Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra - Billy Vaughn Plays

1. Cimarron
2. Harbor Lights
3. Drifting and Dreaming
4. Jealous Heart
5. Red Sails in the Sunset
6. Shine on Harvest Moon
7. Blue Moon
8. Indian Love Call
9. Moonlight Bay
10. My Happiness
11. Blueberry Hill
12. You Can't Be True Dear
13. Isle of Capri
14. Moonlight and Roses

Billy Vaughn Plays

Douglas Gamley and Robert Docker - Twin Pianos (with The Peter Knight Singers)

1. The Song Is Ended But the Melody Lingers On
2. One Fine Day
3. All Alone
4. The Songs of Norway
5. Say Isn't So
6. Swan Lake
7. Be Careful It's My Heart
8. On A Lonely Night
9. Always
10. You're Mine
11. Remember
12. Ivory Melody

Twin Pianos

Maurice Monthier - E Sua Grande Orquestra Volume 7

1. All in Love Is Fair
2. Sing
3. For Once in My Life
4. April Showers
5. Tu, Nella Mia Vita
6. Theme from Papillon
7. Clouds
8. Love Me or Leave Me Alone
9. Window
10. The Most Beautiful Girl
11. You Will Be My Music
12. La Plus Que Lente

E Sua Grande Orquestra Volume 7

Henri Rene and His Orchestra - Serenade to Love

1. Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere
2. A Kiss in the Dark
3. Serenade
4. L'amour, Toujours, L'amour
5. Madcap
6. Paris Loves Lovers
7. It Had to Be You
8. I Kiss Your Hand Madame
9. Love in Bloom
10. I Love You Truly
11. There Must Be A Way to Your Heart
12. My Impossible Love

Serenade to Love

Alain Patrick - Concerto Pour Un Été

1. Concerto Pour Un Été
2. Globe Trotter
3. Anónimo Veneziano
4. Lizzy
5. Adiós Querida
6. Le Coeur D'Une Femme
7. Ballade Pour Un Adieu
8. L'Amour Reviendra
9. Virginie
10. Nils Holgersson
11. Rêverie Pour Une Tropmterre
12. A Pobreza

Concerto Pour Un Été

Ray Anthony - Young Ideas (Stereo)

1. Moonglow
2. Why Do I Love You
3. I Love You
4. Nice Work If You Can Get It
5. Lonely Night in Paris
6. Button Up Your Overcoat
7. You Turned the Tables on Me
8. Just One of Those Things
9. That Old Feeling
10. Coquette
11. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
12. Young Ideas

Young Ideas (Stereo)

Paul Mauriat - A Grande Orquestra de Paul Mauriat Vol. 13

1. Jesus Cristo
2. Il Fait Beau, Il Fait Bon
3. La Decadanse
4. C'est La Chanson De Mon Amour
5. Un Etranger Sur La Terre
6. Godfather
7. L'avventura
8. Acropolis Adieu (Akropolis Adieu)
9. Il
10. Comme Un Soleil
11. Butterfly
12. Ce N'est Rien

A Grande Orquestra de Paul Mauriat Vol. 13

Bobby Crush - Plays Melodies from The Movies

1. Theme from "Schindler's List"
2. A Whole New World (From "Aladdin")
3. I Only Have Eyes for You (From "Miami Rhapsody")
4. I've Never Been to Me (From "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert")
5. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (From "The Lion King")
6. Shakin' the Blues Away (From "That's Entertainment III")
7. Can You Read My Mind? (Love Theme from "Superman")
8. Main Theme from "Forrest Gump" (Feather Theme)
9. Love Is All Around (From "Four Weddings and A Funeral")
10. Two for the Road (From "Two for the Road")
11. Let Me Be Your Wings (From "Thumbelina")
12. Endless Love (From "Endless Love")
13. When I Fall in Love (From "Sleepless in Seattle")
14. As Time Goes By (From "Casablanca")

Melodies from the Movies

A musical tribute to the movies featuring Bobby Crush's scintillating keyboard work together with Gordon Lorenz's immaculate production.

Here's themes from movies such as "Forrest Gump", "The Lion King", "Superman" and "Four Weddings and A Funeral", plus oldies from "Casablanca" and "Sleepless in Seattle".

Bobby's terrific piano artistry makes this a highly-listenable and evocative album, breathing fresh life into a bunch of much-loved tunes.

