Compilation album of Songs by Vincent Youmans

Vincent Youmens composed some of the most famous songs from the 1940s and 1950s and here are some of them. In the 1920s, Vincent Youmans led a vanguard of fresh innovative songwriters whose melodies and shows were revolutionizing Broadway. Youmans, along with his peers Rodgers, Gershwin and Berlin, established a new sound of American popular music, and revitalized Broadway in the process, ushering in its first Golden Age. Widely regarded as a master melodist, Youmans' modern and streamlined melodies were tailor made for the jazz age, perfectly underscoring its racing pulse and optimistic American attitude.
Vincent Millie Youmans was born in 1898 into a wealthy New York City family. He found music at an early age, and, declining to take over the family's hat business, pursued music instead. Like George Gershwin before him (they were born one day apart), his first entré to the music business was as a song-plugger for a sheet music publisher, and then as a rehearsal accompanist for shows, in his case Victor Herbert operettas. His gifts were obvious, and success came quickly. At the age of 23, he landed his first Broadway composing credit with Two Little Girls in Blue (1921), which enjoyed a modest run, and generated two song hits. Youmans wrote music for half the score, teaming up with an equally young Ira Gershwin who penned the lyrics under the non de plume Arthur Francis. Two years later, Youmans enjoyed his first hit show with Wildflower (again sharing composing duties) with lyrics this time by Oscar Hammerstein II. Both shows yielded hit songs for the young composer, and producers took notice. Later that same year, Broadway saw his Mary Jane McKane (co-composing again, with lyrics by Hammerstein) and Lollipop, (lyrics by Zelda Sears), which was his first solo composing credit. In 1924, his career exploded with the worldwide success of No, No Nanette, and the entire world was soon dancing to Youmans' music.

Track Listing

• Ron Raines - Without a Song (from 'Great Day')
• Debbie Gravitte - More Than You Know (from 'Great Day')
• Klea Blackhurst - Rise and Shine (from 'Take a Chance')
• Matt Bogart - Sometimes I'm Happy (from 'Hit the Deck')
• Jessica Bogart - Tea for Two (from 'No No Nanette')
• Christiane Noll - I Want a Man (from 'Rainbow')
• Karen Ziemba - Why Oh Why? (from 'Hit the Deck')
• Brent Barrett - Time on My Hands (from 'Smiles')
• Sutton Foster - Music Makes Me (from 'Flying Down to Rio')
• Beth Leavel - Where Has My Hubby Gone Blues (from 'No No Nanette')
• Norm Lewis - Flying Down to Rio (from 'Flying Down to Rio')
• Kim Criswell - Hallelujah (from 'Hit the Deck')
• Jessica Bogart - Tea for Two (from 'No No Nanette') [Complete Version]

Additional Details

Label: JAY Records

Genre: Musical/Broadway

Run Time: 49 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/05/24

UPC: 605288901720