Ray Anthony & His Orchestra – The Ray Anthony Collection 1949-62 – 3CD

Ray Anthony is a trumpeter, bandleader, composer and film star who led one of the most respected and successful big bands of the 1950s. Starting his career as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the early 1940s, he launched his own band after serving in the US Navy in WWII, and had his first hit with “A Dreamer’s Holiday” in 1949, racking up a string of over 25 chart entries through into the 1960s. This great-value 82-Track 3-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from his one hundred or so singles on the Capitol label during this era, and features 26 US Billboard and Cash Box chart entries plus his UK hits, including the No. 2 successes “At Last” and “Dragnet”, and his other Top 10 hits “Sentimental Me, “Count Every Star”, “Can Anyone Explain”, “Harbor Lights”, “Nevertheless, As Time Goes By”, and “Peter Gunn”. It includes hit performances by his featured vocalists Dick Noel, Ronnie Deauville, The Skyliners, Tommy Mercer, Gloria Craig, Marcie Miller and Jo Ann Greer, as well as many notable jazz-flavoured instrumentals which provide a fine vehicle for Ray Anthony’s substantial talent as a trumpeter. It’s an entertaining showcase for one of the best and most innovative contemporary big bands of these years.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Noel: 1. Darktown Strutter’s Ball -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 2. Slider -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Noel: 3. A Dreamer’s Holiday -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Noel & The Skyliners: 4. Sitting By The Window -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Noel: 5. Count Every Star -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 6. Spaghetti Rag -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville: 7. Sentimental Me -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. The Skyliners: 8. Little Peach From East Orange -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 9. In The Mood -   10. Tenderly -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville: 11. Roses -   12. Scattered Toys -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. The Skyliners: 13. Mama, Teach Me To Do The Charleston -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 14. Lackawanna Local -   15. Young Man With A Horn -   16. Stardust -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville & The Skyliners: 17. Can Anyone Explain? -   18. Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) -   19. Harbor Lights -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 20. Harlem Nocturne -   21. Mr Anthony’s Boogie -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Ronnie Deauville & The Skyliners: 22. Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) -   23. The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful -   24. Be My Love -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 25. Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean -   26. Mr Anthony’s Blues -

CD2:
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Skyliners: 1. These Things I Offer You -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 2. Vilia -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer: 3. My Truly, Truly Fair -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 4. The Fox -   5. Deep Night -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer, Gloria Craig & The Skyliners: 6. Undecided -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Gloria Craig & The Skyliners: 7. Brother Fats -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 8. The Honeydripper -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir: 9. At Last -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & Marcie Miller: 10. Bermuda -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer: 11. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir: 12. I Hear A Rhapsody -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Marcie Miller & The Skyliners: 13. Moonlight Saving Time -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir: 14. There Are Such Things -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Marcie Miller: 15. You're Driving Me Crazy -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 16. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir: 17. As Time Goes By -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Marcie Miller & The Skyliners: 18. Scatterbrain -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Skyliners: 19. Marilyn -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 20. Idaho -   21. Street Scene -   22. On The Trail -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Jo Ann Greer: 23. Wild Horses -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 24. True Blue Lou -   25. The Bunny Hop -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Jo Ann Greer & The Skyliners: 26. The Hokey Pokey -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Feat. Leo Anthony: 27. Thunderbird -

CD3:
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Jo Ann Greer & Marcie Miller: 1. That's My Weakness Now -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 2. Dragnet -   3. Dancing In The Dark -   4. Another Dawn, Another Day -   5. Sound Off -   6. Oh Mein Papa -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. Tommy Mercer & The Anthony Choir: 7. Secret Love -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 8. Tuxedo Junction -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Voc. The Anthony Choir: 9. Dance, My Heart -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 10. Skokiaan -   Ray Anthony: 11. Heat Wave -   Ray Anthony, Voc. The Skyliners: 12. Something's Gotta Give -   Ray Anthony: 13. Learnin' The Blues -   14. Pete Kelly’s Blues -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 15. Flip Flop -   16. Rockin' Through Dixie -   17. Calypso Dance -   18. The Incredible Shrinking Man -   19. The Lonely Trumpet -   20. Peter Gunn -   21. Walkin' To Mother's -   22. 707 -   23. Stockholm Blues -   Ray Anthony: 24. Tres Chic -   25. The Gurney Slade Theme -   Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: 26. Champs Élysées -   Ray Anthony: 27. Tequila With A Twist -   Ray Anthony, With Orch. Cond. by Jimmie Haskell: 28. Worried Mind -   29. Let Me Entertain You -