Description
Mfd. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. under License, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Manufactured and Distributed by BMG Music, New York, N.Y. Printed in the U.S.A.
© 1994 BMG Music
Memorabilia and photographs courtesy of Gary Doctor, Frank Driggs Collection, Chuck Granata, Wayne Knight Collection, Michael Ochs Archives.
Music Popularity Charts courtesy of Billboard.
Special thanks to: Amanda Armstrong, Nancy Chessare, Chick Crumpacker, Gary Doctor, Joe Galante, Randy Goodman, Bobby Gordon, Kimberly Hemphill, Ron Howie, Anne Marie Koenig, Karen Meyer, Catherine Loiacono, Bernadette Moore, Mary Jo Myszelow, Jack Quinn, Roger Skelton, Lou Vaccarelli and Don Wardell.
A very special thanks to Frank Sinatra, Sonny Golden and Frank Military.
The producer wishes to acknowledge the tireless efforts of the following without whom the release of this set would not have been possible: Michael Beeferman, Jim Crotty, Will Friedwald, Sonny Golden, Chuck Granata, Bill Lacey, Frank Military, Frankie Pezzella, Dr. John Ridgway.
Disc 1: Transferred from the original metal and glass masters.
1-1. Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 2/1/40 BS-044680-1
1-2. (From the Paramount Picture “The Road To Singapore”) Paramount Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2/1/40 BS-044682-1
1-3. Van Heusen Music Corp./Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2/26/40 BS-047706-1
1-4. EMI Miller Catalog Inc./Gunston Music Inc. (ASCAP) 2/26/40 BS-047707-1
1-5. (From “The Royal Palm Revue”) Williamson Music Co. (ASCAP) 2/26/40 BS-047708-1
1-6. (From the Paramount Picture “Buck Benny Rides Again”) Famous Music Corp. (ASCAP) 3/4/40 BS-047746-1
1-7. ABC Music Corp./Dorsey Brothers Music (ASCAP) 3/4/40 BS-047747-1
1-8. Warner Bros. Music/Malvern Music Co. (ASCAP) 3/12/40 BS-048129-1
1-9. (From the 20th Century-Fox Film “Johnny Apollo”) EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 3/12/40 BS-048130-1
1-10. Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) 3/29/40 BS-048479-1
1-11. Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 3/29/40 BS-048480-1
1-12. Warner Bros. Music/Limerick Music Corp./Marke Music Publishing Co. Inc./Raganesque Music (ASCAP) 3/29/40 BS-048481-1
1-13. (From the Universal Picture “If I Had My Way”) Anne-Rachel Music (ASCAP) 4/10/40 BS-048758-1
1-14. (From the Universal Picture “If I Had My Way”) Anne-Rachel Music (ASCAP) 4/10/40 BS-048762-1
1-15. ABC Music Corp./Dorsey Brothers Music (ASCAP) 4/10/40 BS-048430-3
1-16. Glocken Verlag Inc. (GEMA) 4/10/40 BS-048431-3
1-17. (From the Musical Production “Louisiana Purchase”) Irving Berlin Music Co. (ASCAP) 4/23/40 BS-048938-1
1-18. Anne-Rachel Music (ASCAP) 4/23/40 BS-048939-1
1-19. MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP) 4/23/40 BS-048940-1
1-20. (From the Musical Production “Louisiana Purchase”) Irving Berlin Music Co. (ASCAP) 4/23/40 BS-048941-1
1-21. MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP) 5/23/40 BS-048942-4
1-22. Warner Bros. Music/Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP) 5/23/40 BS-050852-1
1-23. Fred Ahlert Music Corp./Pencil Mark Music Inc. (ASCAP) 5/23/40 BS-050853-1
Disc 2: Transferred from the original metal and glass masters.
