In The Rain)

One of the most popular vocalists between the end of World War II and the rise of rock & roll in the mid-'50s, Perry Como perfected the post-big-band approach to pop music by lending his own irresistible, laid-back singing -- influenced by Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo -- to the popular hits of the day on radio, TV, and LP. Both his early traditional crooning style plus his later relaxed manner and focus on novelty material were heavily indebted to Bing Crosby, though Como's appeal during the early '50s was virtually unrivaled. Born in 1912 in Canonsburg, PA, Como was working as a singing barber in his hometown when he began touring with local bandleader Freddie Carlone at the age of 21. By the mid-'30s, he got his big break with Ted Weems & His Orchestra, who headed a popular radio show named Beat the Band. After the orchestra broke up in 1942, Como hosted a regional CBS radio show later called Supper Club. The show's success gained him a contract with RCA Victor Records by 1943, and he also began working in Hollywood with Something for the Boys.

Perry Como's real big break came with the 1945 film A Song to Remember. His rendition of "Till the End of Time" spent ten weeks at the top of the charts and became the biggest hit of the year. Como's dreamy baritone worked especially well on ballads, such as the additional 1945-1947 number one hits "Prisoner of Love," "Surrender," and "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)." Hired by NBC for another radio show in 1948, Como crossed over to the emerging medium of television that same year with the Chesterfield Supper Club. The show quickly took off, and eventually earned him four Emmy Awards. In the mid-'50s, Como began to indulge in light novelty fare, the titles often comprising nonsense words -- "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Doo," "Hoop-Dee-Doo," "Pa-Paya Mama," and "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)." Though he often disliked the songs, they frequently became huge of the road pop.

Como's breezy songs had worked well at the beginning of the decade, but his appeal began to wane towards the end of the '50s, with the emergence of rock & roll and the wave of teen idols. His last number one hit, "Catch a Falling Star," came in 1958. Como was much less visible during the '60s, but returned in 1970 with his first live show in over two decades, and a world tour followed; a single ("It's Impossible") even made the Top Ten in late 1970. Como continued to record LPs and occasional television specials while making scattered appearances during the '70s and '80s. On May 12, 2001, Perry Como died in his sleep at his home in Florida. --- John Bush, allmusic.com

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Disc 1
01. We'll Meet Again
02. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover
03. Yours
04. It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
05. Wishing (Will Make It So)
06. Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye
07. There's A Land Of Begin Again
08. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
09. Be Like The Kettle And Sing		play
10. Who's Taking You Home Tonight?
11. Jealousy
12. More And More
13. The General's Fast Asleep
14. Harbour Lights
15. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)
16. A Star Fell Out Of Heaven
17. Cinderella Stay In My Arms
18. I'm In The Mood For Love
19. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
20. Goodnight Children Everywhere

Disc 2
01. When The Lights Go On Again
02. I Shall Be Waiting
03. That Lovely Weekend
04. Only Forever
05. Something To Remember You By
06. The London I Love
07. There's A New World Over The Skyline
08. The Happiest New Year Of All
09. The Love Bug Will Bite You
10. I'm Sending You My Blessings
11. Long Ago (And Far Away)
12. It's Like Old Times
13. The Anniversary Waltz		play
14. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
15. Do You Ever Dream Of Tomorrow?
16. I'm Beginning To See The Light
17. My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
18. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
19. Up The Wooden Hill To Bedfordshire
20. Goodnight Wherever You Are

Disc 3
01. When They Sound The Last All Clear
02. Over The Rainbow
03. When You Wish Upon A Star
04. There'll Come Another Day
05. You'll Never Know
06. For Sweethearts Everywhere
07. Please Think Of Me
08. Mexicali Rose
09. Cinderella Sweetheart		play
10. You Can't Be True Dear
11. Little Sir Echo
12. Smilin' Through
13. Over The Hill
14. Careless
15. I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
16. Rosalie
17. Little Star (Estrellita)
18. You're Breaking My Heart All Over Again
19. Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat
20. There's A Ship Rolling Home

