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Billie Holiday - 1958 - Lady In Satin (1997 Reissue)

1. I'm a Fool to Want You [Edited Master]
2. For Heaven's Sake
3. You Don't Know What Love Is
4. I Get Along Without You Very Well
5. For All We Know
6. Violets for Your Furs
7. You've Changed
8. It's Easy to Remember
9. But Beautiful
10. Glad to Be Unhappy
11. I'll Be Around
12. The End of a Love Affair [instrumental track & overdub take 8]
13. I'm a Fool to Want You [Take 3]
14. I'm a Fool to Want You [Take 2 - Alternate Take]
15. The End of a Love Affair: The Audio Story
16. The End of a Love Affair [Stereo]

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Carmen McRae - 1964 - Second To None

1. In Love In Vain
2. Where Did It Go (Manha de Carnival)
3. Music That Makes Me Dance
4. Because You're Mine
5. Too Good
6. Once Upon A Summertime
7. Night Has A Thousand Eyes
8. Cloudy Morning
9. Blame It On My Youth
10. Winter In May
11. My Reverie
12. And I Love Him

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Jeri Southern - 1957 - A Prelude To A Kiss

01. Prelude To A Kiss 
02. Cross My Heart
03. I Don't Want To Walk Without You
04. Please Be Kind
05. Trust In Me 
06. Try A Little Tenderness 
07. You're Mine You
08. Speak Low
09. Hold Me 
10. Close To You 
11. Close As Pages In A Book
12. Touch Of Your Lips  

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Jeri Southern - 1957 - When Your Heart's On Fire

01. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
02. Can I Forget You
03. Little Girl Blue
04. I Remember You
05. He Was Too Good to Me
06. You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do)
07. You Make Me Feel So Young
08. Someone to Watch Over Me
09. Autumn in New York
10. My Ship
11. No More
12. Let Me Love You

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Milli Vernon - 1956 - Introducing Milli Vernon

Millie Vernon(Vo)
Rudy Braff(Tp)
Dave Mckenna(P)
Wyatt Reuther(B)
Jimmy Raney(G)
Jo Jones(Ds)

1 Weep For The Boy
2 Moments Like This
3 Spring Is Here
4 St.James Infirmary
5 My Ship
6 This Year'S Kisses
7 Moon Ray
8 Everything But You
9 Every Time
10 Blue Rain
11 I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I'Ve Got
12 I Gluess I'll Have To Hang My Tears Out To Dry

With its intimate, closing-time atmosphere and thoughtful performances, Introducing Milli Vernon boasts a maturity and honesty that cut surprisingly deep -- despite Vernon's relative anonymity, she's a compelling vocalist with a genuine sense of style and drama. Of course, it's the names below the title -- trumpeter Ruby Braff, guitarist Jimmy Raney, and pianist Dave McKenna among them -- that many jazz buffs will find most appealing, and while their contributions are firmly within the Storyville label's signature style, the session's overall emphasis and atmosphere and mood means their contributions are largely subordinate to Vernon's voice. That said, this is a solid album, even if some of the material is a bit too slight; given the right song, like "I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I've Got," Vernon excels. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Milli Vernon和之前的Lorry Raine一样，是个完全没啥资料可寻的女歌手，这张唱片如果不是几个有名的伴奏乐手，知者会更少，如同上面的评论所说，Vernon虽然不算啥惊艳的女伶，但她娴熟的声乐技巧，对个人台风的表现力，配上优秀的伴奏者，令本张唱片拥有了不俗的水准。这张唱片后来在日本被CD化，追捧者甚众。但本处的音源是原版的LP录制，效果不是很好，有兴趣者可在网上淘日版的CD。

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Terry Morel - 1955 - Songs Of A Woman In Love

Terry Morel (vo)
Herbie Mann (fl)
Ralph Sharon (p)
Jay Cave (b)
Christy Febbo (ds)

Recorded Montclair Supper Club, Jackson Heights, Long Island,late 1955.

1 Mountain Greenery 2:12
2 How Abut You 2:54
3 The Night We Called It A Day 3:15
4 The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else 2:18
5 You Stepped Out Of A Dream 2:14
6 You're Not The Kind 2:31
7 Too Late Now 2:48
8 The Gentleman Is A Dope 3:33
9 A Hundred Years From Today 2:55
10 Sometimes I'm Happy 3:05
11 More Than You Know 2:57
12 Who Cares 2:24

Someone song is best in the white woman jazz singer? When with it is heard, listing the name of this Terry Morel it is not strange, probably will be. But the numbers of the records are few extremely, passed only two peaces are even with the net sight of Amazon. But she has shown the capability with these one how without. Whether the singing which has elegant amorousness, the song power which is not offensive, natural jazz feeling, taking whichever, it is splendid. In the excellent performance of the quartet who adds the Herbie Mann of the jazz flute where the she is unusual in the back, the famouse songs stating numbers are thought, she has announced freely. The stage of sound recording is Long Island's supper club, but being live, it is not many so the singer who can sing this much song. Please until heart it goes, enjoy the numbers of the jazz song due to the member her who is by the historical excellent disk which was sent from the Bethlehem label and hides and please.