(From the original liner notes)

Sounds Orchestral - You've Got A Friend

1. Scarborough Fair
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water
3. It's Too Late
4. Your Song
5. If You Could Read My Mind
6. You've Got A Friend
7. Sweet Unity
8. We've Only Just Begun
9. A PIcture of You
10. If Not for You

You've Got A Friend

Valentina Lisitsa - Piano Themes from Cinema's Golden Age

1. Warsaw Concerto (From Dangerous Moonlight)
2. Murder on the Orient Express (From Murder on the Orient Express)
3. Assault on Beautiful Gorky (From The Unforgettable Year 1919)
4. Jealous Lover (From The Apartment)
5. The Legend of the Glass Mountain (From The Glass Mountain)
6. Seashore (From Player's TV Advert)
7. Invocation (From Journey to Romance)
8. The Mansell Concerto (From The Woman's Angle)
9. Cornish Rhapsody (From Love Story - A Lady Surrenders)
10. Portrait of Isla (From The Case of the Frightened Lady)
11. New Hampshire Hornpipe (From On Golden Pond)
12. Stage Fright Rhapsody (From Stage Fright)
13. Legend of Lancelot (From Train of Events)
14. The Dream of Olwen (From While I Live)
15. Pride and Prejudice (From Pride and Prejudice)

Piano Themes from Cinema's Golden Age

The Golden Age of Light Music - Strings and Things Go Stereo! - Various Artists

1. Around the World - Cinema Stage Orchestra
2. A Wonderful Guy - Warren Barker
3. Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil) - Rio Carnival Orchestra
4. The Trolley Song - Conrad Salinger Orchestra
5. Love Is A Many-Splendoured Thing - Mantovani
6. Change Partners / Mandy - Frank DeVol
7. Tahiti A Summer Night at Sea - Les Baxter
8. Harlem Nocturne - Norrie Paramor
9. Front Row Centre - Joe Reisman
10. Street Scene - The New World Theatre
11. Naughty Nautical - Robert Farnon
12. There's No You - Nelson Riddle
13. Orchids in the Moonlight - Morton Gould
14. Swinging Sweethearts / Skiffling Strings - David Carroll
15. Sand in My Shoes - Melachrino Strings
16. Cornish Rhapsody - Mantovani
17. Lucky in the Rain - Robert Farnon
18. Gemini - Hal Mooney
19. Pavement Pigalle - Paris Theatre Orchestra
20. Canadian Sunset - Billy Vaughn
21. Saraband - Richard Hayman
22. My Evening Star - Phil Boutet
23. La Seduccion - Clebanoff Strings
24. Spring Madness - Camarata
25. The Song Is Ended - Frank Cordell

Strings and Things Go Stereo!

Richard Maltby and His Orchestra - Maltby Swings for Dancers

1. In the Still of the Night
2. Walkie Talkie
3. Honeysuckle Rose
4. Spooks
5. In A Little Spanish Town
6. Cool City
7. Peanut Vendor
8. Lover
9. Moanin'
10. Autumn Leaves
11. I Got Plenty O Nuttin'
12. Midnight Mood

Maltby Swings for Dancers

101 Strings Orchestra - Romantic Songs of the Sea

1. Ebb Tide
2. Harbor Lights
3. On Silver Waves
4. Now Is the Hour
5. Red Sails in the Sunset
6. Song of the Islands
7. La Mer
8. Ocean Romance
9. Beyond the Reef
10. Seas of Samoa / Rolling Home

Romantic Songs of the Sea

Les Baxter - Baxter's Best

1. The Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)
2. The Medic Theme (Blue Star)
3. I Concentrate on You
4. Ruby
5. Unchained Melody
6. Calcutta
7. Because of You
8. April in Portugal
9. All the Things You Are
10. Blue Tango
11. Wake the Town and Tell the People
12. The Shrike
13. Never on Sunday
14. I Love Paris
15. Quiet Village
16. The High and the Mighty

Baxter's Best

This may not be his "best" if you favor his more adventurous and weirder outings; these are the kind of Baxter productions that became building blocks of the easy listening genre. However, these 16 tracks from 1951-1961 are among his most popular successes, including the hits "The Poor People of Paris," "Blue Tango," "Wake the Town and Tell the People," and "Unchained Melody." (Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide)

LES BAXTER...man of many hits in many musical styles...presents his most popular successes.

Les Baxter has never been overly concerned with transient fads and trends. While others have comp´lained about the "decline in public taste", Les has become famous by sticking to his belief that a fine melody, presented with imagination and an interesting sound, will always find favor with the public. These selections certainly prove his point - and make a great album besides.

Les Baxter was already well known for his outstanding instrumental backings on many hit recordings when he caused a sensation in 1951 with his unique arrangement of one of his own compositions. The tune was "Quiet Village", and its exotic style started a new trend in music which is still climbing in popularity.

Then, in rapid succession, came his hit version of "Blue Tango" and the haunting "April in Portugal". It was the Baxter treatment of "I Love Paris" from "Can-Can" which did most to help that Cole Porter song become a part of nearly every popular performer's repertoire.

In 1953, Les came right back with another big hit, "Wake the Town and Tell the People". Then, exploring other fields of entertainment, he emerged with two great motion-picture themes, "The High and the Mighty" and "Unchained Melody". as before, the success of these recordings did much to establish these songs as standards.

Turning to television, Les recorded the theme from "Medic: Blue Star", another beautiful melody to find public favor via the Baxter treatment. Next in line was that Baxter smash, "The Poor People of Paris", a lively number which was imported from Europe.

