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Original Hits: Easy

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AllMusic Review by Al Campbell

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.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	I Get a Kick out of You Cole Porter	Frank Sinatra	02:53	Spotify
2	Music to Watch Girls By		02:34	Spotify
3	The Best Things in Life Are Free Buddy DeSylva / Ray Henderson	Bing Crosby	02:24	Spotify
4	Cry Me a River Arthur Hamilton	Julie London	02:58	Spotify
5	Embraceable You George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Chet Baker	02:06	Spotify
6	On the Street Where You Live Frederick Loewe	Vic Damone	02:37	Spotify
7	Make Someone Happy Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne	June Christy	03:37	Spotify
8	She	Ronnie Hilton	03:00	Spotify
9	Cheek to Cheek Irving Berlin	Fred Astaire	03:46	Spotify
10	Bell Bottom Blues Leon Carr / Hal David	Alma Cogan	02:34	Spotify
11	Mack the Knife Marc Blitzstein / Kurt Weill	Louis Armstrong	03:21	Spotify
12	How High the Moon Nancy Hamilton / William M. Lewis, Jr.	Dakota Staton	01:55	Spotify
13	Pretend Dan Belloc / Lew Douglas / Frank LaVere / Cliff Parman	Nat King Cole	02:43	Spotify
14	Willow Weep for Me Ann Ronell	Nina Simone	03:12	Spotify
15	Moon River Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer	Danny Williams	02:35	Spotify
16	Bewitched Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Dorothy Squires	02:50	Spotify
17	Easy Street	Sarah Vaughan	03:29
18	Mood Indigo Duke Ellington / Irving Mills	Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington	03:59	Spotify
19	La Vie en Rose Édith Piaf	Édith Piaf	04:06	Spotify
20	As Time Goes By		03:25
21	Chicago Fred Fisher		02:06	Spotify
22	Blueberry Hill Vincent Rose / Larry Stock	Fats Domino	02:21	Spotify
23	Fever Eddie Cooley / John Davenport		03:20	Spotify
24	Crazy Rhythm Irving Caesar / Roger Kahn / Joseph Meyer	Harry James	03:11	Spotify
25	Angel Eyes Earl Brent		03:13	Spotify

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Memories Are Made of This Richard Dehr / Terry Gilkyson	Dean Martin	02:15	Spotify
2	Call Me Irresponsible Sammy Cahn	Dinah Washington	02:18	Spotify
3	Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Bobbie Gentry	03:04
4	It's All Right with Me Cole Porter	Lena Horne	03:15	Spotify
5	The Story of My Life Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Michael Holliday	02:13	Spotify
6	(When I Dance with You) I Get Ideas		02:11	Spotify
7	Anyone Who Had a Heart Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Cilla Black	02:50	Spotify
8	My Way Paul Anka / Claude François		04:02	Spotify
9	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) Duke Ellington Trio	Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington	05:31	Spotify
10	Misty Blue	Ella Fitzgerald	02:27	Spotify
11	I Just Want to Make Love to You	Lou Rawls / Junior Wells	03:28	Spotify
12	Blue Moon Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Mel Tormé	03:10	Spotify
13	That's Entertainment! Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz	Judy Garland	02:27	Spotify
14	Something Cool	June Christy	04:17	Spotify
15	Spanish Eyes Bert Kaempfert / Eddie Snyder	Al Martino	02:46	Spotify
16	Georgia on My Mind Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell	Lou Rawls	03:19
17	It Must Be Him Gilbert Bécaud / Mack David / Maurice Vidalin	Vikki Carr	02:46	Spotify
18	Portrait of My Love Cyril Ornadel	Matt Monro	02:43	Spotify
19	You Are My Lucky Star Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed	Sammy Davis, Jr.	02:35	Spotify
20	Fly Me to the Moon Bart Howard	Julie London	02:33
21	What Kind of Fool Am I? Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley		02:10	Spotify
22	Somewhere Along the Way Sammy Gallop / Adam Kurtz	Nat King Cole	02:59	Spotify
23	You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You Larry Stock	Frankie Vaughan	02:42	Spotify
24	She'll Never Know		03:01
25	Heat Wave (As Thousands Cheer) Irving Berlin	Eve Boswell	02:38	Spotify

