Leo Reisman - The Leo Reisman Hits Collection 1921-40 (2020) Mp3

Leo Reisman was a violinist and bandleader whose orchestra initially came to popularity in the 1920s as a society orchestra performing at New York’s Central Park Casino, becoming one of the first orchestras who racked up a long string of hits in what was called the “sweet” style of orchestral and dance band music which appealed to the broad spectrum of middle America during the inter-war years and through the ‘40s into the early ‘50s in what is sometimes called the golden age of popular music. Performing at prestigious hotels and on radio, he helped popularise some of the hit songs from movies and Broadway shows of the time, occasionally featuring the stars from those shows or the composers of the songs performing vocals on his records, including Ferd Astaire, Harold Arlen, Arthur Schwartz and Clifton Webb, as well as other rising stars like Lee Wiley, along with many other vocalists like Lew Conrad, Frank Luther, Frances Maddux, Dick Robertson, Sally Singer and Lou Levin. This great-value 72-track 3-CD set consists entirely of recordings which before 1940 were credited with a Top 20 chart position in Joel Whitburn’s “Pop Memories” or Elston Brooks’ “The Weekly Top Ten Tunes For The Last Fifty Years” books, or the Your Hit Parade chart, or appeared in one of the Billboard charts thereafter. It features most of his eighty or so career hits, including the No. 1s “The Wedding of the Painted Doll”, “I'll See You Again”, “Paradise”, “Night And Day”, “Stormy Weather”, “The Continental”, “Cheek To Cheek”. It’s a substantial, enjoyable and nostalgic journey through an era in the USA when pop music was an antidote to some difficult social, economic and political upheavals.
Tracklist
CD1
1. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - Bright Eyes
2. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - Indian Love Call
3. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - Here in My Arms
4. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - Bye Bye, Blackbird
5. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - For My Sweetheart
6. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Don Howard & Harry Maxfield - Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away
7. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
8. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - The Wedding of the Painted Doll
9. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Ran Weeks - I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
10. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Ran Weeks - With a Song in My Heart
11. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Lew Conrad - Ain't Misbehavin'
12. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Lou Levin - My Sweeter Than Sweet
13. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Lou Levin - Happy Days Are Here Again
14. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - You Do Something to Me
15. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - You've Got That Thing
16. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - I'll See You Again
17. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Lew Conrad - What is This Thing Called Love'
18. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Lew Conrad - Puttin' on the Ritz
19. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Philip Steele - Around the Corner
20. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frances Maddux - Body and Soul
21. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Ben Gordon - Just a Gigolo
22. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Munn - Out of Nowhere
23. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Ben Gordon - When the Moon Comes over the Mountain
24. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Leo Reisman - Without That Gal!

CD2

1. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Vocals Fred Astaire - New Sun In The Sky
2. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Vocals Fred Astaire - I Love Louisa
3. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Vocals Lee Wiley - Time on My Hands
4. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - She Didn't Say Yes
5. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - The Night Was Made For Love
6. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frances Maddux - Someday I'll Find You
7. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frances Maddux - Paradise
8. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - Drums In My Heart
9. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - Jalousie
10. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Dick Robertson - Lovable
11. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - Alone Together
12. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Arthur Schwartz & The Eva Jessye Choir - Louisiana Hayride
13. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Fred Astaire - Night And Day
14. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Harold Arlen - Stormy Weather
15. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Fred Astaire - Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much
16. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Arthur Wright - By A Waterfall
17. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - Honeymoon Hotel
18. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Howard Phillips - Love Songs of The Nile
19. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Clifton Webb - Easter Parade
20. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frances Maddux - Yesterdays
21. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Bernice Alair - The Touch Of Your Hand
22. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Tamara - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
23. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. George Beuler - With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming
24. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. George Beuler - Night On The Desert

CD3

1. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. George Beuler - Tonight Is Mine
2. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Harold Arlen - You're A Builder Upper
3. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Sally Singer - Don't Let It Bother You
4. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Lew Conrad - A Needle In A Haystack
5. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Leo Reisman - The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing)
6. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Sally Singer - I Get A Kick Out Of You
7. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Phil Dewey - I Won't Dance
8. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Phil Dewey - Lovely To Look At
9. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Frank Luther - I'm In The Mood For Love
10. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Fred Astaire - Cheek To Cheek
11. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Fred Astaire - The Piccolino
12. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Phil Dewey - You And The Night And The Music
13. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Edward Matthews - I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
14. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Avon Long - It Ain't Necessarily So
15. Leo Reisman & his Orchestra - I Wanna Woo
16. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Benny Davis - Yours Truly Is Truly Yours
17. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Larry Stewart - Afterglow
18. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Larry Stewart - On The Beach At Bali-Bali
19. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Sally Singer - It's De-Lovely
20. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Jimmy Brierly - Too Marvellous For Words
21. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Lee Sullivan - In The Still Of The Night
22. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Felix Knight - Spring Is Here
23. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Lee Sullivan - Do I Love You
24. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, Voc. Sara Horn - Down Argentina Way