Description
This CD captures Rosemary Clooney at an early and formative stage of her career, recorded alongside bandleader Tony Pastor before her breakthrough as a solo star. Clooney’s natural warmth and effortless phrasing are already fully evident, gliding through charming, lighthearted material like ‘You Started Something,’ ‘At A Sidewalk Penny Arcade,’ and the wistful ‘Sentimental Music.’ Tony Pastor’s band provides a buoyant, swinging backdrop rooted in the dance-band tradition of the era, making this a wonderful document of American popular music in transition. For fans of classic vocal pop and big band recordings, this is an essential and historically significant listen…
- You Started Something
- It’s Like Taking Candy From A Baby
- It’s A Cruel, Cruel World
- My O’Darlin’ My O’Lovely My O’Brien
- I’m Sorry I Didn’t Say I’m Sorry (When I Made You Cry Last Night)
- When You’re In Love
- If I Had A Million Dollars
- Grieving For You
- At A Sidewalk Penny Arcade
- Sentimental Music