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Wives and Lovers Burt Bacharach / Hal David		01:59	Spotify
2	Begin the Beguine Cole Porter	Artie Shaw	03:16	Spotify
3	Always on My Mind Johnny Christopher	Billie Jo Spears	03:34	Spotify
4	Ain't Got No - I Got Life Galt MacDermot / Gerome Ragni	Nina Simone	02:52	Spotify
5	I Say a Little Prayer Burt Bacharach / Hal David		01:55	Spotify
6	Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Richard Leigh	Crystal Gayle	02:33	Spotify
7	Something	Shirley Bassey	03:34	Spotify
8	That Old Black Magic Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer	Louis Prima	02:55	Spotify
9	Sway Norman Gimbel	Dean Martin	02:42
10	I Can't Give You Anything But Love Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh	Judy Garland	03:54	Spotify
11	I'm Just a Lucky So and So Mack David / Duke Ellington	Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington	03:08	Spotify
12	Make It Soon William Engrick	Tony Brent	02:32	Spotify
13	Hello, Young Lovers Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers	Lena Horne	02:18	Spotify
14	I Let a Song Go out of My Heart Irving Mills / Henry Nemo / Duke Ellington Trio	June Christy	02:44	Spotify
15	No Other Love Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers	Ronnie Hilton	03:06	Spotify
16	Exactly Like You Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh	Nina Simone	03:06
17	You'll Never Walk Alone Richard Rodgers	Malcolm Vaughan	02:42	Spotify
18	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	Michael Holliday	02:07	Spotify
19	Comes A-Long A-Love	Kay Starr	02:24	Spotify
20	Mad About the Boy Noël Coward	Julie London	02:09	Spotify
21	Unchained Melody Alex North / Hy Zaret	Frankie Vaughan	03:38	Spotify
22	Dream a Little Dream Gus Kahn / Wilbur Schwandt		02:49	Spotify
23	Pennies from Heaven Arthur Johnston	Gordon MacRae	02:41	Spotify
24	Baby Won't You Please Come Home Charles Warfield / Clarence Williams	Dinah Washington	02:06	Spotify
25	Stormy Weather Harold Arlen	Sarah Vaughan	03:28	Spotify

Track Listing - Disc 4

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Goldfinger Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley	Shirley Bassey	02:49	Spotify
2	Teach Me Tiger Nino Tempo	April Stevens	02:21	Spotify
3	Send in the Clowns Stephen Sondheim	Bing Crosby	03:14	Spotify
4	Anything Goes Cole Porter	Count Basie	02:19	Spotify
5	I'll Never Fall in Love Again Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Bobbie Gentry	02:51	Spotify
6	It's De-Lovely Cole Porter	Mel Tormé	02:43	Spotify
7	I Fall in Love Too Easily Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne	Chet Baker	03:19	Spotify
8	Night and Day Cole Porter	Fred Astaire	03:13	Spotify
9	Moonlight Serenade Mitchell Parish		03:21	Spotify
10	The Things We Did Last Summer Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne		03:02	Spotify
11	Let's Face the Music Irving Berlin	Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra	02:31
12	Laura Johnny Mercer / David Raksin	Vic Damone	02:23	Spotify
13	Love Me Tender Vera Matson / Elvis Presley	Vince Hill	02:55	Spotify
14	Sumertime George Gershwin / DuBose Heyward	Joe Williams	02:35	Spotify
15	The Boat That I Row Neil Diamond	Lulu & the Luvvers	02:49	Spotify
16	'S Wonderful George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Ray Anthony	02:42	Spotify
17	You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Pino Donaggio / Simon Napier-Bell / Vito Pallavicini / Vicki Wickham	Vikki Carr	02:36	Spotify
18	Walk on By Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Helen Shapiro	02:49	Spotify
19	Dedicated to You Sammy Cahn	Dakota Staton	03:05	Spotify
20	I've Got You Under My Skin Cole Porter	Danny Williams	03:15	Spotify
21	What a Wonderful World George Douglas / George David Weiss	Matt Monro	03:31	Spotify
22	Moonlight Becomes You	Dick Haymes	04:03	Spotify
23	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	George Shearing Quintet	01:54	Spotify
24	It's Only Love Hank Cochran	Ella Fitzgerald	03:02	Spotify
25	True Love Cole Porter	Eve Boswell	02:43	Spotify

