The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury

~ Release by Helen Merrill (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Alone Together
cover recording of:
Alone Together
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
writer:
Schwartz & Dietz (Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz (lyricist and composer respectively))
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:14
2Alone Together
cover recording of:
Alone Together
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
writer:
Schwartz & Dietz (Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz (lyricist and composer respectively))
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:14
3Glad to Be Unhappy
2:54
4This Is My Night to Cry
3:10
5How’s the World Treating You
3:00
6How’s the World Treating You
3:00
7Don’t Explain
cover recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
5:14
8Born to Be Blue
cover recording of:
Born to Be Blue
writer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and PW 3 ASCAP Songs
sub-publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present)) (ended), Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!) and ロックンロール ミュージック (Rock ’n’ Roll Music)
5:15
9You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
cover recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
4:21
10’s Wonderful
cover recording of:
’S Wonderful
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1927)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music Company Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Funny Face (1927 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
3:15
11Yesterdays
cover recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
6:01
12Falling in Love With Love
cover recording of:
Falling in Love With Love
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
The Boys From Syracuse
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:55
13What’s New
cover recording of:
What’s New?
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Bob Haggart
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
5:01
2CD
#TitleRatingLength
1You Won’t Forget Me
3:10
2Lilac Wine
cover recording of:
Lilac Wine
lyricist and composer:
James H. Shelton (composer of “Lilac Wine”)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:25
3Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
cover recording of:
Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
3:53
4Beautiful Love
cover recording of:
Beautiful Love (Jazz Standard)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie
composer:
Egbert Van Alstyne, Wayne King and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Movie Tone Music and Sam Fox Publishing Co. (London) Ltd.
3:15
5Just You, Just Me
cover recording of:
Just You, Just Me
lyricist:
Raymond Klages (in 1929)
composer:
Jesse Greer (in 1929)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) and Robbins Music Corporation
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
3:37
6When I Fall in Love
cover recording of:
When I Fall in Love
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Avenue Music Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Intersong U.S.A. (publisher), Northern Music (song publisher), Victor Young Publishing, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:23
7End of a Love Affair
3:28
8Mountain High, Valley Low
cover recording of:
Mountain High, Valley Low
composer:
Bernie Hanighen and Raymond Scott (US composer, band leader, pianist & producer)
3:03
9Anything Goes
cover recording of:
Anything Goes
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
part of:
Anything Goes
3:08
10Comes Love
cover recording of:
Comes Love
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
3:02
11I’m Afraid the Masquerade Is Over
4:04
12Wait Till You See Him
cover recording of:
Wait Till You See Her
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1942)
writer:
Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers (composer)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1942)
3:26
13He Was Too Good to Me
cover recording of:
He Was Too Good to Me
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1930)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Williamson Music Company, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Simple Simon
3:05
14I’ve Never Seen
3:36
15I’m a Fool to Want You
cover recording of:
I’m a Fool to Want You
writer:
Joel Herron (in 1951), Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (in 1951) and Jack Wolf (in 1951)
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Integrity Music Corp., Sergeant Music Co., The International Music Network and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4:10
16Troubled Waters
cover recording of:
Troubled Waters
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
3:16
3CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home4:12
2Where Falmingo’s Fly2:47
3I’m Just a Lucky So & So
cover recording of:
I’m Just a Lucky So and So
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) (in 1945)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1945)
publisher:
Paramount Music Corporation and PolyGram International (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998)
3:11
4A New Town Is a Blue Town
3:12
5By Myself
cover recording of:
By Myself
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Round Hill Songs III
part of:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
3:27
6People Will Say We’re in Love
cover recording of:
People Will Say We’re in Love
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd., Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:37
7You’re Lucky to Me
cover recording of:
You’re Lucky to Me
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Eubie Blake
3:29
8Dream of You
cover recording of:
Dream of You
lyricist:
Edward P. Moran
composer:
Jimmie Lunceford (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) and Sy Oliver
2:57
9Blue Guitar
2:52
10Listen
2:40
11I’ll Be Around
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Around
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
2:46
12Soft as Spring
cover recording of:
Soft as Spring
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
3:17
13If I Forget You
cover recording of:
If I Forget You
writer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Irving Caesar, Inc.
3:23
14After You
3:06
15It’s a Lazy Afternoon
3:09
4CD
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1If You Go
recording of:
If You Go
lyricist:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist)
composer:
Michel Emer
3:14
2If Love Were All
cover recording of:
Bitter Sweet, Act II. If Love Were All
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
Bitter Sweet (Noel Coward operetta)
3:07
3If Love Were All
cover recording of:
Bitter Sweet, Act II. If Love Were All
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
part of:
Bitter Sweet (Noel Coward operetta)
3:00
4Easy Come, Easy Go
cover recording of:
Easy Come, Easy Go
lyricist:
Edward Heyman (in 1934)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1934)
3:46
5The Things We Did Last Summer
cover recording of:
The Things We Did Last Summer
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Warner/Chappell North America Ltd. (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
3:08
6Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
cover recording of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3103)
2:53
7I See Your Face Before Me
cover recording of:
I See Your Face Before Me
lyricist and composer:
Howard Dietz (librettist) and Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd. and Chappell & Co.
2:41
8I Remember You
cover recording of:
I Remember You
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Victor Schertzinger (in 1941)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Paramount Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd.
2:11
9Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
cover recording of:
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (The New Moon)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
part of:
The New Moon: Act I
3:21
10Bye Bye Blackbird
cover recording of:
Bye Bye Blackbird
lyricist:
Mort Dixon (in 1926)
composer:
Ray Henderson (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter, Olde Clover Leaf Music, Ray Henderson Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
2:57
11This Time the Dream’s on Me
cover recording of:
This Time the Dream’s on Me
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
2:21
12Dearly Beloved
cover recording of:
Dearly Beloved (from “You Were Never Lovelier”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 nominee)
2:07
13Summertime
bass:
John Friga
guitar:
Peter Rundquist (composer / sound designer / guitarist / engineer / producer)
piano:
Dick Marx
vocals:
Helen Merrill
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
3:28
14Let Me Love You
cover recording of:
Let Me Love You
lyricist and composer:
Bart Howard
2:49
15When the Sun Comes Out
cover recording of:
When the Sun Comes Out
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
S.A. Music Co. and Ted Koehler Music Co.
4:49
16All of You
cover recording of:
All of You (Silk Stockings musical)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1954)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Chappell Music (UK)
part of:
Silk Stockings (1957 musical film)
3:34
17The Nearness of You
cover recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
4:05
18Just Imagine
cover recording of:
Just Imagine (Good News)
writer:
Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson
part of:
Good News (1947 film)
3:22