2-1. Fisher Music Corp./EMI Miller Catalog (ASCAP) 6/13/40 BS-051279-1
2-2. Warner Bros. Music/Ched Music Corp. (ASCAP) 6/27/40 BS-051579-1
2-3. Bantam Music Publishing Co./Gilbert Keyes Music Co. (ASCAP) 6/27/40 BS-051581-1
2-4. (From the Paramount Picture “Rhythm On The Range”) Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc. (ASCAP) 7/17/40 BS-051874-1
2-5. EMI Feist Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP) 7/17/40 BS-051875-1
2-6. (From the Warner Bros. Film “Ladies Must Live”) Warner Bros. Music Inc. (ASCAP) 7/17/40 BS-051876-1
2-7. (From the Musical Production “Hold On To Your Hats”) Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) 7/17/40 BS-051877-1
2-8. (From the MGM Film “Strike Up The Band”) EMI Feist Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP) 8/29/40 BS-055543-1
2-9. Scarsdale Music Corp./Van Heusen Music Corp. (ASCAP) 8/29/40 BS-055563-1
2-10. (Adapted from “A Mezzanotte” by Anepata) Malvern Music Co., (ASCAP) 8/29/40 BS-055564-1
2-11. Edwin H. Morris & Co./William M. Hellman, Adm. of Sammy Mysels Estate/Penn Music Co. (ASCAP) 8/29/40 BS-055565-1
2-12. Indano Music Co. (ASCAP) 9/9/40 BS-055960-1
2-13. Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc./Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP) 9/9/40 BS-055961-1
2-14. Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 9/17/40 BS-056131-1
2-15. Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 9/17/40 BS-056133-2
2-16. (From the RKO Picture “You’ll Find Out”) Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 9/17/40 BS-056135-1
2-17. (From the Paramount Picture “Love Thy Neighbor”) Famous Music Corp. (ASCAP) 10/16/40 PBS-055110-1
2-18. (From the film “High As A Kite”) Malvern Music Co. (ASCAP) 11/11/40 PBS-055157-1
2-19. Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP) 11/11/40 PBS-055158-1
2-20. Hampshire House Publishing Co. (ASCAP) 1/6/41 BS-058760-1
2-21. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI) 1/6/41 BS-058761-1
2-22. (From the Paramount Picture “The Road To Zanzibar”) Anne-Rachel Music (ASCAP) 1/15/41 BS-058877-1
2-23. (From the Paramount Picture “The Road To Zanzibar”) Famous Music Corp. (BMI) 1/15/41 BS-058879-1
2-24. Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP) 1/20/41 BS-060346-1
Disc 3: Transferred from the original metal and glass masters.
3-1. (From the Paramount Picture “Las Vegas Nights”) Paramount Music Corp. (ASCAP) 1/20/41 BS-060347-1
3-2. EMI Miller Catalog Inc./Anne-Rachel Music (ASCAP) 1-20-41 CS-060349-2
3-3. Melody Lane Publications Inc. (BMI)/Leonard-Worth Songs (ASCAP) 2/7/41 BS-060626-1
3-4. Dorsey Brothers Music (ASCAP) 2/7/41 BS-060628-1
3-5. Dorsey Brothers Music (ASCAP) 2/17/41 BS-060902/3-1
3-6. (From the Paramount Picture “Kiss The Boys Goodbye”) Famous Music Corp. (ASCAP) 5/28/41 BS-065913-1
3-7. (From the Paramount Picture “Caught In The Draft”) Paramount Music Corp. (ASCAP) 5/28/41 BS-065915-1
3-8. Embassy Music Corp. (BMI) 5/28/41 BS-065927-1
3-9. TV Music (ASCAP) 6/27/41 BS-066430-1
3-10. Bourne Co. (ASCAP) 6/27/41 BS-066431-1
3-11. Embassy Music Corp. (BMI) 6/27/41 BS-066432-1
3-12. Embassy Music Corp. (BMI) 6/27/41 BS-065916-2
3-13. Irving Berlin Music Co. (ASCAP) 7/15/41 BS-066923-1
3-14. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (ASCAP) 8/19/41 BS-067651-1
3-15. Forster Music Publishing Inc. (ASCAP) 8/19/41 BS-067654-1
3-16. (Based on Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2) Embassy Music Corp. (BMI) 9/18/41 BS-067913-1
3-17. Embassy Music Corp. (BMI) 9/18/41 BS-067914-1
3-18. Polygram International Publishing Inc./Larry Shayne Enterprises (ASCAP) 9/18/41 BS-067915-1
3-19. Dorsey Brothers Music (ASCAP) 9/26/41 BS-067652-3
3-20. Copyright Control 9/26/41 BS-067653-2
3-21. (From the MGM Film “Babes On Broadway”) EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 12/22/41 PBS-061991-1
3-22. Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP) 2/19/42 PBS-072107-1
Disc 4: Transferred from the original metal and glass masters.
