Complete Recordings with Les Brown

• Artist: Doris Day
• Rating:
• Release Date: 2001
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

Reissuing the identical material compiled elsewhere several times (most notably on Columbia's The Complete Doris Day With Les Brown), Jazz Factory won't win any points for originality, but the material itself is golden. Day's recordings with Les Brown blazed at such a high candle power that even an energetic combo like the Andrews Sisters could hardly compare (no less with their three voices to her one). Whether she turned her eye to a ballad like the era-defining "Sentimental Journey" or decided to swing an ebullient number like "Come to Baby, Do!," Day was not only one of the most likeable band singer in the business, she was also one of the most talented. Despite a few pieces of absurd novelty material ("Alexander the Swoose (Half Swan-Half Goose)," "The Deevil, Devil, Divil") occasionally threatening to drag it into the depths, The Complete Recordings With Les Brown is an excellent collection. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Dig It	Hal Borne, Johnny Mercer	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:19)
Let's Be Buddies	Cole Porter	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:05)
While the Music Plays On	Eddie Heim, Lupin Fein, Irving Mills	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:06)
Three at a Table for Two	Arthur Johnston, Archie Gottler	Les Brown, Doris Day	(2:49)
Between Friends	Alan Jay Lerner, Ted Straeter	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:06)
Broomstreet	Buck Ram, Josef Myrow	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:08)
Barbara Allen	Traditional	Doris Day, Les Brown	(2:53)
Celery Stalks at Midnight	George Harris, Carl Sigman, Will Bradley	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:01)
Amapola	Joseph M. Lacalle, Albert Gamse	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:12)
Easy as Pie	Les Brown, Kim Gannon	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:15)
Booglie Wooglie Piggy	Roy Jacobs	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:02)
Beau Night in Hotchkiss Corners	Herbert Magidson, Ben Oakland	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:24)
Alexander the Swoose (Half Swan-Half Goose)		Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:07)
Made up My Mind	Barry Mann, Herschel Evans	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:08)
Keep Cool, Fool	J.P. Johnson, Josef Myrow	Les Brown, Doris Day	(2:55)
Sentimental Journey	Bud Green, Les Brown, Ben Homer	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:11)
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time	Manny Curtis, Victor Mizzy	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:19)
He's Home for a Little While	Rob Goellner, Ted Shapiro	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:12)
'Tain't Me	Lanier Davis, Jack Palmer	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:17)
I'll Always Be With You	Marjorie Goetschius, Edna Osser	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:06)
A Red Kiss on a Blue Letter	Ray Evans	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:07)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Till the End of Time	Ted Mossman, Buddy Kaye	Doris Day, Les Brown	(2:58)
He'll Have to Cross the Atlantic (To Get to the Pacific)	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:03)
I'd Rather Be With You	Roy Alfred, Frank Comstock	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:13)
Come to Baby, Do!	Inez James, Sid Miller	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:05)
Aren't You Glad You're You	Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:04)
The Last Time I Saw You	Marjorie Goetschius, Edna Osser	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:27)
We'll Be Together Again	Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:19)
You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)	Harry James, Larry Stock	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:05)
In the Moon Mist	Jack Lawrence	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:09)
Day by Day	Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston, Axel Stordahl	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:07)
(Ah Yes) There's Good Blues Tonight	Abe Osser, Edna Osser	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:08)
All Through the Day	Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:17)
The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Bob Russell, Carl Sigman	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:11)
I Got the Sun in the Morning	Irving Berlin	Les Brown, Doris Day	(2:34)
My Number One Dream Come True	Lew Brown, Johnny Green	Les Brown, Doris Day	(2:58)
The Whole World Is Singing My Song	Manny Curtis, Victor Mizzy	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:16)
Are You Still in Love With Me	Les Brown, Edna Osser	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:17)
Sooner or Later (Lyrics)	Charles Wolcott, Ray Gilbert	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:04)
You Should Have Told Me	Irving Berlin, Redd Evans, Edna Osser	Doris Day, Les Brown	(3:13)
The Christmas Song	Robert Wells, Mel Tormé	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:04)
It Could Happen to You	Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen	Les Brown, Doris Day	(3:18)

Credits

Wolfie Tannenbaum (Sax (Tenor)), J.G. Calvados (Preparation), Steve Madrick (Sax (Alto)), Eddie Bailey (Trumpet), Butch Stone (Clarinet), Ray Klein (Trombone), Warren Brown (Trombone), Jimmy Zito (Trumpet), Les Brown (Clarinet), Dick Gould (Trombone), Mark Douglas (Sax (Alto)), Bobby Gibbons (Guitar), Don Paladino (Trumpet), Ed Scherr (Sax (Soprano)), Bob Leininger (Bass), Stumpy Brown (Trombone), George Weidler (Sax (Alto)), Bob Thorne (Trumpet), Nick Riviello (Sax (Baritone)), Warren Covington (Trombone), LaVerne Rowe (Trumpet), Butch Stone (Sax (Baritone)), Butch Stone (Sax (Alto)), Jeff Clarkson (Piano), Nick Riviello (Sax (Tenor)), Don Jacoby (Trumpet), Si Zentner (Trombone), Joe Petroni (Guitar), Ed Scherr (Sax (Tenor)), Kenny Miesel (Trombone), Ed Scherr (Sax (Baritone)), Dick Shanahan (Drums), J.G. Calvados (Editing), Joe Bogart (Trumpet), Bill Forman (Trombone), Hy White (Guitar), Billy Rowland (Piano), Antonio González Padilla (Liner Notes), Ronnie Chase (Trombone), Al Muller (Trumpet), Abe Most (Vocals), Doris Day (Vocals), Don Boyd (Trombone), Carl Berg (Trumpet), John Knepper (Bass), Bob Higgins (Trumpet), Eddy Julian (Drums), Randy Brooks (Trumpet), Ray Linn (Trumpet), Charlie Green (Bass), Abe Most (Sax (Alto)), Dick Noel (Trombone)