The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. 1 Close to You 3:20
2. 2 You’ll Never Know 3:06
3. 3 Sunday, Monday or Always 3:18
4. 4 If You Please 2:57
5. 5 People Will Say We’re in Love 3:25
6. 6 Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ 2:58
7. 7 I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night 2:55
8. 8 A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening 3:16
9. 9 The Music Stopped 3:01
10. 10 If You Are but a Dream 3:06
11. 11 Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) 2:46
12. 12 There’s No You 3:29
13. 14 I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) 3:10
14. 15 I Begged Her 3:02
15. 16 What Makes the Sunset? 2:57
16. 17 I Fall in Love Too Easily 3:16
17. 18 Nancy (With the Laughing Face) 3:22
18. 19 Cradle Song 3:09
19. 20 Ol’ Man River 4:03
20. 21 Stormy Weather 4:16
21. 22 The Charm of You 2:59

Disc 2

1. 1 Embraceable You 3:19
2. 2 When Your Lover Has Gone 2:55
3. 3 Kiss Me Again 2:48
4. 4 (I’ve Got a Woman Crazy for Me) She’s Funny That Way 3:22
5. 5 My Melancholy Baby 3:10
6. 6 Where or When 3:16
7. 7 All the Things You Are 3:03
8. 8 Mighty Lak’ a Rose 3:26
9. 9 I Should Care 3:03
10. 10 Homesick—That’s All 3:25
11. 11 Dream (When You’re Feeling Blue) 3:05
12. 12 A Friend of Yours 3:04
13. 13 Put Your Dreams Away (for Another Day) 3:09
14. 14 Over the Rainbow 3:19
15. 15 You’ll Never Walk Alone 3:28
16. 16 If I Loved You 3:07
17. 17 Lily Belle 3:32
18. 18 Don’t Forget Tonight Tomorrow 3:06
19. 19 I’ve Got a Home in That Rock 3:13
20. 20 Jesus Is a Rock in the Weary Land 3:22
21. 21 Stars in Your Eyes 2:47
22. 22 My Shawl 2:11

Disc 3

1. 1 Someone to Watch Over Me 3:22
2. 2 You Go to My Head 3:02
3. 3 These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) 3:10
4. 4 I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) 2:47
5. 5 The House I Live In (That’s America to Me) 3:20
6. 6 Day by Day 3:12
7. 7 Nancy (With the Laughing Face) 3:22
8. 8 You Are Too Beautiful 3:03
9. 9 America the Beautiful 2:33
10. 10 Silent Night, Holy Night 3:16
11. 11 The Moon Was Yellow (and the Night Was Young) 3:01
12. 12 I Only Have Eyes for You 3:13
13. 13 The Old School Teacher 3:14
14. 14 Just an Old Stone House 3:18
15. 15 Full Moon and Empty Arms 3:15
16. 16 Oh, What It Seemed to Be 3:01
17. 17 I Have but One Heart (O Marenariello) 3:15
18. 18 (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance 3:13
19. 19 Why Shouldn’t I? 2:55
20. 20 Try a Little Tenderness 3:11
21. 21 Paradise 2:40
22. 22 All Through the Day 3:03
23. 23 One Love 2:45
24. 24 Two Hearts Are Better Than One 2:52
25. 25 How Cute Can You Be? 2:42

Disc 4

1. 1 From This Day Forward 3:04
2. 2 Where Is My Bess 2:58
3. 3 Begin the Beguine 2:58
4. 4 Something Old, Something New 2:55
5. 5 They Say It’s Wonderful 3:07
6. 6 That Old Black Magic 2:35
7. 7 The Girl That I Marry 0:25
8. 8 I Fall in Love With You Ev’ry Day 2:45
9. 9 How Deep Is the Ocean (How Blue Is the Sky) 2:58
10. 10 Home on the Range 3:14
11. 11 The Song Is You 3:25
12. 12 Soliloquy, Parts 1 & 2 7:59
13. 13 Somewhere in the Night 3:07
14. 14 Could’Ja 2:29
15. 15 Five Minutes More 2:37
16. 16 The Things We Did Last Summer 3:18
17. 17 You’ll Know When It Happens 2:55
18. 18 This Is the Night 3:17
19. 19 Coffee Song (They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil) 2:32
20. 20 Among My Souvenirs 3:18
21. 21 I Love You 2:43
22. 22 September Song 3:09
23. 23 Blue Skies 2:30
24. 24 Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry 3:23

