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The Very Best of Eddie Fisher [Taragon]

 
Album Review: The Very Best of Eddie Fisher [Taragon]

  • Artist: Eddie Fisher
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: February 17, 1998
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Vocal Music

Review

At the beginning of the 1950s, few singers were as big and as popular as Eddie Fisher. His brassy, overemotive style sold tons of records and made him a regular fixture on the pop charts, got him his own TV show and a big enough name to end up marrying a movie star or two during his six-year run. This two-disc, 45-track anthology collects all the highlights from that magnificent run. Every chart entry from 1950 to 1956 is here in pristine sound from the RCA Victor masters and topped off with a mid-charter stray that Fisher cut for the same label ten years after his time in the sun was a thing of the past. Excellent liner notes from Colin Escott along with this deluxe package makes this second look at Fisher's work all the more interesting. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
May I Sing to You Charles Tobias, Eddie Fisher, Harry Akst Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:39)
Thinking of You Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:43)
Bring Back the Thrill Pete Rugolo, Ruth Poll Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (3:05)
Unless Stanley Damerell, Robert Hargreaves, Ray Evans Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:48)
I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) Eddy Arnold, Tommy Dilbeck, Thomas Dilbeck, Hank Horton Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (3:03)
Turn Back the Hands of Time Larry Wagner, Jim Eaton, Clay Hammond Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (3:20)
Anytime (Lyrics) Herbert "Happy" Lawson Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:37)
Tell Me Why Al Alberts, Marty Gold Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:36)
Trust in Me Arthur Schwartz, Ned Wever, Jean Schwarz, Milton Ager Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:41)
Forgive Me Jack Yellen, Milton Ager Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:56)
That's the Chance You Take Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:29)
I'm Yours Robert Mellin Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:51)
Just a Litle Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way) Zeke Clements, Eddy Arnold Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:19)
Maybe (Lyrics) Frank Madden, Allan Flynn Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher, Perry Como (2:52)
Watermelon Weather Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher (2:28)
Wish You Were Here (Lyrics) Harold Rome Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:56)
Lady of Spain (Lyrics) Ray Evans, Stanley Damerell, Robert Hargreaves, Henry Tilsley Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (3:06)
Outside of Heaven Sammy Gallop, Chester Conn Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:39)
Even Now Dick Adler, Dan Howell, Jerry Ross Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:19)
Downhearted Dave Mann, Bob Hilliard Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:25)
How Do You Speak to an Angel? Bob Hilliard, Jule Styne Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:26)
Just Another Polka Milton DeLugg, Frank Loesser Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:14)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
I'm Walking Behind You (Lyrics) Billy Reid Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Sally Sweetland (3:06)
With These Hands Benny Davis, Abner Silver Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:49)
Many Times Jessie Barnes, Felix Stahl Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:32)
Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa) John Turner, Geoff Parsons, Paul Burkhard Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (3:07)
A Girl, A Girl (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella) Al Bandini, George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:32)
Anema E Core (With All My Heart and Soul) Harry Akst, Manny Curtis, Tito Manlio, Salve d'Esposito Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:42)
Green Years Billy Reid, Arthur Altman Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:49)
My Friend Duke Ellington, Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:38)
The Little Shoemaker Geoff Parsons, Rudi Revil Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:23)
I Need You Now (Lyrics) Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:31)
Heaven Was Never Like This David M. Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:41)
Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) Irving Berlin Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:29)
Fanny Harold Rome Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (3:11)
A Man Chases a Girl Irving Berlin Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher (2:38)
(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells Robert Mellin Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:38)
Heart Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Dick Adler Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:38)
Song of the Dreamer Eddie Curtis Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:32)
Dungaree Doll Ben Raleigh, Sherman Edwards & Donald Meyer Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:03)
Everybody's Got a Home But Me Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (3:11)
On the Street Where You Live Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (2:30)
Cindy, Oh Cindy Bob Barron, Burt Long Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher (3:01)
Lullaby in Blue Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon Hugo Winterhalter, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher (3:17)
Games That Lovers Play (Eine Ganze Nacht) Eddie Snyder Eddie Fisher, Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (2:36)

Credits

Debbie Reynolds (Performer), Nelson Riddle (Arranger), Colin Escott (Liner Notes), Hugo Winterhalter (Performer), Marty Wekser (Compilation), Sally Sweetland (Performer), Eliot Goshman (Assembly), Marty Wekser (Transfers), Marty Wekser (Annotation), Eliot Goshman (Producer), Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (Performer), Glen Kolotkin (Engineer), Eliot Goshman (Compilation Producer), Mitchell Ayres (Director), Perry Como (Performer), Eliot Goshman (Processing), Nelson Riddle (Conductor)
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