Disc 4
01. Again
02. Kiss Me (Besame Mucho)
03. Coming Home
04. The Silver Wedding Waltz		play
05. Alone
06. Two Sleepy People
07. So Many Memories
08. I'm In Love For The Last Time
09. I'll Make Up For Everything
10. My Sister And I
11. You're In My Arms
12. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
13. Where In The World
14. How Green Was My Valley
15. After A While
16. I Paid For The Lie That I Told You
17. In My Little Red Book
18. Memories Live Longer Than Dreams
19. No Regrets
20. I'm Yours Sincerely

Disc 5
01. Auf Weiderseh’n Sweetheart
02. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
03. The Homing Waltz
04. My Son, My Son		
05. Forget-Me-Not
06. The Windsor Waltz
07. Who Are We?
08. A House With Love In It
09. The Faithful Hussar (Don't Cry My Love)
10. When You Hear Big Ben
11. Travellin' Home
12. Addio Amore		play
13. If You Go
14. A House Is A Home
15. Be Anything (But Be Mine)
16. Our Love Story
17. I Am Loved
18. By The Fireside
19. Trying
20. From The Time You Say Goodbye

The mere mention of Vera Lynn's name evokes images of London skies filled with barrage balloons, and Britons riding out the German blitz in shelters and underground stations. England's sweetheart during the trying times of World War II, Lynn was still in her twenties when she took on that role. She was born Vera Margaret Welch in London's East Ham, to Bertram and Annie Welch, one year before the close of the First World War. She began singing as a girl of seven, also studying dance as a child. She later took her maternal grandmother's maiden name as her stage name, and her natural, unaffected vocal style and charm brought Lynn early success on the radio. At age 18, she was singing with Joe Loss' orchestra, nd she'd also begun recording for the Crown label. By the end of the 1930s, after stints working for Charlie Kunz's and Bert Ambrose's bands, Lynn got her own radio series. This event coincided with the end of what was known as the "Phony War," that period in which men were being conscripted and sent overseas, rearmament rushed, and nightly blackouts imposed, but no shots fired or bombs dropped. The shooting war started in 1940, and it was around that same time that Lynn became the host of the BBC radio program Sincerely Yours; the show became incredibly popular with overseas servicemen who missed their girlfriends, and her regular songs included such hopeful/heartsick ballads as "White Cliffs of Dover," "We'll Meet Again," "Wishing," and "Yours," which were taken to heart by the British public. Her recordings -- now done for Decca Records, which had absorbed the Crown label some years before -- all sold well, and Lynn also made several films during the war years, appeared in a stage revue, and sang for troops in Asia. Her sentimental brand of pop music was regarded as a huge help to morale, and Lynn herself virtually a national treasure.

Within just a few months of the end of the Second World War, Lynn surprised and shocked the public by announcing her retirement. As early as Christmas of 1946 she'd begun a limited return to recording, however, and by the end of 1947 she was working again, touring the variety circuit and gaining another BBC radio program. Decca seized a golden opportunity in 1948 by releasing Vera Lynn material in America during a musicians strike that had crippled the stateside music industry, and Lynn gained a Top Ten hit that year with "You Can't Be True, Dear." And in 1952, she became the first British artist to hit number one on the American charts when "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" spent nine weeks at the top spot. That same year, Lynn managed an astonishing hat trick back home with the advent of the first singles chart for England -- unveiled in New Musical Express in November of that year -- when her records occupied three of the top 12 positions. Her first (and only) British number one came two years later, with "My Son My Son," and she gradually moved from radio/variety work to television spots during the '50s in order to round out her schedule, recording increasingly contemporary material during the 1960s -- when she left Decca for EMI -- and '70s. She received an OBE from the British crown in 1969, and in 1975 was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire. Though she performed sparingly during the 1980s, she did appear at commemorations for the 40th anniversary of D-Day and the 50th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, and continued to do charity work. In 2005, she also spoke on behalf of veterans of World War II on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of VE Day.

And as it turned out, even in the twenty-first century, 70 years after she'd cut her first records, Lynn's career as a top-selling recording artist was not yet over. In September of 2009, the 92-year-old Lynn became the oldest singer ever to top the British album charts, when a new Decca collection of her World War II recordings, We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn, hit the number one spot, a doubly extraordinary achievement in light of the reissue of the entire Beatles catalog that same month. It was an occasion noted by news services around the world, and spoke volumes about the love that the British hold for the singer and her music. --- John Bush & Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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