4-1. (From the MGM Film “Ship Ahoy”) EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 2/19/42 PBS-072108-1
4-2. (From the MGM Film “Ship Ahoy”) EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 2/19/42 PBS-072109-1
4-3. (From the MGM Film “Ship Ahoy”) EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 2/19/42 PBS-072110-1
4-4. Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 3/9/42 PBS-072171-1
4-5. Dorsey Brothers Music/Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP) 5/18/42 BS-075204-1
4-6. EMI Miller Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 5/18/42 BS-075205-1
4-7. WB Music Corp./Polygram International Publishing Inc. (ASCAP) 6/9/42 BS-075264-1
4-8. (From the Paramount Picture “Holiday Inn”) Irving Berlin Music Co. (ASCAP) 6/9/42 BS-075265-1
4-9. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. (ASCAP) 6/17/42 BS-075282-1
4-10. Embassy Music Corp. (BMI) 6/17/42 BS-075285-1
4-11. Dorsey Brothers Music (ASCAP) 7/1/42 BS-075400-1
4-12. (Based on the theme of “Mardi Gras” from “Mississippi Suite”) EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 7/1/42 BS-075402-1
4-13. Embassy Music Corp. (BMI)/Terry Fischer Music Co. (ASCAP) 7/1/42 BS-075403-1
4-14. Mills Music Inc./Fisher Music Corp. (ASCAP) 7/2/42 BS-075407-1
4-15. (Rare Alternate Take) (From the Paramount Picture “The Road To Singapore”) Paramount Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2/1/40 BS-044682-2
4-16. (Previously Unreleased) Van Heusen Music Corp./Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP) 2/26/40 BS-047706-2
4-17. (Rare Alternate Take) Chappell & Co. Inc., (ASCAP) 3/29/40 BS-048479-2
4-18. (Previously Unreleased) (From the Musical Production “Louisiana Purchase”) 4/23/40 BS-048938-3
4-19. (Rare Alternate Take) (From the MGM Film “Strike Up The Band”) EMI Feist Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP) 8/29/40 BS-055543-2
4-20. (Previously Unreleased) Dorsey Brothers Music (ASCAP) 8/19/41 BS-067652-2
4-21. Dorsey Brothers Music (ASCAP) 1/19/42 PBS-072042-1
4-22. Frank Music Corp./Webster Music Co. (ASCAP) 1/19/42 PBS-072043-1
4-23. (From the Broadway Musical “Music In The Air”) Polygram International Publishing Co. Inc., (ASCAP) 1/19/42 PBS-072044-1
4-24. Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) 1/19/42 PBS-072045-1
Disc 5: Transferred from the original metal and glass masters except tracks 5-12, & 5-13 from the original 1956 tape transfers.
