Girl You Swing! Various Artists It always seemed that women have led the way when it came to Swing. For every Crosby and Sinatra, there was not only an Ella or a Billie, but also a Sarah and a Peggy. For each Mel Tormé or Tony Bennett, there was a Lena , an Aretha, a Nina or a Dinah. When women became band singers during the Swing era, they frequently outlasted their employers in terms of celebrity and record sales. There are many remarkable examples of female vocal art on this compilation, some by those who have achieved superstar status. So many stories, so many brilliant performances. What a way to swing! Cat #: NOT3CD306 Track List:
1. It Don't Mean A Thing - Nina Simone 2. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday 3. I'm Sitting On Top Of The World - Aretha Franklin 4. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby - Dinah Washington 5. That Old Black Magic - Ella Fitzgerald 6. One Mint Julep - Sarah Vaughan 7. Will You Still Be Mine - Carol Sloane 8. It's You Or No One - Jacy Parker 9. Movin' - Kay Starr 10. Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) - Julie London 11. The Point Of No Return - Diana Dors 12. Take The ‘A’ Train - Morgana King 13. You And The Night And The Music - Ruth Brown 14. Let's Face The Music And Dance - Diahann Carroll 15. Walkin' Out The Door - Honi Gordon 16. Lover Come Back To Me - Barbra Streisand 17. Why Don't You Do Right - Barbara Dane 18. Fever - Peggy Lee 19. Hey Lawdy Mama - Dakota Staton 20. Take Five - Carmen McRae 1. Runnin' Wild - Diahann Carroll 2. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - Dinah Washington 3. The Lady Is A Tramp - Ella Fitzgerald 4. He's My Guy - Sarah Vaughan 5. I Am In Love - Abbey Lincoln 6. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Billie Holiday 7. I'm Gonna Go Fishin' - Peggy Lee 8. Moonray - Dakota Staton 9. Love Me Or Leave Me - Nina Simone 10. Woman - Etta James 11. Swingin' On Nothin' - June Christy 12. Big Butter And Egg Man - Ivie Anderson 13. Night Train - Kay Starr 14. Sposin' - Etta Jones 15. Just You, Just Me - Morgana King 16. In A Mellotone - Carol Stevens 17. Bye Bye Blackbird - Barbara Dane 18. I'm Going To Live The Life - Gogi Grant 19. C'est Si Bon - April Stevens 20. Come On-A My House - Julie London 1. Paradiddle Joe - Carmen McRae & Dave Brubeck 2. Work Song - Nina Simone 3. Makin' Whoopee - Etta Jones 4. Jeepers Creepers - Cleo Laine 5. Never Will I Marry - Nancy Wilson & The Cannonball Adderley Quintet 6. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Billie Holiday 7. Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too) - Peggy Lee 8. Rough Lover - Aretha Franklin 9. Old Devil Moon - Joy Bryan 10. The Jazz In You - Gloria Lynne 11. What'll I Do - Lena Horne 12. The Man I Love - Frances Faye 13. Footsteps Of A Fool - Mavis Rivers 14. You Make Me Feel So Young - Sallie Blair 15. Whatever Lola Wants - Della Reese 16. I Want A Lip - April Stevens 17. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Anita O'Day 18. Fine Brown Frame - Nellie Lutcher 19. Jack I'm Mellow - Trixie Smith 20. It Don't Mean A Thing - June Christy
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