1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die.Part 3..VA

I think we have left the 30's/40's and are now in the 50's

1. Please Love Me......B.B.King

2. Crying In The Chapel.....The Orioles

3. Riot In Cell Block Number Nine.......Robins

4. Love For Sale......Billie Holiday

5. The Wind......Nolan Strong & The Diablos

6. My Funny Valentine......Chet Baker

7. Shake Rattle And Roll......Joe Turner

8. Rock Around The Clock.......Bill Haley & His Comets

9. I Get Along Without You Very Well......Chet Baker

10. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning......Frank Sinatra

11. Tutti Frutti......Little Richard

12. Only You.......The Platters

13. Cry Me A River.......Julie London

14. Sixteen Tons .......Tennessee Ernie Ford

15. I'm A Man......Bo Didley

16. Blue Monday......Fats Domino

17. Burundanga......Celia Cruz

18. Lets Do It......Ella Fitzgerald

19. I've Got You Under My Skin......Frank Sinatra

20. Every Time We Say Goodbye......Ella Fitzgerald

21. Be Bop A Lula.......Gene Vincent

22. Heartbreak Hotel......Elvis Presley

23. Blueberry Hill......Fats Domino

24. Hound Dog......Elvis Presley

24. Honey Hush......Johnny Burnette

         6. My Funny Valentine

          17. Burundanga

Thelma Gracen

Another forgotten singer from the 50's /60's with her one and only L/P release !!..and its a good one well worth a listen !!....As stated at the beginning of this blog the posts are mainly Vinyl but this one is a CD so the nod has been fulfilled !!...and there might be more later !!

AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny.....................

Thelma Gracen's lone EmArcy date boasts a warm, nocturnal atmosphere that belies the precision and complexity of its performances. Guitarist Barney Kessel, tenorist Georgie Auld, and pianist Lou Levy are all in top form, delivering graceful, almost effortless support that encircles Gracen's vocals like a kind of halo effect. Her cool, sophisticated interpretations of chestnuts like "I'll Remember April" and "Night and Day" immediately bring to mind the likes of Anita O'Day and Chris Connor, but Gracen possesses a style and intelligence all her own -- it's a shame her discography is so slim.

1. I'll Remember April

2. Night And Day

3. I'll Never be The Same

4. Tea For Two

5. I'll Get By

6. Out Of Nowhere

1. Solitude

2. Just You Just Me

3. I'm Yours

4. People Will Say Were In love

5. More Than You Know

6. Let There Be love

          5. I'll Get By 

Susannah Young

Here's a voice that I missed from the 60's!!...once again a one and only L/P from this fine British Singer who definatly should have been heard more !...very good details of her on the back sleeve !!

Sweetest Sounds was Susannah Young's very first recording ... and also her last. What a shame. In her one and only outing, this British Singer proved to be a tasteful, smart, tuneful, melodious -- in a word, solid -- singer.

         4. This Years Kisses