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The Essential Rosemary Clooney
Though she would finish her career as one of the most respected jazz singers in American popular music, Rosemary Clooney fought long and hard for those props. This 16-track collection chronicles the early stages of her struggle, mixing the outright, if still vibrant novelty songs (tunes like "Mambo Italiano" and "Come On-A My House" were foisted on Clooney by label exec Mitch Miller) that helped make her a popular film, radio and TV star with more sublime fare like "Tenderly" and the emblematic hit "Hey There." But it's on tracks like Duke Ellington's "Blue Rose" and a pre-Sinatra take on "The Lady is a Tramp" that her true muse comes shining through. Though limited in scope, this anthology manages to showcase the early hits that made Clooney a star and, more importantly, the beginnings of the willful jazz sensibility that forged her legend. --Jerry McCulley
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Tracks| 1 | Come On-A My House | | 2 | In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening - Rosemary Clooney, Harry James & His Orchestra | | 3 | Hey There - Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole & His Orchestra | | 4 | Half as Much | | 5 | Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba Baciami Piccina) | | 6 | Lady Is a Tramp | | 7 | You Started Something - Rosemary Clooney, Tony Pastor & his Orchestra | | 8 | You Make Me Feel So Young | | 9 | Blue Rose - Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington | | 10 | Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me - Rosemary Clooney, Paul Weston & His Orchestra | | 11 | Blame It on My Youth - Rosemary Clooney, Paul Weston & His Orchestra | | 12 | Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney, Mellomen Orchestra | | 13 | This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole & His Orchestra, | | 14 | Tenderly | | 15 | Mangos | | 16 | From This Moment On |
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