EMI's Original Hits: Easy is a better-than-average six-disc set highlighting 150 pop singles released on the label in the '40s, '50s, and '60s. Along with the original versions of tried-and-true classics by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, and Judy Garland are less-than-obvious inclusions by Tony Brent, Matt Monro, Alma Cogan, and Donald Peers.
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Original Hits: Easy
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Track Listing - Disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Frank Sinatra | 02:53 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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02:34 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | Bing Crosby | 02:24 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | Julie London | 02:58 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | Chet Baker | 02:06 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | Vic Damone | 02:37 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | June Christy | 03:37 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 |
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Ronnie Hilton | 03:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 9 | Fred Astaire | 03:46 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 | Alma Cogan | 02:34 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | Louis Armstrong | 03:21 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 | Dakota Staton | 01:55 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 | Nat King Cole | 02:43 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | Nina Simone | 03:12 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Danny Williams | 02:35 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | Dorothy Squires | 02:50 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Sarah Vaughan | 03:29 | ||||
| 18 | Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington | 03:59 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 19 | Édith Piaf | 04:06 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 20 |
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03:25 | |||||
| 21 | 02:06 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 22 | Fats Domino | 02:21 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 23 | 03:20 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 24 | Harry James | 03:11 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 25 | 03:13 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Dean Martin | 02:15 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 2 | Dinah Washington | 02:18 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | Bobbie Gentry | 03:04 | |||||
| 4 | Lena Horne | 03:15 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | Michael Holliday | 02:13 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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02:11 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | Cilla Black | 02:50 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | 04:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 9 | Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington | 05:31 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 |
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Ella Fitzgerald | 02:27 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Lou Rawls / Junior Wells | 03:28 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 12 | Mel Tormé | 03:10 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 | Judy Garland | 02:27 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 |
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June Christy | 04:17 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 15 | Al Martino | 02:46 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | Lou Rawls | 03:19 | |||||
| 17 | Vikki Carr | 02:46 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 18 | Matt Monro | 02:43 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 19 | Sammy Davis, Jr. | 02:35 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 20 | Julie London | 02:33 | |||||
| 21 | 02:10 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 22 | Nat King Cole | 02:59 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 23 | Frankie Vaughan | 02:42 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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03:01 | |||||
| 25 | Eve Boswell | 02:38 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 3
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | 01:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 2 | Artie Shaw | 03:16 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | Billie Jo Spears | 03:34 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | Nina Simone | 02:52 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | 01:55 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 6 | Crystal Gayle | 02:33 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Shirley Bassey | 03:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 8 | Louis Prima | 02:55 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | Dean Martin | 02:42 | |||||
| 10 | Judy Garland | 03:54 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington | 03:08 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 | Tony Brent | 02:32 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 | Lena Horne | 02:18 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | June Christy | 02:44 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Ronnie Hilton | 03:06 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | Nina Simone | 03:06 | |||||
| 17 | Malcolm Vaughan | 02:42 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 18 |
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Michael Holliday | 02:07 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 19 |
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Kay Starr | 02:24 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 20 | Julie London | 02:09 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 21 | Frankie Vaughan | 03:38 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 22 | 02:49 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 23 | Gordon MacRae | 02:41 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 24 | Dinah Washington | 02:06 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 25 | Sarah Vaughan | 03:28 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 4
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Shirley Bassey | 02:49 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 2 | April Stevens | 02:21 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | Bing Crosby | 03:14 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | Count Basie | 02:19 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | Bobbie Gentry | 02:51 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | Mel Tormé | 02:43 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | Chet Baker | 03:19 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | Fred Astaire | 03:13 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | 03:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 10 | 03:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 11 | Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra | 02:31 | |||||
| 12 | Vic Damone | 02:23 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 | Vince Hill | 02:55 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | Joe Williams | 02:35 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 15 | Lulu & the Luvvers | 02:49 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | Ray Anthony | 02:42 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 17 | Vikki Carr | 02:36 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 18 | Helen Shapiro | 02:49 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 19 | Dakota Staton | 03:05 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 20 | Danny Williams | 03:15 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 21 | Matt Monro | 03:31 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 22 |
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Dick Haymes | 04:03 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 23 | George Shearing Quintet | 01:54 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 24 | Ella Fitzgerald | 03:02 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 25 | Eve Boswell | 02:43 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 5
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Perry Como | 02:39 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
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Frank Sinatra | 01:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 3 | Eartha Kitt | 03:03 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | 02:54 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 5 | Nina Simone | 03:25 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | Judy Garland | 04:08 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | Lou Rawls | 03:04 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | Alma Cogan | 03:15 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | Anne Shelton | 02:56 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 | Billie Jo Spears | 03:36 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | Crystal Gayle | 02:54 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 | Dean Martin | 02:58 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 |
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Sammy Davis, Jr. | 02:50 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 14 | 02:52 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 15 | Kay Starr | 02:49 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | Ruby Murray | 02:26 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 17 | Stan Freeman | 02:46 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 18 | Lena Horne | 03:28 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 19 |
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Donald Peers | 02:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 20 |
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02:47 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 21 |
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Dorothy Squires | 02:39 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 22 | Helen Shapiro | 02:25 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 23 | The Jordanaires | 01:56 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 24 | Frank Ifield | 04:20 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 25 | Jeri Southern | 02:31 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 6
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | 03:12 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
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Bing Crosby | 03:05 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 3 | Fred Astaire | 03:29 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | 03:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 5 | Bobby Vee | 02:02 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | Chet Baker | 03:03 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | Cilla Black | 03:04 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | Dakota Staton | 01:44 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | Dick Haymes | 02:33 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 | Dinah Shore | 02:56 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 |
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Dinah Washington | 03:12 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 12 | Eddie Calvert | 02:22 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 |
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Ella Fitzgerald | 02:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 14 |
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Françoise Hardy | 03:41 | ||||
| 15 | Frank Ifield | 02:25 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 16 | Keely Smith | 03:33 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 17 | Gordon MacRae | 02:36 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 18 | Shirley Bassey | 02:58 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 19 | Jeri Southern | 02:58 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 20 | Sarah Vaughan | 03:33 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 21 | Mel Tormé | 03:12 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 22 |
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Ron Goodwin | 02:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
| 23 | Rosemary Squires | 02:00 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 24 | Stanley Turrentine | 02:33 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 25 | 02:47 | SpotifyAmazon |