Taken singly or together, these tunes offer dramatic examples of Les's versatility and impeccable taste. So it's no wonder that he pays title attention to musical fads, for there is no need to follow trends in music when you can successfully set them yourself. And that's just what Les Baxter does, time and time again.

(From the original liner notes)

Les Baxter is a pianist who composed and arranged for the top swing bands of the '40s and '50s, but he is better known as the founder of exotica, a variation of easy listening that glorified the sounds and styles of Polynesia, Africa, and South America, even as it retained the traditional string-and-horn arrangements of instrumental pop. Exotica became a massively popular trend in the '50s, with thousands of record buyers listening to Baxter, Martin Denny, and their imitators. Baxter also pioneered the use of the electronic instrument the theremin, which has a haunting, howling sound.

Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory and Pepperdine College in Los Angeles. After he completed school, he abandoned the piano and became a vocalist. When he was 23, he joined Mel Tormé's Mel-Tones. The group sang on Artie Shaw records, including the hit "What Is This Thing Called Love."

In 1950, he became an arranger and conductor for Capitol Records, working on hits by Nat King Cole, including "Mona Lisa." Around the same time, Baxter began recording his own albums. In 1948, he released a triple-78 album called Music out of the Moon, which ushered in space-age pop with its use of the theremin. Four years later, he began recording exotica albums with Le Sacre du Sauvage.

On his early-'50s singles Baxter was relatively straightforward, performing versions of standards like the number one hits "Unchained Melody" and "The Poor People of Paris," but on his albums he experimented with all sorts of world musics, adapting them for his orchestra. As he was recording his exotica albums, Baxter was also the musical director for the radio show Halls of Ivy, plus Abbott & Costello radio shows; he also composed over 100 film scores, concentrating on horror movies and teenage musicals and comedies, though he also did dramas like Giant.

Baxter's heyday was in the '50s and '60s. Although he continued to compose and record in the '70s, his output was sporadic. Nevertheless, a cult following formed around his exotica recordings that persisted into the '90s. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide)

The Romantic Strings and Orchestra - A World of Great Romantic Favorites

1. Bali Ha'i
2. Moonlight in Vermont
3. Canadian Sunset
4. Love Me with All Your Heart
5. Yellow Bird
6. Arrivederci, Roma
7. Under Paris Skies
8. Manha De Carnaval (A Day in the Life of A Fool)
9. A Foggy Day
10. What A Wonderful World
11. That's Amore
12. Edelweiss
13. La Vie En Rose
14. April in Portugal
15. Spanish Eyes
16. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
17. Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart
18. Hawaiian Wedding Song
19. Vaya Con Dios

A World of Great Romantic Favorites

As Melhores Orquestras do Mundo - Caesar Giovannini - Stella by Starlight Vol. 3

1. Stella by Starlight
2. Al Di La
3. Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
4. Gigi
5. Stairway to the Stars
6. I Hear A Rhapsody
7. Stranger on the Shore
8. Misty
9. My Silent Love
10. Love Letters
11. Tonight
12. You Are Beautiful

Stella by Starlight Vol. 3

Floyd Cramer - Country Piano - City Strings

1. Heartless Heart
2. Bonaparte's Retreat
3. Streets of Laredo
4. It Makes No Difference Now
5. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
6. You Don't Know Me
7. Making Believe
8. I Love You Because
9. Night Train to Memphis
10. I Can't Stop Loving You
11. Cotton Fields
12. Lonesome Whistle

Country Piano City Strings

Franck Pourcel et Son Grand Orchestre - E Um Mundo De Melodias Vol. 12

1. Yellow River
2. The Long and Winding Road
3. Close to You
4. Lady D'arbanville
5. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
6. Wand'rin Star
7. Un Rayo De Sol
8. Bridge Over Troubled Water
9. Na Na Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
10. Borsalino
11. Snowbird
12. Sympathy

E Um Mundo De Melodias Vol. 12

The Syd Lawrence Orchestra - Plays The Music of Glenn Miller

1. Moonlight Serenade
2. Little Brown Jug
3. String of Pearls
4. At Last
5. I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo
6. American Patrol
7. Perfidia
8. Slumber Song
9. Anchors Away
10. Elmer's Tune
11. St. Louis Blues
12. In the Mood
13. Story of A Starry Night
14. I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem
15. Falling Leaves
16. Pennsylvania 6-5000
17. Caribbean Clipper
18. Tuxedo Junction
19. Stardust
20. Chattanooga Choo Choo
21. Frenesi
22. Adios

Plays The Music of Glenn Miller

The Bandleader

Bing Crosby - Return to Paradise Islands - Arranged and Conducted by Nelson Riddle

1. Return to Paradise
2. The Hukilau Song
3. The Old Plantation
4. Lovely Hula Hands
5. Love and Aloha
6. Keep Your Eyes on the Hands
7. Adventures in Paradise
8. Frangipani Blossom
9. Forevermore
10. My Tane
11. Beautiful Kahana
12. Home in Hawaii

Return to Paradise Islands