Track Listing - Disc 5

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Magic Moments Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Perry Como	02:39	Spotify
2	They Can't Take That Away from Me	Frank Sinatra	01:58	Spotify
3	The Girl from Ipanema Norman Gimbel / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes	Eartha Kitt	03:03	Spotify
4	When You Wear Your Sunday Blue Ross Parker		02:54	Spotify
5	Try a Little Tenderness Reginald Connelly / Harry Woods	Nina Simone	03:25	Spotify
6	The Man That Got Away Harold Arlen / Ira Gershwin	Judy Garland	04:08	Spotify
7	When It's Sleepy Time Down South Clarence Muse / Otis Rene / Leon René	Lou Rawls	03:04	Spotify Amazon
8	Little Things Mean a Lot Edith Lindeman / Carl Stutz	Alma Cogan	03:15	Spotify
9	Teach Me Tonight Sammy Cahn / Gene DePaul	Anne Shelton	02:56	Spotify
10	Blanket on the Ground Roger Bowling	Billie Jo Spears	03:36	Spotify
11	Talking in Your Sleep Bobby Wood	Crystal Gayle	02:54	Spotify
12	In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer	Dean Martin	02:58	Spotify
13	What Can I Do?	Sammy Davis, Jr.	02:50	Spotify
14	The Very Thought of You Ray Noble		02:52	Spotify
15	It Had to Be You Isham Jones / Gus Kahn	Kay Starr	02:49	Spotify
16	Softly Softly Pierre Dudan / Paddy Roberts	Ruby Murray	02:26	Spotify
17	Strangers in the Night Bert Kaempfert / Eddie Snyder	Stan Freeman	02:46	Spotify
18	Moon River Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer	Lena Horne	03:28	Spotify
19	You Are My True Love	Donald Peers	02:43	Spotify
20	It's a Good Day		02:47	Spotify
21	Unforgettable	Dorothy Squires	02:39	Spotify
22	Keep Away from Other Girls Burt Bacharach / Bob Hilliard	Helen Shapiro	02:25	Spotify
23	Don't Be Cruel Otis Blackwell / Elvis Presley	The Jordanaires	01:56	Spotify
24	Stardust Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish	Frank Ifield	04:20	Spotify
25	Let's Fly Away Cole Porter	Jeri Southern	02:31	Spotify

Track Listing - Disc 6

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Can't Take My Eyes off You Bob Crewe / Robert Gaudio		03:12	Spotify
2	We've Only Just Begun	Bing Crosby	03:05	Spotify
3	A Foggy Day (A Damsel in Distress) George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Fred Astaire	03:29	Spotify
4	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Duke Ellington / Irving Mills		03:58	Spotify
5	My Love Loves Me Sonny Curtis	Bobby Vee	02:02	Spotify
6	But Not for Me George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Chet Baker	03:03	Spotify
7	Make It Easy on Yourself Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Cilla Black	03:04	Spotify
8	Love Walked In George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin	Dakota Staton	01:44	Spotify
9	Little White Lies Walter Donaldson	Dick Haymes	02:33	Spotify
10	April in Paris Vernon Duke	Dinah Shore	02:56	Spotify
11	For All We Know	Dinah Washington	03:12	Spotify
12	Cherry Pink and Apple Blosson White Marcel Eugene Ageron / Mack David	Eddie Calvert	02:22	Spotify
13	Evil on Your Mind	Ella Fitzgerald	02:15	Spotify
14	Sunshine	Françoise Hardy	03:41
15	Crazy Willie Nelson	Frank Ifield	02:25	Spotify
16	Mr Wonderful Jerry Bock / Larry Holofcener / George David Weiss	Keely Smith	03:33	Spotify
17	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe	Gordon MacRae	02:36	Spotify
18	As Long as He Needs Me Lionel Bart	Shirley Bassey	02:58	Spotify
19	Isn't This a Lovely Day? Irving Berlin	Jeri Southern	02:58	Spotify
20	'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk / Cootie Williams	Sarah Vaughan	03:33	Spotify
21	Careless Hands Bob Hilliard / Carl Sigman	Mel Tormé	03:12	Spotify
22	Limelight	Ron Goodwin	02:58	Spotify
23	Get out of Town Cole Porter	Rosemary Squires	02:00	Spotify
24	This Guy's in Love with You Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Stanley Turrentine	02:33	Spotify
25	Do You Know the Way to San Jose Burt Bacharach / Hal David		02:47	Spotify

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