Recommended Materials
DREAM WITH DEAN & EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY
Includes recordings of “I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)”, “Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?” and “Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home?”.
Collectors’ Choice # 254, 2002.
NAT KING COLE: SINGS AND PLAYS
Includes recordings of “I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)”, “(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66” and “What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry?”.
PROPE # DCD725, 2001.
COCKTAIL HOUR: BING CROSBY DUETS
Bing Crosby performs the great Tin Pan Alley standards with Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, Johnny Mercer and Duke Ellington. Songs include “I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)”, “I’m Falling In Love”, “Takes Two To Tango”.
Columbia River Entertainment Group # 218 058, 2001.
SARAH VAUGHAN IN HI-FI
Sarah Vaughan with guest artists Miles Davis, Tony Scott, Freddie Green, Mundell Lowe, Benny Green, Budd Johnson sing “Mean To Me”, “It Might As Well Be Spring” and “Come Rain or Come Shine”. All songs recorded between 1949 and 1952 in New York.
Originally released on Columbia label in 1950.
Remastered and re-released on Columbia # 65117, 1997.
DIANA ROSS: LADY SINGS THE BLUES
Soundtrack album from the film “Lady Sings the Blues”, starring Diana Ross. Songs included “Mean To Me”, “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” and “Don’t Explain”.
Motown Records # 630 758, 1992.