5-1. Miller Music Inc. (ASCAP) Recording date unknown USRC140-00545
5-2. (Previously Unreleased) (From the Broadway Musical “Sunny”) Polygram International Publishing Co. Inc. (ASCAP) Recording date unknown USRC140-00546
5-3. (Previously Unreleased) Public Domain Recording date unknown USRC140-00547
5-4. (Previously Unreleased) MCA Inc. (ASCAP) 6/12/40 USRC140-00548
5-5. (Previously Unreleased) Bertha Music Co./Cahn Music Co./Word & Music Inc. (ASCAP) 7/20/40 USRC140-00549
5-6. (Previously Unreleased) Copyright Control 7/20/40 USRC140-00550
5-7. (Previously Unreleased) EMI Miller Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 7/27/40 USRC140-00551
5-8. (Previously Unreleased) Screen Gems EMI (ASCAP) 8/3/40 USRC140-00552
5-9. (Previously Unreleased) Copyright Control 8/3/40 USRC140-00553
5-10. (Previously Unreleased) (From the Paramount Picture “Rhythm On The Range”) Anne-Rachel Music (ASCAP) 10/17/40 USRC140-00554
5-11. (Previously Unreleased) (From the Samuel Goldwyn Film “The Awakening”) Irving Berlin Music Co. (ASCAP) 10/17/40 USRC140-00555
5-12. Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP) 11/7/40 G2PB-3076
5-13. EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) 11/28/40 G2PB-3085
5-14. (Previously Unreleased) Screen Gems EMI (ASCAP) 1/2/41 USRC141-00558
5-15. USRC 141-00559
5-16. (Previously Unreleased) Screen Gems EMI (ASCAP) 1/9/41 USRC141-00560
5-17. (Previously Unreleased) Screen Gems EMI (ASCAP) 1/16/41 USRC141-00561
5-18. (Previously Unreleased) Screen Gems EMI (ASCAP) 1/30/41 USRC141-00562
5-19. (Previously Unreleased) Screen Gems EMI (ASCAP) 1/30/41 USRC141-00563
5-20. (Previously Unreleased) Screen Gems EMI (ASCAP) 2/27/41 USRC141-00564
5-21. (Previously Unreleased) Copyright Control 3/20/41 USRC141-00565
5-22. (Previously Unreleased) Screen Gems EMI (ASCAP) 3/27/41 USRC141-00566
5-23. (Previously Unreleased) (Based on Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Violin and Piano) Chappell & Co. Inc. (ASCAP) 6/12/41 USRC141-00567
5-24. (Previously Unreleased) Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc. (ASCAP) 8/6/42 USRC142-00568
5-25. (Previously Unreleased) Music Sales Corp./Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP) 8/6/42 USRC142-00569
5-26. 9/3/42 USRC142-00570
5-27. (From the Broadway Musical “Music In The Air”) Polygram International Publishing Co. Inc. (ASCAP) 9/3/42 USRC142-00571
Also available on Cassette (66353-4 / C 207141).
The Complete Studio Masters Vol. 1
1-1 The Sky Fell Down 3:12
1-2 Too Romantic 3:08
1-3 Shake Down The Stars 3:28
1-4 Moments In The Moonlight 3:13
1-5 I’ll Be Seeing You 3:00
1-6 Say It 3:22
1-7 Polka Dots And Moonbeams 3:18
1-8 The Fable Of The Rose 2:49
1-9 This Is The Beginning Of The End 3:11
1-10 Hear My Song Violetta 2:55
1-11 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) 3:10
1-12 Devil May Care 3:06
1-13 April Played The Fiddle 3:05
1-14 I Haven’t The Time To Be A Millionaire 3:03
1-15 Imagination 3:13
1-16 Yours Is My Heart Alone 2:52
1-17 You’re Lonely And I’m Lonely 3:10
1-18 East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) 3:15
1-19 Head On My Pillow 2:57
1-20 It’s A Lovely Day Tomorrow 2:27
1-21 I’ll Never Smile Again 3:09
1-22 All This And Heaven Too 3:36
