Artist.......: Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians
Album........: Memory Lane
Label........: ASV/Living Era
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: 5569
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-23-2006
str.date.....: Jul-26- 2005
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Sleep 03:23
02. Down Home Blues (Instrumental) 02:44
03. Memory Lane 03:05
04. Collegiate 03:06
05. I Love My Baby 03:30
06. Thanks for the Buggy Ride 03:02
07. Where Do You Work-A, John? 03:27
(Push-A, Push-A, Push-A)
08. I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice 02:31
Cream
09. Laugh, Clown, Laugh 03:38
10. Lila 03:07
11. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Love 04:51
12. Button Up Your Overcoat 03:01
13. I'll Always Be in Love with You 03:04
14. Cryin' for the Carolines 03:28
15. So Beats My Heart for You 03:41
16. Little White Lies 03:01
17. Love for Sale 03:35
18. Oh, Donna Clara! 02:58
19. Elizabeth 02:51
20. I Found a Million-Dollar Baby 03:14
21. Dancing in the Dark 02:49
22. Let's Have Another Cup O' Coffee 03:14
23. How'm I Doin'? Hey, Hey 03:03
24. Fit as a Fiddle 02:40
Runtime 77:03 min
Size 69,8 MB
Release Notes:
It would probably be stretching the definition
considerably to put Fred Waring in the jazz
category, though he was very popular utilizing some
concepts from the improvisational school. Waring
led a dance-based banjo band at 18; he attended
Penn State, then formed Fred Waring's Collegians,
who ultimately became the Pennsylvanians, although
they were based in Detroit. They recorded
extensively in the '20s and enjoyed some success.
The 1929 film Syncopation and 1930 stage show The
New Yorkers helped Waring's band become popular
sensations. They got steadily more commercial and
lightweight in the '30s, while becoming widespread
radio and film performers. The band appeared in a
film with Dick Powell in 1937, were at the 1940
World's Fair, appeared on Broadway in 1945, then in
a cartoon film in 1948. They also scored pop hits
in 1947 and 1949, and became the first band to land
their own television show in 1949. They became a
diversified empire, with businesses, workshops for
glee club directors, publishing wings, a monthly
journal, real estate and a corporation to run it
all from 1950-1970. The recepient of a 1982
Congressional Gold Medal for his contributions to
American music, Waring continued to perform until
his death on July 29, 1984.