John Gary

Collectables Classics: the Very Best of John Gary

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AllMusic Review by Al Campbell

Collectables Classics: The Very Best of John Gary is a limited-edition four-CD box set with 92 songs that collects the following seven albums from the pop crooner: Catch a Rising Star, Encore, The Nearness of You, Sings Your All Time Favorite Songs, A Heart Filled with Song, Choice, and The John Gary Carnegie Hall Concert. Whether there are enough rabid fans to warrant such an elaborate set could be argued, but the Collectables label should be given credit for keeping easy listening titles like these in print for those who want them.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	This Is All I Ask Gordon Jenkins	John Gary	2:40
2	My Kind of Girl Leslie Bricusse	John Gary	2:38
3	Once Upon a Time Lee Adams / Charles Strouse	John Gary	2:58
4	Till the Birds Sing in the Morning Will Holt	John Gary	2:43
5	Your Cheatin' Heart Hank Williams	John Gary	2:45
6	Yellow Bird Luboff	John Gary	2:47
7	Unchained Melody Alex North / Hy Zaret	John Gary	3:29
8	Half as Much Curley Williams	John Gary	2:27
9	More Oliviero	John Gary	3:09
10	The Possum Song John Gary	John Gary	2:09
11	Somewhere Along the Way Kurt Adams / Sammy Gallop	John Gary	3:13
12	Ebb Tide Robert Maxwell / Carl Sigman	John Gary	2:36
13	Tender Is the Night [From Tender Is the Night] Sammy Fain / Paul Francis Webster	John Gary	2:42
14	Anywhere I Wander [From Hans Christian Andersen] Frank Loesser	John Gary	3:36
15	Melodie d'Amour (Melody of Love) Leo Johns / Henri Salvador	John Gary	2:30
16	And This Is My Beloved [From Kismet] George Forrest / Robert Wright	John Gary	2:39
17	Ol' Man River [From Show Boat] Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern	John Gary	2:30
18	Stella by Starlight [From The Uninvited] Ned Washington / Victor Young	John Gary	3:31
19	Take Me in Your Arms Markush	John Gary	2:37
20	Far Away Places Alex Kramer / Joan Whitney	John Gary	2:49
21	A Beautiful Thing	John Gary	2:58
22	If	John Gary	3:02
23	(It's Been) Grand Knowing You [From She Loves Me] Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	John Gary	2:38
24	Stranger in Paradise [From Kismet] George Forrest / Robert Wright	John Gary	2:31

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	The Nearness of You Hoagy Carmichael	John Gary	2:40
2	You Stepped Out of a Dream Nacio Herb Brown / Gus Kahn	John Gary	2:34
3	My Foolish Heart [From My Foolish Heart]	John Gary	3:26
4	Softly, as I Leave You	John Gary	3:28
5	Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) [From The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd] Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley	John Gary	2:48
6	The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) Al Hoffman / Charles E. King / Dick Manning	John Gary	3:03
7	Time After Time [From It Happened in Brooklyn] Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne	John Gary	2:50
8	On the Street Where You Live [From My Fair Lady] Lerner	John Gary	3:21
9	Beautiful Bobby Doyle	John Gary	3:34
10	I Wish You Love (Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours?) Albert A. Beach / Charles Trénet	John Gary	2:43
11	Dear Heart [From Dear Heart] Henry Mancini	John Gary	2:56
12	The Sound of Music [From The Sound of Music] Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers	John Gary	2:54
13	All the Things You Are Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern	John Gary	2:03
14	Night and Day Cole Porter	John Gary	2:49
15	Fascination Dick Manning / Fidenco Dante Marchetti	John Gary	1:56
16	Star Dust Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish	John Gary	3:22
17	As Time Goes By Herman Hupfeld	John Gary	3:15
18	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern	John Gary	3:06
19	I Left My Heart in San Fransisco George Cory / Douglass Cross	John Gary	2:44
20	Autumn Leaves Joseph Kosma / Johnny Mercer	John Gary	2:49
21	Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific] Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers	John Gary	3:22
22	Deep Purple Peter DeRose / Mitchell Parish	John Gary	2:10
23	Tonight [From West Side Story] Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim	John Gary	2:23
24	You'll Never Walk Alone [From Carousel] Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers	John Gary	2:20

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	What Now My Love Gilbert Bécaud / Delanoe	John Gary	2:57
2	Till Danvers	John Gary	2:37
3	Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) Bart Howard	John Gary	2:29
4	Because of You Arthur Hammerstein / Dudley Wilkinson	John Gary	2:38
5	Without a Song Eliscu / Vincent Youmans	John Gary	2:29
6	While We're Young Morty Palitz	John Gary	2:27
7	No Arms Can Ever Hold You (Like These Arms of Mine)	John Gary	2:30
8	Yesterday John Lennon / Paul McCartney	John Gary	2:50
9	The Shadow of Your Smile [Love Theme from The Sandpiper]	John Gary	2:59
10	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Sammy Fain	John Gary	2:33
11	Be My Love Nicholas Brodszky / Sammy Cahn	John Gary	3:05
12	If Ever I Would Leave You [From Camelot] Lerner	John Gary	2:51
13	Georgia on My Mind Hoagy Carmichael	John Gary	3:11
14	Tammy [From Tammy and the Bachelor]	John Gary	3:01
15	I'll Remember Her Noël Coward	John Gary	2:54
16	Charade Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer	John Gary	2:00
17	Somewhere Bernstein	John Gary	2:48
18	Luck Be a Lady [From Guys and Dolls] Frank Loesser	John Gary	2:29
19	I'll Be Seeing You Sammy Fain	John Gary	3:07
20	Love Is Here to Stay [From An American in Paris] George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	John Gary	3:10
21	I Ain't Down Yet [From The Unsinkable Molly Brown] Meredith Willson	John Gary	1:21
22	How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) Berlin	John Gary	3:07
23	Don't Blame Me Jimmy McHugh	John Gary	3:20
24	Younger Than Springtime [From South Pacific] Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers	John Gary	3:08

Track Listing - Disc 4

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Introduction	John Gary feat: Jim Ameche	0:49
2	More [Theme from Mondo Cane]	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	3:23
3	Sitting on Top of the World	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	2:09
4	Talk	John Gary	0:25
5	Sunrise, Sunset [From Fiddler on the Roof]	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	3:23
6	Talk	John Gary	0:53
7	How I Learned to Sing: That's My Desire/Racing with the Moon/Cry/King of the Road Frankie Laine / Roger Miller / Vaughn Monroe / Johnnie Ray	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	4:28
8	My Cup Runneth Over [From I Do! I Do!]	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	3:21
9	Opportunity [Poem]	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	1:21
10	The Impossible Dream (The Quest) [From Man of La Mancha]	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	2:52
11	The Most Beautiful Girl in the World	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	1:39
12	Talk	John Gary	0:19
13	The Shadow of Your Smile [Love Theme from The Sandpiper]	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	3:16
14	Talk	John Gary	0:49
15	La Malaguena	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	3:48
16	She Loves Me [From She Loves Me]	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	2:33
17	Finale: Grand Knowing You [From She Loves Me]	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	1:36
18	Finale: Georgia on My Mind and Reprise	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	3:50
19	Finale: Applause & Talk	John Gary	1:59
20	Finale: Softly, as I Leave You	John Gary feat: Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra	1:16

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