Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of), Box set
Genre: Vocal Music
Review
Sentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics, Vols. 1-4 gathers all four volumes of Rhino's Sentimental Journey series into a box set. Much like the label's Great American Songwriters and Songs That Got Us Through WW2 series, this set collects some of the finest examples of singing and songwriting from the '30s, '40s, and '50s, including Peggy Lee's "Fever," Frank Sinatra's "Night and Day," Rosemary Clooney's "Come On-A My House," and Sammy Davis, Jr.'s "That Old Black Magic." Virtually every song on the collection -- from Les Brown & His Orchestra's rendition of the title track to Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" -- is a classic, showcasing songwriting greats like Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Sammy Cahn, and Hoagy Carmichael, and singing stars like Lena Horne, Dinah Shore, Dick Haymes, the Mills Brothers, and Mel Tormé. Judy Garland's "The Trolley Song," Bing Crosby's "You Could Be Swinging on a Star," Dean Martin's "That's Amore," and Johnny Mathis' "Chances Are" are some of the many other standouts included in this consistently great set, which is essential for any fan of classic vocal pop. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Frank Busseri (Vocals), Woody Herman (Sax (Alto)), George Wendt (Trumpet), Gordon Green (Woodwind), George Stoll (Performer), Elmer Smithers (Trombone), Frankie Laine (Vocals), Debbie Reynolds (Performer), Harry Bluestone (Violin), Howard Halbert (Cello), Dick Haymes (Performer), George Siravo (Arranger), Ernie Caceres (Saxophone), Perry Botkin (Guitar), George Kennedy (Trumpet), Gene Ammons (Woodwind), Nat King Cole (Performer), Wolfe Taninbaum (Saxophone), Sam Prager (Piano), Arthur Shapiro (Bass), Frank Bruno (Bass), Ray Noble & His Orchestra (Performer), Vern Rowe (Trumpet), W. Brown (Vocals), Rosemary Clooney (Performer), Peter Ellis (Violin), George Siravo (Performer), Ray Noble (Leader), Axel Stordahl (Arranger), John West (Woodwind), Sid Harris (Violin), David Frisina (Strings), Carl Poole (Trumpet), Skippy de Sair (Woodwind), Ray Miller (?), Chuck Gentry (Saxophone), Vaughn Monroe (Leader), Dodo Marmarosa (Piano), Chuck Lowry (Vocals), Clint Davis (Saxophone), Jack Rael (Leader), George Kast (Violin), Martha Tilton (Performer), Vic Schoen (Performer), Art Ryerson (Guitar), Doris Day (Performer), Harry Katzman (Violin), Billy Eckstine (Vocals), Dean Martin (Performer), Al Trace (Leader), Eileen Barton (Vocals), Robert Barene (Strings), Axel Stordahl (Performer), Jack Zayde (Violin), Jules Kinsler (Saxophone), Claude Bowen (Trumpet), Toots Mondello (Saxophone), Sonny Burke (Leader), Will Friedwald (Liner Notes), Dixieland All Stars (Performer), Julius Schacter (Violin), Clark Yocum (Guitar), Les Robinson (Woodwind), Mickey Bloom (Trumpet), Art Lund (Vocals), Dick Gould (Trombone), Johnnie Ray (Vocals), Patrick Milligan (Research), Nick Buono (Trumpet), Ralph Burns (Arranger), Babe Russin (Sax (Tenor)), Helen Forrest (Vocals), Robert Scherman (Producer), Nick Riviello (Woodwind), Sylvan Kirsner (Violin), Les Paul (Performer), Pete Rugolo (Arranger), Danny