• Artist: Helen Forrest
• Flags: Compilation (best of)
• Type: Compilation
• Styles: Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop
• Similar Albums: It Had to Be You, The Complete Standard Transcriptions, The Heart of Christmas (Cuor' di Natale), Sirens of Swing: Great Songs of the '30's & 40's, Learn to Croon, It's All So New, 57 - In Concert, Pure Nostalgia (1928-1941), Music! Music! Music!: The Best of Teresa Brewer, A Swingin' Affair!, Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, Songs for Young Lovers/Swing Easy!

Review

Years after her affiliations with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James, Helen Forrest recorded these transcriptions with the Carmen Dragon string orchestra. Although Forrest was only in her early thirties when these covers of popular pop and jazz tunes were made in 1949-1950, she was past her commercial prime (but at the peak of her vocal abilities). These economical arrangements emphasize Forrest's vocals much more than many of her earlier recordings with big bands, which is wonderful for fans interested in the singer more than the band. Forrest sounds great as always, and The Complete World Transcriptions, a two-CD set with all 50 of her recordings for the transcription service, is both a complete package for collectors and an enjoyable collection of standards sung by one of the greatest vocalists of the swing era. ~ Greg Adams, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
All Wrapped in Pink... [Voice Track]	...		Helen Forrest	(0:15)
Little White Lies		Walter Donaldson	Helen Forrest	(2:16)
Embraceable You		George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Helen Forrest	(2:27)
I'll Always Be in Love With You	...	Bud Green, Sam H. Stept	Helen Forrest	(2:13)
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry	...	Abe Lyman, Walter Donaldson	Helen Forrest	(2:12)
Say It Isn't So	...	Irving Berlin	Helen Forrest	(2:23)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love	...	Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields	Helen Forrest	(2:28)
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)	...	Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds, Doc Daugherty	Helen Forrest	(2:17)
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	...	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Helen Forrest	(2:30)
How Come You Do Me Like You Do?		Gene Austin, Roy Bergere	Helen Forrest	(2:08)
Mad About the Boy		Noël Coward	Helen Forrest	(2:10)
Everything I Have Is Yours		Burton Lane, Harold Adamson	Helen Forrest	(2:15)
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me	...	Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill	Helen Forrest	(2:04)
I Keep Telling My Heart			Helen Forrest	(2:43)
"On the Torchy Side..."	...		Helen Forrest	(0:17)
Under a Blanket of Blue		Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes	Helen Forrest	(2:39)
That's My Desire	...	Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kressa	Helen Forrest	(2:40)
I Hadn't Anyone Till You	...	Ray Noble	Helen Forrest	(2:31)
My Reverie		Larry Clinton	Helen Forrest	(2:31)
Mean to Me		Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk	Helen Forrest	(1:46)
Someone to Watch over Me		George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Helen Forrest	(2:09)
I'm in the Mood for Love	...	Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields	Helen Forrest	(2:06)
What's the Use of Wond'rin'	...	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	Helen Forrest	(2:27)
They Say It's Wonderful	...	Irving Berlin	Helen Forrest	(1:50)
My Man		Channing Pollack, Maurice Yvain	Helen Forrest	(2:07)
How High the Moon		Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis	Helen Forrest	(1:51)
Too Marvelous for Words		Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting	Helen Forrest	(2:18)

CD 2

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
"Musical Notions Counter..."	...		Helen Forrest	(0:18)
On the Sunny Side of the Street		Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields	Helen Forrest	(1:58)
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	...	Brooks Bowman	Helen Forrest	(2:05)
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues		Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	Helen Forrest	(2:19)
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)	...	Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk	Helen Forrest	(2:06)
The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)	...	Isham Jones, Gus Kahn	Helen Forrest	(2:04)
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You	...	Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young	Helen Forrest	(2:05)
How Deep Is the Ocean?	...	Irving Berlin	Helen Forrest	(2:04)
Bill		Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, P.G. Wodehouse	Helen Forrest	(1:59)
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered		Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Helen Forrest	(2:02)
My Ideal		Leo Robin, Richard Whiting, Newell Chase	Helen Forrest	(2:02)
I've Got a Crush on You	...	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Helen Forrest	(1:49)
Stormy Weather		Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	Helen Forrest	(2:11)
My Heart Belongs to Daddy		Cole Porter	Helen Forrest	(2:15)
A Real Gone Case on Love... [Voice Track]	...		Helen Forrest	(0:17)
Baby Won't You Please Come Home	...	Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield	Helen Forrest	(1:57)
Dancing on the Ceiling		Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Helen Forrest	(2:20)
I Only Have Eyes for You		Al Dubin, Harry Warren	Helen Forrest	(2:15)
Paradise		Nacio Herb Brown, Gordon Clifford	Helen Forrest	(2:24)
Come Rain or Come Shine		Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	Helen Forrest	(2:21)
Ain't Misbehavin'	...	Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks	Helen Forrest	(2:01)
I May Be Wrong		Henry Sullivan	Helen Forrest	(2:18)
I Wanna Be Loved		Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose	Helen Forrest	(2:27)
I Can't Get Started	...	Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin	Helen Forrest	(1:55)
You Go to My Head		J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie	Helen Forrest	(2:34)
Deep Purple		Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish	Helen Forrest	(2:21)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea		Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	Helen Forrest	(2:00)

Credits

Helen Forrest (Main Performer), Scott Yanow (Liner Notes), William S. Cook (Research), William S. Cook (Disc Transfers), Wendell Gibson (Design), Jellystone (Reissue Producer), Mike Stosich (Digital Editing), Mike Stosich (Mastering)