Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin

Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin
Studio album by Billy Eckstine
Sarah Vaughan
Released 1957
Genre Vocal jazz
Traditional pop music
Label Mercury
Sarah Vaughan chronology
Swingin' Easy
(1957)		 Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin
(1973)		 Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin
(1957)
Billy Eckstine chronology
That Old Feeling
(1956)		 Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin
(1957)		 Billy's Best
(1958)

Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin is a 1957 studio album featuring Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan, and the songs of Irving Berlin.[1]

Though Vaughan had made many recordings with Eckstine, this was their only album together.

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Allmusic [1]

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album four stars and said that "Sometimes surpassing their splendid solo sides, Vaughan and Eckstine obviously revel in each other's company here, seamlessly blending their voices on most every track...A highlight from the land of vintage vocal jazz.".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" - 4:02
  2. "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" - 3:53
  3. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" - 4:14
  4. "All of My Life" - 3:16
  5. "Cheek to Cheek" - 2:46
  6. "You're Just in Love" - 3:42
  7. "Remember" - 2:19
  8. "Always" - 2:37
  9. "Easter Parade" - 3:14
  10. "The Girl That I Marry" - 2:59
  11. "Now It Can Be Told" - 3:43

All songs written by Irving Berlin.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Irving Berlin Songbook". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-irving-berlin-songbook-r149398. Retrieved May 2, 2011. 
Billy Eckstine albums

Billy Eckstine Sings (1950) · Tenderly (1952) · Blues for Sale (1954) · Favourites (1954) · I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart (1954) · Songs by Billy Eckstine (1954) · The Great Mr. B (1954) · The Love Songs of Mr. B (1954) · I Surrender, Dear (1955) · Mister B With A Beat (1955) · Rendezvous (1955) · That Old Feeling (1955) · Billy's Best! (1958) · Billy Eckstine's Imagination (1958) · Imagination (1958) · Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (1959) · Billy and Sarah (1959) · No Cover, No Minimum (1960) · Once More with Feeling (1961) · At Basin St. East (1961) · Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan Sing Irving Berlin (1961) · Broadway, Bongos and Mr. B (1961) · Don't Worry 'bout Me (1962) · 12 Great Movies (1964) · Modern Sound of Mr. B (1964) · Prime of My Life (1965) · My Way (1966) · For Love of Ivy (1969) · Feel the Warm (1971) · Moment (1972) · Senior Soul (1972) · She Walked into My Life (1974) · Memento Brasiliero (1978) · Everything I Have Is Yours: The MGM Years (1985)  · Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986) · Everything I Have Is Yours (1994) · I Apologize (1995) · How High the Moon (2002) · Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (2002) · Stardust (2002) · The Motown Years (2003) · Love Songs (2004) · Timeless (2005)
Sarah Vaughan
Studio albums
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown · In the Land of Hi-Fi · Swingin' Easy · Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin · Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin · Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows · No Count Sarah · Vaughan and Violins · Close to You · Dreamy · The Divine One · The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan · Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan · After Hours · You're Mine You · Sarah + 2 · Sarah Sings Soulfully · Snowbound · Sweet 'n' Sassy · Star Eyes · Sarah Slightly Classical · Vaughan with Voices · Pop Artistry of Sarah Vaughan · The Lonely Hours · ¡Viva! Vaughan · Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook · The New Scene · It's a Man's World · Sassy Swings Again · A Time in My Life · Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand · Feelin' Good · Send in the Clowns · I Love Brazil! · How Long Has This Been Going On? · The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 · The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 · Copacabana · Songs of The Beatles · Send in the Clowns · Crazy and Mixed Up · The Planet Is Alive...Let it Live! · Brazilian Romance
Live albums
Compilation albums
Other album appearances
Extended plays
Songs
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