Perri (Guitar), Joseph Bennett (Trombone), Buddy Weed (Piano), William Miller (Woodwind), Connie Wainwright (Guitar), Ted Myers (Research), Felix Orlewitz (Violin), Judy Garland (Performer), Joe Petrone (Guitar), Jack Pleis (Piano), Woody Herman (Leader), Jack Fulton (Trombone), Don Cornell (Performer), Ralph Pfeffner (Trombone), Uan Rasey (Trumpet), Tony Bennett (Vocals), Betty Hutton (Performer), Ray Conniff & His Orchestra (Performer), John DeVoogdt (Violin), Lou Raderman (Violin), David Sterkin (Strings), Johnny Thompson (Performer), Art Lund (Performer), Harold Furmansky (Viola), Al Sack (Leader), John Cave (French Horn), Glenn Osser (Leader), Lee Hays (Vocals), Mary Ford (Performer), Frank Sinatra (Vocals), Tony Natelli (Compilation Producer), Ray Martinez (Violin), The Four Lads (Performer), Billy Butterfield (Performer), Arnold Ross (Piano), Troubadors (Performer), Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers (Performer), Billy Butterfield (Leader), Sam Marowitz (Woodwind), Joan Weber (Performer), Dave Barbour (Guitar), Oscar Moore (Guitar), Howard Scott (Trombone), Leo Zorn (Violin), Ken Meisel (Trombone), George Kast (Strings), Margaret Whiting (Vocals), Nappy Lamare (Guitar), Frank de Vol (Leader), Lena Horne (Vocals), Betty Allen (Vocals), Teresa Brewer (Performer), Russ Case (Leader), Mahlon Clark (Woodwind), Gordon Jenkins (Performer), Russ Case (Performer), Monty Kelly & Orchestra (Performer), Mitch Miller (Producer), Patti Page (Vocals), Jerry Carr (Performer), Lou Singer (Drums), Gail Brockman (Trumpet), Pete Mondello (Woodwind), Maurice Brown (Cello), Gordon Jenkins (Leader), Frank de Vol (Performer), Henry Stern (Bass), George Ockner (Violin), Andy Russell (Performer), Billy Rauch (Trombone), Paul Robyn (Viola), Richard Dickler (Cello), Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (Performer), Gil Mershon (Vocals), Frank Carroll (Bass), Nat King Cole (Vocals), Bucky Pizzarelli (Guitar), Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra (Performer), Rosemary Clooney (Vocals), Mort Stevens (Performer), Les Brown (Sax (Alto)), Peter Ellis (Viola), Dinah Shore (Performer), Nick Pisani (Violin), Fred Whiting (Bass), Harry James (Trumpet), Clyde Hurley (Trumpet), Peggy Lee (Vocals), Bill Seckler (Vocals), Dick Haymes (Vocals), Samuel Carmell (Violin), Frankie Laine (Performer), Will Friedwald (Compilation Producer), Max Kaminsky (Trumpet), Rad Robinson (Vocals), Herbert Mills (Vocals), Don Williams (Vocals), Sonny Berman (Trumpet), Don Anderson (Trumpet), Howard Halbert (Viola), Jo Stafford (Performer), Arthur Rando (Woodwind), Bob Kitsis (Piano), Henry Ross (Saxophone), Archie Rosate (Saxophone), Sylvia Syms (Performer), George Wiedler (Woodwind), Gary Peterson (Research), Wendell Mayhew (Trombone), Don Costa (Guitar), Matty Matlock (Arranger), Corky Corcoran (Saxophone), John Malachi (Piano), Nick Fatool (Drums), Solomon Deutsch (Viola), Shorty McConnell (Trumpet), Dick Shanahan (Drums), Calvin Jackson (Piano), Jack Pleis (Arranger), Ralph Burns (Piano), Betty Hutton (Vocals), Kay Starr (Performer), Tommy Potter (Bass), Harry Meyerson (Producer), Buddy Morrow (Trombone), George Siravo (Leader), Nate