Album Review:

Hits I Missed/Al Jolson Classics

  • Release Date: 2003
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: Dutton Vocalion
  • Artist: Ted Heath
  • Flags: Compilation (best of)
  • Type: Compilation
  • Styles: British Dance Bands, Swing, Dance Bands

Review

In 2003, Dutton Vocalion released Hits I Missed/Al Jolson Classics, which contained two albums released on Decca -- Hits I Missed from 1957 and Al Jolson Classics from 1958 -- by bandleader Ted Heath on one compact disc. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title iTunes Composers Performers Time
Toot, Toot, Tootsie
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Gus Kahn, Dan Russo, Ernie Erdman Ted Heath (2:06)
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
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Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Jean Schwartz Ted Heath (3:15)
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
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L. Wolfe Gilbert, Lewis F. Muir Ted Heath (2:33)
Swanee
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Irving Caesar, Ira Gershwin Ted Heath (2:21)
My Mammy
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Walter Donaldson, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young Ted Heath (2:14)
Give My Regards to Broadway
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George M. Cohan Ted Heath (1:47)
April Showers
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Ted Heath (3:21)
There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
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Al Jolson, Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose Ted Heath (2:42)
Sonny Boy
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Al Jolson, Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson Ted Heath (2:31)
I'm Just Wild About Harry
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Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle Ted Heath (1:55)
Back in Your Own Backyard
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Al Jolson, Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose Ted Heath (2:27)
California Here I Come
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Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer Ted Heath (1:52)
High Noon
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Dimitri Tiomkin Ted Heath (3:41)
Ebb Tide
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Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman Ted Heath (3:36)
Twelfth Street Rag
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Euday L. Bowman Ted Heath (3:22)
Love Is a Many-Splendoured Thing
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Sammy Fain Ted Heath (2:46)
Three Coins in a Fountain
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Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne Ted Heath (2:54)
Unchained Melody
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Alex North, Hy Zaret Ted Heath (3:37)
Learnin' the Blues
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Delores Vicki Silvers Ted Heath (2:17)
Swedish Rhapsody
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Ted Heath (2:38)
The Moulin Rouge Theme
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Georges Auric Ted Heath (3:09)
My Resistance Is Low
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Hoagy Carmichael Ted Heath (2:17)
My Foolish Heart
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Ned Washington, Victor Young Ted Heath (2:43)
Secret Love
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Sammy Fain Ted Heath (2:51)

Credits

Ted Heath (Main Performer), Ronnie Ross (Sax (Baritone)), Stan Tracey (Piano), Stan Tracey (Celeste), Don Lusher (Trombone), Eddie Blair (Trumpet), Duncan Campbell (Trumpet), Keith Christie (Trombone), Jimmy Coombes (Trombone), Michael J. Dutton (Digital Remastering), Bert Ezard (Trumpet), Les Gilbert (Clarinet), Johnny Hawksworth (Bass), Frank Horrox (Piano), Ken Kiddier (Sax (Baritone)), Henry MacKenzie (Clarinet), Henry MacKenzie (Sax (Tenor)), Bobby Pratt (Trumpet), Maurice Pratt (Trombone), Red Price (Sax (Tenor)), Cliff Townsend (Sax (Soprano)), Ronnie Verrell (Drums), Malcolm Laycock (Liner Notes), Wally Smith (Trombone), Tommy McQuater (Trumpet), Ike Isaacs Trio (Guitar), Jimmy Walker (Sax (Soprano))
 
 
 

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