Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
Introduction '''''Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook''''' is a 1960 studio album by Margaret Whiting, with an orchestra conducted and arranged by Russell Garcia, focusing on the songs of Jerome Kern. Originally released as a double-LP set by Verve Records in 1960, it was reissued on CD by Universal in Japan (1998, 2007) and the United States (2002).
Track listing # "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:22# "Remind Me" (Dorothy Fields) – 2:55# "The Song Is You" (Hammerstein) – 3:22# "I Won't Dance" (Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:25# "Don't Ever Leave Me" (Hammerstein) – 3:19# "I'm Old Fashioned" (Johnny Mercer) – 2:44# "All in Fun" (Hammerstein) – 3:06# "Why Do I Love You?" (Hammerstein) – 2:34# "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Hammerstein) – 3:57# "A Fine Romance" (Fields) – 3:39# "Look for the Silver Lining" (Buddy DeSylva) – 2:56# "All the Things You Are" (Hammerstein) – 3:49# "Poor Pierrot" (Harbach) – 3:23# "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Harbach) – 3:57# "Let's Begin" (Harbach) – 2:15# "D'Ye Love Me?" (Hammerstein, Harbach) – 3:24# "Dearly Beloved" (Mercer) – 2:52# "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin) – 4:17# "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields) – 3:33# "You Couldn't Be Cuter" (Fields) – 2:05# "Yesterdays" (Harbach) – 3:08# "Bill" (Hammerstein, Kern, P.G. Wodehouse) – 4:03# "She Didn't Say Yes" (Harbach) – 2:25# "The Touch of Your Hand" (Harbach) – 3:42All music was written by Jerome Kern with lyricists as indicated.
Personnel * Margaret Whiting - vocals* Russell Garcia - arranger, conductor
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