A coletânea “The Song Is You” da gravadora RCA traz o trombonista e band leader Tommy Dorsey e o cantor Frank Sinatra, que na época era um dos crooners da orquestra de Dorsey, juntamente com a cantora Connie Haines e o grupo The Pied Pipers. Segundo alguns biógrafos de Sinatra, esse trabalho teve grande influência em sua carreira. Aconselhado por Dorsey ele começou a fazer natação como exercício para adquirir fôlego e controlar melhor a respiração, e a partir daí passou a cantar com mais equilíbrio, usando sua voz com maestria na interpretação das canções da orquestra.
Sinatra deixou o grupo em 1942 para seguir carreira solo. A despedida se deu no programa de rádio “Fame and Fortune” transmitido pela rede NBC, onde apresentou seu substituto, o crooner Dick Haymes.
A caixa The Song Is You é composta por 5 CDs e um livreto ricamente ilustrado. As gravações vão de 1940 até 1942 (monofônicas) e as interpretações de Mr. Blue Eyes ainda jovem associadas à competência da banda de Tommy Dorsey valem a audição.
Acompanhe no vídeo uma das canções do CD3, Blue Skies:
Músicas
CD1: The Complete Studio Masters Vol. 1
1. The Sky Fell Down
2. Too Romantic
3. Shake Down the Stars
4. Moments in the Moonlight
5. I’ll Be Seeing You
6. Say It
7. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
8. The Fable of the Rose
9. This Is the Beginning of the End
10. Hear My Song Violetta
11. Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
12. Devil May Care
13. April Played the Fiddle
14. I Haven’t the Time to Be a Millionaire
15. Imagination
16. Yours Is My Heart Alone
17. You’re Lonely and I’m Lonely
18. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
19. Head on My Pillow
20. It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow
21. I’ll Never Smile Again
22. All This and Heaven Too
23. Where Do You Keep Your Heart
CD2: The Complete Studio Masters Vol. 2
1. I Could Make You Care
2. The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)
3. The World Is in My Arms
4. Whispering
5. Do You Know Why?
6. Looking For Yesterday
7. The Call of the Canyon
8. Oh! Look at Me Now
9. Anything
10. Our Love Affair
11. Stardust
12. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
13. When You Awake
14. You Lucky People
15. You’re Breaking My Heart All Over Again
16. I’d Know You Anywhere
17. I Tried
CD3: The Complete Studio Masters Vol. 3
1. Love Me as I Am
2. This Love of Mine
3. Do I Worry
4. Everything Happens to Me
5. A Sinner Kissed an Angel
6. Snootie Little Cutie
7. How Do You Do Without Me?
8. Two in Love
9. Dolores
10. I Guess I’ll Have to Dream the Rest
11. Let’s Get Away From It All
12. I’ll Never Let a Day Pass By
13. You and I
14. Neiani
15. Free For All
16. Blue Skies
17. Pale Moon (An Indian Love Song)
18. I Think of You
19. Violets For Your Furs
20. How About You
CD4: The Complete Studio Masters Vol. 4
1. Dig Down Deep
2. I’ll Take Tallulah
3. The Last Call For Love
4. You’re Lonely and I’m Lonely [take 3]
5. In the Blue of Evening
6. It Started All Over Again
7. The Night We Called It a Day
8. There Are Such Things
9. Street of Dreams
10. Poor You
11. Our Love Affair [take 2]
12. Daybreak
13. Somewhere a Voice Is Calling
14. Be Careful, It’s My Heart
15. The Song Is You
16. Light a Candle in the Chapel
17. Night and Day
18. Hear My Song Violetta [take 2]
19. Take Me
20. The Lamplighter’s Serenade
CD5: On The Air 1939-1942
1. It Came to Me
2. I’m Getting Over You (Theme)
3. Who?
4. I Hear a Rhapsody
5. I’ll Never Smile Again
6. Half-Way Down the Street
7. Some of Your Sweetness (Got Into My Heart)
8. Once in a While
9. A Little in Love
10. Only Forever
11. Marie
12. Yearning
13. How Am I to Know
14. You’re Part of My Heart
15. Announcements
16. You’re Stepping on My Toes
17. You Got the Best of Me
18. That’s How It Goes
19. When Daylight Dawns
20. When Sleepy Stars Begin to Fall
21. Goodbye Lover Goodbye
22. One Red Rose
23. The Things I Love
24. In the Blue of Evening
25. Frank Sinatra’s Farewell to the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
26. Just as Though You Were Here
27. The Song Is You
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