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June Valli - 1955 - The Torch

June Valli (Vocals)
Joe Reisman (Conductor) And His Orchestra

Side A
1 One for My Baby (Arlen, Mercer) 3:50
2 I Got It Bad and That Ain’t G (Ellington, Webster) 3:06
3 My Man (Charles, Pollack, Willemetz, Yvain) 2:53
4 Stormy Weather (Arlen, Koehler) 3:40
5 You’ve Got Me Crying Again (Jones, Newman) 2:53
6 Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Hammerstein, Kern) 3:17

Side B
1 But Not for Me (Gershwin, Gershwin) 3:23
2 Bill (Hammerstein II, Kern, Wodehouse) 2:28
3 All Alone (Berlin) 2:02
4 I Get Along Without You Very (Carmichael) 3:49
5 Body and Soul (Green, Heyman, Sour) 3:16
6 Don’t Take Your Love from Me (Nemo) 2:23

June Valli (Jun. 30, 1928 Bronx – Mar. 12, 1993, Fort Lee, New Jersey), the stage name of June Foglia, was an American singer and television personality.She was one of the stars of the 1950s television show Your Hit Parade. She sang on the show during the show's 1952-1953 season. At the start of the 1953-1954 season, she was replaced by singer Gisele MacKenzie. Valli recorded a number of hit songs, including "Strange Sensation" (1952), "A shoulder to cry on", "Crying in the Chapel", "Why Don't You Believe Me?" and "Unchained Melody". Throughout her career, she sang with various stars of the time, including Mel Torme and Fats Domino Valli was also the singing voice in a series of commercials for Chiquita Banana.

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Beverly Kenney - 1960 - Like Yesterday

1. Undecided
2. Sentimental Journey
3. I Had The Craziest Dream
4. And The Angels Sing
5. More Than You Know
6. The Dipsy Doodle
7. What A Diff'rence A Day Made
8. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
9. Sunday Kind Of Love
10. Any Old Time
11. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
12. Tampico

With Like Yesterday Beverly Kenney updates a series of pop standards with a formula rooted in the archly modern sound of Eisenhower-era jazz—experienced decades after the fact, the album boasts a timelessness that renders its basic conceits of time and place moot, especially given that the fierce intelligence of Kenney's phrasing and the sultry depth of her vocals contrast so sharply with the Doris Day stereotypes associated with the period in question. Backed by a small but exemplary supporting cast including guitarist Chuck Wayne and reedist Jerome Richardson, Kenney eschews embellishment and excess in favor of lean, taut arrangements that emphasize emotional context—her readings of familiar songs like "More Than You Know" and "A Sunday Kind of Love" possess a startling intimacy.

by Jason Ankeny
Courtesy All Music

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Meg Myles - 1957 - Just Meg And Me

1.You Made Me Love You
2.You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
3.You Took Advantage Of Me
4.More Than You Know
5.I Wanna Be Loved
6.Ain't We Got Fun
7.Paradise
8.Last Night On The Back Porch
9.It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House
10.I Never Knew
11.Oh, You Beautiful Doll
12.Goodnight Sweetheart

Meg Myles is a famous American actress that was born on November 14, 1934 in Seattle, Wasghinton.

Meg Myles凭借其42-24-36的傲人三围在5、60年代曾是风靡一时的壁画女郎，她还在不少电影里出演歌手，并因此受赏识而在Liberty Records公司旗下推出了她的这张个人唱片Just Meg and Me，伴奏的乐手有Benny Goodman、Tommy Dorsey以及Billie Holiday的搭档Jimmy Rowles。就在她的演艺事业起步时，Myles因为与Sammy Davis Jr.的黑白恋而遭到当时仍旧保守的美国社会雪藏，直到61年她出演了cult经典影片Satan in High Heels，才又回到舞台上，此后的Myles就以女演员的身份持续活跃到90年代，而她的演唱事业则中止于61年的第三张唱片，Meg Myles At The Living Room。

Meg Myles的声线低沉婉转，类似Jeri Southern，而乐手与唱片公司也深知其魅力所在，所以整张唱片便都是她徐缓耳语般的妩媚诱惑，Paradise、More Than You Know、Last Night On The Back Porch都是令人专注的煽情之处。

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Julie Wilson - 1957 - My Old Flame
   
1. My Old Flame  
2. You Don't Know What Love Is 
3. These Foolish Things  
4. When Your Lover Has Gone  
5. What Is This Thing Called Love?  
6. Just Like a Man 
7. Baby Won't You Please Come Home  
8. They Can't Take That Away from Me 
9. Street of Tears 
10. You Forgot to Remember n
11. Why Remind Me 
12. It's Easy to Remember 

Julie Wilson (born October 21, 1924) is an American singer and actress.

Julie Wilson算咱们老祖宗所曰“读万卷书不如行万里路”的信奉者，这位卖煤翁和洗头妹的女儿在大学念到一半时就跟一个到本地镇上演出的剧团跑掉了，6个月后当剧团巡演到纽约时，小姑娘开始了她孤身打天下的闯荡生涯。从夜总会歌手到百老汇候补演员，Wilson的演艺经历是一步步走过来的，没有什么一夜成名的幸运机缘。虽然Wilson以舞台演出为其事业重心，但她在灌录的几张唱片中的表演显然带着更浓厚的夜总会风格。Wilson的女中音略微低黯，类似我极爱的另一位Jazz名伶Anita O'Day。但与其勤奋繁忙的演艺生活相反，Wilson的演唱显然没有Anita那种仿佛总是在跳跃着的旺盛精力，所谓慵懒一词，来形容Wilson的演绎再贴切不过，这么懒懒的唱着，一句绵缓的唱词还要拖曳出几个婉转的弯儿，很容易让听者的心情也跟着闲闲散散地慢下来。

Wilson至今健在，而她最近的一张唱片是2001年为DRG Records灌录的songbook系列之Julie Wilson Sings the Cy Coleman Songbook。

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