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Full title is: Complete Gershwin Songbooks
Two discs of Gershwin interpretations by Verve's unparalleled stable of vocalists-indeed, these are some of the most celebrated versions of all time-plus a disc of instrumental versions equals 48 essential tracks! Includes Fascinating Rhythm Fred Astaire; Someone to Watch over Me Arthur Prysock; I Got Rhythm Ernestine Anderson; Summertime Helen Merrill; They Can't Take That Away from Me Billie Holiday; Embraceable You Sarah Vaughan; Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Ella Fitzgerald; Love Is Here to Stay Shirley Horn; A Foggy Day Dinah Washington; Who Cares? Anita O'Day; Fascinating Rhythm Louis Bellson; Somebody Loves Me Oscar Peterson; Someone to Watch over Me Art Tatum, and more. |
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Tracks and Sound Clips
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They Can't Take That Away from Me - Holiday, Billie - 4:10
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Summertime - Merrill, Helen - 3:24
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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Fitzgerald, Ella - 4:12
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Embraceable You - Vaughan, Sarah - 4:47
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But Not for Me - Washington, Dinah - 2:24
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They All Laughed - Crosby, Bing - 2:40
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Man I Love - Carter, Betty - 7:39
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Oh, Lady Be Good - Gillespie, Dizzy & Stuff Smith - 4:11
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There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York - Armstrong, Louis - 4:51
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How Long Has This Been Going On? - Fitzgerald, Ella - 5:50
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'S Wonderful - Williams, Joe [Vocals] - 2:37
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I Loves You, Porgy - Simone, Nina - 2:31
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I've Got a Crush on You - Henderson, Bill [Vocals] - 4:01
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Fascinating Rhythm - Astaire, Fred - 2:42
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Someone to Watch Over Me - Dearie, Blossom - 5:58
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Love Is Here to Stay - Horn, Shirley - 3:35
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I Got Rhythm - Anderson, Ernestine - 2:55
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Nice Work If You Can Get It - Holiday, Billie - 3:50
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Embraceable You - Williams, Joe [Vocals] - 4:36
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Who Cares? - ODay, Anita - 3:15
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Woman Is a Sometime Thing - Armstrong, Louis - 4:45
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Love Walked In - Vaughan, Sarah - 3:06
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Love Is Here to Stay - Dearie, Blossom - 3:11
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Oh, Lady Be Good - Astaire, Fred - 4:30
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Of Thee I Sing (Baby) - Fitzgerald, Ella - 3:07
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For You, for Me, for Evermore - King, Morgana - 3:03
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Foggy Day - Washington, Dinah - 8:00
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Someone to Watch Over Me - Prysock, Arthur - 2:53
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Isn't It a Pity? - Horn, Shirley - 5:47
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They Can't Take That Away from Me - Fitzgerald, Ella - 4:38
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'S Wonderful - Vaughan, Sarah - 2:29
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Fascinating Rhythm - Jobim, Antonio Carlos - 2:09
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Fascinating Rhythm - Bellson, Louie - 4:15
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My Man's Gone Now - Evans, Bill [Piano] - 6:44
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Mine - DeFranco, Buddy - 6:27
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How Long Has This Been Going On? - Hawkins, Coleman - 3:54
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Somebody Loves Me - Peterson, Oscar - 3:22
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Prelude II - Burrell, Kenny - 2:17
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They All Laughed - Shearing, George - 2:31
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Nice Work If You Can Get It - Brookmeyer, Bob - 5:55
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I Loves You, Porgy - Evans, Bill [Piano] - 5:40
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Love Is Here to Stay - Cleveland, Jimmy - 3:31
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Man I Love - Akiyoshi, Toshiko - 5:28
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Foggy Day - Farlow, Tal - 3:22
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Strike up the Band - Peterson, Oscar - 3:15
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Embraceable You - Brown, Clifford [Jazz] - 3:01
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'S Wonderful - Elliott, Don [Trumpet] - 5:12
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Someone to Watch Over Me - Tatum, Art - 3:10
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