Lee Wiley - Night In Manhattan / Sings Vincent Youman's & Irvin Berlin [New CD]

LIMITED EDITION IN SPECIAL 3-PANEL DIGIPACK2 COMPLETE ALBUMS ON 1 CDPresented in their entireties on this set are Wiley’s splendid LPs "Night in Manhattan" (Columbia CL-656) and "Sings Vincent Youmans & Irving Berlin" (Columbia CL-6215/16). These two albums comprise the contents of three 10” discs: the original "Night in Manhattan", and the Youmans and Berlin song books, which were first issued individually with eight tracks each (on the latter two Wiley is backed by the piano duet of Stan Freeman and Cy Walter). In order to fit all of this material onto two 12” LPs, four tunes from the song books were added to the 12” version of Night in Manhattan (with the remaining 12 tracks from the song books released on the 12” album Sings Vincent Youmans & Irving Berlin).This edition also includes two rare bonus tracks originally issued on the 1956 Columbia LP "The Wide, Wide World of Jazz" (RCA Victor LPM-1325), which was an anthology featuring various artists.PERSONNEL:LEE WILEY, vocals on all tracks, with:[1-12]: NIGHT IN MANHATTAN[13-24]: SINGS VINCENT YOUMANS & IRVING BERLIN(3),(8-10): Bobby Hackett (cnt), Artie Manners, Jimmy Lytell (cl), Marcel Bonniface (accor), Joe Bushkin (p, celeste), Robert Chauvigny (p),Herb Baumel, Gabriel Banat, Alex Pierce (vln), BRichard Dickler (viola), George Koutzen (cello),Billy Goodall (b), Charlie Smith (d).New York, December 12, 1950.(1-2), (4,7): Bobby Hackett (cnt), Joe Bushkin (p, celeste),Herb Baumel, Gabriel Banat, Alex Pierce (vln),Richard Dickler (viola), George Koutzen (cello),Billy Goodall (b), Charlie Smith (d).New York, December 14, 1950.(11, 19, 22, 24): Stan Freeman, Cy Walter (p).New York, November 19, 1951.(5-6), (12-18), (20-21), (23): Same personnel as above.New York, December 4, 5 & 7, 1951.(*) BONUS TRACKS (25-26):Lee Wiley (vc) with the Dean Kincaide Dixieland Band:Billy Butterfield (tp), Cutty Cutshall (tb), Peanuts Hucko (cl),Dean Kincaide (bar, arr), Lou Stein (p), Barry Galbraith (g),Bob Haggart (b), Cliff Leeman (d).New York, June 12, 1956.TRACKS:01 MANHATTAN02 I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU03 A GHOST OF A CHANCE04 OH! LOOK AT ME NOW05 HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN06 TIME ON MY HANDS07 STREET OF DREAMS08 A WOMAN’S INTUITION09 SUGAR10 ANY TIME, ANY DAY, ANYWHERE11 SOFT LIGHTS AND SWEET MUSIC12 MORE THAN YOU KNOW13 TEA FOR TWO14 SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY15 RISE ‘N’ SHINE16 SHOULD I BE SWEET?17 KEEPIN’ MYSELF FOR YOU18 WHY, OH, WHY?19 SOME SUNNY DAY20 I GOT LOST IN HIS ARMS21 HEAT WAVE22 FOOLS FALL IN LOVE23 HOW MANY TIMES24 SUPPER TIME25 STARS FELL ON ALABAMA (*)26 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS (*)TOTAL TIME: 77:53 Min.