The Best Years of Our Lives 1947
Various Artists Fourties
CD Rel Date: 1982-06-19
This unusual CD is the sixth of a new series featuring not only a selection of the best tunes of a specific year, in this case 1947, but also an adaptation in the form of a radio play of one of the top films of the year featuring the original artists in a "Screen Directors Playhouse" production. On this CD we feature George Seaton's three times Oscar winning film Miracle on 34th Street starring Edmund Gwenn who won an Oscar for his performance as Kris Kringle. Tracks: Near You (Francis Craig And His Orchestra); Heartaches (Ted Weems And His Orchestra); Ballerina (Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra); Peg O' My Heart (The Thrtee Suns); Managua Nicaragua (Freddie Martin And His Orchestra; Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) (Perry Como And the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer And His Orchestra; Linda (Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra); Huggin' And a Chalkin' (Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra); Mam'selle (Art Lund with Johnny Thompson And His Orchestra); Anniversary Song (Tex Beneke And the Glenn Miller Orchestra); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (Perry Como with Ted Weems And His Orchestra); I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder (Eddy Howard And His Orchestra); I Wish I Didn't Love You So (Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra); When You Were Sweet Sixteen (Perry Como And the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer And His Orchestra; Civilization (Louis Prima And His Orchestra); Feudin' And Fightin' (Tex Beneke And the Glenn Miller Orchestra); a radio adaptation of the movie Miracle on 34th Street.
Tracklist:
- Near You
- Heartaches
- Ballerina
- Peg O' My Heart
- Managua Nicaragua
- Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
- Linda
- Huggin' and Chalkin'
- Mam'selle 1
- Anniversary Song 1
- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? 1
- I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder 1
- I Wish I Didn't Love You So 1
- When You Were Sweet Sixteen 1
- Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) 1
- Feudin' and Fightin' 1
- Miracle on 34th Street