Larry Clinton was a trumpeter, trombonist and clarinettist who, when in his twenties, became a successful arranger for Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Glen Gay's Casa Loma Orchestra and Bunny Berigan during the mid-1930s before starting his own orchestra in 1937. Playing a mixture of current pop in the "sweet" style, ambitious jazz-styled instrumentals and swing arrangements of classical pieces, he had a string of nearly 40 hits through into the early '40s, and when he picked up the threads after service during WWII. Most of his hits featured the fine voice of his star vocalist Bea Wain, whose contributions were a key element of his success. This excellent-value 48-track 2-CD set comprises all his 38 hits plus other selected releases on the Victor, Bluebird and Decca labels, many featuring Bea Wain, and features the No. 1s "Cry, Baby, Cry", "Heart And Soul", "My Reverie", and "Deep Purple", along with sixteen other Top 10 hits, with many examples of the early commercial recordings of some of the landmark compositions of the Great American Songbook era. Along with Bea Wain, other featured vocalists are Dick Todd, Ford Leary, Mary Dugan, Helen Southern, Peggy Mann and Butch Stone. The collection provides not only a thoroughly entertaining showcase for a top class orchestra about which not much is heard these days, as well as for the vocal talents of Bea Wain, but also an enlightening overview of some of the most popular music of those years.

Tracklist:

The Big Dipper
True Confession
ABBA Dabba (One of the Arabian Knights)
The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)
I Double Dare You
Two Dreams Got Together
Love Is Here to Stay
Always and Always
Martha
You're An Education
Romance in the Dark
Cry, Baby, Cry
Stolen Heaven
I Married An Angel
If It Rains, Who Cares?
You Go to My Head
Put Your Heart in a Song
My Reverie
Change Partners
At Long Last Love
My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice
Summer Souvenirs
Heart and Soul
Old Folks
Who Blew Out the Flame
Design for Dancing
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Jeepers Creepers
The Devil with the Devil
For Men Only
Deep Purple
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
(I'm Afraid) the Masquerade Is Over
I Want My Share of Love
Over the Rainbow
Comes Love
In a Persian Market
I'll Remember
The Little Man Who Wasn't There
An Apple for the Teacher
Johnson Rag
Limehouse Blues
The Nearness of You
Rockin' Chair
Because of You
Let Me Off Uptown
The Dickey Bird Song
On a Slow Boat to China

UPC: 824046338220
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 6.4.21
Format: CD

Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - All The Hits And More 1937-48 (CD)