1-23 Where Do You Keep Your Heart 2:48
The Complete Studio Masters Vol. 2
2-1 Whispering 2:59
2-2 Trade Winds 2:59
2-3 The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else) 3:30
2-4 The Call Of The Canyon 3:05
2-5 Love Lies 3:20
2-6 I Could Make You Care 3:06
2-7 The World Is In My Arms 3:10
2-8 Our Love Affair 2:59
2-9 Looking For Yesterday 3:09
2-10 Tell Me At Midnight 2:50
2-11 We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me) 3:01
2-12 When You Awake 3:10
2-13 Anything 3:04
2-14 Shadows On The Sand 2:37
2-15 You’re Breaking My Heart All Over Again 3:01
2-16 I’d Know You Anywhere 2:51
2-17 Do You Know Why? 3:10
2-18 Not So Long Ago 3:00
2-19 Stardust 3:10
2-20 Oh! Look At Me Now 3:13
2-21 You Might Have Belonged To Another 2:45
2-22 You Lucky People, You 2:35
2-23 It’s Always You 3:14
2-24 I Tried 3:01
The Complete Studio Masters Vol. 3
3-1 Dolores 2:55
3-2 Without A Song 4:25
3-3 Do I Worry 3:07
3-4 Everything Happens To Me 3:10
3-5 Let’s Get Away From It All 5:11
3-6 I’ll Never Let A Day Pass By 3:14
3-7 Love Me As I Am 3:07
3-8 This Love Of Mine 3:39
3-9 I Guess I’ll Have To Dream The Rest 3:29
3-10 You And I 2:44
3-11 Neiani 3:16
3-12 Free For All 2:19
3-13 Blue Skies 3:15
3-14 Two In Love 2:53
3-15 Pale Moon (An Indian Love Song) 3:40
3-16 I Think Of You 2:53
3-17 How Do You Do Without Me? 3:09
3-18 A Sinner Kissed An Angel 2:52
3-19 Violets For Your Furs 3:02
3-20 The Sunshine Of Your Smile 2:29
3-21 How About You 2:52
3-22 Snootie Little Cutie 3:19
The Complete Studio Masters Vol. 4 Plus Rare Studio Alternate Takes And The Sinatra/Stordahl Sessions
4-1 Poor You 2:45
4-2 I’ll Take Tallulah 3:12
4-3 The Last Call For Love 2:29
4-4 Somewhere A Voice Is Calling 3:05
4-5 Just As Though You Were Here 3:12
4-6 Street Of Dreams 2:39
4-7 Take Me 2:59
4-8 Be Careful, It’s My Heart 2:47
4-9 In The Blue Of Evening 2:54
4-10 Dig Down Deep 2:06
4-11 There Are Such Things 2:41
4-12 Daybreak 3:10
4-13 It Started All Over Again 2:53
4-14 Light A Candle In The Chapel 3:02
4-15 Too Romantic (Take 2) 3:08
4-16 Shake Down The Stars (Take 2) 3:28
4-17 Hear My Song Violetta (Take 2) 2:55
4-18 You’re Lonely And I’m Lonely (Take 3) 3:10
4-19 Our Love Affair (Take 2) 2:59
4-20 Violets For Your Furs (Take 2) 3:02
4-21 The Night We Called It A Day 3:16
4-22 The Lamplighter’s Serenade 2:50
4-23 The Song Is You 3:17
4-24 Night And Day 3:00
On The Air 1940-1942
5-1 Theme: I’m Getting Sentimental Over You 0:40
5-2 Who? 3:10
5-3 I Hear A Rhapsody 2:10
5-4 I’ll Never Smile Again 3:09
5-5 Half-Way Down The Street 3:13
5-6 Some Of Your Sweetness (Got Into My Heart) 2:51
5-7 Once In A While 3:14
5-8 A Little In Love 1:30
5-9 It Came To Me 1:35
5-10 Only Forever 1:41
5-11 Marie 2:16
5-12 Yearning 3:10
5-13 How Am I To Know 3:03
5-14 You’re Part Of My Heart 3:40
5-15 Announcements 1:26
5-16 You’re Stepping On My Toes 3:07
5-17 You Got The Best Of Me 2:45
5-18 That’s How It Goes 2:26
5-19 When Daylight Dawns 2:53
5-20 When Sleepy Stars Begin To Fall 2:50
5-21 Goodbye Lover, Goodbye 3:22
5-22 One Red Rose 3:12
5-23 The Things I Love 3:43
5-24 In The Blue Of Evening 2:45
5-25 Just As Though You Were Here 3:27
5-26 Frank Sinatra’s Farewell To The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1:20
5-27 The Song Is You 3:12