Kazebier (Trumpet), Stan Freeman (Harpsichord), Zeke Zarchy (Trumpet), Larry Breen (Bass), F. Miller & J. Barry (Viola), Evelyn Knight (Vocals), Georgia Gibbs (Performer), Stan Freeman (Piano), Ken Darby (Arranger), Guy Mitchell (Performer), Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra (Performer), James Arnold (Vocals), Al Sack (Performer), Jimmy Briggs (Clarinet), Fred Hellerman (Vocals), Sammy Davis, Jr. (Performer), Thurman Teague (Bass), Ray Heindorf (Performer), Frank DeVol & His Orchestra (Performer), Axel Stordahl (Leader), Nick Dimaio (Trombone), Les Jenkins (Trombone), Bobby Darin (Performer), Dave Barbour (Performer), Ben Homer (Arranger), Les Brown (Clarinet), Ronnie Gilbert (Vocals), Vince Degan (Vocals), John Mills, Sr. (Vocals), Walter Edelstein (Violin), Matty Matlock (Woodwind), Wolfe Taninbaum (Woodwind), The Orchestra (Performer), Hy White (Guitar), June Hutton (Vocals), Mitch Miller (Performer), Ray Wetzel (Trumpet), George Robinson (Trombone), Paul Weston (Leader), Leo Parker (Woodwind), Bing Crosby (Vocals), Milt Raskin (Piano), Carl Berg (Trumpet), Mills Brothers (Performer), Sam Marowitz (Saxophone), Mundell Lowe (Guitar), Ed Kiefer (Trombone), Geoff Clarkson (Piano), Jacques Gasselin (Violin), Pee Wee Erwin (Trumpet), Bob Thorne (Trumpet), Si Zentner (Trombone), Richard Dickler (Viola), Anthony Russo (Trombone), Woody Herman (Performer), Cy Bernard (Cello), Jerry Preshaw (Vocals), Brigid Pearson (Design), Pete Seeger (Vocals), Johnny Mercer (Performer), Ted Bacon (Viola), Vic Damone (Performer), Muni Morrow (Trombone), John Scott Trotter (Performer), Dave Barbour (Arranger), Flip Phillips (Woodwind), Robert Stevens (Vocals), Woody Herman & His Orchestra (Performer), Charles Griffard (Trumpet), William Bloom (Cello), Nick Pisani (Strings), Ray Linn (Trumpet), Harry Babasin (Bass), Teresa Brewer (Vocals), The Weavers (Performer), John Cyr (Drums), Jimmy Crawford (Drums), Les Brown (Leader), Dick Noel (Trombone), Patti Page (Performer), Dick Stabile & His Orchestra (Performer), Harry Klee (Saxophone), Alex Beller (Violin), Samuel Cytron (Violin), Barney Kessel (Guitar), Terry Snyder (Drums), Andy Williams (Vocals), Martha Tilton (Vocals), Zelly Smirnoff (Violin), The New Yorkers (Performer), Buddy Childers (Trumpet), Pullman Pederson (Trombone), David Sterkin (Viola), Cyril Towbin (Violin), Al Sack & His Orchestra (Performer), Ned Freeman (Arranger), Donald Mills (Vocals), Gus Bivona (Saxophone), Gogi Grant (Performer), Jane Morgan (Performer), Irving Horowitz (Saxophone), Robert Goodrich (Trumpet), Joseph Singer (French Horn), Sam Freed (Violin), Dexter Gordon (Woodwind), Mel Pedesky (Percussion), Johnny Mathis (Performer), Anita Gordon (Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part), Carl Warwick (Trumpet), Al Lerner (Piano), Nicholas Ochi-Albi (Strings), Butch Stone (Woodwind), Dave Tough (Drums), Woody Herman (Clarinet), Charles Strickfaden (Oboe), Percy Faith (Leader), Armand Karpoff (Cello), Charles Green (Trumpet), Milt Yaner (Saxophone), Doris Day (Vocals), Jack Pleis (Performer), Ernie Caceres (Clarinet), Buddy Clark (Performer), Billy Eckstine (Performer), Jack Mayhew (Saxophone), Maurice Hershaft (Violin), Pauline Byrns (Vocals), Paul Weston (Arranger), Hugo Winterhalter (Performer), Mischa Russell (Violin), Dave Barbour (Leader), Jerry Joyce (Violin), Phil Stephens (Bass), Harry James & His Orchestra (Performer), Paul Robyn (Strings), Mel Tormé (Performer), Woody Herman (Vocals), Nat Polen (Drums), Pete Candoli (Trumpet), Felicia Sanders (Performer), Ken Darby (Vocals), Helen Forrest (Performer), Bruce Hudson (Trumpet), Bing Crosby (Performer), Harry James (Leader), Geoff Gans (Art Direction), Morton Friedman (Saxophone), Margaret Whiting (Performer), Ann Mason (Harp), Pete Rugolo (Performer), Hymie Schertzer (Saxophone), Ernie Caceres (Sax (Baritone)), Judy Garland (Vocals), Murray Kellner (Violin), Fats Navarro (Trumpet), Warren Covington (Trombone), Bill Lee (Vocals), Lou Bring (Leader), Arthur Bernstein (Bass), Harry Mills (Vocals), Jimmy Maxwell (Trumpet), Harry Schuchman (Woodwind), Eileen Barton (Performer), Trigger Alpert (Bass), Jon Dodson (Vocals), Frank Ryerson (Trumpet), Al Hendrickson (Guitar), Pete Rugolo (Leader), The Pied Pipers (Performer), Les Brown & His Orchestra (Performer), Claude Lakey (Saxophone), Mark Douglas (Woodwind), Richard Wess (Performer), Arnold Fishkind (Bass), Eddie Bailey (Trumpet), Jack Lee (Violin), Les Paul & Mary Ford (Performer), William Baffa (Strings), Lena Horne (Performer), Paul Weston & His Orchestra (Performer), Al Friede (Cello), Tony Martin (Performer), Chubby Jackson (Bass), Taswell Baird (Trombone), Randy Brooks (Trumpet), Johnny Blowers (Drums), Ted Rosen (Violin), Budd Johnson (Woodwind), Raoul Poliakin (Violin), Peggy Lee (Performer), Carl Fischer (Piano), Tony Bennett (Performer), Georgia Gibbs (Vocals), Peter Ellis (Cello), William Bloom (Viola), Hoyt Bohannon (Trombone), Charlie LaVere (Piano), David Klein (?), Kitty Kallen (Performer), Dalton Rizzotto (Trombone), Steve Madrick (Saxophone), Randall Miller (Trombone), Billy Eckstine (Leader), Cy Bernard (Strings), John LaPorta (Woodwind), Billy Eckstine (Trombone (Valve)), Ken Darby (Leader), James Austin (Series Producer), Dave Klein (Arranger), Jack Anderson (Arranger), Sonny Stitt (Woodwind), John Scott Trotter (Leader), E. Johnson (Piano), Nat King Cole (Piano), Fred Stulce (Woodwind), Ray Linn (Vocals), Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Performer), Johnny Miller (Bass), Frank Sinatra (Performer), Manny Gershman (Saxophone), Bill Inglot (Remastering), Don Lodice (Saxophone), Jack Satterfield (Trombone), Cutty Cutshall (Trombone), Eddie Miller (Woodwind), Bill Spear (Viola), Al Cuozzo (Trumpet), Mack MacLean (Vocals), Dinah Washington (Performer), Al Martino (Performer), Vaughn Monroe (Vocals), Andy Russell (Vocals), Skeets Herfurt (Saxophone), Mischa Russell (Strings), George Wettling (Drums), Allan Reuss (Guitar), Gordon Jenkins (Arranger), Artie Bernstein (Bass), Ed Shaughnessy (Drums), Jimmy Abato (Woodwind), Reuben Marcus (Viola), Bob Haggart (Bass), Art Blakey (Drums), Dorothy McCarty (Vocals), Jack Sewell (Cello), Billy Butterfield (Trumpet), Jack Mills (Drums), Sam Caplan (Violin), Skitch Henderson (Piano), Olcott Vail (Strings), Stanley Wrightsman (Piano), Herb Abramson (Producer), Dinah Shore (Vocals)
