-It's not just about Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies here - the music selection is correspondingly varied, ranging from easy listening and pop to country music and blues to jazz, doo-wop and rock'n'roll.
-Well-known artists such as Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby, Chubby Checker or Pat Boone meet here with little-known artists and rare recordings, some of which appear on CD for the first time, including a shellac record by the British New Concert Orchestra - in brilliant sound quality!
-We have selected the title song and the main melody from the feature film 'April Love' by the Lionel Newman Orchestra.
-The Easter Bunny hops sometimes to Country Music (Jimmy Wakely, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant a.o.), sometimes to Jazz (Ernie Freeman, Johnny Hodges a.o.) and Rock 'n' Roll with Frankie Lymon, Tex Harper, Chuck Higgins and many more.
-Lovers of R&B and doo-wop will also get their money's worth: The Tri-Tones, Billy Bland, Don & Juan and others.
-The full-color booklet includes rare photos and memorabilia, as well as liner notes for each track, written by Marc Mittelacher.

While in Europe the Easter promenade - luckily in the spring sun - is a tradition, in the cities of North America people meet after the church mass on Easter Sunday for the traditional Easter Parade. Legendary composer Irving Berlin wrote the music for the Hollywood classic 'Easter Parade' starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The title song can be heard here in the interpretation of Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine!

Egbert The Easter Egg is a rare recording that was put on for children at the time and became a classic, heard here in the version performed by Betty Clooney (sister of Rosemary Clooney and aunt of George Clooney). From the then 7-year-old British Beverley Bunt you can hear My Choc'late Rabbit, a rare recording as well as that of her compatriots Rex and The Minors with their Triumph single or the two sides of an extremely rare shellac disc by the British Frederic Curzon.

 

Cast & Crew

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Track Listing

• Jimmy Wakely - Peter Cottontail
• Chris Connor - Suddenly It's Spring
• Frankie Lymon - Up Jumped The Rabbit
• Fay Darling - Funny Bunny
• Ernie Freeman - Spring Fever
• Vera Lynn - Two Easter Sunday Sweethearts
• Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine - Easter Parade
• Betty Clooney & The Sandpipers - Egbert The Easter Egg
• Beverly Bunt - My Choc'late Rabbit
• Jimmy Wakely - The Easter Egg Parade
• The Tri-Tones - Chicken In The Basket
• Billy Bland - Chicken In The Basket
• Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Pickin' The Chicken
• Rex & The Minors - Chicken Sax
• Jimmy McCracklin - Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch)
• Bing Crosby - The Ol' Spring Fever
• Cedric Dumont & The New Concert Orchestra - Spring Idyll
• Noél Coward - Something To Do With Spring
• Johnny Hodges & The Ellington Men - Little Rabbit Blues
• Pat Boone - April Love
• Lionel Newman & His Orchestra - Main Title From 'April Love'
• Jimmie Rodgers - Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
• Joe Graydon w. Four Hits & A Miss - In The Spring Of The Year
• Rudy Preston with Tommy Scott & His Ramblers - Don't You Go Chicken
• Chubby Checker - The Chicken
• Chuck Higgins - The Rooster
• Don & Juan - Chicken Necks
• Jeri Southern - Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
• Jo Stafford - All The Things You Are (From 'Very Warm For May')

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 78:00 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/01/22

UPC: 5397102176586