Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
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Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook is a 1960 studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Margaret Whiting
Margaret Whiting
Margaret Whiting was a singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.-Youth:...

, with an orchestra conducted and arranged by Russell Garcia
Russell Garcia (composer)
Russell Garcia, QSM was a composer and arranger who wrote a wide variety of music for screen, stage and broadcast....

, focusing on the songs of Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...

. Originally released as a double-LP set by Verve Records
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...

 in 1960, it was reissued on CD by Universal in Japan (1998, 2007) and the United States (2002).

Track listing

  1. "Why Was I Born?
    Why Was I Born?
    "Why Was I Born?" is a 1929 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the show Sweet Adeline .-Notable recordings:*Georgia Brown - Georgia Brown Sings Gershwin/Georgia Brown...

    " (Oscar Hammerstein II
    Oscar Hammerstein II
    Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...

    ) – 3:22
  2. "Remind Me
    Remind Me (Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern song)
    "Remind Me" is a 1940 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields.It was written for the show One Night in the Tropics , where it was introduced by Peggy Moran.-Notable recordings:...

    " (Dorothy Fields
    Dorothy Fields
    Dorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films...

    ) – 2:55
  3. "The Song Is You
    The Song Is You (song)
    "The Song Is You" is a popular song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for their musical Music in the Air and sung in that show by Tullio Carminati. In later years the song became often associated with Frank Sinatra."The Song Is You" is the recurring...

    " (Hammerstein) – 3:22
  4. "I Won't Dance
    I Won't Dance
    "I Won't Dance" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, for the 1934 London musical Three Sisters. However, Three Sisters flopped and was quickly forgotten, so when the time came to film the Kern-Harbach musical Roberta, the song was...

    " (Hammerstein, Otto Harbach
    Otto Harbach
    Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach was an American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies...

    , Fields, Jimmy McHugh
    Jimmy McHugh
    James Francis McHugh was a U.S. composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 270 songs...

    ) – 2:25
  5. "Don't Ever Leave Me" (Hammerstein) – 3:19
  6. "I'm Old Fashioned
    I'm Old Fashioned
    "I'm Old Fashioned" is a 1942 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer.It was written for the film You Were Never Lovelier , where it was introduced by Nan Wynn who dubbed for Rita Hayworth as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.According to Mueller:...

    " (Johnny Mercer
    Johnny Mercer
    John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...

    ) – 2:44
  7. "All in Fun" (Hammerstein) – 3:06
  8. "Why Do I Love You?" (Hammerstein) – 2:34
  9. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
    Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
    "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, is one of the most famous songs from their classic 1927 musical play Show Boat, adapted from Edna Ferber's novel.-Context:...

    " (Hammerstein) – 3:57
  10. "A Fine Romance
    A Fine Romance (song)
    "A Fine Romance" is a popular song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, published in 1936.The song was written for the musical film, Swing Time, where it was co-introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...

    " (Fields) – 3:39
  11. "Look for the Silver Lining
    Look for the Silver Lining
    "Look for the Silver Lining" is a popular song with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by B.G. DeSylva. It was written in 1919 for the unsuccessful musical Zip, Goes a Million. In 1920 it was published and reused in the musical Sally whence it was popularized by Marilyn Miller...

    " (Buddy DeSylva) – 2:56
  12. "All the Things You Are
    All the Things You Are
    "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the musical Very Warm for May , where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart...

    " (Hammerstein) – 3:49
  13. "Poor Pierrot" (Harbach) – 3:23
  14. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
    "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 operetta Roberta. It was originally recorded by Gertrude Niesen, on 13 October 1933 on the Victor label 24454. It was performed by Irene Dunne for the 1935 film adaptation,...

    " (Harbach) – 3:57
  15. "Let's Begin
    Let's Begin
    "Let's Begin" is a popular song composed in 1933 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Otto Harbach.It was written for the musical Roberta .-Notable recordings:*Tony Bennett - The Beat of My Heart...

    " (Harbach) – 2:15
  16. "D'Ye Love Me?" (Hammerstein, Harbach) – 3:24
  17. "Dearly Beloved" (Mercer) – 2:52
  18. "Long Ago (and Far Away)
    Long Ago (and Far Away)
    "Long Ago " is a popular song from the 1944 Technicolor film musical Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly and released by Columbia Pictures. The music was written by Jerome Kern, and the lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin...

     " (Ira Gershwin
    Ira Gershwin
    Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....

    ) – 4:17
  19. "The Way You Look Tonight
    The Way You Look Tonight
    "The Way You Look Tonight" is a song featured in the film Swing Time, originally performed by Fred Astaire. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. The song was sung to Ginger Rogers as Penelope "Penny" Carroll by Astaire's character of John "Lucky" Garnett while Penny was busy...

    " (Fields) – 3:33
  20. "You Couldn't Be Cuter
    You Couldn't Be Cuter
    "You Couldn't Be Cuter" is a 1938 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields.It was written for the film Joy of Living where it was introduced by Irene Dunne...

    " (Fields) – 2:05
  21. "Yesterdays" (Harbach) – 3:08
  22. "Bill
    Bill (Show Boat)
    "Bill" is a song heard in Act II of Kern and Hammerstein's classic 1927 musical Show Boat. The song was written for Kern and P.G. Wodehouse's 1917 musical Oh, Lady! Lady!! for Vivienne Segal to perform, but withdrawn because it was considered too melancholy for that show...

    " (Hammerstein, Kern, P.G. Wodehouse) – 4:03
  23. "She Didn't Say Yes
    She Didn't Say Yes
    "She Didn't Say Yes" is a 1931 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Otto Harbach..It was written for the show The Cat and the Fiddle .-Notable recordings:*Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook...

    " (Harbach) – 2:25
  24. "The Touch of Your Hand" (Harbach) – 3:42


All music written by Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...

 with lyricists as indicated.

Personnel

  • Margaret Whiting
    Margaret Whiting
    Margaret Whiting was a singer of American popular music and country music who first made her reputation during the 1940s and 1950s.-Youth:...

     - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Russell Garcia
    Russell Garcia (composer)
    Russell Garcia, QSM was a composer and arranger who wrote a wide variety of music for screen, stage and broadcast....

     - arranger
    Arrangement
    The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...

    , conductor
    Conducting
    Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

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