Name: The Essential Rosemary Clooney
Brand: Columbia (USA)
SKU: 1187423
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The Essential Rosemary Clooney

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Album: The Essential Rosemary Clooney
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Come On-A My House - (single version, featuring Stan Freeman/Mundell Lowe/Jimmy Crawford/Frank Carroll)
2)	In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening - (featuring Harry James & His Orchestra)
3)	Hey There - (featuring Buddy Cole & His Orchestra)
4)	Half as Much
5)	Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba Baciami Piccina)
6)	Lady Is a Tramp, The
7)	You Started Something
8)	You Make Me Feel So Young
9)	Blue Rose - (featuring Duke Ellington & His Orchestra)
10)	Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me
11)	Blame It on My Youth - (featuring Paul Weston & His Orchestra)
12)	Mambo Italiano - (featuring The Mellowmen)
13)	This Ole House - (featuring Buddy Cole & His Orchestra)
14)	Tenderly - (featuring Percy Faith & His Orchestra)
15)	Mangos - (featuring Frank Comstock & His Orchestra)
16)	From This Moment On :: Ay, Havana, Cuando Pienso En Ti - (featuring Arturo Sandoval)

Album: The Essential Rosemary Clooney
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Come On-A My House - (single version, featuring Stan Freeman/Mundell Lowe/Jimmy Crawford/Frank Carroll)
2)	In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening - (featuring Harry James & His Orchestra)
3)	Hey There - (featuring Buddy Cole & His Orchestra)
4)	Half as Much
5)	Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba Baciami Piccina)
6)	Lady Is a Tramp, The
7)	You Started Something
8)	You Make Me Feel So Young
9)	Blue Rose - (featuring Duke Ellington & His Orchestra)
10)	Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me
11)	Blame It on My Youth - (featuring Paul Weston & His Orchestra)
12)	Mambo Italiano - (featuring The Mellowmen)
13)	This Ole House - (featuring Buddy Cole & His Orchestra)
14)	Tenderly - (featuring Percy Faith & His Orchestra)
15)	Mangos - (featuring Frank Comstock & His Orchestra)
16)	From This Moment On :: Ay, Havana, Cuando Pienso En Ti - (featuring Arturo Sandoval)

Performer Notes

Adapter: E. Y. Stanley.
Personnel: Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Rosemary Clooney; Sal Salvador (guitar); Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (saxophone); Clark Terry, Willie Cook (trumpet); Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman (trombone); Frank Carroll (bass instrument); Sam Woodyard (drums); Mundell Lowe (guitar); Paul Gonsalves (saxophone); Ray Nance, Cat Anderson (trumpet); Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (piano); Stan Freeman (harpsichord); Jimmy Crawford , Terry Snyder (drums).
Liner Note Author: Didier C. Deutsch.
Recording information: 12/23/1947-11/24/1956.
Photographer: Herman Leonard.
Arrangers: Frank Comstock; Jimmy Carroll; Percy Faith; Norman Leyden.
The rub concerning Rosemary Clooney is that, like Kay Starr, she was an excellent jazz singer who was unfortunately chained to novelty material that, equally unfortunately, became popular and branded her as such in the eyes of the listening public. Given the chance, she excelled at any role given her: a big-band singer initially, a pop industry flag-bearer, and finally, a jazz vocalist with impeccable chops and great taste. The Essential Rosemary Clooney, though it focuses on the hits, does allow for the occasional glimpse of Clooney the artist during the late '50s. The hits "Come On-A My House," "Hey There," "Half As Much," and "This Ole House" don't inevitably lead to sound-alikes and inferior material; they lead to a collaboration with Duke Ellington (on "Blue Rose") and sharp readings of standards ("The Lady Is a Tramp," "From This Moment On"). Giving listeners only 16 tracks to hear what made Clooney special is definitely short shrift, but The Essential Rosemary Clooney does allow them to hear the many facets of an excellent artist without paying much for it. ~ John Bush