Lou Busch was a pianist, producer, composer and arranger

This is the latest in Acrobat's series featuring the great arranger/conductor/composers of the 'golden era' of popular music during the 1940s and '50s, which so far encompassed the likes of Billy May, Nelson Riddle, Hugo Winterhalter, Ray Conniff and others. Lou Busch was a pianist, producer, composer and arranger who, as well as working with other artists, made records himself both as Lou Busch and in the zany persona of bowler-hatted ragtime pianist Joe 'Fingers' Carr, and under those guises had big hits with records like 'Zambesi', '11th Hour Melody', 'Portuguese Washerwoman', 'Sam's Song' and 'Down Yonder'. Joining Capitol Records soon after it was founded in 1942, he worked with many major artists over the next two decades, and this collection features his arrangements, productions and accompaniments for Lena Horne, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, Kay Starr, Margaret Whiting, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Janet Blair, Pee Wee Hunt, Dorothy Provine and others. This great value 107-track 4CD set, which, like our other arranger/conductor collections, has been researched, compiled and annotated by former national newspaper showbiz journalist and photographer Geoff Wilding, provides an intriguing insight into the career of a versatile and innovative industry practitioner, and an entertaining showcase for his considerable talent

Track Listing

• So You're The One
• It All Comes Back To Me Now
• Stormy Weather
• Ill Wind
• Ragtime Cowboy Joe
• The Old Master Painter
• Bonaparte's Retreat
• Someday Sweetheart
• Ivory Rag
• Sam's Song
• If You Were Only Mine
• Lets Do It Again
• Tonda Wanda Hoy
• Who's Sorry Now
• Frosty The Snowman
• The Song Of Delilah
• Tailor Made Woman
• Stack-O-Lee
• Bye Bye Blues
• Tom's Tune
• Lovesick Blues
• Noah
• If
• I Love The Way You Say Goodnight
• Music Makin Mama From Memphis
• We Kiss In A Shadow
• Make The Man Love Me
• Good Moming Mr Echo

• Ventura Boulevard Boogie
• Down Yonder
• Snow Deer Rag
• Ragtime Melody
• Stumbling
• Boogie Woogie Rag.
• Doo-Wacky Rag
• Aloha Oe
• Collegiate
• The One Called Reilly
• Maple Leaf Rag
• Until Sunrise
• Humouresque
• Mr. And Mrs. Coc Y Nut
• Zambesi
• Rainbow's End
• Tango Afrique
• Jato
• 11th Hour Melody
• Charming Madamoiselle From Paris
• Hot Potatoes/Two Dollar Rag/Loonie Louie
• Portuguese Washerwoman
• Kitten On The Keys
• Lucky Pierre
• Portofino
• Friendly Persuasion
• Brazilian Hobo
• La La. Collette
• Swinging Down The Lane
• Coconut Rock
• The Wild Ones

• Hot Cappucchino
• Sophia
• Dominique
• Street Scene A.K.A.'Sentimental Rhapsody'
• Cool
• Lazy Rhapsody
• Doll Dance
• Claire De Lune
• Manhattan Serenade
• Nola
• Rhapsody In Blue
• The Very Thought Of You
• Cumana
• Get Out Of Town
• Autumn Leaves
• Glad To Be Unhappy
• They Can't Take That Away From Me
• Good Morning Heartache
• The Gentleman Is A Dope
• Don't Explain
• I Get Along Without You Very Well
• Do Nothing' Till You Hear From Me
• Then You've Never Been Blue
• In Love In Vain
• Lover Man,Oh Where Can You Be

• Has Anybody Seen My Gal
• Louisville Lou
• Beautiful Ohio
• Mary Lou
• The Peanut Vendor
• Skokian
• Hawaiian War Chant
• Japanese Sandman
• Twilight In Turkey
• Canadian Capers
• Brazil
• Baked Alaska
• Copenhagen
• Paris In The Spring
• China Boy
• Song Of India
• Hindustan
• Down Under
• I Don't Care / I've Got Rings On My Fingers
• Cuddle Up A Little Closer / Ida
• On A Sunday Afetrnoon / The Band Played On
• Give My Regards To Broadway / Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay
• My Gal Sal / Frankie And Johny
• Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie / In The Good Old Summertime
• I Love My Wife-But Oh You Kid ! / My Pony Boy
• Daisy Belle / Rosie O'grady
• By The Light Of The Silvery Moon / Shine On Harvest Moon
• Meet Me In St.Louis / Take Me Up With You Dearie
• Alice Blue Gown / After The Ball
• Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland / Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Language: English

Run Time: 280 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/10/18

UPC: 824046712723