Disc 5

1. 1 Adeste Fideles (O, Come All Ye Faithful) 2:39
2. 2 Lost in the Stars 3:19
3. 3 Jingle Bells 2:36
4. 4 Falling in Love With Love 2:48
5. 5 Hush‐a‐Bye Island 3:22
6. 6 So They Tell Me 3:26
7. 7 There’s No Business Like Show Business 3:21
8. 8 (Once Upon) A Moonlight Night 3:07
9. 9 Strange Music 3:02
10. 10 Poinciana (Song of the Tree) 3:22
11. 11 The Music Stopped 3:03
12. 12 Why Shouldn’t It Happen to Us 3:13
13. 13 Time After Time 3:12
14. 14 It’s the Same Old Dream 3:08
15. 15 I’m Sorry I Made You Cry 3:08
16. 16 None but the Lonely Heart 3:36
17. 17 The Brooklyn Bridge 2:38
18. 18 I Believe 3:05
19. 19 I Got a Gal I Love (in North and South Dakota) 2:45
20. 20 The Dum‐Dot Song (I Put a Penny in the Gum Slot) 2:59
21. 21 All of Me 2:37
22. 22 It’s All Up to You 2:52
23. 23 My Romance 3:22

Disc 6

1. 1 Always 3:10
2. 2 I Want to Thank Your Folks 3:13
3. 3 That’s How Much I Love You 3:12
4. 4 You Can Take My Word for It Baby 2:33
5. 5 Sweet Lorraine 3:11
6. 6 Always 2:57
7. 7 I Concentrate on You 3:07
8. 8 My Love for You 2:54
9. 9 Mam’selle 3:23
10. 10 Ain’tcha Ever Comin’ Back 2:47
11. 11 Stella by Starlight 3:23
12. 12 There but for You Go I 3:08
13. 13 Almost Like Being in Love 2:44
14. 14 Tea for Two 3:18
15. 15 My Romance 3:18
16. 16 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 2:50
17. 17 Christmas Dreaming (a Little Early This Year) 2:58
18. 18 The Stars Will Remember (So Will I) 3:19
19. 19 It All Came True 2:34
20. 20 That Old Feeling 3:17
21. 21 If I Had You 3:09
22. 22 The Nearness of You 2:43
23. 23 One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) 3:04

Disc 7

1. 1 But Beautiful 3:14
2. 2 A Fellow Needs a Girl 3:13
3. 3 So Far 3:11
4. 4 It All Came True 2:54
5. 5 Can’t You Just See Yourself? 3:00
6. 6 You’re My Girl 3:11
7. 7 All of Me 2:46
8. 8 I’ll Make Up for Ev’rything 2:58
9. 9 Strange Music 3:15
10. 10 Laura 3:15
11. 11 Night and Day 3:41
12. 12 My Cousin Louella 3:07
13. 13 We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye 3:09
14. 14 S’posin’ 2:48
15. 15 Just for Now 3:01
16. 16 None but the Lonely Heart 3:25
17. 17 The Night We Called It a Day 3:23
18. 18 The Song Is You 3:17
19. 19 What’ll I Do? 3:08
20. 20 Poinciana (Song of the Tree) 3:17
21. 21 (I Offer You the Moon) Senorita 2:47
22. 22 The Music Stopped 2:57

Disc 8

1. 1 Mean to Me (alternate take) 3:19
2. 2 Spring Is Here (alternate take) 2:46
3. 3 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) (alternate take) 3:03
4. 4 When You Awake (alternate take) 3:18
5. 5 It Never Entered My Mind (alternate take) 3:37
6. 6 I’ve Got a Crush on You 3:19
7. 7 Body and Soul 3:22
8. 8 I’m Glad There Is You 3:09
9. 9 I Went Down to Virginia 3:12
10. 10 If I Only Had a Match 3:13
11. 11 If I Steal a Kiss 3:17
12. 12 Autumn in New York 3:17
13. 13 Everybody Loves Somebody 3:18
14. 14 A Little Learnin’ Is a Dangerous Thing, Part 1 3:26
15. 15 A Little Learnin’ Is a Dangerous Thing, Part 2 3:08
16. 16 Ever Homeward 3:31
17. 17 But None Like You 3:12
18. 18 Catana 3:15
19. 19 Why Was I Born? 2:52
20. 20 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 3:28
21. 21 O Little Town of Bethlehem 3:04
22. 22 White Christmas 3:19
23. 23 For Every Man There’s a Woman 2:48

