Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook explained
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) – 3:42
All music was written by Jerome Kern with lyricists as indicated.
Personnel
