This is a great showcase for that talent, projected through all his big sellers.

Rudy Vallee was a singer, saxophonist, bandleader and actor, who was probably the first star to emerge from performing on radio in its early days in the 1920s to become a hugely popular 'crooner', taking advantage of the introduction of microphones to project his light and sensitive voice. With his band The Connecticut Yankees, he started recording in 1928 and immediately had a succession of hits through the next decade and more, as well as becoming heartthrob movie star through into post-war years. This 67-track 3-CD collection consists entirely of hits and comprises nearly all the 72 records listed as hits during his career, featuring releases on the Harmony, Victor Columbia, Bluebird and Decca labels. It includes his No. 1 hits with 'Honey', 'The Stein Song', 'Brother Can You Spare A Dime', 'Vieni Vieni' and 'As Time Goes By', plus many other classics of the era as he recorded many new songs that were being composed for Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pin Alley which would become Great American Songbook standards. He was a performer who pioneered a particular style of pop that characterised his era, and this is a great showcase for that talent, projected through all his big sellers.

Track Listing

• Sweetheart Of All My Dreams
• If I Had You
• Marie
• Weary River
• Deep Night
• Honey
• Lover, Come Back To Me
• Coquette
• My Time Is Your Time
• I'm Just A Vagabond Lover
• S'posin'
• Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho
• Baby Oh Where Can You Be
• Pretending
• Lonely Troubadour
• A Little Kiss Each Morning (A Little Kiss Each Night)
• Stein Song (University Of Maine)
• St. Louis Blues
• If I Had A Girl Like You
• Betty Co-Ed
• Just A Little Longer
• Confessin' (That I Love You)
• Sweetheart Of My Student Days

• You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do)
• Tears
• Would You Like To Take A Walk
• As Time Goes By
• When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba
• Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
• The Thrill Is Gone
• My Song
• I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (The Blue Pajama Song)
• Maori (A Samoan Song)
• Strange Interlude
• Say It Isn’t So
• Let's Put Out The Lights
• How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
• Brother Can You Spare A Dime
• Here It Is Monday And I've Still Got A Dollar
• Just An Echo In The Valley
• Linger A Little Longer In The Twilight
• The Girl In The Little Green Hat
• The Whisper Waltz
• Pretending You Care

• Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much
• Here Is My Heart (Here Is My Hand)
• The Shadow Waltz
• By A Waterfall
• Everything I Have Is Yours
• Orchids In The Moonlight
• Flying Down To Rio
• Puddin' Head Jones
• Dancing In The Moonlight
• You Oughta Be In Pictures
• Nasty Man
• Hold My Hand
• Lost In A Fog
• The Drunkard Song (There Is A Tavern In The Town)
• P.S. I Love You
• On The Good Ship Lollipop
• There's Always A Happy Ending
• The Old Sow Song
• Vieni Vieni
• In The Mission By The Sea
• Oh, Ma, Ma (The Butcher Boy)
• Day Dreaming (All Night Long)
• Lydia The Tattooed Lady

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Adult Contemporary/MOR

Run Time: 210 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/07/24

UPC: 824046914820