Disc 9

1. 1 Help Yourself to My Heart 3:17
2. 2 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 2:35
3. 3 If I Forget You 3:14
4. 4 Where Is the One? 2:50
5. 5 When Is Sometime? 2:45
6. 6 It Only Happens When I Dance With You 3:20
7. 7 A Fella With an Umbrella 2:34
8. 8 Nature Boy 3:21
9. 9 Sunflower 2:56
10. 10 Once in Love With Amy 2:57
11. 11 Once in Love With Amy 3:03
12. 12 Why Can’t You Behave? 3:20
13. 13 Bop! Goes My Heart 3:07
14. 14 Comme Ci Comme Ca 2:56
15. 15 No Orchids for My Lady 2:41
16. 16 While the Angelus Was Ringing (Les Trois Cloches) 2:48
17. 17 If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon 2:48
18. 18 Kisses and Tears 2:47
19. 19 Some Enchanted Evening 3:09
20. 20 Bali Ha’i 3:18
21. 21 The Right Girl for Me 3:08
22. 22 Night After Night 3:08
23. 23 The Huckle‐Buck 3:03
24. 24 It Happens Every Spring 3:01

Disc 10

1. 1 Let’s Take an Old‐Fashioned Walk 3:02
2. 2 (Just One Way to Say) I Love You 2:32
3. 3 It All Depends on You 2:45
4. 4 Bye Bye Baby 2:40
5. 5 Don’t Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) 3:20
6. 6 Every Man Should Marry 3:07
7. 7 If I Ever Love Again 3:04
8. 8 We’re Just a Kiss Apart 3:06
9. 9 Every Man Should Marry 3:06
10. 10 The Wedding of Lili Marlene 3:11
11. 11 That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) 3:19
12. 12 Mad About You 3:16
13. 13 (On the Island of) Stromboli 3:19
14. 14 The Old Master Painter 2:26
15. 15 Why Remind Me 3:12
16. 16 Sorry 3:03
17. 17 Sunshine Cake 3:11
18. 18 (We’ve Got a) Sure Thing 3:13
19. 19 God’s Country 3:07
20. 20 Sheila 3:19
21. 21 Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy 2:39
22. 22 Kisses and Tears 2:47
23. 23 When the Sun Goes Down 3:04
24. 24 American Beauty Rose 2:34

Disc 11

1. 1 Peachtree Street 3:13
2. 2 Should I (Reveal) 2:26
3. 3 You Do Something to Me 2:35
4. 4 Lover 2:41
5. 5 When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) 2:31
6. 6 It’s Only a Paper Moon 1:58
7. 7 My Blue Heaven 2:28
8. 8 The Continental 2:35
9. 9 Goodnight Irene 2:54
10. 10 Dear Little Boy of Mine 2:46
11. 11 Life Is So Peculiar 2:11
12. 12 Accidents Will Happen 3:01
13. 13 One Finger Melody 2:42
14. 14 Remember Me in Your Dreams 2:34
15. 15 If Only She’d Looked My Way 2:50
16. 16 London by Night 3:12
17. 17 Meet Me at the Copa 3:13
18. 18 Come Back to Sorrento (Torna a Surriento) 2:17
19. 19 April in Paris 2:46
20. 20 I Guess I’ll Have to Dream the Rest 2:44
21. 21 Nevertheless (I’m in Love With You) 3:11
22. 22 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 2:38
23. 23 Take My Love 3:21
24. 24 I Am Loved 2:27
25. 25 You Don’t Remind Me 2:52
26. 26 Love Means Love 3:05
27. 27 Cherry Pies Ought to Be You 2:20

Disc 12

1. 1 Faithful 3:15
2. 2 You’re the One 3:04
3. 3 There’s Something Missing 3:20
4. 4 Hello, Young Lovers 3:35
5. 5 We Kiss in a Shadow 3:37
6. 6 I Whistle a Happy Tune 2:31
7. 7 I’m a Fool to Want You 2:58
8. 8 Love Me 3:11
9. 9 Mama Will Bark 2:57
10. 10 It’s a Long Way (From Your House to My House) 2:46
11. 11 Castle Rock 2:35
12. 12 Farewell, Farewell to Love 2:56
13. 13 Deep Night 3:18
14. 14 A Good Man Is Hard to Find 2:58
15. 15 I Could Write a Book 2:44
16. 16 I Hear a Rhapsody 3:06
17. 17 Walking in the Sunshine 2:44
18. 18 My Girl 2:26
19. 19 Feet of Clay 2:59
20. 20 Don’t Ever Be Afraid to Go Home 2:31
21. 21 Luna Rossa (Blushing Moon) 2:43
22. 22 The Birth of the Blues 3:30
23. 23 Azure‐Te (Paris Blues) 2:35
24. 24 Tennessee Newsboy (The Newsboy Blues) 2:36
25. 25 Bim Bam Baby 2:23
26. 26 Why Try to Change Me Now 2:49

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