This collection provides a great introduction to her music

Morgana King was a jazz and sophisticated pop singer, who also became a successful movie actor, and juggled the two careers across three or four decades. The daughter of Sicilian parents, she was born Maria Morgana Messina in Pleasantville, NY, in 1930, she started singing professionally when she was 16, and in her early '20s was spotted performing in a Greenwich Village club, which eventually led to a recording contract with Mercury. This 49-track 2-CD collection comprises all the titles from her albums 'For You, For Me, Forever More' on Emarcy, 'Sings The Blues' on Mercury 'Let Me Love You' on United Artists and 'Greatest Songs Ever Swung' on RCA, plus titles from singles on Mercury. It features performances with top class small jazz groups, which variously include noted names like Harvey Leonard, Terry Gibbs, Barry Galbraith, Ernie Furtado, Chauncey Welsch, Hank Jones, Al Caiola, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Jones, Chuck Wayne, and others. She later made her screen debut as Mama Corleone in the 1972 movie 'The Godfather' and became a major star. This collection provides a great introduction to her music via her early albums and offers substantial and entertaining showcase for her stylish and elegantly distinctive way with a song.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• For You, For Me, Forever More
• Here I'll Stay
• There's A Lull In My Life
• Delovely
• Down In The Depths
• The Song Is You
• In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
• Ev'rything I Love
• If You Could See Me Now
• I'll String Along With You
• Everything I've Got
• You're Not So Easy To Forget
• More Than You Know
• Frankie And Johnnie
• Mean To Me
• When Your Lover Has Gone
• Something To Remember You By
• I See Two Lovers
• Body And Soul
• Mad About The Boy
• It's Only A Paper Moon
• Bill
• Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Disc 2:

• Why Was I Born?
• For You And Me
• Mine For The Taking
• All Or Nothing At All
• Let Me Love You
• I Love You Much Too Much
• I'll Never Smile Again
• I'll Remember April
• You Always Hurt The One You Love
• The End Of A Love Affair
• Mad About Him, Sad Without Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues
• The Ole Devil Called Love
• Undecided
• You Don't Know What Love Is
• I've Found A New Baby (Slow Version)
• I've Found A New Baby (Fast Version)
• Just You, Just Me
• And The Angels Sing
• Take The ''A'' Train
• I Can't Get Started
• Lullaby Of Birdland
• A Foggy Day
• How High The Moon
• Perdido
• Lonesome Road
• At Sundown

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 143 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 10/10/25

UPC: 824046357023